Willie L. Bennett

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Type: Skipjack

Year: 1899

Builder: John Branford

Location: Inverness

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Fetch?	Row ID	Media	Date	Vessel	Place	Related Places	Inscription/Marks	Subject	Notes	Archive Number
	1								MODEL DESCRIPTION: The model was built from a Model Shipways kit, with plans by Ben Lankford, Jr. Cast white-metal fittings furnished in the kit were replaced by scratchbuilt parts of excellent quality. Hull is maroon painted below the waterline, white above. Gilt eagle head figurehead, dark green trailboard and patriotic colors, emblems and name. Single mast with furled sail. Several deck housings. Oyster dredge and winch. Dinghy on stern on davits. This is an excellent model overall, with the furled sails conveying a particularly natural appearance, as ready for another trip to the oyster beds. Hull and deck are "weathered" to illustrate the effects of long, hard use. VESSEL INFORMATION- VESSEL NAME: WILLIE L. BENNETT ALL NAMES OF VESSEL: 1) WILLIE L. BENNETT NATIONALITY: AMERICAN HOME PORT: MARYLAND, CAMBRIDGE VESSEL TYPE: SKIPJACK (2-SAIL BATEAU) OFFICIAL NUMBER: HULL NUMBER: VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 42.6 X 14.3 X 3.4 FT (REGISTER) SERVICE DATES: 1899 - CA. 1978 SHIPBUILDER: SHIPBUILDER LOCATION: MARYLAND, INVERNESS ENGINE BUILDER: NONE ENGINE BUILDER LOCATION: N/A SHIP OWNERS: SHIP LINE OR OPERATOR: CAPTAINS OR OTHER RELATED PEOPLE: MAJOR EVENTS: VESSEL HISTORY: Abandoned, circa 1978 DATE SCRAPPED, WRECKED, ETC: PLACE OF SCRAPPING, WRECKING, ETC: ASSOCIATED (RELATED?) PLACES: RELATED VESSELS: (Identify each as sister ship, combatant, collision, etc.) LABEL COPY: Skipjack Willie L. Bennett (1899-1977) Model, scale 3/8"=1', 1981 Marvin L. Bryant, model maker Museum Collection 81.56 LABEL COPY: SKIPJACK The skipjack (or "two-sail bateau," as the waterman is more likely to call her) is the last working sailing vessel type in North America. A handful of skipjacks still dredge the oyster beds in Maryland, and several nattily painted examples turn up at regattas and other festivals every summer. The model shows the WILLIE L. BENNETT, a typical skipjack built at Iverness, Maryland, in 1899, as she appeared on the oyster beds. Her dredge gear and hand winders are ready for use, and her push boat hands from davits at her stern. Sailing oystermen rely on push boats to get them into port during a calm. Model by Marvin L. Bryant Scale: 3/8"=1' Collections of The Mariners Museum	CL13150
	2	No image URL.		Willie L. Bennett (Skipjack)				Skipjacks–Models; Fishing boats–Models.; Sailboats–Models; Ship models.	Chesapeake Bay skipjack, Willie L. Bennett, 1899 : __sailing oyster dredge boat : instructions for construction of a Model Shipways kit, with information applicable to similar vee or flat bottom craft and other typical skipjacks __by Ben Lankford	LB40049
	3		7/7/1940	Freddie L. Bennett (Sloop : 1899).		Deal Island (Md.).	Envelope: "Skipjack Willie F. Bennett. Cambridge, MD. 7/7/40"	Skipjacks–Maryland–Deal Island.; Sloops–Maryland–Deal Island.	In item 0749 the skipjack Willie F. Bennett was shown to actually be Freddie L. Bennett. This shot is made from behind the boat looking forward and shows a winch amidships. There is no caption for this negative.	MS0063/01-749#0749
	4		6/16/1941	Freddie L. Bennett (Sloop : 1899).		Deal Island (Md.).	Envelope: "Skipjack Willie F. Bennett. Wenona, MD. 6-16-41"	Skipjacks–Maryland–Deal Island.; Sloops–Maryland–Deal Island.; Shipyards–Maryland–Deal Island.; Automobiles–Maryland–Deal Island.	Shows the skipjack Freddie L. Bennett and not Willie F. Bennett as in the caption. The boat is shown out of the water on a railway. There is no caption for this negative.	MS0063/01-748#0748