Vessel Reports

Chesapeake Bay Shipbuilding Project

This page lists completed vessel reports for commercial sailing vessels built on the Chesapeake Bay. Each report gathers curated museum, periodical, newspaper, and web evidence into a narrative history with source tables.

For more about the sources, search methods, and data processing, write to shipbuilding@sailingworkboats.es.

VesselTypeYear BuiltBuilderLocationVessel Report
Amanda F. Lewis Pungy Schooner 1884 Joseph W. Brooks Madison Vessel Report
Brown Smith Jones Bugeye 1894 George T. Johnson Cambridge Vessel Report
Clarence and Eva Bugeye 1889 R Spear Cambridge Vessel Report
G. A. Kirwan Pungy 1882 Joseph W. Brooks Madison Vessel Report
Levi B Phillips Schooner Joseph W. Brooks Madison Vessel Report
Levin Woolford Bugeye 1883 Joseph W. Brooks Madison Vessel Report
Lottie L. Thomas Bugeye 1883 Joseph W. Brooks Madison Vessel Report
Mattie F Dean Schooner 1884 Joseph W. Brooks Madison Vessel Report
Virginia L Johnson Sloop 1884 Joseph W. Brooks Madison Vessel Report

Created 2026 by Don Barker, CBMM volunteer, for the Chesapeake Shipbuilding Project. shipbuilding@sailingworkboats.es