This is M/V Nellie Crockett of Georgetown, MD. In the above photo she is shown underway during an evening cruise on the East Langford Creek, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay on the eastern shore. Built in 1926 (some reports list 1925), the Nellie Crockett is a classic frame-and-plank Chesapeake deadrise buy boat with a length of 61.6 feet, a beam of 22.33 feet, and a draft of 6.42 feet. Her gross tonnage is 52 tons with a net of 35 tons. Operating as a buy boat in oyster season, the Nellie Crockett would navigate the waters of the Chesapeake Bay buying oysters directly from the oystermen as they worked the oyster beds. In the off-season she would transport produce and lumber. During World War II she served as a fire boat for the US Coast Guard in the ports of the Chesapeake Bay. Today, the Nellie Crockett is listed as a National Historic Landmark.
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