''Claud W. Somers'' is a

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skipjack, built in 1911 in Young's Creek, Virginia, by W. Thomas Young of Parksley, who also built '' Bernice J.''. She is ported at the Reedville Fisherman's Museum in

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. In 1977 ''Claude W. Somers'' was struck by a squall near

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, leaving six drowned, including her owner-captain.
She was listed on the

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in Maryland in 1985 and in Virginia in 2005. She is an exhibit at the Reedville Fishermen's Museum in

. She is assigned Maryland dredge number 55.

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Claud W. Somers
at the Reedville Fishermen's Museum Skipjacks Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland 1911 ships Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Northumberland County, Virginia Maritime incidents in 1977 {{NorthumberlandCountyVA-NRHP-stub