Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 05000285 Added to NRHP 6 February 2006 | Built 1925 (1925) Opened 1925 | |
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Location Middle Harbor, W Float, Slip 299, Petersburg, Alaska Architectural style Schooner rigged beam trawler | ||
Restored to greatness set to sail whaleship charles w morgan at mystic seaport
The F/V Charles W is a historic fishing schooner anchored at Petersburg, Alaska. At the time of its retirement in 2000, it was the oldest fishing vessel in the fishing fleet of Southeast Alaska, and the only known wooden fishing vessel in the entire state still in active service. Launched in 1907, she was first used in the halibut fisheries of Puget Sound and the Bering Sea as the Annie J Larsen. In 1925 she was purchased by the Alaska Glacier Seafood Company, refitted for shrimp trawling, and renamed Charles W in honor of owner Karl Sifferman's father. The company was one of the pioneers of the local shrimp fishery, a business it began to phase out due to increasing competition in the 1970s. The Charles W was the last of the company's fleet of ships, which numbered twelve at its height. The boat was acquired in 2002 by the nonprofit Friends of the Charles W.
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- Restored to greatness set to sail whaleship charles w morgan at mystic seaport
- Charles w morgan outward bound from new bedford
- References
The boat was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.