Thursday, June 16, 2011

The Fishing Boat Goes to War

From the June 14th Free-Lance Star, Virginia.

A table-sized model of the Chesapeake Bay fishing boat B.H.P. Hubbard, Jr. has gone on display at the Reedsville (Va.) Fisherman's Museum.

It was one of eleven fishing boats sent to France during World War II to serve as minesweepers and the only one to return home.

It was built in 1912 in Wilmington, Delaware for the Taft Fish Co. of Reedsville and later owned by the Menhaden Co..

Volunteers spent most of last winter working on it and the ship appears as it did in 1938.

From Fish to Mines. Quite a Career. --Cooter

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