A. J. Meerwald

A.J. Meerwald is the state ship of New Jersey. She is a restored dredging oyster schooner, whose home port is in the Bivalve section of Commercial Township in Cumberland County, New Jersey. Launched in 1928, A.J. Meerwald, constructed at what is now, "Dorchester Shipyard", was one of hundreds of schooners built along South Jersey's Delaware Bay shore before the decline of the shipbuilding industry which coincided with the Great Depression. Today, A.J. Meerwald is used by the Bayshore Discovery Project[3] for onboard educational programs in the Delaware Bay near Bivalve, and at other ports in the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware region. A.J. Meerwald was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1995.[1] It became the state ship in 1998.[4]

A. J. Meerwald
History
United States
Owner: Bayshore Discovery Project
Ordered: 1928
Builder: Charles H. Stowman & Sons shipyard
Acquired: 1989
Fate: educational vessel
General characteristics
Type: two-masted gaff schooner
Tonnage: 57 tons
Length: 85 ft (26 m) on deck
Beam: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Height: 70 ft (21 m)
Draft: 6 ft (1.8 m)
Propulsion: sail; auxiliary engine
Sail plan:
  • mainsail, foresail, large jib
  • sail area: 3,562 square feet (330.9 m2)
Capacity: 44 passengers
Notes: oak hull
A. J. Meerwald
Location22 Miller Avenue on Maurice River, Commercial Township, New Jersey
Coordinates39°14′5″N 75°1′50″W
Arealess than 1-acre (4,000 m2)
ArchitectStowman, Charles H., & Sons
Architectural styleDelaware Bay oyster schooner
NRHP reference No.95001256[1]
NJRHP No.[2]
Added to NRHPNovember 7, 1995

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Cumberland County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 12. Archived from the original (pdf) on August 19, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2010.
  3. "Schooner A. J. Meerwald - New Jersey's Tall Ship". Bayshore Discovery Project. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  4. SENATE, No. 485, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, 208th LEGISLATURE


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