Specification
- Name: A. J. MEERWALD
- Class: B
- Nationality: United States of America
- Year built: 1928
- Rig: Gaff Schooner 2
- Entered by: Bayshore Discovery Project
About
- Number of trainees: 49
Biography
The A. J. Meerwald is a Delaware Bay oyster schooner, a distinct vessel that evolved to meet the needs of the local oyster fishery. Launched in 1928, the A. J. Meerwald was one of hundreds of schooners built along South Jersey’s Delaware Bayshore before the decline of the shipbuilding industry that coincided with the Great Depression.