From collection National Fisherman Collection
LB2012.15.156
Launching of the dragger PELICAN at Snow Shipyards, Rockland, Maine, Sept. 1939. Albert E. Condon designer, Ernest A. Gamage master builder. LOA 78'10". Port side view on ways, spectators just starting to gather. notes: see also LB2008.15.18. There were 3 draggers PELICAN - 1919, 1939 & 1944 (see People file). This NF image originally incorrectly captioned: 'Vessel PELICAN of New Bedford, being launched; many people aboard, many others watching. Gamage, South Bristol, 1944 [ref. NF no date]'
