Earl J Conrad jr and Sister ships

Menhaden fishing vessel Earl J Conrad jr(ex mv Olga Patricia, USS Deal) and Sister ships

on the internet

by Derek Burroughs, jr:

(FS-263)Earl J Conrad jr

(FS-?)John S Dempster

http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=425795

(At the bottom of this page there is a film on the subject of these fishing ships. This footage features the Dempster and maybe also Smith Island)

There is a documentary on PBS-"A fish tale":

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/229/index.htm

The menhaden documentary starts @8.00.

The Earl J Conrad jr is not on there, though, but the sister ship John S Dempster Jr(FS-?) is featured from 16.00-16.10.

It gives a good insight in the business that the Earl J Conrad jr is a part of.

Maybe also a shot of the JSD at 13:35. At 14.33 the small boat stems from the John S Dempster.

Other (sister ships) featured in that documentary are Smith Island(FS-216), Great Wicomico(FS-227)Shearwater(FS-411) and the Smuggler's Point.

(FS-209)Lancaster

http://www.ragerlaw.com/PostcardImages/PostcardReedvilleTheLancaster.jpg

(FS-411)Shearwater

(FS-216)Smith Island

Smuggler’s Point

A seemingly virtually intact sister ship(not in the menhaden business) is

(FS-313)Betsy Ross

http://www.chesterahoy.com/SHIPS/pancan.htm