by Jack Bobbitt
Member ? to 05-Jan-2008
Build Type: Scratch
Country: United States
Model Material: Wood
Model Type: Static
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Engine→ Internal Combustion
- Impeller→ Propeller
Scale: 1:32 (3/8″ = 1′)
Subject Type: Vessel→ Working→ Fishing→ Trawl / Dredge
About the Vessel
Metunga was a wooden deadrise (a “V” bottom boat) oyster dredge built at the J. S. Darling Boat Yard of
Hampton, Virginia, in 1916. The Darling family, owners of METUNGA, also operated the Darling Oyster House, one of Virginia’s largest oyster firms at the time.
For a very detailed description, we refer you to an article by model builder Ben Lankford, Jr. in Volume 13, Issue No. 1 (Summer 1965) of the Nautical Research Journal.
