Arriving Tug

The steam tug Sommers N. Smith and the steam lighter Sophia formed the backbone of Capt. John I. Snow’s Rockland-based Snow Marine Co.

Camden has Changed Since 1940

Today, the schooner Mattie, fully restored and carrying her original name Grace Bailey, looks better than ever.

Seventy Years Later, She’s Still in Camden

Today, the schooner Mattie, fully restored and carrying her original name Grace Bailey, looks better than ever.

A New Car Ferry for Islesboro

May 19, 1936 is launching day for the Gov. Brann, a 65’ double-ended, wooden-hulled ferry.

Everyone Loves a Launching

The year is 1936 and the day October 3rd. The 86’ seiner Mary Grace appears to be stuck on the launching ways and is about to be towed until she floats.

Cheaper Than a Railway

Ingenuity helped keep working coasters going long after their heyday.

LILLIAN Becalmed

It’s early morning in Rockland Harbor and there’s no wind.

Camden Harbor About 1940

More crowded these days, but no less sheltered, Camden’s inner harbor affords the perfect winter berthing

VINAL HAVEN Sunk

On November 10, 1938, the laid-up steamer Vinal Haven snagged her guardrail, listed enough to fill with water, and sunk at the dock.

Holiday Winter

At Holiday Beach in Owls Head, and at other places along the Maine coast in the 1930s and ‘40s, no one much cared if a few traps and a boat or two sat out the winter.