Artist/Maker
Norman Fortier*
American, 1919 - 2010
Vessel
Luann (Fishing Boat)
MediumNegative, Acetate
Dimensions4 × 5 in. (10.2 × 12.7 cm)
Object number2004.11.20743.1
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionSwordfishing boat LUANN, with harpooner in pulpit, under full power on a glassy sea.The fishing vessel was rigged for swordfishing off Martha's Vineyard, 1974. Built in Thomaston, Maine, in 1945 to designs by Albert Condon, the 53-foot LUANN mostly operated as an Eastern-rig dragger. Her near sister ROANN survives and is a much-admired floating exhibit at Mystic Seaport.On View
Not on view
Norman Fortier*
19th Century
19th Century
Church, Albert Cook *
Church, Albert Cook *
Brownell Boat Works, Inc.
Allen, Everett S.,--1916-1990
