A buy boat built in 1922 by Gilbert S. White in Westland, VA. She was built for Capt. Lee Abbot of Foxwells, who named her after his daughter and used her for pound net fishing and freight until 1955. She had two more owners before being donated to the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum.
Categories:
- Type: [Original Ship]
- Subject: [Buy Boat] [Fishing]
- Era: [1914-1945]
- Propulsion: [Diesel/Fuel Oil] [Internal Combustion] [Propeller]
Elva C. is fitted with a Ford Lehman 120 diesel engine.
See the museum’s page for this vessel.