Edna G.
Fishing Dragger · United States · Lost 1988 · Cape Ann & the Gulf of Maine
A well-preserved wooden fishing dragger that sank in 1988 while setting her trawl net off Gloucester, now documented within Stellwagen Bank sanctuary.
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The Vessel and Her Loss
Edna G. was a wooden eastern-rig dragger built in 1956 in North Carolina and later relocated to New England fishing grounds in 1974. On June 30, 1988, while her two-man crew set the trawl net off Gloucester, the vessel suddenly began taking on water and sank; both men were rescued. Surveyed by NOAA and University of Connecticut researchers in 2003, the remarkably intact wreck was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.
Vessel
- 1956
- Morehead City Shipbuilding Corporation
- Morehead City, North Carolina
- Wood
- 54 ft
- Not established
- Not established
- Diesel, single screw
- Not established
Loss
- June 30, 1988
- Not established
- Off Gloucester, Massachusetts, within Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
- Massachusetts Bay
- Not established
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- 2
- 0
- Not established
The Wreck Today
- Not established
- Remarkably intact wooden hull, wheelhouse, and trawl winch
- Not established
- 2003
- Within Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary; listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Position
- 42.43° N 70.40° W
- Approximate position
- Gloucester, Massachusetts
General sanctuary-area position; precise coordinates not published in the sources reviewed.
Evidence
Overall confidence: Documented (80/100)
The precise cause of the flooding that sank the vessel was never determined.
NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Build details, service history, loss narrative, and NRHP listing.
