EFFORT III, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY – 1938

EFFORT III, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY – 1938

Captain Fred Wrege's "EFFORT III" from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY circa 1938.  The "EFFORT III" was a converted World War I US Navy Subchaser ("SC-122") that was built in 1917 at Norfolk, VA.  She joined the Sheepshead Bay fleet in 1927 when Captain Wrege purchased her and converted her for party boat fishing.  She was sold in 1950 to Captain Jimmy Carves who sailed her from Perth Amboy, NJ as his "BELBOY III".

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