EMMA C. BERRY (Sloop) - View this location on map The sloop smack Emma C. Berry is the last known surviving American smack. Built in 1866 by James A. Latham at the Palmer Shipyards in Noank, she is the sole example of what was once a popular fishing vessel type designed to keep the catch alive (in an internal 'wet' well) until reaching port. Vessels of this type were used extensively as far north as Maine and as far south as Key West and Galveston; imitating a successful design, many smacks were built in other regions following the Noank model. Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, Connecticut Historical, Kids

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