L.A. DUNTON (Schooner) - View this location on map L.A. DUNTON (1921) is one of two surviving fishing schooners built at Essex, Massachusetts, in the A.D. Story Shipyard, which launched about 400 such vessels between 1875 and 1930. DUNTON was built on the lines of a vessel designed by Thomas J. McManus, the most prolific and influential designer of fishing schooners, and reflects most of the features introduced by McManus to improve the safety and performance of New England fishing schooners. Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, Connecticut Historical, Kids

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