Sail on the AJ Meerwald in New York Harbr 7/11/09

The AJ Meerwald is the official Tall ship of the State of New Jersey. We sailed from Liberty State Park on a beautiful Saturday moring.

The A.J. Meerwald is a Delaware Bay oyster schooner, a distinct vessel that evolved to meet the needs of the local oyster fishery. Launched in 1928, the A.J. Meerwald was one of hundreds of schooners build along South Jersey's Delaware Bayshore before the decline of the shipbuilding industry that coincided with the Great Depression.