Built in 1929 in Essex at the Story shipyard, the 87.9’ long motorized dragger Babe Sears was 87.9′ long and speeded along at 9.5 knots. Here she’s tied up at Gorton’s Wharf in Gloucester in March of 1945.
Dragger Babe Sears, Gloucester, 1945
My View of Life on the Dock
Good Morning Gloucester 
Another Gloucester boat taken by the Navy during WW-2; the Sears was in good company when taken in 1942 along with the Antares, Raymonde, St. Anthony, Therese M. Boudreau, Elvera, Gaspat, Edith L. Boudreau, Donald Arsenault, Rainbow, Elvin T. Fuller, Ronald & Mary and my grandfather’s boatg, Superior. Eleven of them were returned in 1946 along with a thank you from the Navy. The Raymonde was sold by the Navy and the Donald Arsenault was sunk by a German submarine off Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Thanks for posting this, Fred. The families who owned those boats deserve a thank you from all of us too.
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thank you , me and my brother, fished with our father,anthony figuenick, in the 60s out of new haven ct, been a long time trying to find info bout the babe sears, she was called the guiding light then,we didnt fish her long, to big for long iland sound, what a great time we had thanks mike figuenick
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I believed she was overtaken by a German U-Boat, stripped of oil and food and released. The skipper called the Navy and the sub was hunted down and sunk.
Bob Quinn
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Lot’s of patrols along the rocks and coves in those days according to my mom and her mother and father…Heard the stories in the 50’s and 60’s as kids…walked away wide-eyed ! 🙂 Dave & Kim 🙂
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