Broad Creek Hundred in Bethel in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Shipcarpenters and Seamen Memorial
Photographed by Pete Skillman, April 17, 2024
1. Shipcarpenters and Seamen Memorial Marker
Erected 1975 by Town of Bethel and The Bethel Historical Society.
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels.
Location. 38° 34.223′ N, 75° 37.168′ W. Marker is in Bethel, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is in Broad Creek Hundred. It is on Main Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7749 Main St, Bethel DE 19931, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and memorial is in the American Mid-Atlantic and on the Delmarva Peninsula. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Town of Bethel (here, next to this marker); Sailor's Bethel Methodist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Bethel Shipyard (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bethel Community House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Portsville United Methodist Church (approx. Ύ mile away); Paul Laurence Dunbar School (approx. 2.3 miles away); Mount Zion United Methodist Church (approx. 2.4 miles away); 709 West Street (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bethel.
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Photographed by Pete Skillman, April 17, 2024
2. Shipcarpenters and Seamen Memorial wide view
Credits. This page was last revised on June 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 17, 2024, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. This page has been viewed 197 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 17, 2024, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
