Ruby G. Ford (skipjack)

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RUBY G. FORD
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location: Gibsontown Rd., Tilghman, Maryland
Coordinates: 38°42′46″N 76°19′53″W / 38.71278°N 76.33139°W / 38.71278; -76.33139Coordinates: 38°42′46″N 76°19′53″W / 38.71278°N 76.33139°W / 38.71278; -76.33139
Built/Founded: 1891
Architectural style(s): Skipjack
Governing body: Private
MPS: Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR
Added to NRHP: May 16, 1985
NRHP Reference#: 85001096

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The Ruby G. Ford was a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1891 at Fairmount, Maryland. She was a 45 foot long two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She had a beam of 15.6', a depth of 2.6', and a net tonnage of 5 register tons. She was one of the 35 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States. According to a first-hand account by Christopher White in his book SKIPJACK, pgs. 292-296, St. Martin's Press, published in 2009, the Ruby G. Ford was burned to complete destruction, torched by Tilghman Island Captain, Bart Murphy, who owned her a the time and did not have funds enough to restore her from a state of grave disrepair.

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://www.nr.nps.gov/. 

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