Howard (skipjack)
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| HOWARD (Skipjack) | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location: | Lower Thorofare, Wenona, Maryland |
| Coordinates: | 38°7′41″N 75°56′54″W / 38.12806°N 75.94833°WCoordinates: 38°7′41″N 75°56′54″W / 38.12806°N 75.94833°W |
| Built/Founded: | 1909 |
| Architectural style(s): | Skipjack |
| Governing body: | Private |
| MPS: | Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR |
| Added to NRHP: | May 16, 1985 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 85001082 |
The Howard is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1909 at Deep Creek, Virginia. She is a 45 foot long two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 15.3', a depth of 3.1', and a net registered tonnage of 8. She is one of the 35 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States. She is located at Wenona, Somerset County, Maryland.[2]
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://www.nr.nps.gov/.
- ↑ "Maryland Historical Trust". HOWARD (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=870&COUNTY=Somerset&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Somerset.
External links
- HOWARD (skipjack), Somerset County, including photo in 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust
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