Minnie V (skipjack)
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| MINNIE V | |
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| 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°WCoordinates: 38°42′46″N 76°19′53″W / 38.71278°N 76.33139°W |
| Built/Founded: | 1906 |
| Architectural style(s): | Skipjack |
| Governing body: | Local |
| MPS: | Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR |
| Added to NRHP: | May 16, 1985 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 85001092 |
The Minnie V is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1906 at Wenona, Maryland. She is a 45.3' long two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 15.7' and a depth of 3' with a net registered tonnage of 8 tons. 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 Tilghman, Talbot County, Maryland.[2]
The Minnie V is featured as the working Skipjack in the Homicide Life on the Street television series season 3 episode The Last of the Waterman .<ref/ref>
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". MINNIE V (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=874&COUNTY=Talbot&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Talbot.
External links
- MINNIE V (skipjack), Talbot County, including photo in 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust
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