Ralph T. Webster (skipjack)

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RALPH T. WEBSTER
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: 1905
Architectural style(s): Skipjack
Governing body: Private
MPS: Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR
Added to NRHP: May 16, 1985
NRHP Reference#: 85001094

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The Ralph T. Webster is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1905 at Oriole, Maryland. She is a 47.7' long two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 15.3' and a depth of 3.5', with net registered tonnage of 8 tons. She 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]

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/. 
  2. "Maryland Historical Trust". RALPH T. WEBSTER (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=876&COUNTY=Talbot&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Talbot. 

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