Reliance (skipjack)
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| RELIANCE (Chesapeake Bay skipjack) | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location: | Knapps Narrows off MD 33, Tilghman, Maryland |
| Coordinates: | 38°42′46″N 76°20′7″W / 38.71278°N 76.33528°WCoordinates: 38°42′46″N 76°20′7″W / 38.71278°N 76.33528°W |
| Built/Founded: | 1904 |
| Governing body: | Private |
| Added to NRHP: | July 30, 1976 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 76001013 |
The Reliance is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1904 at Fishing Creek, Maryland. She is a 41 foot long two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. Her beam is 14’and her draft is 2.’ 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 1976.[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". RELIANCE (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14. http://mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=876&COUNTY=Talbot&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Talbot.
External links
- RELIANCE (skipjack), Talbot County, including photo in 1975, at Maryland Historical Trust
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