Sigsbee (skipjack)
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| SIGSBEE | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Location: | Knapps Narrows, Tilghman, Maryland |
| Coordinates: | 38°43′9″N 76°20′2″W / 38.71917°N 76.33389°WCoordinates: 38°43′9″N 76°20′2″W / 38.71917°N 76.33389°W |
| Built/Founded: | 1901 |
| Architectural style(s): | Skipjack |
| Governing body: | Private |
| MPS: | Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR |
| Added to NRHP: | May 16, 1985 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 85001097 |
The Sigsbee is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1901 at Deal Island, Maryland. She is a 47 foot long two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 15.8 feet, a depth of 3.8 feet, and a gross 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]
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". SIGSBEE (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14. http://mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDBDetail.aspx?HDID=880&COUNTY=&SEARCHTYPE=propertySearch&PROPNAME=sigsbee&STREETNAME=&CITYNAME=&KEYWORD=.
External links
- SIGSBEE (skipjack), Talbot County, including photo in 1994, at Maryland Historical Trust
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