Sigsbee (skipjack)
The Sigsbee is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1901 at Deal Island, Maryland, United States. She is a 47-foot-long (14 m) two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 15.8 feet (4.8 m), a depth of 3.8 feet (1.2 m), 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 owned and operated by the Living Classrooms Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland.[2]
SIGSBEE | |
 Sigsbee under sail on the Chester River in 2016 | |
   | |
| Location | Knapps Narrows, Tilghman, Maryland |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 38°43′9″N 76°20′2″W |
| Built | 1901 |
| Architectural style | Skipjack |
| MPS | Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 85001097 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 16, 1985 |
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- "Maryland Historical Trust". SIGSBEE (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14.
External links
- SIGSBEE (skipjack), Talbot County, including photo in 1994, at Maryland Historical Trust
| Topics |   | |
|---|---|---|
| Lists by county | ||
| Lists by city | ||
| Other lists | ||
| ||
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sigsbee (ship, 1901). |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.