E.C. Collier (skipjack)

E.C. Collier
History
United States
Launched: 1910
General characteristics
Tonnage: 14 NRT
Length: 52 ft (16 m)
Beam: 17.9 ft (5.5 m)
Depth of hold: 4.5 ft (1.4 m)
E.C. Collier
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 1910
Architectural style Skipjack
MPS Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR[1]
NRHP Reference # 85001087[2]
Added to NRHP 16 May 1985

E.C. Collier is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1910 at Deal Island, Maryland. She is a 52-foot-long (16 m) two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 17.9 feet (5.5 m), a depth of 4.5 feet (1.4 m), and a registered net tonnage of 14 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.[3]

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Hayward, Mary Ellen, Dr (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form / Chessapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet" (pdf). National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  2. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  3. ↑ "E.C. Collier (skipjack)". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2012-10-28.


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