Mary W. Somers (skipjack)
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MARY W. SOMERS (Chesapeake Bay skipjack)
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| Nearest city: | St. Marys City, Maryland |
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| Coordinates: | 38°27′12″N 77°3′6″W / 38.45333°N 77.05167°WCoordinates: 38°27′12″N 77°3′6″W / 38.45333°N 77.05167°W |
| Built: | 1904 |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: |
76002173 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | October 08, 1976 |
The Mary W. Somers is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1904 at Mearsville, Virginia. She is a 41.9-foot-long (12.8 m) two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. 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 St. Marys City, St. Mary's County, Maryland.[2]
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". MARY W. SOMERS (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14. http://mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDBDetail.aspx?HDID=396&COUNTY=&SEARCHTYPE=propertySearch&PROPNAME=mary%20w.&STREETNAME=&CITYNAME=&KEYWORD=.
[edit] External links
- MARY W. SOMERS (skipjack), St. Mary's County, including photo in 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust
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