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Fannie L. Daugherty (skipjack)

Coordinates: 38°7′41″N 75°56′54″W / 38.12806°N 75.94833°W / 38.12806; -75.94833
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FANNIE L. DAUGHERTY
Fannie L. Daugherty (skipjack) is located in Maryland
Fannie L. Daugherty (skipjack)
Fannie L. Daugherty (skipjack) is located in the United States
Fannie L. Daugherty (skipjack)
LocationLower Thorofare
Wenona, Maryland
Coordinates38°7′41″N 75°56′54″W / 38.12806°N 75.94833°W / 38.12806; -75.94833
Arealess than one acre
Built1904 (1904)
Architectural styleSkipjack
MPSChesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR
NRHP reference No.85001081 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 16, 1985

The Fannie L. Daugherty is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1904 at Crisfield, Maryland. She is a 41.3-foot-long (12.6 m) two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She is built by cross-planked construction methods and has a beam of 8 feet (2.4 m) and a depth of 3.6 feet (1.1 m). 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 Wenona, Somerset County, Maryland.[2]

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ M.E. Hayward and Anne Witty (May 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fannie L. Daugherty (skipjack)" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.