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United States historic place
SEA GULL
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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LocationLower thorofare, Deal Island, Maryland
Coordinates38°7′41″N 75°56′54″W / 38.12806°N 75.94833°W / 38.12806; -75.94833
Arealess than one acre
Built1924 (1924)
Architectural styleSkipjack
MPSChesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR
NRHP reference No.85001078
Added to NRHPMay 16, 1985

The Sea Gull is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1924 at Crisfield, Maryland. She is a 46.6-foot-long (14.2 m) two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 15.9 feet (4.8 m), a depth of 4.3 feet (1.3 m), and a net register tonnage of 10. 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 Deal Island, Somerset County, Maryland.

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

References

  1. ^ "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: Sea Gull (skipjack)" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.

External links

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
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