Nellie L. Byrd (skipjack)

NELLIE L. BYRD
Location Middle River, Maryland
Coordinates 39°19′19″N 76°25′37″W / 39.32194°N 76.42694°W / 39.32194; -76.42694Coordinates: 39°19′19″N 76°25′37″W / 39.32194°N 76.42694°W / 39.32194; -76.42694
Built 1911
Architectural style Skipjack
MPS Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR
NRHP reference # 85001093 [1]
Added to NRHP May 16, 1985

The Nellie L. Byrd is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1911 at Oriole, Maryland. She is a 53.6' long two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 26.7', a depth of 4.8', and a net tonnage of 18 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. When listed, she was located at Tilghman, Talbot County, Maryland.[2] Since 2005, she is located at Middle River, Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland.[3][4]

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Maryland Historical Trust". NELLIE L. BYRD (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14.
  3. ↑ Chesapeake Bay Memories: Skipjack Nellie L. Byrd
  4. ↑ "Nellie L. Byrd". The Last Skipjacks Project. Retrieved 15 April 2018.


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