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Minnie V (skipjack)

Coordinates: 38°42′46″N 76°19′53″W / 38.71278°N 76.33139°W / 38.71278; -76.33139
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MINNIE V
Minnie V (skipjack) is located in Maryland
Minnie V (skipjack)
Minnie V (skipjack) is located in the United States
Minnie V (skipjack)
LocationGibsontown Rd.
Tilghman, Maryland
Coordinates38°42′46″N 76°19′53″W / 38.71278°N 76.33139°W / 38.71278; -76.33139
Built1906
Architectural styleSkipjack
MPSChesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR
NRHP reference No.85001092[1]
Added to NRHPMay 16, 1985

The Minnie V is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1906 at Wenona, Maryland, United States. It is a 45.3-foot-long, two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. It has a beam of 15.7 feet and a depth of 3 feet with a net registered tonnage of 8 tons. It is one of the 35 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States. It is located at Tilghman, Talbot County, Maryland.[2]

The Minnie V is featured as the working skipjack in the television series Homicide: Life on the Street (third-season episode: "The Last of the Watermen").

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1] it is assigned Maryland dredge number 50, was previously dredge 33.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". MINNIE V (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14.
  3. ^ Miller, Cyndy Carrington. "Skipjacks by dredge number". The Last Skipjacks Project. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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