E.C. Collier (skipjack)

E.C. Collier

History
United States
Launched:	1910
General characteristics
Tonnage:	14 NRT
Length:	52 ft (16 m)
Beam:	17.9 ft (5.5 m)
Depth of hold:	4.5 ft (1.4 m)
E.C. Collier
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Gibsontown Rd., Tilghman, Maryland
Coordinates	38°42′46″N 76°19′53″W / 38.71278°N 76.33139°WCoordinates: 38°42′46″N 76°19′53″W / 38.71278°N 76.33139°W
Built	1910
Architectural style	Skipjack
MPS	Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR[1]
NRHP Reference #	85001087[2]
Added to NRHP	16 May 1985

E.C. Collier is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1910 at Deal Island, Maryland. She is a 52-foot-long (16 m) two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 17.9 feet (5.5 m), a depth of 4.5 feet (1.4 m), and a registered net tonnage of 14 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. She is located at Tilghman, Talbot County, Maryland.^[3]

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[2]

References

1. Hayward, Mary Ellen, Dr (December 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form / Chessapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet" (pdf). National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
2. National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
3. "E.C. Collier (skipjack)". Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2012-10-28.