Mary W. Somers (skipjack)

MARY W. SOMERS (Chesapeake Bay skipjack)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city:	St. Marys City, Maryland
Coordinates:	38°27′12″N 77°3′6″W / 38.45333°N 77.05167°W / 38.45333; -77.05167Coordinates: 38°27′12″N 77°3′6″W / 38.45333°N 77.05167°W / 38.45333; -77.05167
Built:	1904
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	76002173 [1]
Added to NRHP:	October 08, 1976

The Mary W. Somers is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1904 at Mearsville, Virginia. She is a 41.9-foot-long (12.8 m) two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. 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 St. Marys City, St. Mary's County, Maryland.^[2]

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". MARY W. SOMERS (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14. http://mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDBDetail.aspx?HDID=396&COUNTY=&SEARCHTYPE=propertySearch&PROPNAME=mary%20w.&STREETNAME=&CITYNAME=&KEYWORD=. 

External links

• MARY W. SOMERS (skipjack), St. Mary's County, including photo in 1984, at Maryland Historical Trust