Minnie V (skipjack)

MINNIE V
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°W / 38.71278; -76.33139Coordinates: 38°42′46″N 76°19′53″W / 38.71278°N 76.33139°W / 38.71278; -76.33139
Built:	1906
Architectural style:	Skipjack
Governing body:	Local
MPS:	Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR
NRHP Reference#:	85001092 [1]
Added to NRHP:	May 16, 1985

The Minnie V is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1906 at Wenona, Maryland. She is a 45.3' long two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 15.7' and a depth of 3' with a net registered tonnage of 8 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.^[2]

The Minnie V is featured as the working Skipjack in the Homicide: Life on the Street television series season 3 episode The Last of the Watermen.

She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.^[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". MINNIE V (skipjack). Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-06-14. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=874&COUNTY=Talbot&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Talbot. 

External links

• MINNIE V (skipjack), Talbot County, including photo in 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust