Engineering:Nellie L. Byrd (skipjack)

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NELLIE L. BYRD
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LocationMiddle River, Maryland
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] : 39°19′19″N 76°25′37″W / 39.32194°N 76.42694°W / 39.32194; -76.42694
Built1911
Architectural styleSkipjack
MPSChesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR
NRHP reference #85001093 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 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] and received a Save America's Treasures grant in 2006.[5] She is assigned Maryland dredge number 28.[6]

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