NELLIE L. BYRD | |
Location: | Middle River, Maryland |
Coordinates: | 39.3219°N -76.4269°W |
Built: | 1911 |
Architecture: | Skipjack |
Added: | May 16, 1985 |
Refnum: | 85001093 |
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.[1] Since 2005, she is located at Middle River, Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland.[2] [3]
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and received a Save America's Treasures grant in 2006.[4] She is assigned Maryland dredge number 28.[5]