Architectural style Skipjack Year built 1905 | NRHP Reference # 85001094 Added to NRHP 16 May 1985 | |
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Location Gibsontown Rd., Tilghman, Maryland MPS Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Fleet TR | ||
The Ralph T. Webster is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1905 at Oriole, Maryland. She is a 47.7' long two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 15.3' and a depth of 3.5', with net registered tonnage of 8 tons. She 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.
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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