RALPH T. WEBSTER | |
Location: | Gibsontown Rd., Tilghman, Maryland |
Coordinates: | 38.7128°N -76.3314°W |
Built: | 1905 |
Architecture: | Skipjack |
Added: | May 16, 1985 |
Refnum: | 85001094 |
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.[1]
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.