Cannon
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Uncurated Search Results
Type: Skipjack
Year: 1900
Builder: George E. Leach
Location: Lloyds
These records are found in the collection of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland. Uncurated search results are presented to give researchers and interested readers an idea of whether CBMM’s archives contain information about this vessel and whether it may be worthwhile to contact CBMM for further investigation. Uncurated results may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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| Fetch? | Row ID | Catalog # | Object Name | Title | Artist/Maker | Date Made | Place Made | Description | Full Image | CBMM Cat. Page |
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| 1 | 0000.1290.0073.00 | photographic prints | Forward part of skipjack Cannon at anchor with jib | Exact 01/01/1929 - 12/31/1929 | Forward part of skipjack Cannon at anchor with jib and main furled. Place unknown. | No image URL. | View | |||
| 2 | 0000.1290.0217.00 | photographic prints | Skipjack Cannon at a dock, sails furled, from aste | Skipjack Cannon at a dock, sails furled, from astern; place unknown | No image URL. | View | ||||
| 3 | 1994.0006.0009.01 | ships plans | Skipjack Cannon | After 01/01/1930 - | Plans for the Skipjack Cannon, a centerboard sloop built in 1898 and used for oystering. A later alteration added a large trunk and converted it to a yacht. Lines and data are from the orginal vessel. Veseel dimensions are length overall of 38', beam of 13', and draft of 4'. Historic American Merchant Marine Survey Drawings at the Smithsonian Institution. One set of Plans A-B. Plan A is the catalog entry for the Cannon. Plan B is the sheer with outboard profile, half-breadth with top and bottom views and body plan. The reverse side is the outboard profile with sail plan. | No image URL. | View |
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