
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.
For more information about these items, contact the CBMM curator at collections@cbmm.org, or use the selection buttons below to submit a research request.
Search mode: Exact Name. Search phrase(s): "James E. Riley"; "James E Riley". Results returned: 4. Results displayed in this table: 4.
Use these buttons to send uncurated search results to your own app or text document for further research. First, check the box for any row, or click "Select All" then uncheck any rows. Then click "Show Selections". You can then copy your selections from the text box and past them into your app.
| Fetch? | Row ID | Catalog # | Object Name | Title | Artist/Maker | Date Made | Place Made | Description | Full Image | CBMM Cat. Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8888.0054.0000.00 | documents | THOMAS C. GILLMER<CR>MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION<CR><CR>Thomas | Exact 01/01/1981 - 12/31/1993 | THOMAS C. GILLMER<CR>MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION<CR><CR>Thomas C.Gillmer was born in 1911 at Warren, Ohio. He became interested in ships at an early age, entering the U.S. Naval Academy and graduating in 1935. During the late 1930s he served aboard light cruisers in the Pacific and Mediterranean. During World War II he served as an instructor in naval construction, damage control, and marine engineering at the Naval Academy, eventually becoming chairman of the naval engineering department. In 1952 Gillmer wrote Naval Construction a Ship Stability, a basic text still in use in the naval architecture program at the Academy. He retired from active teaching at the Academy in 1967 and began to devote full time to the design of yachts and ship replicas. His first successful yacht design was the 1946 Blue Moon. Subsequent designs were the Southern Cross and Seawind series. He designed Pride of Baltimore 3,(1976-77), the pungy Lady Maryland (1979), and Pride 2L Baltimore 11. (1988). Most recently Gillmer prepared a study of the USS Constitution for her overhaul by the navy. He is the author of several books and numerous articles.See also Oral History tape No. 93 with transcript and list of books and articles.The manuscript collection consists of six papers:1. "Signposts Towards the Origin of Ship Design," prepared for the 5th Naval History Symposium, Annapolis, 1 October 1981.2. "Evolving Ship Design Technology As Revealed in Wrecks of Post Medieval Ships." 3rd International Symposium of Boat and Ship Archeology, Stockholm, 1982.3. "Authentic Replica Ships: Theory and Practice." International Symposium on Ship Construction in Antiquity, Delphi, Greece, August 1987.4. "The Importance of Skeleton First Ship Construction to the Development of Rational Ship Design." International Symposium on Ship and Boat Archeology, Amsterdam 1988.5. "The Second Pride of Baltimore, Her Design and Construction." 9th Sailing Yacht Symposium, Annapolis 1989.6. "USS Constitution: An Assessment for Her Future." Naval History Symposium, Annapolis 1993. Subject: Thomas C Gillmer | No image URL. | View | |||
| 2 | 1999.0002.0001.00 | models | Builder's half model of Quadrant class sloop, moun | Hartge, Laurence W __Creator | Range, Exa 01/01/1952 - 01/01/1953 | Hartge Yacht Yard - Galesville - MD | Builder's half model of Quadrant class sloop, mounted with two screws onto masonite back board; hull painted red and white, grey sails and red keel and rudder paitned onto backboard; in pencil "ORIGINAL/ QUADRANT/ MODEL/ WINTER/ 1952-53/ 1ST QUADRANT BUILT 1953/ L HARTGE/ 1952"; 3 holes for mounting to wall. Laurence Hartge was known for conceiving "economy yacht" style vessels to make these vessels more easily available to sailors. The Quadrant Class sloops were deemed to be Condition: Paint worn in places, surface dirt, corners of backboard chipped. Material: Wood (pine?), masonite, paint, screws. Made by donor-designer of Quadrant class sloop built by Hartge Yacht Yard. | ![]() | View | |
| 3 | 1994.0007.0001.00 | oil paintings | Painting of the "Gloucester" by Otto Muhlenfeld, a | Muhlenfeld, Otto __Artist | Exact 01/01/1896 - | Painting of the "Gloucester" by Otto Muhlenfeld, a merchants & miners steamship Condition: good. | ![]() | View | ||
| 4 | 8888.0191.0000 | research (document genres) | "Notebook on Shipwrecks" research, Moale | Moale, H. Richard | circa 2000s | Research compiled by author Richard Moale while writing "Notebook on Shipwrecks" publishe din 2010. Includes, documentation of vessels, letters, and other data that did not go into the book. | ![]() | View |
Created 2026 by Don Barker, CBMM volunteer, for the Chesapeake Shipbuilding Project. shipbuilding@sailingworkboats.es