Wren
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Uncurated Search Results
Type: Sloop
Year: 1875
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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 | 8888.0046.0000.00 | documents | Cambridge, Maryland Custom Bureau Enrollment and L | Exact 02/01/1988 - | Cambridge, Maryland Custom Bureau Enrollment and License Certificates (1923 - 1958)The collection is comprised of 377 vessel enrollment records for Cambridge, Maryland dating between 1923 and 1958.BackgroundAlthough it is unclear who saved the Cambridge enrollment records, they were donated to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum by Mr. Russ Rippell in 1993.SubjectsChesapeake Bay vessels, 1920s-1950s; Maryland Custom Bureau Records; Vessel Enrollment Records; Cambridge, MD--History; Maryland--HistoryCambridge, Maryland Enrollment Records:Please see attached spreadsheet for a specific listing by Doc. #. The enrollment records were arranged chronologically | No image URL. | View | |||
| 2 | 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 | |||
| 3 | 8888.0071.0000.00 | documents | Joseph Liener Papers<CR><CR>Background<CR>Joseph Liener | Range, Cir 01/01/1909 - 01/01/2002 | This collection begins on CSC 15C1 and continues on 15C2.Joseph Liener PapersBackgroundJoseph Liener (Sept 1909-Jan 2002) was a long-time, dedicated volunteer at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. He was born in Salem, NJ, and in 1938 married Lillian England, the daughter of a Baptist minister of Alloway, NJ.As a young man Liener worked as an apprentice to several Salem house builders, becoming so proficient as to be entrusted with all their cabinet work. His life-long interest in wooden boats led to his employment before World War II as a civilian at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, where he ultimately became one of only three rated Senior Supervisors at the yard. He supervised the construction of all wooden boats built at the navy yard including mine sweepers, motor launches, yard boats, captain's gigs, and Naval Academy sloops. As part of this work he sought out special woods, selected specific trees to be cut and taken to lumber yards to be sawed to his specifications for the navy's shop work.In 1942 Liener joined the navy as a Petty Officer First Class. He was assigned to the South Pacific where he supervised the repair of damaged landing craft and assault ships. As the war ended he was stationed at Eniwetok where early atomic bombs were being tested. After the war he returned to the small craft shop at the Philadelphia Navy Yard until his retirement on 31 Oct 1969.As a volunteer at the museum Liener was instrumental in the conservation, restoration, and documentation of vessels in the small boat collection. The museum's catalog of that collection, A Heritage in Wood (St. Michaels: CBMM, 1992) is dedicated to Liener. Lines drawings of historic craft prepared by Liener are in the ships plans collection. During this period Liener became a friend of James Michener and gave him information about the bay and the watermen; Michener asked Liener to comment on a draft of Michener's book Chesapeake for which Liener provided written comments (see Box 7, folder 10).Among Liener's many avocations was making fine furniture for the house he built himself, carving decoys for his own use, playing the piano, organ, and violin, designing, building, painting, and sailing his catboat Buxom Lass. He maintained a longtime interest in catboats and was active in the national catboat association and one of the founders of the Chesapeake Bay Catboat Association. Liener's papers and other material was donated to the museum by Lillian Liener prior to her death in 2003.Scope and ContentA large part of this collection consists of correspondence Liener received from many friends and contacts. Much of the correspondence is personal, but many letters are from individuals who ask for information about all kinds of vessels, especially catboats. Among his correspondents was James Michener who asked for Liener's comments on a draft of his book Chesapeake, naval architects Lowndes Johnson and Edward Brownlee, author John Leavens, editor of The Catboat Book (Camden, ME: International Marine Pub. Co., 1973), and Dave Dillon of the Wooden Boat School and co-author of Boats A Manual for Their Documentation (Nashville: American Association for State and Local History and the Museum Small Craft Association, 1993).Sub'ectsAcademy of Natural Sciences Bermuda Maritime Museum Boston's Museum of Transportation Calvert Marine Museum CatboatsChesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Decoy CarversDecoysHistorical Society of Talbot County Morton Smith, naval architect Mystic Seaport Museum Philadelphia Maritime Museum Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Boat Shop Philadelphia Ship Model Society The Apprentice ShopGeneral Correspondence (Filed alphabetically & by date within each name)Acton, Charles L.Adler, Georgia, Historical Society of Talbot County Allen, Roger & MichelleBossett, Robert H., Matawan, Aberdeen Regional School DistrictBrous, N. S.Brinkmann, Sarah W.Carpentier, Ralph, Town Marine Museum Carney, Patrick, Black Bottom Runabouts, Inc. Cole, N. R (Roger)Conboy, Joseph L., Joseph L. Conboy & Associates, Yacht BuildersCooke, William S., & MildredCox, Richard M.Crothers, William L., The Philadelphia Model Ship Society Culver, Rebecca. L.Dery, Julian, Ajusteur D'Assurances Generales, Sherbrooke, QuebecEmmett, Jim, Waterway GuideEtter, Ellen & Dick Feree, RussellFisher, Donald (Doc) E., M.D. Fusco, PatGalvin, Ann & JimGarvie, W. C., Boatbuilder, San Rafael Harbor, CA Geer, Michael, Motor Yacht SarinaGehring, Jim & Millie, worked at Phil. Navy Yard Boat ShopGering, Larry & ArleneGraefe, Doris Gustafson, Albert V.Guthorn, Peter J. (With reply letter by Liener) Hall, ChristopherHarrington, Norman, Historical Society of Talbot County Hartge, DaveHartge, Totch (With memorial notice for Eric Joslyn Steinlein)Heffner (?), DaveHenry, Oliver, Delphi Productions, Ltd. Hewins, Charles E. Higson, James D.Hill, Charles H. Jr.Historical Society of Talbot County (Adler, Georgia, & Harrington, Norman)Homfeld, Max F.Hook, John H.Howard, Marie A. (Liener's sister-in-law) Humphrey, CraigHutchins, Dick Jenkins, W. H. Johnson, Arthur C., Jr.Johnson, C. Lowndes, Naval architect Johnson, Paula J., Calvert Marine Museum Kaighn, SusanKeller, Sherman E., St. Mary's Square Museum Kirch, Fred G.Kobialka, Edward J. Lamanteer, JackieLipke, Paul, Boat Shop Director, Boston's Museum of Transportation (Enclosing letter fromRev. Cannon Robert E. Merry) MacKannan, Charles H. & Doris Maffen, HerbMangum, Michael T., Chief Naturalist, Ocean County, NJ, Dept. of Parks & RecreationMay, George L.Michener, James & MariMills, Clark W., worked in Boat Shop at Phil. Navy Yard Miller, John H., Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Mulford, Wayne D.Nelson, Florence Park, David E. Patterson, Edward F., Jr.Rogers, Martha, House Restoration Coordinator, Pennsville, NJ, Township Historical SocietyPerrella, JohnPfister, George Phelps, Robert BemissPorter, Eugene, from dredgeboat Stanley NormanPostich, Joe & Wendy, Barrington, NH, Boat Shop; Postich letter of 11 Dec 85 followed byLiener letter of 8 Jan 86 attesting to good character of Postich. Rebuilt sloop Chicane inBermuda (see Chicane materiagl in Box 2, folder 6) Poston, Robert, Jr.Prugh, Robert Burton Quimby, Alfred P. Samson, Rene & JoyceSaudergas, Tony & Sherry, Philadelphia Navy Yard Boat ShopSanto, (???)Scofield, John, CBMM Boat Shop Sheehan, KevinSmith, Harry W., Barnstable Originals (Author of Windjammers of the Maine Coast, Camden,ME, 1983; compiler of Workaday Schooners, Camden, 1975)Squibb, JoryStanley, Roman S. Surgent, George Swartz, Bea Temple, Buk Thomas, BarryTomlinson, Fred & Esther, Frederick Tomlinson worked in Boat Shop, Phil. Navy YardTucker, Jane Foster (Mrs. Ernest)Van Meter, Ralph H.Waters, Karen Roy, Research, Wooden Boat magazine Wilson, Jonathan, Traditional Small Craft, and Wooden BoatSpecial CorrespondentsAllen, Mae W.Apprentice Shop, Lance R Lee, Director Brownlee, Edward G. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Dillon, DaveFuller, BenPhiladelphia Maritime Museum Philadelphia Ship Model Society Seidel, CharlesWard, David Subject: Josef W Liener | No image URL. | View | |||
| 4 | 0000.1134.0320.00 | photographic prints | FIGUREHEAD IN THE SHAPE OF A WREN ON THE BUGEYE LI | Range,Exac 01/01/1941 - 12/31/1941 | FIGUREHEAD IN THE SHAPE OF A WREN ON THE BUGEYE LITTLE JENNIE (JENNIE WREN) Old Subject Fields: CARVINGS, DECORATIVE | No image URL. | View | |||
| 5 | 0000.1295.3444.00 | photographic prints | Hulk of wooden schooner Sally Wren abandoned | Range, Exa 01/01/1935 - 12/31/1935 | St. George's - Bermuda | Hulk off wooden schooner Sally Wren abandoned in Mullet Bay, St. George's, Bermuda; see notes on back of print; "The Mariners' Museum" stamped on back; for source, see 1290.0001. | No image URL. | View | ||
| 6 | 0000.1290.0978.00 | photographic prints | 4-masted schooner Sally Wren under a bridge | Norfolk - VA | 4-masted schooner Sally Wren under a bridge in Norfolk, VA'; her bowspit has been broken off; the bow is on this side of the bridge; the rest of the hull and four masts are on the other side of the bridge. | No image URL. | View |
Created 2026 by Don Barker, CBMM volunteer, for the Chesapeake Shipbuilding Project. shipbuilding@sailingworkboats.es