The ''Ida May'' is a

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skipjack, built in 1906 at

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. She is a , two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of , a depth of , and a net register tonnage of 7. She is 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

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. She was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...

in 1985. She is assigned Maryland dredge number 41.

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Blog of Gladden Family's Reconstruction of Historic Skipjack Ida May
*, including photo in 1983, at Maryland Historical Trust Somerset County, Maryland Skipjacks Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland 1906 ships National Register of Historic Places in Somerset County, Maryland {{SomersetCountyMD-NRHP-stub