The ''Reliance'' is a

Chesapeake Bay The Chesapeake Bay ( ) is the largest estuary in the United States. The Bay is located in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region and is primarily separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the Delmarva Peninsula (including the parts: the ...

skipjack, built in 1904 at

Fishing Creek, Maryland Fishing Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States, on Upper Hoopers Island. As of the 2010 census, the population of Fishing Creek was 163. It is in area code 410, ...

. She is a two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. Her beam is and her draft is . 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 Tilghman may refer to: People * Tilghman (surname), a surname and a list of people with the surname * Tilghman Howard (1797–1844), American politician * Tilghman Tucker (1802–1859), American politician, governor of Mississippi from 1842 to 1844 ...

Talbot County, Maryland Talbot County is located in the heart of the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,526. Its county seat is Easton. The county was named for Lady Grace Talbot, the wife of Sir Ro ...

. 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 1976.

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*, including photo in 1975, at Maryland Historical Trust Ships in Talbot County, Maryland Skipjacks Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland 1904 ships National Register of Historic Places in Talbot County, Maryland {{TalbotCountyMD-NRHP-stub