The ''Sigsbee'' is a

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skipjack, built in 1901 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 gross registered tonnage of 8 tons. 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 owned and operated by the Living Classrooms Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland. She was listed on the

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in 1985. She is assigned Maryland dredge number 5.

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SIGSBEE (skipjack), Talbot County
including photo in 1994, at Maryland Historical Trust Ships in Talbot County, Maryland Skipjacks Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland 1901 ships National Register of Historic Places in Talbot County, Maryland {{TalbotCountyMD-NRHP-stub