The ''Virginia W'' is a

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skipjack, built in 1904 at Guilford, Virginia. She is a two-sail bateau, or "V"-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. Her beam is , and she draws with centerboard up, with centerboard down. 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

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in 1985. She is assigned Maryland dredge number 12.

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*, including photo in 1984, 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