Country: United States

A Chesapeake Bay pungy that served as an oyster boat, freighter, and yacht over her 94 year career.

One of the ‘original 13’ frigates authorized by the Continental Congress on 13 December 1775

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One of the last full-rigged schooners to operate on the Great Lakes

Push boat built by and for the Charles Ward Engineering Works of Charleston, West Virginia.

The hermaphrodite brig George Latimer was employed in the West Indies sugar trade.

Ship model book author Charles G. Davis served as able-bodied seaman on this vessel.

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Virginia was commissioned by the Virginia Pilots Association and designed by naval engineers Cox and Stevens. The designers were instructed to model the vessel after the America’s Cup competitors of the day. She was built by A.C. Brown & Son of Tottenville, Staten Island, New York, and was completed in 1916.

An Elco 80′ motor torpedo boat