''E.C. Collier'' is a

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skipjack, built in 1910 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 registered net tonnage of 14 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. At the time of her documentation on the National Register of Historic Places she was located at

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, Talbot County, Maryland. She is now a permanent exhibit at the

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. She was listed on the

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in 1985. She is assigned Maryland dredge number 7.

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Oystering on the Chesapeake
permanent exhibit at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, including the ''E.C. Collier'' Ships in Talbot County, Maryland Skipjacks Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland 1910 ships National Register of Historic Places in Talbot County, Maryland Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum {{TalbotCountyMD-NRHP-stub