The ''Helianthus III'' was a

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, built by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (1848–1938) in 1924. She was a ketch-rigged wooden vessel, 62½' long on deck with a 13'-9" beam and 4'-6" draft. Before being lost at sea in the 1990s, she was docked at

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. She was listed on the

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in 1984.

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*, including undated photo, at Maryland Historical Trust Anne Arundel County, Maryland Ships on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Individual sailing vessels National Register of Historic Places in Annapolis, Maryland Sailboat type designs by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff {{AnneArundelCountyMD-NRHP-stub