45’ × 9'8” × 4'2”
— V Bottom —
Penguin represents a once-numerous class of V-bottom boats known as Hooper Island launches, draketails, ducktails, or torpedo-sterns. Many were built on Hooper Island, Maryland, in the 1920s and 1930s; hence the name. The launches were characterized by their narrow hulls and reverse-rake to the stern. Penguin was built in 1935 by Harvey Hurley of Wingate, Dorchester County, Maryland. Owners J.C. Lore & Sons Co. of Solomons used her for general service and charter boat fishing. After 1952, she was converted to a small oyster buyboat, in which guise she appears today.| HM Number | HM2K49 |
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| Tags | |
| Placed By | Calvert Marine Museum |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, August 31st, 2019 at 8:01am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18S E 372048 N 4243610 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.33150000, -76.46393333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 19.89', W 76° 27.836' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 19' 53.4" N, 76° 27' 50.16" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near , , |
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