40'6” × 12’ × 2'6”
— V Bottom —
John A. Ryder represents the most common type of Chesapeake Bay workboat, with its V-bottom and flat box-stern. These gradually replaced earlier powerboats like the adjacent Penguin. John A. Ryder was built in 1944 as the Donna by Bronza Parks of Wingate, Dorchester County, Maryland. Used for oystering and crabbing by local watermen, she was sold to the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) in Solomons and renamed John A. Ryder after a noted biologist. In 1956, she was outfitted with a clam dredging rig, developed by Fletcher Hanks of Oxford, Maryland, in 1950. The rig seen here was used for research purposes until 1974.| HM Number | HM2K4B |
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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 372055 N 4243610 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 38.33150000, -76.46385000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 38° 19.89', W 76° 27.831' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 38° 19' 53.4" N, 76° 27' 49.86" 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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