[graphic] National Historic Landmarks Program header [graphic]NPS Arrowhead and link to www.nps.gov[photo] Chrysler Building, New York[photo] Brown Chapel, Selma AL[phtoto] Cape Hatteras Light Station, Buxton, North Carolina[photo] Pioneer Deep Space Station, Fort Irwin, CA
     
 
VICTORY CHIMES (Schooner)

Rockland, Maine
County of Knox.
North End Shipyard, Rockland Harbor
National Register Number: 97001263
 Resource type: Structure.
Property type: Transportation - water -related.
Congressional District: ME-1 Certified Local Government: NO
This NHL offers public access.
Please contact the NHL directly for visitor information.
Current use/information: Windjammer cruises available: www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/nhl/victory.htm.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - September 25, 1997):
The three-masted schooner VICTORY CHIMES was launched in 1900 in Bethel, Delaware, as the EDWIN AND MAUD, named for the two children of its captain. A well-preserved example of its type, VICTORY CHIMES is the only surviving example of a "Chesapeake Ram" - a flat-bottomed, shallow draft schooner designed to pass through narrow canal locks - and one of only three surviving three-masted schooners in the United States. With a length of 132 feet, VICTORY CHIMES is the largest member of Maine's windjammer fleet that carries passengers along the coast during the summer months.


Comments and questions about the database may be directed to NHL_info@nps.gov