Solomons in Calvert County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Hooper Island Launch Penguin

45' × 9'8" × 4'2"

— V Bottom —

Hooper Island Launch <i>Penguin</i> Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 30, 2019

1. Hooper Island Launch Penguin Marker

Inscription. 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.

Erected by Calvert Marine Museum.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1935.

Location. 38° 19.89′ N, 76° 27.836′ W. Marker is in Solomons, Maryland, in Calvert County. It can be reached from Solomons Island Road South (Maryland Route 2) south of Thomas Johnson Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 14200 Solomons Island Road South, Solomons MD 20688, United States of America.

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Regionally, this marker is in Southern Maryland.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in the Tidewater,

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Crab Skiff Pep (Reproduction) (here, next to this marker); Yawl Boat (here, next to this marker); Box Stern Workboat John A. Ryder (here, next to this marker); Jenkins Creek Crab Scrape Geda (here, next to this marker); Whittington Rail Skiff (a few steps from this marker); Chaney Rail Skiff (a few steps from this marker); Jolly Boat (a few steps from this marker); Benning Crab Skiff (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Solomons.

Additional keywords. Hooper Island Launch Penguin

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 30, 2019

2. Hooper Island Launch Penguin Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 31, 2019. It was originally submitted on August 31, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 366 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 31, 2019, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.