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The three-masted schooner ''Victory Chimes'', also known as ''Edwin and Maud'' or ''Domino Effect'', is a US National Historic Landmark. She is the last surviving Chesapeake Ram schooner.〔 The boat on the Maine State Quarter is meant to resemble the ''Victory Chimes''.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=50 State Quarters Program )〕 == Construction == ''Victory Chimes'' was built at Bethel, Delaware in 1900 by George K. Phillips Co. She was named ''Edwin and Maud'' after the children of her first Captain, Robert E. Riggen.
She was designed to carry general cargo in the Chesapeake Bay.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2012-09-23 )〕 She was built with a centerboard, and a shallow draft for work in the Bay. Her centerboard, replaced in 1965, "draws 7 feet 6 inches with the centerboard up and 18 feet with the centerboard down."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victory Chimes (schooner)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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