Updated 18 May 2024:
Lydia D is on land at the Annapolis Maritime Museum, as part of its collection. The museum is working on starting a restoration project for all of its wooden boats and hopes to get a full history on Lydia D within that project. Any information that can be provided would be appreciated.
Lydia D is a small skipjack designed by Bruce H. Gallup, Jr., in Towson, Maryland. Her keel, white oak cut in northern Baltimore County, was laid in November 1979, and she was launched 3 July 1981. She was built by Bruce and Stephen C. Gallup, with white oak frames and white pine and mahogany planking. Her laminated mast and boom were carved by Bruce, as was her eagle figurehead. Stephen carved her trailboards. She was built as a yacht, with an inboard Universal Atomic 4 engine.
Lydia D was named after Bruce's grandmother, Lydia Dingmon Gallup of Cobleskill, New York, who had died in 1945.
In the early 2000s, the boat was donated to the Annapolis Maritime Museum, which restored her and used her as a floating stage for its summer concert series. Currently, Lydia D is on land as an exhibit on the museum's grounds.