{"nrhp_refnum":"98001310","name":"SIELE (motor yacht)","other_names":["Sea Wolf","USS Aquamarine","Miss Ann","5-10"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Tides Inn, Carter Creek","address_restricted":false,"city":"Irvington","county":"Lancaster County","state":"VA","lat":37.663343471000076,"lon":-76.43331335699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1998-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Military"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 124-foot steel-hulled diesel motor yacht, built in 1926 as Siele at the Pusey and Jones Shipyard in Wilmington, Delaware, and now operating as the passenger vessel Miss Ann at the Tides Inn in Irvington, Lancaster County, Virginia.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Miss Ann is one of only a few surviving American-built, steel-hulled diesel yachts and an example of American shipbuilding craftsmanship. It also cites her World War II service as USS Aquamarine, a Naval Research Laboratory underwater sound research vessel and tender to the presidential yachts Potomac and Williamsburg. Her long local role as a passenger vessel on the Rappahannock River is noted as well.","narrative":"Miss Ann is a 124-foot steel-hulled diesel yacht that carries guests of the Tides Inn in Irvington, Virginia. She was launched in 1926 as Siele at the Pusey and Jones Shipyard in Wilmington, Delaware, to a design by naval architect B.T. Dobson, for Detroit industrialist John H. French. Her hull is speed-riveted Norwegian steel, with teak decks and cabin house and walnut paneling. After private use on the Great Lakes, she was sold to the U.S. Navy in 1941 and became USS Aquamarine. She served the Naval Research Laboratory with underwater sound, radar and mine detection experiments, and escorted the presidential yachts Potomac and Williamsburg. Enols A. Stephens bought her in 1952 and rebuilt her as a passenger vessel. A 1991-1992 rehabilitation replaced deteriorated steel below the waterline while keeping the original woodwork above. She is considered one of few surviving American-built steel diesel yachts of her kind.","period_of_significance":"1926-1945","architect_builder":"B.T. Dobson/Naval Architect; Pusey and Jones Shipyard","architectural_style":"Other: Steel Hulled Diesel Yacht","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"In use as a passenger vessel for the Tides Inn since 1956, certified in 1992 to carry up to 100 passengers after a 1991-1992 rehabilitation; original teak decks, cabin house and main-deck walnut paneling remain.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:01.159949-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/89/6814/41681489/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/98001310.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001310/2fd6fd9e11-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/98001310/2fd6fd9e11-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"nwclassicyacht from Anacortes, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miss_Ann_(5374298716).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">nwclassicyacht from Anacortes, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miss_Ann_(5374298716).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681489","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Aquamarine","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7867352"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/lancaster-county/siele-motor-yacht-98001310/"}