Fred, you are not the only one. Thanks God to Wikipedia. Look up "Oyster Buy-boat" and you would learn more than you ever wanted to know.
In short, a largish vessel that was used to collect oysters in the Chesapeake bay. Most of them were left with the auxiliary engine and a single sail mast. Marek in Ottawa
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