Skipjack Sigsbee
Docked at Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park
1417 Thames Street
Baltimore, MD 21231
Originally built in 1901, the Chesapeake Skipjack Sigsbee served in the oystering fleet for 88 years. She is named for Charles Sigsbee, the commanding officer aboard the Battleship MAINE, which was sunk in Havana harbor at the beginning of the Spanish-American War. In 1990, the Sigsbee became disabled near the Bay Bridge during the annual Chesapeake Appreciation Days Skipjack Race and was rescued by the Living Classrooms Foundation. Students and shipwrights spent 10 months reconstructing the vessel in order to carry passengers and offer hands-on education programs for students.
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