Rosie Parks (skipjack)

Rosie Parks is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack built in Wingate, Maryland, in 1955 by Bronza Parks. She is owned by the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM); her hailing port is Cambridge, Maryland. Rosie Parks was purchased by CBMM in 1975 from Orville Parks—the boatbuilder's brother—and she was the first skipjack to be preserved afloat by a museum.[2] On November 2, 2013, Rosie Parks was relaunched after a three-year restoration.[3]

Rosie Parks at Chestertown, Maryland in 2019
History
Name: Rosie Parks
Owner: Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Builder: Bronza Parks, Wingate, Maryland
Completed: 1955
Homeport: Cambridge, Maryland
Identification:
Status: Operational museum ship
General characteristics
Type: Chesapeake Bay skipjack
Tonnage: 8 tons
Length: 46.2 ft (14.1 m)
Beam: 16.7 ft (5.1 m)
Draft: 1.3 ft (0.40 m)
Sail plan: Sloop
Notes: [1]

References

  1. "Coast Guard Vessel Documentation". NOAA Fisheries, Office of Science and Technology. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  2. "CBMM announces major restoration project for the skipjack Rosie Parks" (PDF) (Press release). Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. November 6, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  3. Polk, Chris (November 1, 2013). "Rosie Parks Relaunched Today". Star Democrat. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
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