Name Rosie Parks Homeport Cambridge, Maryland Tonnage 7,257 kg | Completed 1955 Length 14 m | |
Owner Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Identification Call sign WG7023
USCG Doc. No. 270542 Status Operational museum ship Builders Bronza Parks, Wingate, Maryland | ||
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. On November 2, 2013, Rosie Parks was relaunched after a three-year restoration.
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