Rosie Parks (skipjack)
{{short description|Chesapeake Bay skipjack}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Rosie Parks Chestertown MD1.jpg | Ship caption = Rosie Parks at Chestertown, Maryland in 2019 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship name = Rosie Parks | Ship owner = Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum | Ship operator = | Ship registry = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Bronza Parks, Wingate, Maryland | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship completed = 1955 | Ship christened = | Ship acquired = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship homeport = Cambridge, Maryland | Ship identification =*Call sign: WG7023
| Ship fate = | Ship status = Operational museum ship | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Chesapeake Bay skipjack | Ship tonnage = 8 tons | Ship displacement = | Ship length = {{convert|46.2|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|16.7|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draft = {{convert|1.3|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship sail plan = Sloop | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = | Ship speed = | Ship capacity = | Ship crew = }} |
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.{{cite press release |title=CBMM announces major restoration project for the skipjack Rosie Parks |publisher=Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum |date=November 6, 2010 |url=http://www.cbmm.org/news/2010_PDF/CBMM_NewsRelease_Skipjack_Restoration_Rosie_Parks.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=April 1, 2011}} On November 2, 2013, Rosie Parks was relaunched after a three-year restoration.{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Polk |title=Rosie Parks Relaunched Today |newspaper=Star Democrat |date=November 1, 2013 |url=http://www.stardem.com/news/local_news/article_96c38f3e-bbbe-5d66-a5e7-c19871448a6f.html |accessdate=December 1, 2013}} She is assigned Maryland dredge number 19.{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Cyndy Carrington |title=Skipjacks by dredge number |url=http://lastskipjacks.com/dredgenumbers.html |website=The Last Skipjacks Project |access-date=21 March 2022}}
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External links
- {{Official website|http://cbmm.org/rosieparks.html}}
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Category:Ships built in Maryland
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