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Apr 4, 2008 10:21 am US/Eastern

Museum Accepts Aging Skipjack, Plans Restoration

CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) ―

The Richardson Maritime Museum in Cambridge is planning a $300,000 restoration of what may be the largest surviving skipjack in the Chesapeake Bay.

The 56-foot Flora A. Price was built in Chance in 1910 and was used for years as an oyster dredge boat.

It was donated to the museum by the Old Harford Town Maritime Center in Caroline County. The museum is hoping to use it as a floating educational center.

The museum plans to raise most of the money for the restoration through grants and donations.

The project is expected to be completed in three-to-five years.

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