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The Pride of Baltimore II is a reconstruction of an early 19th century Baltimore Clipper whose mission is to promote historical maritime education, foster economic development and tourism, and represent the people of Maryland in every port she visits. Her home port is Baltimore, Maryland, and she is a wood-hulled topsail schooner in the Baltimore Clipper class, with a 100-foot hull, a sparred length of 157 feet, a 26-foot beam, a draft of 12 feet 4 inches, an air draft of 107 feet, a displacement of 185.5 long tons, 9,705 square feet of sail area, 10 sails, a maximum speed under sail of 15 knots, auxiliary power from two 160 hp engines, and a crew of 12. She was launched on April 30, 1988, commissioned on October 23, 1988, with Thomas C. Gillmer as naval architect and G. Peter Bordreau as master builder.
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