The Pride of Baltimore II was commissioned in 1988 in memory of the original ersion, the Pride of Baltimore. That ship sank in bad weather off Puerto Rico. It was built as a reproduction of an `1812 era topsail schooner, called Baltimore Clippers. The clipper ships made a great contrubition to the US side in the War of 1812.

For more information, check out their website at:
http://www.pride2.org/index.php

for local information:
http://visitduluth.com/tall-ships/

Tall ships challenge web page