Era: 1914-1945
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Engine→ Internal Combustion
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Impeller→ Propeller
Subject Type: Vessel→ Working→ Fishing
12724 West Wisconsin Bay Road
Ellison Bay WI 54210
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920.743.5958
info@dcmm.org
https://dcmm.org/deaths-door-maritime-museum/
Skipper is sited at the entrance to the Death’s Door Maritime Museum. A very similar vessel, Hope, is fully restored and contained within the museum.
Skipper was built in 1945 at Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding and Dry-Dock Company for the Weborg brothers. It’s 42’ long steel hull with an aft pilothouse and was powered by a 30-36 Khalenburg oil engine. Costing approximately $12,000, they named the boat the Skipper after their father who carried the nickname for many years (information courtesy of Door County Maritime Museum curatorial staff).