In May 2025, Pride’s crew carefully downrigged the Pride Memorial and transported the yards, gaff, mast, and topmast to our maintenance facility for restoration. Once fully restored, the Memorial will return to its home in the newly reimagined park—and will be rededicated in honor of the 40th anniversary of the loss of the first Pride of Baltimore.

Originally erected on Rash Field, this permanent memorial honors Pride of Baltimore and her crew. It features the signature raked mast of a Baltimore Clipper and the names of those lost in the tragedy carved into pink granite. Pride now rests at the end of a goodwill journey that covered 150,000 miles and touched 125 cities around the world. Yet her most precious cargo—the spirit of the people who sent her forth, and those who welcomed her abroad—will never be lost.

“What lies ahead is unknown—a source of mystery and apprehension—which is, perhaps, the allure of the sailing life—always moving, always changing, always wondering what the next passage will be like and what we will discover at the other end. This time our destination is home—Chesapeake Bay and Baltimore. It is always a relief for the captain, and I suspect, the Ship, to have our lines ashore and fast where Pride is safest—the Finger Piers at the Inner Harbor.” — Captain Armin E. Elsaesser III, Pride’s Log, May 7, 1986

Lost at Sea
Armin E. Elsaesser III, Captain
Barry Duckworth
Vincent C. “Vinny” Lazzaro
Jeanette F. “Nina” Schack

Crew Survivors
John “Sugar” Flanagan, First Mate
James Chesney
Robert J. Foster, Jr.
Susan Huesman
Scott A. Jeffrey
Daniel Krachuk
Joseph K. McGeady
Leslie McNish