Then-Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. famously auctioned her on eBay to fulfill a campaign promise to cut unnecessary items out of the state budget.
But ever since she sold for $275,100 in late 2003, the 112-foot Maryland Independence has fallen off the radar.
Now she's back and open for business.
John Mabry, a 1997 Naval Academy graduate, bought the Maryland Independence a few years ago and has been lovingly restoring her.
"I ended up with it. A guy I had done some work with before, a contractor, wanted to buy the boat and restore...
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