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Amistad gets a cleaning

December 07, 2015 11:00 pm • Last Updated: December 08, 2015 8:15 pm

By Sean D. Elliot/The Day

Crew of the schooner Amistad get started power washing the hull after hauling the vessel out of the water at Mystic Seaport's H.B. duPont Preservation Shipyard Tuesday, December 8, 2015. Discovering Amistad, the new non-profit created to take the vessel out of state receivership and operate it going forward, officially took ownership in November. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)
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Mystic — The crew of the schooner Amistad got started power-washing the hull after hauling the vessel out of the water at Mystic Seaport's H.B. duPont Preservation Shipyard on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015.

Discovering Amistad, the new nonprofit created to take the ship out of state receivership and operate it going forward, officially took ownership of the vessel in November.

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