NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- The 107-year-old skipjack Norfolk no longer lives in the city for which it was named. These days, it can be found in Cape Charles as a crew of volunteers works to restore it.

The Norfolk is one of the last of the wooden oyster boats that plied the Chesapeake Bay. Thousands of skipjacks once crossed the bay at the start of the 20th century.

The Allegheny Beverage Corp. rescued the ship from a mud bank in 1965 and restored it before donating it to the city of Norfolk in 1978.

The boat became a mainstay at Harborfest and other parades of sail and traveled as far as New York City in 1986 for the 100th birthday of the Statue of Liberty. The boat also served as a training vessel for teens.

In 1990, the city received a $110,000 donation to repair the boat, but that wasn't enough. In 2005, the Norfolk City Council donated the decaying ship to Cape Charles.

The nonprofit East Harbor Boat Works was formed to restore the vessel and hopes to get it sailing again some day. At the very least, the group wants to restore the boat in Cape Charles as a living museum.