For the second time in a month, Boothbay Harbor Shipyard will play host to a famous replica ship.

The Freedom Schooner Amistad is currently moored in Boothbay Harbor, and will eventually be hauled-out by the Shipyard.

Hanifa Washington, the director of education and community outreach for Amistad America, said the 80-foot ship was returning from Nova Scotia to its home port in New Haven, Conn., when it began experiencing problems with its propeller. Washington said that the ship would first be hauled-out in Boothbay Harbor, but that it might be hauled-out for the season in Portland.

The Freedom Schooner Amistad is a replica of La Amistad, which during an 1839 journey from Havana to Puerto Principe, Cuba, was overtaken by the 53 African captives on board. The resulting court case, U.S. v. The Amistad, was considered a landmark civil rights case.

The tale of La Amistad was featured in 1997s “Amistad” by Steven Spielberg.

The Freedom Schooner Amistad is the second famous replica ship to be anchored in Boothbay in one month. On September 17, the Bounty, which was the star of 1962s “Mutiny on the Bounty” was hauled-out at the shipyard.

The Bounty is currently undergoing several repairs, and is scheduled to stay at the shipyard for another two weeks.

Ben Bulkeley can be reached at 633-4620 or bbulkeley@boothbayregister.com. Follow him on Twitter: @BBRegisterBen.