The good ship Yankee has had many names in her 118 years: Machigonne, Dida, Hook Mountain and League Island.

She served in the Navy during both world wars, and has been a tour boat for Lady Liberty. She's ferried passengers to Block Island and the Casco Bay Islands, and is also Ellis Island's last surviving passenger ferry. She’s been used for scrap. And she’s also been an antique dealer's pet project.

But since around 2003, the Yankee been the home and studio of artists Richard and Victoria MacKenzie-Childs. The ship will be one of dozens of stops open to the public for tours as part of Open House New York’s annual festival weekend on Oct. 17-19, with a full list to be announced on Friday.

And if you’ve got $1.25 million, the Yankee could be yours.

Richard and Victoria, both in their

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