A salvage company that is suing to obtain the title of a 125-year-old shipwreck off Bar Harbor is now suing the National Park Service.

The company, JJM LLC, is suing the National Park Service and Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places, Joy Beasley, after she designated the shipwreck to be eligible for inclusion on the list. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court of Maine in Bangor.

The ship, Delhi, sank in the 1890s with a cargo load of stone pavers that are still aboard the wreck, the company said previously.

As the keeper of the register, Beasley makes the final decision and now the only way for the designation to be reviewed is through a lawsuit, the company said in court filings.

The company wants a judge to say Beasley’s decision was “arbitrary and cap

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