Historic Ships in Baltimore explained

Historic Ships in Baltimore, created as a result of the merger of the USS Constellation Museum and the Baltimore Maritime Museum, is a maritime museum located in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland in the United States.

The museum's collection includes four historic museum ships and one lighthouse:

• USS Constellation, a sloop-of-war; the last sail-only warship designed and built by the United States Navy
• WHEC-37, a Coast Guard cutter; the last surviving vessel that participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor
• USS Torsk (SS-423), a World War II-era submarine; credited with the last sinking of an enemy ship by the USN in that war
• Chesapeake (LV-116), a lightship; stationed at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay for most of her 40-year service life
• Seven Foot Knoll Light, a screw-pile lighthouse

All are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The four ships are also National Historic Landmarks.^{[1] [2]}

The Liberty ship SS John W. Brown is also homeported out of Baltimore.

Historic Ships in Baltimore is an affiliate of the Living Classrooms Foundation.

See also

• List of maritime museums in the United States
• List of museum ships

External links

• • Historic Ships in Baltimore homepage
• Torsk Volunteer Association
• Maritime Museum on Google Street View

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lightship No. 116 "Chesapeake" . National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL) . . 13 March 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110926235301/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1818&ResourceType=Structure . 26 September 2011 .
2. Web site: CONSTELLATION, USS (Frigate) . National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL) . . 4 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605234813/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=697&ResourceType=Structure . 5 June 2011 .