USS Torsk

USS Torsk is a museum in Baltimore, Central Maryland, Maryland. USS Torsk is situated nearby to Pier 3, as well as near the museum United States lightship Chesapeake.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include United States lightship Chesapeake and Sevenfoot Knoll Lighthouse.

United States lightship Chesapeake

Museum

Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.

United States lightship Chesapeake is a museum ship owned by the National Park Service and on a 25-year loan to Baltimore City, and is operated by Historic Ships in Baltimore Museum in Baltimore, Maryland.

Sevenfoot Knoll Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: VinceB, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Seven Foot Knoll Light was built in 1855 and is the oldest screw-pile lighthouse in Maryland. It was located atop Seven Foot Knoll in the Chesapeake Bay until it was replaced by a modern navigational aid and relocated to Baltimore's Inner Harbor as a museum exhibit. Sevenfoot Knoll Lighthouse is situated 1,100 feet southeast of USS Torsk.

World Trade Center

Photo: Jmj1000, Public domain.

The Baltimore World Trade Center is a 30-story skyscraper located on the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland designed by the architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners with principal architects Henry N. World Trade Center is situated 470 feet northwest of USS Torsk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inner Harbor and Little Italy.

Inner Harbor

Photo: Jawed, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Inner Harbor is the heart of Baltimore, and the standard-bearer of its industrial and maritime heritage. In the 1950s, the area became an industrial wasteland and the buildings were eventually replaced with parkland for public uses and events.

Little Italy

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Little Italy is a neighborhood located in southeastern Baltimore, Maryland. The neighborhood is known for its strong Italian-American heritage and identity.

Otterbein

Neighborhood

Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.

Otterbein is a neighborhood of historic rowhouses in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, located immediately southwest of, and in close walking distance to the city's Inner Harbor.

USS Torsk

Type: Museum
Address: Pier 3, Baltimore, MD 21202
Categories: ship, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
Location: Baltimore, Central Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.28495° or 39° 17′ 6″ north

Longitude

-76.60871° or 76° 36′ 31″ west

Inception

1944

Operator

Historic Ships of Baltimore

Open location code

87F579MR+XG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 109484023

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ship

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ship

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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