United States lightship Chesapeake
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.Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: lightvessel
- Address: Pier 3, Baltimore, MD 21202
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include World Trade Center and United States Custom House.
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.
United States Custom House
Public building
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U.S. Custom House is a historic custom house building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a granite, steel-frame structure measuring 252 feet 8 inches by 139 feet 6 inches. United States Custom House is situated 930 feet north of United States lightship Chesapeake.
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 1,200 feet southeast of United States lightship Chesapeake.
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
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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 small neighborhood of historic rowhouses in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Otterbein is immediately southwest of, and in close walking distance to, the Inner Harbor.
United States lightship Chesapeake
- Categories: lightvessel, ship, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Baltimore, Central Maryland, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.28568° or 39° 17′ 9″ northLongitude
-76.60878° or 76° 36′ 32″ westInception
1930Operator
Historic Ships of BaltimoreOpen location code
87F579PR+7FOpenStreetMap ID
way 127075950OpenStreetMap feature
building=shipOpenStreetMap feature
historic=shipOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7892539
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“United States lightship Chesapeake” goes by many names.
- French: “Chesapeake”
- Japanese: “チェサピーク号”
- “Chesapeake”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pier 3 and 9/11 Fallen Memorial.
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