United States lightship Chesapeake (LV-116), Ship, Photo

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Code Number:: TLHD05_104
Title:: United States lightship Chesapeake (LV-116), Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, East Coast, Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Seaboard, Lightvessel; The Chesapeake is owned by the National Park Service and is on a 25 year loan to the Baltimore Maritime Museum as it can be seen here moored at Pier 3 in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The Chesapeake is open for boarding via a paid admission to the Museum. It is now designated a National Historic Landmark.
Builder: Charleston Drydock & Machine Co., Charleston, South Carolina
Cost: $274,434
Launched: 17 August 1930
Commissioned: 1930
Decommissioned: 6 January 1971
Displacement: 130 long tons (132 t)
Length: 133 feet 3 in (40.61 m)
Beam: 30 feet (9.1 m)
Draft: 13 feet 9 in (4.19 m)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric, 350 hp (261 kW)
Speed: 9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h)
Complement: 10 seamen, 5 officers, 1 cook
Armament: 2 20 mm rapid fire machine guns (World War II only)
Keywords:: Workboat, Ship, Commerce, Maritime, Transportation, Shipping, merchant marine, Industry, Commercial-shipping, City of Baltimore, Maryland, Lighthouses, Beacon, Maritime, Technology, Architecture, Building, landmark, structure, real, coast, coastline, nautical, shore, shoreline, Navigation Aid, Navaid, Coastal, Transportation Safety, light, Phare, Tower
Image by:: Wernher Krutein

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Code Number:: TLHD05_104
Title:: United States lightship Chesapeake (LV-116), Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, East Coast, Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Seaboard, Lightvessel; The Chesapeake is owned by the National Park Service and is on a 25 year loan to the Baltimore Maritime Museum as it can be seen here moored at Pier 3 in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The Chesapeake is open for boarding via a paid admission to the Museum. It is now designated a National Historic Landmark.
Builder: Charleston Drydock & Machine Co., Charleston, South Carolina
Cost: $274,434
Launched: 17 August 1930
Commissioned: 1930
Decommissioned: 6 January 1971
Displacement: 130 long tons (132 t)
Length: 133 feet 3 in (40.61 m)
Beam: 30 feet (9.1 m)
Draft: 13 feet 9 in (4.19 m)
Propulsion: Diesel-electric, 350 hp (261 kW)
Speed: 9 knots (10 mph; 17 km/h)
Complement: 10 seamen, 5 officers, 1 cook
Armament: 2 20 mm rapid fire machine guns (World War II only)
Keywords:: Workboat, Ship, Commerce, Maritime, Transportation, Shipping, merchant marine, Industry, Commercial-shipping, City of Baltimore, Maryland, Lighthouses, Beacon, Maritime, Technology, Architecture, Building, landmark, structure, real, coast, coastline, nautical, shore, shoreline, Navigation Aid, Navaid, Coastal, Transportation Safety, light, Phare, Tower
Image by:: Wernher Krutein
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