Lightship Chesapeake
- active lightship from 1930 until 1970 -
Lightship Chesapeake
- active lightship from 1930 until 1970 -
Displacement:
630 t Builder: Charleston
Drydock & Machine Co, Charleston (SC) Year of construction:
1930 Design: steel
hull; steel deckhouses; 2 masts, smokestack amidships Engine: Diesel-electric
- one 350 HP electric motor driven by any or all of four 75 KW
diesel engine/generator units; 350 SHP @ 300 RPM; 5'9"dia propeller
Length:
133,3 feet (40,60 m)
Beam:
30 feet (9,14 m)
Draft:
13 feet (3,96 m)
Contact
price: $274,434
Sister
vessels: LV 100, LV 113, LV 114, LV 115, LV 117
Speed:
9 knots
Illumination:
375mm electric lens lantern at each masthead
Fog
signal: Electric diaphragm horn using 4-way multiple horn; hand
operated bell
Anchor:
mushroom anchor
Crew:
16 men, two weeks on, two weeks off
Radio
and visual call sign: NMJD (1940-1970)
History:
22.10.1929 launched
14.08.1930 completed1930-1933 Station Fenwick Island Shoal
1933-1942 Station Chesapeake Bay
1942-1945 based at Sandwich (MA) and used as examination vessel off northern entrance to Cape Cod Canal
1945-1965 Station Chesapeake
1965-1970 Station Delaware Bay
25.08.1970 decommissioned
25.08.1970-1980 transferred to National Park Service, which used her as a sea-going environmental classroom at Hams Point, Washington DC until 1980
1982 she was turned over to the city of Baltimore
1988 she became part of the Baltimore Maritime Museum and is open to the public. CHESAPEAKE is a National Historic Landmark
Opening hours:
Summer:
daily 10 am - 6 pm
Spring (from March) and Autum:
Sunday - Thursday: 10 am - 5 pm
Friday - Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm
Winter:
Friday - Sunday 10 am - 5 pmAdmission fees:
Adults 7$
Seniors 6$
Children (6-14) 4$
Children (under 5) free
Visitor address:
Baltimore Maritime Museum
802 South Caroline Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21231
U.S.A.Link to the museum:
http://www.baltomaritimemuseum.org/
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