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Era: 1914-1945
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Engine→ Internal Combustion
- Impeller→ Propeller
Subject Type: Vessel→ Working→ Fishing
1934 Hoopers Island dovetail crab boat. Part of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. read more… -
Era: 1815-1914
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail
Subject Type: Vessel→ Working→ Fishing→ Trawl / Dredge
A National Historic Landmark, and the oldest sailing log-bottom bugeye, built in 1889. Part of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. read more…
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Era: 1914-1945
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail
Subject Type: Vessel→ Pleasure / Sport→ Racing
Chesapeake Bay’s racing log canoe from the 1930s. Part of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. read more…
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Era: 1815-1914
Museum Type: Ship→ Replica Ship
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail
Subject Type: Vessel→ Pleasure / Sport→ Racing
Replica Chesapeake Bay’s racing log canoe built in 2014 from 1893 plans. Part of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. read more…
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Era: 1914-1945
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Engine→ Internal Combustion
- Impeller→ Propeller
Subject Type: Vessel→ Working→ Fishing
1934 Hoopers Island dovetail crab boat. Part of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. read more…
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Era: 1815-1914
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Engine→ Internal Combustion
- Impeller→ Propeller
Subject Type: Vessel→ Working→ Fishing→ Trawl / Dredge
1909 log-built crab dredger. Old Point also hauled freight fish in the summer and carried oysters during the fall. Part read more…
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Era: 1945-
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail
Subject Type: Vessel→ Working→ Fishing→ Trawl / Dredge
1955 Chesapeake Bay skipjack. Part of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. read more…
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Era: 1914-1945
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Engine→ Internal Combustion
- Impeller→ Propeller
Subject Type: Vessel→ Working→ Fishing→ Buy Boat
1920 Chesapeake Bay buyboat. Part of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. read more…
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Era: 1400-1700
Museum Type: Ship→ Replica Ship
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ {Pole/Oar+Sail}
Subject Type: Vessel→ Utility / Transportation
Replica of a shallop, like that used by Captain John Smith to make the first detailed European exploration of the read more…
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Era: 1914-1945
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Impeller→ Propeller
- Engine→ Steam Turbine
Subject Type: Vessel→ Naval and Privateer→ Steel Navy→ Aircraft Carrier
WWII Essex-class aircraft carrier named in honor of CV-5, sunk in action. Part of Patriots Point. read more…
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Era: 1914-1945
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Impeller→ Propeller
- Engine→ Steam Turbine
Subject Type: Vessel→ Naval and Privateer→ Steel Navy→ Destroyer
Sumner-class destroyer. Part of Patriots Point. read more…
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Era: 1914-1945
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Electic Motor
- Engine→ Internal Combustion
- Impeller→ Propeller
Subject Type: Vessel→ Naval and Privateer→ Steel Navy→ Submarine
Balao-class submarine. Part of Patriots Point. read more…
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Era: 1815-1914
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Impeller→ Propeller
- Engine→ Reciprocating Steam
Subject Type: Vessel→ Working→ Tug / Towboat
1898 tug built in Sorrel, Quebec. One of the few remaining tugs with her original steam engine intact. Part of read more…
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Era: 1815-1914
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail
Subject Type: Vessel→ Naval and Privateer→ Wooden Navy→ Frigate
USS Constellation is a sloop-of-war, the last sail-only warship designed and built by the United States Navy. Part of Historic read more…
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Era: 1914-1945
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Impeller→ Propeller
- Engine→ Steam Turbine
United States Coast Guard Treasury-class high endurance cutter. Part of Historic Ships in Baltimore. read more…
