Constitution, USS

Diorama model of the USS Constitution under construction. The vessel is modeled as she might have looked at launch in 1794.

Model of a Chesapeake Bay Skipjack - View from port bow

Skipjack

Traditional Chesapeake Bay oyster boat

Model of the United States frigate Essex (1799) - Port side view

Essex, USS

United State Frigate active in the conflict with Barbary States and the War of 1812

Pilothouse

Pilot Boat Virginia

Second pilot boat named Virginia. Originally the yacht Pawnee, designed by naval engineers Cox and Stevens. Commissioned by the Virginia Pilots Association in 1932, she remained in VPA service until 1971 when she was relieved by a third Virginia.

Model of gunboat USS Nashville PG-7 - view from starboard bow

Nashville, USS (PG-7)

This gun boat served in the Spanish-American War, World War I, and played a role in the building of the Panama Canal