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March
4-6
Inner Harbor, West
Wall
Public
Tours:
Saturday, March 5, 10 am - 4 pm
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 USCGC
Juniper - 225'
US Coast Guard Cutter
Founded in 1790
as the Revenue Cutter Service, the
modern Coast Guard is a combination of
the Revenue Cutter Service and several
smaller entities, including the Life
Saving Service and the Lighthouse
Service. |
March
6-8
Inner Harbor, West
Wall |
 T/V
Kings Pointer - 225'
US Merchant Marine Training Ship
The Kings
Pointer is the flagship and training
vessel of the US Merchant Marine
Academy. Her original name was the USNS
Contender. She was commissioned as a
Naval auxiliary (USNS), operated by the
Military Sealift Command (MSC). The ship
was renamed T/V Kings Pointer on
Maritime Day 1993. |
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April
22-30
Inner Harbor, Finger
Piers
Open
for Public Sails
Saturday, April 23rd
11am-1pm
2pm-4pm
For reservations, call
410-778-5954
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 Schooner
Sultana - 97'
topsail schooner from Chestertown, MD
The Schooner
Sultana is an undertaking of Sultana
Projects. Inc., a non-profit, 501(3)(c)
organization based in Chestertown,
Maryland. Founded in 1997, Sultana's
mission is to provide unique, hands-on
educational experiences in colonial
history and environmental science. |
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May
19-25
Fells Point, Broadway
Pier
Public
Tours:
Saturday, May 21
1:30pm - 4:00pm
Sunday, May 22
1:30pm - 4:00pm
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 HNLMS
Tromp - 454'
Netherlands Navy Frigate
HNLMS Tromp
is one of four De Zeven Provincien Class
guided missile fast frigates for the
Royal Netherlands Navy built by Royal
Schelde. Commissioned in 2003, the Tromp
displays a futuristic stealth profile.
Photo
© John
H. Luxton 2004
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May
25 - 26
Inner Harbor, Pier 4 East |
 USCGC
Finback - 87' Coastal Patrol
Boat (WPB), Marine Protector Class
Based in
Cape May, NJ and commissioned in 2000,
the Finback is one of the newly
designed Coastal Patrol Boats with
improved mission sea keeping abilities
(up to sea state 5), significantly
upgraded habitability, and compliance
with all current and projected
environmental protection laws. She also
employs an innovative stern launch and
recovery system using an aluminum hulled
inboard diesel powered waterjet small
boat. The vastly larger pilot house is
equipped with an integrated bridge
system including an electronic chart
display system (ECDIS) which interfaces
with the CG’s new surface search
radar. SWIII computers along with a
fiber optic network will also be
installed, allowing the crew to access
the vessel’s CD-ROM tech pubs and
drawings.
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June
10-14
Inner Harbor, West Wall
Ship Visiting Hours
Saturday, June 11
12:00pm - 4pm
Sunday, June 12
12:00pm - 4pm
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 Pohjanmaa
- 256' Finnish Navy
Training Ship
Pohjanmaa
was built in Helsinki in 1979 and is an
ocean-capable minelayer, also used as a
training ship with 70 trainees in
temporary berthing in the minedeck.
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July
13-16
Inner Harbor,
West Wall
Arrival:
Wednesday,
July 13th at 1:30pm
Public welcome ceremony alongside the
ship at 3:00pm
Public
Visiting Hours:
Thursday,
July 13th
2-4pm
Friday,
July 14th,
10:30-11:30am and 2-4pm
Departure:
Saturday, July 16th at 10:00am
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 Danmark
- 253' Danish tall ship
Danmark
is a 253' steel ship built in 1933 and
owned by the Danish Marine Authority. On
a visit in New York in 1939, Danmark's
captain offered her services to the US
as he wished to avoid surrendering her
to Axis powers. During World War II, Danmark
served as a school ship at the US Coast
Guard Academy in New London, CT. She was
returned to Denmark after the war. |
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July
21-25
Constellation Dock,
Inner Harbor
Arrival:
Thursday, July 21 at 2pm
Departure: Monday, July 25 at 9am
Public tour hours:
Saturday, July 23rd 10am-5pm
Sunday, July 24th
10am-5pm
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 HMS
Bounty - 180' tall
ship
A coal
carrying merchant ship operating on the
coast of England, named the Bethia,
was purchased by the Admiralty, renamed
the Bounty, and re-commissioned
in 1787 for a special mission. She was
to sail halfway around the world to
Tahiti, collect sapling breadfruit trees
and transport them to the West Indies.
Owners of the burgeoning British
plantations there needed a cheap source
of food for the workers.
To lead the mission, the Admiralty
picked 33-year-old Lt. William Bligh,
who had been the sailing master on the
HMS Resolution, on Capt. Cook's last
voyage of discovery. Though portrayed as
an abusive tyrant by Hollywood, Bligh
may be one of the greatest seamen who
ever lived. ..see more
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July
30-31
Inner Harbor West Wall |
 USCGC
Katherine Walker - 175'
Keeper Class Coastal Buoytender
Home port
Bayonne, NJ. Named for Katherine Walker,
lightkeeper of Robbins Reef Light,
located in the New York City between
Manhattan Island and Staten Island on
the west side of the channel.
In the winter of 1886, Keeper John
Walker developed pneumonia and died,
leaving his wife Katherine as temporary
head keeper to tend the light. His last
reported words to her were, "Mind
the Lights, Katie." She decided to
stay on as keeper if the government
permitted. However, objections were
raised when she applied for the
appointment, as she was only 4' 10"
and 100 pounds. After several men turned
the job down because the light was too
isolated, Katie was hired.but not until
June 6, 1895. She not only kept the
light burning but may have saved as many
as 50 people, most fishermen whose boats
were blown onto the reef by sudden
storms. Kate, assisted by her son Jacob,
tended the light until her retirement to
Staten Island in 1919 at the age of 73. |
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Sept.
8-12
Inner Harbor, Finger
Piers
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 Nathan
of Dorchester -
65' Maryland Skipjack
The
Skipjack, Nathan of Dorchester,
was built in Cambridge, Maryland by
local volunteers under the direction of
Master Shipwright Bobby Ruark. Three
years in the making, she was launched
July 4th 1994. Skipjacks, designed for
dredging oysters on Chesapeake Bay,
comprise the last commercial sailing
fleet in the USA. The Nathan, combining
native oak and pine with galvanized
steel, was designed to teach history and
aquatic sciences while touring the
Choptank River.
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October
8-13
Inner Harbor, Finger
Piers
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Schooner
Sultana - 97'
topsail schooner from Chestertown, MD
The Schooner
Sultana is an undertaking of Sultana
Projects. Inc., a non-profit, 501(3)(c)
organization based in Chestertown,
Maryland. Founded in 1997, Sultana's
mission is to provide unique, hands-on
educational experiences in colonial
history and environmental science. |
Oct.
8-13
Inner Harbor, Finger Piers |
 Schooner
Virginia -
122' Virginia Pilot Schooner
The Pilot
Schooner Virginia Project is a program
of The Virginia Maritime Heritage
Foundation. The mission of the project
is to construct and operate a replica of
the historic 118-foot Pilot Schooner
Virginia. This "Class B" tall
ship was the last sailing Pilot Schooner
in use on the Chesapeake Bay and served
the Virginia Pilot Association from 1917
until 1926 as a station vessel off the
Virginia Capes. The Pilot Schooner
Virginia will be a living symbol of
Virginia's historic maritime past and
will be used to promote educational and
economic programs for the Commonwealth
of Virginia. |
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Oct.
12-16
Baltimore to Hampton
Roads
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 16th
Annual Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner
Race* -
sponsored by Great Chesapeake Bay
Schooner Race Committee. This annual
race's mission is to promote public
awareness of the Chesapeake Bay's
maritime heritage and to encourage the
preservation and improvement of the
Chesapeake's natural resources. Race's
proceeds benefit the Chesapeake Bay
Foundation.
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October
23-26
Fells Point, Broadway
Pier |
 HDMS
Absalon -
452' Danish Navy Frigate
The
flexible support ship Absalon
is not only a brand new ship but also
the largest in the Danish Navy. |
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October
28-Nov 4
Inner Harbor
West Wall
Arrival: Friday, Oct 28 at 10am
Public welcome ceremony: Friday, Oct
28th at 12 noon alongside the ship
Free, public tours:
Sat., Oct 29th 12pm-5pm
Thur. Nov 3rd 12pm- 3pm
Departure: Thur., Nov 3 at 6pm
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 HnoMS
Statsraad Lehmkuhl -
323' Norwegian Tall Ship
The Statsraad
Lehmkuhl was launched in 1914 as a
training ship for the German merchant
marine, her original name being the Grossherzog
Friedrich August. At the end of the
WWI Britain obtained the vessel as a
prize of war, but decided she was not
needed and largely as a result of the
efforts of a former Norwegian minister,
she was acquired by the Norwegian
Shipowners’ Association in 1923. The
minister in question was called
Kristoffer Lehmkuhl and it was his name
and title - ‘Stratsraad’ means
minister - that was fittingly given to
the barque. And so it was that the Statsraad
Lehmkuhl worked as a cadet trainer
until once again, another war found her
in the hands of the Germans, where she
acted as a stationary trainer under the
name Westwarts.
With
hostilities over, the barque came back
to Norway, where she resumed her role
until 1966, when the Bergen School Ship
Foundation, who managed the Statsraad
Lehmkuhl, announced that the cost of
running the vessel had got too much for
them and she was sold to Hilmar Reksten,
a Bergen ship-owner, who ran her as a
philanthropic gesture until 1972, when
once again rising costs meant that State
aid was pulled and the barque was
laid-up until 1978. And so,
Reksten gave the Statsraad Lehmkuhl
to the foundation that today bears her
name, and since 1986 she has earned her
keep by taking paying cadets to sea,
mainly in Norwegian waters. |
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Nov. 4
6:30-10:30 pm
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 Beer,
Boats and Ballads
A fun, low-key,
lighthearted event to benefit Sail
Baltimore at Du Claw Brewing Company 901
S. Bond Street, Baltimore, MD 21231 in
the heart of historic Fells Point.
Includes food, drink, live band, silent
and live auctions. Everyone gets a free
Sail Baltimore 30th anniversary
commemorative poster at the event.
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Nov
16-17
Inner Harbor, Pier 4 |
USCGC Cochito -
87' US Coast Guard cutter based in
Little Creek, VA, a Barracuda
("Marine Protector") class
patrol boat.
Displacement: 91 tons full load
Dimensions: 87 x 17 x 6 feet
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 2,680
bhp, 25 knots
Crew: 10 + 1 transient
Armament: 2 12.7mm MG
Builders: Bollinger SY, Lockport, LA.
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Nov
18-20
Inner Harbor, West
Wall |
USCGC
Staten Island -
Bollinger Machine Shop and Shipyard in
Lockport, LA, built the 110’ cutter.
It is equipped with state of the art
machinery and electronics. The
cutter’s design is based on the
internationally known Vosper
Thorneycroft Patrol Boats of Great
Britain. Her twin V-16 Caterpillar
diesel engines move the ship at speeds
in excess of 26 knots. |
Nov
30-Dec 4
Inner Harbor, Pier 4 |
 USCGC
William Tate -
175' US Coast Guard Cutter CGC William
Tate and her crew are responsible for
the maintenance of 250 buoys in the
Delaware Bay and River, and the Upper
Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, William
Tate is designed, constructed and
equipped to ably perform other Coast
Guard missions such as domestic ice
breaking, marine environmental
protection, and maritime law
enforcement.
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