City of Baltimore's Official Committee for Visiting Ships
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Sail Baltimore

Links
Home
About Sail Baltimore
2006 Visiting Ships
History
Education
Board of Directors
Supporters
Volunteer
Membership
Types of Ships
Harbor Map
Related Sites

Archives
2005 Visiting Ships
2004 Visiting Ships
2003 Visiting Ships
2002 Visiting Ships
2001 Visiting Ships
2000 Visiting Ships
1999 Visiting Ships
OpSail 2000

 


1999 Visiting Ships

Date/Location

Ship

Jan. 12-14
West Wall

US Coast GuardUSCGC Point Huron
82’ US Coast Guard patrol boat

Feb. 4-8
Pier 3/West Wall

US Coast GuardUSCGC Cleat - 65’ US Coast Guard ice breaker
A small harbor tug intended for general towing, patrol and light icebreaking duties.

Feb. 10-15
Broadway Pier
oakhill.jpg (8028 bytes)USS Oak Hill
610’ US Navy dock landing ship
Feb. 11-16
West Wall

HMS CarlskronaHMS Carlskrona
346’ Swedish Navy training ship

Feb. 26-28
Pier 4
USNA Yard PatrolUSNA Yard Patrol vessels - three 108’ training ships
Yard Patrol Craft provide realistic, at sea training in navigation and seamanship for midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy and officer candidates at OCS. Yard Patrol craft can cruise for up to 1400 nautical miles at 12 knots speed, for a period of five days without refueling or replenishing.
Feb. 26-28
Pier 3

US Coast GuardUSCGC Chock - 65’ US Coast Guard ice breaker
A small harbor tug intended for general towing, patrol and light icebreaking duties.

March 4-9
Broadway Pier
juandevienne.jpg Jean De Vienne - 456’ French Navy frigate specialized for anti-submarine warfare
She is the fourth in a series of Frech frigates of the Georges Leygues type, also known as type F70.  She was launched in 1981 and is based in the city of Besançon.
March 5-7
Pier 3
Red WoodUSCGC Red Wood
157’ US Coast Guard buoy tender
March 8-10
West Wall
Kings PointerKings Pointer - 224’ US Merchant Marine training ship
The T/V Kings Pointer has been at the   United States Merchant Marine Academy for 7 years, following an eight year career with the Military Sealift Command. built in 1984, she was Formally the USNS Contender, an ocean surveillance ship, Contender served almost exclusively in the Pacific Ocean on three month tours, motoring throughout the Pacific Basin at speeds of 2-3 knots, towing a 200' acoustical array listening for submarines.
March 11-15 NATO Standing Force
West Wall

FGS Schleswig-Holstein FGS Schleswig-Holstein - 438’ German Navy frigate
The Schleswig-Holstein was commissioned in 1995 and is an anti-submarine warfare frigate. The all-steel ship has stealth features, extra space for Task Group personnel, and fin stabilisers. She is designed to carry two GKN Westland Sea Lynx Mk-88 helicopters and a rigid inflatable boat for boarding operations.

North Locust Point USS De WertUSS De Wert - 453’ US Navy frigate
USS DE WERT is a guided missile frigate of the Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) Class. The ship's systems reflect a 1970's era design intent to build ships under a "minimum manned" concept.  The ships of the class have continually proven their worth in both war and contingency operations. The FFG-7 class has been employed in every naval action over the past decade including operations in the Persian Gulf, Adriatic and Caribbean.
West Wall

HMLNS Van GalenHNLMS Van Galen - 402’ Netherlands Navy frigate
The Royal Netherlands Navy Multi-purpose (M-Class) or Karel Doorman Class frigate was first deployed in the early 1990's and there are now a total of eight ships. They are equipped for both anti-submarine and surface warfare roles. In addition they have both long and short range air defence systems. The ships have a helicopter deck which serves primarily to support anti- submarine helicopter operations.

Broadway Pier

HMS NorfolkHMS Norfolk - 436’ British Navy frigate
The Type 23  Duke Class frigate was originally designed for anti-submarine warfare, but the addition of Matra BAe Dynamics Vertical-Launched Seawolf point missile defence system and the Boeing  Harpoon surface-to-surface missile has expanded its role to include anti-surface warfare. Construction has incorporated stealth technology to minimise the acoustic, radar and infrared sigatures. The ships are armed with 8 Harpoon surface to surface missiles.

North Locust Point

HMCS Ville de QuebecHMCS Ville De Quebec - 440’ Canadian Navy Halifax Class frigate
HMCS VILLE DE QUÉBEC was comissioned in1994. The VDQ has the distinguished honour of being the first Canadian Patrol Frigate  designated as a francophone unit and to have a mixed-gender crew. Like all Halifax-class vessels, VDQ is adept at anti-submarine  and anti-surface operations as well as defending itself from air attack.

March 25-28
Constellation Pier
Pride of MANY and Kalmar Nyckel in Baltimore's HarborPride of MANY - 75’ replica of a Spanish galleon from Pennsylvania
The Pride of MANY is a 75 foot replica Spanish Galleon modeled after the Pinta of Columbus fame. Owned and operated by the Youth Services Agency of Pennsylvania, Inc. and named for the Mid-Atlantic Network of Youth and Family Services, she is as part of a comprehensive program for Community Development through Youth.
March 26-28
Constellation Pier

Kalmar NyckelKalmar Nyckel - 150’ Tall ship from Delaware
Kalmar Nyckel, is a replica of a Swedish-owned, Dutch-built three-masted armed pinnace (warship) that  brought the first permanent European settlers to the Delaware Valley, sailing from Goteborg, Sweden in November of 1637. Carrying 24 settlers from four countries -- Sweden, Finland, Holland, and Germany -- she  landed on the banks of the Christina River, a tributary of the mighty Delaware River. The site became known as "The Rocks," a site which can be visited today at Fort Christina Park off Wilmington's East 7th Street.

April 2
Piers 3 & 4
USNA Yard PatrolUSNA Yard Patrol vessels - four 108’ training ships
Yard Patrol Craft provide realistic, at sea training in navigation and seamanship for midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy and officer candidates at OCS. Yard Patrol craft can cruise for up to 1400 nautical miles at 12 knots speed, for a period of five days without refueling or replenishing.
April 9-12
Ann St. Pier
HMS RoseHMS Rose - 179’ Tall ship from Connecticut
The world's largest active wooden sailing vessel, "HMS" Rose, conducts adventure education programs open to the general public. Rose is a full-rigged ship, a replica of an 18th century Royal Navy frigate that cruised the American coast during the American Revolution.
April 28-May 2
Pier 3

US Coast GuardUSCGC Cleat
65’ US Coast Guard harbor tug

April 30-May 2
Constellation Pier
James RankinUSCGC James Rankin
175’ US Coast Guard coastal buoy tender
May 21-26West Wall Juan Sebastian de Elcano Juan Sebastian de Elcano
370’ Spanish Navy tall ship
May 22-25
Ann St. Pier
bounty.jpg (19431 bytes)HMS Bounty - 169’ 3-masted tall ship from Massachusetts
The MGM studios commissioned the Bounty's construction in 1960 for the movie Mutiny on the Bounty with Marlon Brando. The Tall Ship Bounty Foundation acquired the ship as a donation from its previous owner, Ted Turner, in 1993.

A coal-carrying merchant ship operating on the coast of England, the original Bounty was purchased by the British admiralty and recommissioned in 1787 for a special mission. She was to sail halfway around world to Tahiti; collect sapling breadfuit trees and transport them to the West Indies.  The end of the trip came with Fletcher Christian's mutiny to Caprtian William Bligh and the ship's eventual end at Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific.

June 23-24
West Wall
MK-V 985 & 986
DOD Special Operations Craft
June 24-28
N. Locust Point
USS LaboonUSS Laboon
505’ US Navy Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer
June 24-30
N. Locust Point

USS GettysburgUSS Gettysburg
567’ US Navy guided missile cruiser

June 29-30
West Wall

US Coast GuardUSCGC Mako
87’ US Coast Guard cutter

July 1-2
Pier 3

US Coast GuardUSCGC Red Wood
157’ Coast Guard buoy tender

July 1-3
Finger Piers

marthalewis.jpg (12444 bytes)Martha Lewis - 50’ Skipjack
MARTHA LEWIS is a V-bottom, two sail bateau (skipjack). She is one of the few remaining working dredge boats, that make up the Chesapeake Bay Oyster fleet - the last to fish commercially, under sail, in the USA.   Built in 1955 by Bronza Parks in Wingate, MD,  MARTHA LEWIS was restored during the winter of 1994 under the direction of master shipwright, Allen C. Rawl, in alliance with the City of Havre de Grace, MD and Havre de Grace Maritime Museum.

July 22-26
N. Locust Point

USS StoutUSS Stout - 505’ US Navy Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer
The Stout is propelled by powerful gas turbine jet engines to speeds in excess of 30 knots and is equipped with the AEGIS Combat System, the most advanced of its kind in the world. Offensive firepower is provided by Tomahawk Cruise Missiles launched from the MK 41 Vertical Launching System, which are capable of striking land and sea based targets from considerable distances, as well as Harpoon Anti-ship Missiles and the MK45 5 inch gun.

Aug 6-10
Broadway Pier

USS TyphoonUSS Typhoon - 170’ US Navy Patrol Craft
Typhoon is one of 13 Cyclone Class patrol ships. Named for a weather element, the ship's primary mission is coastal patrol and interdiction surveillance.  The ship also provides full mission support for Navy SEALs and other special operations forces. Patrol coastal ships are armed with a Stinger missile station, 40mm grenade launchers, .50 caliber machine guns and 25mm chain guns. Typhoon has a crew of four officers and 24 sailors, is 170 feet in length, has a beam of 24 feet, and displaces approximately 331 tons fully loaded.

Sept 23-25
Pier 3
USNA Yard PatrolUSNA Yard Patrol vessels - three 108’ training ships
Yard Patrol Craft provide realistic, at sea training in navigation and seamanship for midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy and officer candidates at OCS. Yard Patrol craft can cruise for up to 1400 nautical miles at 12 knots speed, for a period of five days without refueling or replenishing.
Oct. 2-4 USS HornbeamUSCGC Hornbeam - Balsam class seagoing buoy tender 180' long.
Oct. 12-15
Fells Point
Start of schooner raceGreat Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race
Oct. 12 is the Parade of Sail in Baltimore harbor. Oct 15 at 3 pm, the race starts at the Bay Bridge and ends in Norfolk the next day. Forty tall ships are expected to take part.
Dec. 4 Parade of Lights
The parade circles through the Inner Harbor, Fells Point, and Canton. More than 50 boats pass about 35,000 onlookers.

 

  info@Sail Baltimore.org
1809 Thames Street | Baltimore, Maryland 21231 USA | 410.522.7300 | fax 410.522.3405