The sloop-of-war USS Constellation, the last sail-only warship designed and built by the United States Navy, is the centrepiece of this maritime museum in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. It shares the waterfront with three other historic vessels and a lighthouse. All five are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the four ships are also National Historic Landmarks.
The collection spans very different kinds of service. The Coast Guard cutter WHEC-37 is the last surviving warship that took part in the attack on Pearl Harbor. USS Torsk, a World War II-era submarine, is credited with the United States Navy's last sinking of an enemy ship in that war. The lightship Chesapeake spent most of her 40-year career stationed at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. Seven Foot Knoll Light is a screw-pile lighthouse, a type built on iron piles screwed into the seabed.
The museum was formed by merging the USS Constellation Museum and the Baltimore Maritime Museum. It is an affiliate of the Living Classrooms Foundation.
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