Lightship 116 was built in South Carolina at the Charleston Machine and Drydock Company at a cost of $274,424. If you are interested in donating an an object, photograph, or document related to one of the sites that the Historic Ships operates, we would love to hear from you. New items, often donated by former crew members and their descendants, are rotated into exhibits so there are opportunities to see something new in future visits.
These artifacts tell the stories not only of the ships and lighthouse, but of the thousands of brave sailor for whom these historic sites were a duty post, a home, and a way of life. Our artifact collections consist of approximately 50,000 objects, photographs and documents across all of our exhibits. New spaces will be opened up including crew’s quarters, the engine room fiddly, and the windlass room.
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Plans are currently underway to replace the space with a new, hands-on exhibit on navigation aids and how to signal ships at sea. While on board Chesapeake, visitors are able to see the exhibit on sailor's Canine Companions. Long boring days sitting on station and terrifying nights in storms made for challenging duty that took a very special person to fulfill. Living aboard a lightship was not always easy for a crew of 16 on the boat. The LV116 Chesapeake is located at Pier 3 alongside the USS Torsk and the National Aquarium east of the Inner Harbor.
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