About
NATIONAL MARITIME DAY & PORT EXPO
~Bring the family to this free event~
Pier 13 Canton, 4601 Newgate Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21224
Sunday, 21 May 2023 * 10 AM - 3 PM
Commemoration LIVE STEAMED on YouTube 11:30AM EST -
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Free & Open to the Public, Free Parking & Shuttle Bus Service - follow signs to Parking/Shuttle Bus, CLOSE TOE SHOES RECOMENDED, Masks May Be Required, Not Handicap Accessible
Sunday P R O G R A M -
11:30am * National Maritime Day and Armed Forces Day Observance & Wreath-casting - aboard the Nuclear Ship Savannah, Promenade Deck - LIVE STREAM on YouTube begins ~11:30am EST-
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Noon * Boat Parade and Water/Canon Salutes, Stern
Tours * Vessels are not handicap accessible; closed-toe shoes recommended for boarding all vessels:
-> Liberty Ship S.S. JOHN W. BROWN, one of the last two remaining WW2 Liberty Ships in the U.S.
== Self-Guided tours
= = Docent tours
-> Nuclear Ship Savannah
= = Self-Guided tours
= = Timed Docent tours: Register at the Purser’s Desk, Site #3 (orange sofa) on Sun. 5/21/2023, which includes the Nuclear Reactor Compartment and Engine Room
Maritime Communications * Listen in with our N.S. Savannah Amateur Radio Club N3SAV, Boat Deck
Visit heritage and other organizations that preserve our maritime history and operate in and around the port
Enjoy other Activities like the R/C Boat Pond
With special thanks to the crews of the
N.S. Savannah & S.S. JOHN W. BROWN
Our friend and founder of the Baltimore & Chesapeake Steamboat Company and an instrumental force in our National Maritime Day & Port EXPO, Walt Mathers, passed over the bar. Fair winds & following seas, Walt. End of watch, 17 March 2023.
1940 CHARLES D. GAITHER - Police Patrol /Fireboat, above
Baltimore & Chesapeake Steamboat Company is a co-sponsor of this event.
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The Baltimore & Chesapeake Steamboat Company, Inc. (B&CSC), is an all-volunteer nonprofit that began operating in 2005 to preserve, interpret and support industrial maritime heritage efforts in the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore and Chesapeake Bay Region. All donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
We go Places - We do Things!
VISIT B&CSC’s ‘Recent Posts‘ for updated event information and the Program & Events Calendar tab for upcoming events.
The B&CSC is active in participating and sponsoring a variety of events, lectures, and programs. It also provides docents to the Nuclear Ship Savannah and is a co-sponsor of Baltimore’s National Maritime Day Port EXPO aboard the N.S. Savannah. There is something here for everyone - and we need lots of help to work on our museum collection and archives, outreach, educational programming, and more.
B&CSC maintains a Facebook presence with two pages:
Hidden behind the demolition of the historic Grain Elevator ca. 2020-21, featured in the opening scene for “Ladder 49” film with John Travolta, is the NS SAVANNAH ENTHUSIAST’S GROUP Nuclear Ship Savannah. Project Liberty Ship the JOHN W BROWN is shown. The skyline has sure changed!
Baltimore & Chesapeake Maritime Group This cyber- landing is created to share happenings out on the Chesapeake or amongst the busy activities within the many harbors along her shores… the shipyards, dredging operators, those who bunker, the chandlers, freight fowarders, municipal harbor guardians, pilots, truckers, railroad-men and countless others, in as many specialties, who we may know not, but no less, will ensure that the fleets of Bay-bound vessels can deliver. This is a site where you can feel at home connecting with those who go down to the sea in ships — It is a site for both amateurs, armchair dreamers and the professionals who love the careers they have chosen in life.
We’re glad you’ve trained your spy glass in our direction. We invite you to come alongside from wherever you may hail. Alert your mates and encourage them sign on for what we hope will become a rather unique cyber voyage. And… standby all lines.
The B&CSC traces its roots back to its members’ long-standing assistance efforts with preserving the last operational coal-fired steam tug in North America, the 1906 tug BALTIMORE. The BALTIMORE is owned and maintained by the Baltimore Museum of Industry.
You can contact us via email at SteamBoatCompany @ yahoo.com
Or by Mail: B&CSC ● P.O. Box 9690 ● Baldwin, Maryland ● 21013