2023 National Maritime Day/Port Expo10-3

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

Free & Open to the Public, Free Parking & Shuttle Bus Service – follow signs to Parking/Shuttle Bus, CLOSE TOE SHOES REQUIRED, 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

Noon * Boat Parade and Water/Canon Salutes

Tours *  Vessels are not handicap accessible; closed-toe shoes are required 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

= = Register for Docent tours, which includes the Nuclear Reactor Compartment and Engine Room

Maritime Communications * Listen in with our N.S. Savannah Amateur Radio Club N3SAV

Visit heritage and other organizations that preserve our maritime heritage and operate in the port

Enjoy other Activities

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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B&CSC is an all-volunteer nonprofit that preserves, interprets and supports industrial maritime heritage efforts in the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay Region.  Your donation to B&CSC helps save our history, educate people about the rich heritage and importance of the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore, and preserve a special […]