National Maritime Day Port Expo 2023
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.