Baltimore Maritime Museum

Baltimore Maritime Museum

The Baltimore Maritime Museum (BMM) is a maritime museum located in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland in the United States.

The museum's collection includes three historic museum ships and one lighthouse:

* USCGC "Taney" (WHEC-37), a Coast Guard cutter
* USS "Torsk" (SS-423), a WWII-era submarine
* "Chesapeake", a lightship
* Seven Foot Knoll Light, a screw-pile lighthouse

All are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The three ships are also National Historic Landmarks.

BMM is part of the [http://www.livingclassrooms.org/ Living Classrooms Foundation] .

ee also

* List of maritime museums in the United States
* List of museum ships

External links

* [http://www.baltomaritimemuseum.org/ Baltimore Maritime Museum homepage]
* [http://www.usstorsk.org "Torsk" Volunteer Association]


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