Chesapeake Shipbuilding [SEP] industry
Chesapeake Shipbuilding
Chesapeake Shipbuilding is a shipbuilding company, based in Salisbury, Maryland, United States.
Information.
It began operations in 1980 on the site of the former Roberts Shipyard. They are capable of constructing vessels up to 375 feet in length on the 13 acre yard. The yard includes 2000 ft of deepwater bulkhead along the Wicomico River.
Vessels.
Notable vessels constructed for American Cruise Lines at the yard include:
- "American Eagle"
- "American Spirit"
- "
two years as a lightship, condemned, laid up in January 1918 and sold for $150 April 27, 1920.
Private ownership.
The new owner installed power propulsion and renamed the ship "W. J. Townsend" which was scrapped in 1945.
External links.
- Bush Bluff Lightship (Chesapeake Chapter, USLHS)
- "The Sea-Serpent" Science 8 (189):258. 17 Sep 1886 reproduced at Cape Cod History