Took off in the rain for Baltimore which was 28 miles away. The winds were mild and we had 1 foot seas. Crossing under the Francis Scott Key bridge we looked for the buoy that marked the spot where
Key was when he penned the Star Spangled Banner. We docked at the Inner Harbor and once we tied up we went to the Baltimore visitor center just across the river walk to plan our fun-filled week.
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Francis Scott Key Bridge  stood at the harbor's mouth.   Constellation was the last all-sail ship designed by the Navy. The Constellation is the only vessel still afloat that saw active service during the American Civil War. Constellation is the largest example of traditional Chesapeake Bay wooden shipbuilding in existence.    
The US Submarine Torsk was the last American naval vessel to sink an enemy warship in
World War II. One of 26 tench class fleet submarines built for the US navy during 1944-45, Torsk was part of the American Submarine offensive playing a pivotal role in World War II's Pacific Campaign. The Torsk is credited for sinking two Japanese coastal defense frigates, the last enemy combatants torpedoed by a U.S. warship during WW II.
Touring the USS Torsk
USS Coast Guard cutter Taney, named for the 19th century U.S. Chief Justice, Roger Taney.
USCGC Taney was constructed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1935-36 before WW II. Home ported
in Honolulu, Hawaii, beginning in 1937, Taney was attached to Destroyer Division 80 in the summer of 1941, and was in action against Japanese planes during the Pearl Harbor attack. By the late 1960s, Taney achieved the distinction of being the last United States' vessel in commission which had seen action during the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Hawaii, hence "The Last Survivor of Pearl Harbor."
 
My dad, J. A. Hardee, served in US Coast Guards during World War II.
Ken's father, Dean Clutter, served in the US Army during World War II.
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