RSS US 1 Trip, Day 9
Filed in Blog, On SnarfariAll things must eventually end, including our trip along Route 1.
Before we made the 5 ½ hour trip back to Raleigh, we spent the morning and early afternoon in and around the Inner Harbor area of Baltimore. As a Yankee fan, I was definitely into getting a picture of Babe Ruth’s birthplace, which is now a museum.
We then made our way to the water to tour three ships, all of whom are national landmarks.
The U.S.S. Constellation, completed in 1854, is the last pure sailing ship built by the U.S. Navy. The U.S.C.G. Taney was the last surviving ship from the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Overall, it was a great trip. If you count the new marker we unexpectedly ran into on U.S. 1 in North Carolina as we headed back today, we picked up snarfs in seven states and one Canadian province. We logged 2,343 miles in the rental.
To simplify things, I’m going to post here at the end some of the pictures we shot today
The first shot is of a statue of Babe Ruth at Camden Yards.
The second shot is of a Maryland state marker about wrestling.
The third shot is of the U.S.S. Constellation.
The fourth shot is of the U.S.C.G. Taney.
The final shot is of the Phoenix Shot Tower, which was the tallest structure in the U.S. between 1828-1846.
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2 Comments, Comment or Ping
TCM
Wrestling! That’s a first.
Oh, go ahead and post your stats. How many snarfs do you think you found?
*grin*
May 18th, 2008
CaliforniaBear
Just wanted to add a point of clarification. The Taney is the last remaining ship afloat that FOUGHT at Pearl Harbor. There is at least one other that was AT Pearl Harbor during the attack the is still afloat, although, due to its nature it did not fight during the attack.
The USS Hoga (now known as the City Of Oakland) is tug boat that was stationed in Pearl Harbor in 1941. It helped to move several ships away from the burning wrecks of other ships and moved the USS Nevada to keep it from blocking the Pearl Harbor channel. It then spent 72 hours fighting the raging fires following the attacks.
It’s later life found it as a fireboat for the city of Oakland, CA (hence the new name). It is currently tied up with the mothball fleet in Suisun Bay north-east of San Francisco pending transfer to the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum.
Sep 3rd, 2008
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