USS Sequoia, USS Memphis, Skipjack, Canal Barge, USS Constitution

USS Sequoia, USS Memphis, Skipjack, Canal Barge, USS Constitution (HM25BT)

Location: Washington, DC 20003
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 52.515', W 77° 0.174'

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USS Sequoia
Presidents relax and entertain, work and negotiate on presidential yachts. The last yacht to serve, the USS Sequoia, is used by Presidents Franklin Roosevelt through Gerald Ford and was retired in 1977.

USS Sequoia. Courtesy of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

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USS Memphis
Charles Lindbergh sails home from France on the warship Memphis, disembarking at the Washington Navy Yard on June 11, 1927.

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Skipjack
Skipjacks, traditional two-sailed working boats used for oyster and crab fishing, still operate on the Chesapeake Bay today.

Crabbing from a Skipjack. The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA.
Photo by A. Aubrey Bodine. Copyright Jennifer B. Bodine.

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Canal Barge
Barges are working boats that carry goods and supplies. Even today, barges transport everything from grain to urban refuse along America's lakes, rivers and shorelines.

Canal boat moving down a canal. E.B. Thompson ca. 1900-1928.
National Park Service Historic Photograph Collection.

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USS Constitution
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1804, the Navy Frigate USS Constitution is kept in reserve at the Washington Navy Yard. The Navy's oldest active commissioned warship is now located in Boston.

USS Constitution in Boston Harbor, 2005. PO1 Matt Chabe, US Navy

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HM NumberHM25BT
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Placed ByU.S. Department of Transportation
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Date Added Tuesday, February 6th, 2018 at 7:02pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 326253 N 4304839
Decimal Degrees38.87525000, -77.00290000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 52.515', W 77° 0.174'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 52' 30.9" N, 77° 0' 10.44" W
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Area Code(s)202
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 100 Tingey St SE, Washington DC 20003, US
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