Places & Sights

Photos taken during our Memorial Day weekend spent in Crisfield, Maryland and nearby Tangier Island, Virginia.

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En route to Somers Cove Marina in Crisfield, Maryland for Memorial Day 2017.
En route to Somers Cove Marina in Crisfield, Maryland for Memorial Day 2017.
Splash!
Splashing our way across the Chesapeake. As you can see, the waters were choppy en route from Prince William Marina to Somers Cove Marina in Crisfield, Maryland. _

We took a quick loop around the 'USNS American Mariner' in Chesapeake Bay. In October 1966, she was scuttled in shallow water with demolition charges by Navy Underwater Demolition Team #22. Settling upright in 20 feet (6.1 meters) of water, she appears to be merely anchored there. The hulk was used for target practice by naval aviators flying out of Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, until at least 1971. Her hulk is still visible in the Chesapeake Bay, at 38°02′25″N 76°09′17″W, roughly midway between Point Lookout and Smith Island.
We took a quick loop around the 'USNS American Mariner' in Chesapeake Bay. In October 1966, she was scuttled in shallow water with demolition charges by Navy Underwater Demolition Team #22. Settling upright in 20 feet (6.1 meters) of water, she appears to be merely anchored there. The hulk was used for target practice by naval aviators flying out of Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, until at least 1971. Her hulk is still visible in the Chesapeake Bay, at 38°02′25″N 76°09′17″W, roughly midway between Point Lookout and Smith Island.
We took a quick loop around the 'USNS American Mariner' in Chesapeake Bay. In October 1966, she was scuttled in shallow water with demolition charges by Navy Underwater Demolition Team #22. Settling upright in 20 feet (6.1 meters) of water, she appears to be merely anchored there. The hulk was used for target practice by naval aviators flying out of Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, until at least 1971. Her hulk is still visible in the Chesapeake Bay, at 38°02′25″N 76°09′17″W, roughly midway between Point Lookout and Smith Island.
We took a quick loop around the 'USNS American Mariner' in Chesapeake Bay. In October 1966, she was scuttled in shallow water with demolition charges by Navy Underwater Demolition Team #22. Settling upright in 20 feet (6.1 meters) of water, she appears to be merely anchored there. The hulk was used for target practice by naval aviators flying out of Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, until at least 1971. Her hulk is still visible in the Chesapeake Bay, at 38°02′25″N 76°09′17″W, roughly midway between Point Lookout and Smith Island.