Made in Viet Nam

CODE	SIZE		PAKING VOLUME
TK0073P	60L x 16W x 39H (cm)	27.16L x 6.29W x15.35H (inch)	0.105m³

Product volume: Updating

Packing: Product box

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CHESAPEAKE LIGHTSHIP’S HISTORY

United States Lightship Chesapeake (LV-116/WAL-538/WLV-538) is owned by the National Park Service on a 25-year loan to Baltimore City and is operated by Historic Ships in Baltimore, Maryland.

Chesapeake Lightship was built in 1930 at Charleston Drydock & Machine Co. in Charleston, S.C. for $274,434.00, Chesapeake took on the name of whatever station where the ship was anchored. The ship was also absorbed into the Coast Guard in 1939, as were all vessels in the United States Lighthouse Service. During WWII, Chesapeake was based out of Sandwich, Massachusetts, where she served as an examination and guard vessel at the north entrance of the Cape Cod Canal and helped protect the important port of Boston.

In the 1960s with the introduction of automated buoys as well as permanent light stations, the lightship fleet was slowly mothballed. Chesapeake left her station at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in September 1965 when she was replaced by a large, manned light tower similar to an oil rig. This station was helicopter accessible and was easier to maintain than a lightship. Eventually, the light tower was fully automated.

Chesapeake’s last tour of duty was at the mouth of the Delaware Bay from 1966 to 1970 where she was named “DELAWARE”. After leaving Delaware Bay, Chesapeake was moored in Cape May, New Jersey until her decommissioning on 6 January 1971. She was then transferred to the National Park Service and used as a seagoing environmental education classroom until she was handed over to the city of Baltimore in 1982.

In 1988 Chesapeake became part of the Baltimore Maritime Museum, now the Historic Ships In Baltimore Museum, and is moored at Pier 3 in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.

Chesapeake was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 1 August 1980 and was designated a National Historic Landmark on 20 November 1989. Chesapeake and her companions are major contributing elements in the Baltimore National Heritage Area.

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CHESAPEAKE LIGHTSHIP

Boat specifications:

CODE	SIZE		PAKING VOLUME
TK0073P	69L x 16W x 39H (cm)	27.16L x 6.29W x15.35H (inch)	0.105m³

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CHESAPEAKE LIGHTSHIP

Introduction about Gia Nhien Wooden Model Ships

Over 70 years of establishment and development, manufacturing wooden boat models has become a traditional profession of the Vietnamese craft village. Gia Nhien Company is one of the companies exporting handicrafts. Gia Nhien has a wealth of experience in hand-crafting. Currently, our company produces wooden boat models with many diverse models. We check every detail and color thoroughly before reaching the customer.

The wooden model ship is the entrepreneur’s choice. The wooden boat model is a symbol of success.

In feng shui, the boat is considered a symbol of success. The boat will overcome the storms and win in business and commerce. Therefore, the wooden boat model is always a feng-shui item that is very popular among business people and traders around the world.