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The site of the Naval Amphibious Training Base Solomons is now Calvert Marina. In 1945, at the closure of Naval Amphibious Training Base Solomons, the land was given to the state of Maryland and used for Maryland Marine Police for Tidewater Fisheries Enforcement Patrols. In 1959 the US sold the land to a private yacht club and marina. In 1981 ...
The Calvert Marine Museum is a maritime museum located in Solomons, Maryland. The museum has three main themes: [1] regional paleontology, estuarine life of the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay, maritime history. William B. Tennison historic boat before overhaul (2003)
Location: originally off Drum Point at the mouth of the Patuxent River in the Chesapeake Bay; relocated to the Calvert Marine Museum: Coordinates (approximate original); (current): Tower; Foundation: screw-pile: Construction: cast-iron/wood: Automated: 1960: Height: 46 feet (14 m): Shape: hexagonal house: Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place : Light; First lit: August 20 ...
Calvert Cliffs State Park is a public recreation area in Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland, that protects a portion of the cliffs that extend for 24 miles along the eastern flank of the Calvert Peninsula on the west side of Chesapeake Bay from Chesapeake Beach southward to Drum Point.
USS Calvert (APA-32) was a Crescent City-class attack transport that served with the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War. In addition to her ten battle stars, Calvert was awarded a Navy Unit Commendation. Calvert was launched 22 May 1942 as Delorleans by Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard under a Maritime Commission contract.
USAS American Mariner was a United States Army research vessel from January 1959 to 30 September 1963. She was originally assigned to the DAMP Project by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to attempt to collect radar signature data on incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles in the Caribbean, the South Atlantic Ocean, and the Indian Ocean.
Calvert County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland.As of the 2020 census, the population was 92,783. [1] Its county seat is Prince Frederick. [2] The county's name is derived from the family name of the Barons of Baltimore, the proprietors of the English Colony of Maryland.
It constitutes a total land area of about 350 square miles (910 km 2) and is essentially conterminous with Calvert County. [2] Immediately south of the Calvert Peninsula is the larger St. Mary's Peninsula, defined by the Patuxent and Potomac Rivers. Calvert Peninsula is connected to St. Mary's Peninsula by the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge.