National Historic Landmark · submarine · Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland

Uss Torsk (submarine)

Submarine of the United States in Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland. Added to the National Register in 1986, and a National Historic Landmark.

Amerco - panoramio (25)BaltimoreNationalAquariumHUP-2 picks up VADM Anderson from USS Torsk (SS-423) in 1960Inner Harbor - facing east
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What it is

Wikipedia · USS Torsk

USS Torsk, is a Tench-class submarine built for the United States Navy during World War II, currently part of the museum ship fleet of Historic Ships in Baltimore.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
AddressPier IV, Pratt St., Baltimore (Independent City), MD
CountyBaltimore County
ListedJan 14, 1986
Reference number86000090
Type of placesubmarine
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 structures

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressPier IV, Pratt St., Baltimore (Independent City), MD
Coordinates39.28484, -76.60877 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitStar-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail · 0 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyGreenbelt Campground 26 mi · Greenbelt Park Picnic Areas 26 mi · Greenbelt Park Ranger Station 26 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Why you would stay

Reference

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 86000090. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.