Cape Romain at Baltimore Inner Harbor

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>                        CAPE ROMAIN AT BALTIMORE INNER HARBOR</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#993300" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id90.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lady maryland Passing Fort McHenry"><U><B><IMG SRC="007151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Annapolis"><U><B><IMG SRC="008151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 16 x 20 Pen Ink"><U><B><IMG SRC="00d0d1d0.gif" border=0 width="13" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 16 x 20 Pen Ink"><U><B>Return to 16" x 20" pen and ink page</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The 99 foot 3300 h.p. </B><B>Cape Romain</B><B>, built in Amelia, Louisiana in 1973 is, one of the  largest operated by the Moran Towing Company in Baltimore.  The </B><B>Cape Romain</B><B> is usually only seen in the inner harbor when bringing visiting ships into the inner harbor or during the annual Blessing of the Work Boats ceremony as shown here.  At other times she is performing the day to day duties of a harbor tugboat docking and moving large ships elsewhere in Baltimore harbor.   </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Twenty years ago steam tugboats were common in the inner harbor when the piers along Light and Pratt Streets were busy with passenger steamships and merchant shipping such as unloading bananas for United Fruit at pier #1.  Today most shipping activity is confined to areas further out the harbor along Clinton Street, Locust Point, the Patapsco River, and Curtis Creek.</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>