Historic Ships in Baltimore — Attraction in Baltimore

Our grandson loves ships and planes so we took him to Baltimore's Inner Harbour on Sat July 26, 2025. . We hit the science center and then toured the ships at the Harbour. Each ticket consisted of 4 ships to tour. Adult price was $22 each. Children 5 and under are free... I told the the guy at the counter we need two adult tickets and our grandson is 5. Before the guy could even push a button.... our grandson was like " no, I'm 6 pop". OK lol I guess he's 6 now. Lmfao. So, since I didn't save $10 lol our total was about $53. The tickets are for your own self guided tour of 4 ships. Unfortunately, we only did 3 of them. The Constellation, the Chesapeake Lightship and the U.S.S Tursk Submarine. The ships were really cool to see. Our grandson loved it! The Constellation has very narrow floors. Im 6'3 and literally had to walk through it with more than my head down. It's nice to see what things looked like on the boat. The beds , the cabins, the kitchen area and so forth. Some tiny rooms had 5 beds in it!! Im not sure that 5 normal people could even stand in the room at once. Im tall and slim and in no way, could I could have survived. I guess most guys back then were small lol. The Submarine was really interesting. Please be aware, if your over 6'5 , over 200 lbs or over 60 years old this may not be for you. It is small to maneuver through and requires some good hand - eye coordination and some good bones lol. The Chesapeake Lightship was the only one that seemed to have room to walk through. However, all of them had some small steep steps. Please be careful not to hit your head. From the top of the ships you are presented with some nice views. We didnt encounter many other people there. Maybe a few but not many. It was over 95 degrees the day we went so there wasnt a ton of people outside like us lol. The tickets last all day I believe. You can take pictures, read all the information boards, move slow and take your time if you can. Im rating the historic ships of Baltimore tours a 5 out of 5 stars. It was worth the money... especially if your able to tour...

I have to say I was excited at first to go on a tour on two ships I went on the first ship and it was very experiential I did love walking through the ship but as a black woman I have to say that I always felt an eerie feeling of slaves being harvested on that ship however they said that fought other slave ships in which it did have cannons and that was proof however I still felt some kind of way about it I don't know call me untrusting I forgot the name of the ships that I went to but if you go on this ship you will know that soon as you walk in it has a plaque that said that it helped in the fight to end slavery but I don't believe it however we went on to the submarine and the submarine was a little claustrophobic for me so if you have claustrophobic issues and which you literally have to walk in a line and you have to bend down to view things there are many many things that are so very interesting and very eye-catching but it definitely gives you the experience of what the people inside the submarine was feeling when they had to live there and serve their country so for that I do commend The Experience however I must say I felt a bit uncomfortable it wasn't bad but it could have been better with a tour guide to explain the things that you seen and all of the things that you saw most of the tour guys were sitting about and they really didn't explain anything but as you went in and they said oh if you have any questions just ask but you had to wait until after you was done with yourself to her to ask questions if you could remember those questions by the time you reached the top of the deck so my thing is is that if you don't have previous knowledge of these ships or submarine my caution to you is to do your research beforehand and then you can make your touring experience...

So basically, there are four ships to tour. Best to start at the USS Constellation; the main office is here to buy tickets. Buying the tickets online is easiest. Although (I think) you could start at any ship and buy tickets. The ships are spread throughout the Inner Harbor, so there's a bit of walking involved, but it makes for a nice morning or afternoon. Be prepared for a good 2-3 hours and that's if you go fast. (Me - I'm always looking at details, so our time was about 3.75 hours) All the ships were open when we toured them, though I think some may be closed depending on the time of the year. The USS Constellation is a sailing sloop-of-war and is really an amazing ship to experience. All decks were open! (WATCH YOUR HEAD BELOW DECKS!) If touring around noon, you get a interesting demonstration on how a cannon is loaded, run out, and fired (with a blank charge of course)! The USS Torsk is a submarine and is fantastic. Gives you a great feeling of what it was like to live/work on a submarine. The USCG Cutter 37 was fascinating and quite the adventure to climb around on. The LIV-116 is a lighthouse ship which had quite the history, and I was really surprised to hear how large the crew was for such a small ship. WARNING if you have trouble climbing steep-ish ladders or are claustrophobic in the slightest, it may be a good idea to stay on deck. You are literally walking, ducking, and contorting through real ships. Almost ships are manned with historians. To get to do all the things we did and to spend a great afternoon in the Inner Harbor, the Historic Ships in Baltimore is a definite adventure...