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United States lightship Chesapeake (LS-116 WAL-538 WLV-538) is a museum ship owned by the National Park Service and on a 25-year loan to Baltimore City. The lightship Chesapeake was launched in 1930 to help protect and guide shipping along the Delaware and Maryland coasts. Floating lighthouses played a critical role in early 20th-century navigation, and even served as coastal patrol boats during World War II.