Chesapeake
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Places
- Chesapeake, IndianaChesapeake, IndianaChesapeake was the first town in Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana, which was formed in 1834. It was located about two miles southeast of present-day town of Marshfield and was the site of the first meetings of the township trustees in the 1830s. County Agent Luther Tillotson lived south...
, defunct - Chesapeake High School, Anne Arundel CountyChesapeake High School, Anne Arundel CountyChesapeake Senior High School, Anne Arundel County is one of two high schools in Maryland by that name. The other is the Chesapeake High School of Baltimore County, Although, the school in Baltimore County is strictly Chesapeake High and does not include Senior in its name as does Chesapeake...
, Maryland - Chesapeake High School, BaltimoreChesapeake High School, BaltimoreChesapeake High School , is a four-year public high school in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States.-About the school:Chesapeake High School is one of two high schools in Maryland by that name, the other being Chesapeake High School, Anne Arundel County. The Chesapeake High School of Baltimore...
, Maryland - Chesapeake, MissouriChesapeake, MissouriChesapeake is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 174 about five miles east of Mount Vernon. A couple of businesses and a few houses are located there. The state also maintains a fish hatchery there....
- Chesapeake, OhioChesapeake, OhioChesapeake is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The population was listed as 842 in the 2000 census. It lies across the Ohio River from Huntington, West Virginia, at the mouth of Symmes Creek....
- Chesapeake, VirginiaChesapeake, VirginiaAs of the census of 2000, there were 199,184 people, 69,900 households, and 54,172 families residing in the city. The population density was 584.6 people per square mile . There were 72,672 housing units at an average density of 213.3 per square mile...
- Chesapeake, West VirginiaChesapeake, West VirginiaChesapeake is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,643 at the 2000 census. The town is situated on the Kanawha River. Chesapeake was incorporated in 1949 and named for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, which has served the community since 1873. It is also the...
- Chesapeake BayChesapeake BayThe Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It lies off the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by Maryland and Virginia. The Chesapeake Bay's drainage basin covers in the District of Columbia and parts of six states: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West...
, a large estuary or bay whose entry to the Atlantic Ocean is between Norfolk, Virginia and Cape Charles, Virginia - Chesapeake River
- Jamestown, VirginiaJamestown, VirginiaJamestown was a settlement in the Colony of Virginia. Established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" on May 14, 1607 , it was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States, following several earlier failed attempts, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke...
, also referred to as Chesapeake, a colonial settlement in the Chesapeake Bay area
Ships
- United States lightship Chesapeake (LV-116), a lightvessel
- USS Chesapeake (1799)USS Chesapeake (1799)USS Chesapeake was a 38-gun wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She was one of the original six frigates whose construction was authorized by the Naval Act of 1794. Joshua Humphreys designed these frigates to be the young navy's capital ships...
, an American frigate captured by HMS Shannon in 1813 - USS Patapsco (1799)USS Patapsco (1799)The first USS Patapsco was a sloop in the United States Navy.Patapsco was launched as Chesapeake June 20, 1799 by Captain De Rochbruns, and renamed Patapsco between October 10 and November 14 apparently to free the name for . Commanded by Captain Henry Geddes, she escorted brig Acteon to New...
, a sloop originally named USS Chesapeake but renamed in 1799 while still under construction - USS Chesapeake (1898), a training ship renamed USS Severn on 15 June 1905
- USS Chesapeake (ID-3395)USS Chesapeake (ID-3395)The third USS Chesapeake was a United States Navy salvage ship in commission from March to October 1919.SS Chesapeake was built in 1900 as a commercial cargo ship at Wilmington, Delaware, by Harlan and Hollingsworth. The U.S. Navy's Third Naval District inspected her at New York City on 28 March...
, a freighter - USS Chesapeake (AOT-5084)
- HMS Chesapeake (1855)HMS Chesapeake (1855)HMS Chesapeake was a Royal Navy screw-propelled 51-gun frigate launched in 1855, with a crew of 510 men. She saw action during the Second Opium War and there is a memorial to her losses at Southsea, near Portsmouth. She was the flagship of the British China Squadron in 1861.Admiral of the Fleet,...
, a Royal Navy frigate
Other
- Chesapeake (band)Chesapeake (band)Chesapeake was an American bluegrass band formed in 1994 in Bethesda, Maryland as a direct offshot from The Seldom Scene.-History:Mike Auldridge, T. Michael Coleman and Moondi Klein, who played together in Seldom Scene in the middle of 90' didn't feel satisfy with the way John Duffey led the group...
, a folk-rock/progressive bluegrass band from Maryland - Chesapeake (novel)Chesapeake (novel)Chesapeake is a novel by James A. Michener, published by Random House in 1978. The story deals with several families living in the Chesapeake Bay area, from 1583 to 1978.-Plot summary:...
, a novel published in 1978 by James Michener - Chesapeake Bay RetrieverChesapeake Bay RetrieverThe Chesapeake Bay Retriever is a breed of dog belonging to the Retriever, Gundog, and Sporting breed groups. Members of the breed may also be referred to as a Chessie, CBR, or Chesapeake. The breed was developed in the United States Chesapeake Bay area during the 19th century...
, a breed of dog - Chesapeake Corporation, a historical holding company associated with Van Sweringen railroad holdingsVan Sweringen railroad holdingsIn addition to streetcar lines, the Van Sweringen Brothers of Cleveland, Ohio owned a vast network of steam railroads.-History:The New York Central Railroad had owned the closely parallel New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad since 1882, soon after its opening...
- Chesapeake EnergyChesapeake EnergyChesapeake Energy is the second largest producer of natural gas in the United States, a top 15 producer of U.S. liquids and the most active driller of new wells, according to an November 2011 investor presentation. It recorded 3Q 2011 natural gas production of an average of approximately of...
, an American publicly held producer of natural gas - Chesapeake UtilitiesChesapeake UtilitiesChesapeake Utilities Corporation is a publicly held American energy services company focusing on distribution of natural gas and propane in the Delaware, Maryland and Florida. The corporate headquarters are located in Dover, Delaware. In Delaware, the company operates the only natural gas...
, an American energy services company focusing on distribution of natural gas and propane - Chesapeake MillChesapeake MillThe Chesapeake Mill is a watermill in Wickham, Hampshire, England. The mill was designed and constructed in 1820 using the timbers of HMS Chesapeake, which had previously been the United States Navy frigate . Chesapeake had been captured by the Royal Navy frigate during the War of 1812. John Prior...
, in Wickham, Hampshire, England, a building constructed from the timbers of the USS Chesapeake - Chesapeake and Ohio RailwayChesapeake and Ohio RailwayThe Chesapeake and Ohio Railway was a Class I railroad formed in 1869 in Virginia from several smaller Virginia railroads begun in the 19th century. Led by industrialist Collis P...
, a former American railroad, operating from 1869 to 1972 in the state of Virginia - Chesapeake and Ohio CanalChesapeake and Ohio CanalThe Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, abbreviated as the C&O Canal, and occasionally referred to as the "Grand Old Ditch," operated from 1831 until 1924 parallel to the Potomac River in Maryland from Cumberland, Maryland to Washington, D.C. The total length of the canal is about . The elevation change of...
- The Vought Chesapeake, British name for the United States built dive bomber, the Vought SB2U VindicatorSB2U VindicatorThe Vought SB2U Vindicator was a carrier-based dive bomber developed for the United States Navy in the 1930s, the first monoplane in this role. Obsolescent at the outbreak of World War II, Vindicators still remained in service at the time of the Battle of Midway, but by 1943, all had been withdrawn...
See also
- Battle of the ChesapeakeBattle of the ChesapeakeThe Battle of the Chesapeake, also known as the Battle of the Virginia Capes or simply the Battle of the Capes, was a crucial naval battle in the American War of Independence that took place near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay on 5 September 1781, between a British fleet led by Rear Admiral Sir Thomas...
, a naval battle in 1781 between a British and a combined French-American fleet