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To lessen crossing time the VFC bought land eight and half miles down the Del-Mar-Va peninsula from Cape Charles at Kiptopeke Beach and created a man-made harbor using nine concrete surplus ships from WWII. This shortened the crossing from 26 miles to 21 miles, cutting 20 minutes in the actual crossing time.
The Kiptopeke Breakwater in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, , is formed by nine sunken concrete ships built in World War [ 25 ] SS San Pasqual , a former oil tanker, lies off the coast of Cayo Las Brujas , Cuba , 22°37′24″N 79°13′24″W / 22.623439°N 79.22327°W / 22.623439; -79.22327 , where it served as a hotel, then as a base ...
Kiptopeke State Park is a state park located in the southern end of the Eastern Shore of Virginia and the Delmarva Peninsula in Northampton County, near Cape Charles.The park offers recreational access to the brackish waters of the Chesapeake Bay with its shoreline, beach, boat ramps and piers, as well as unique migratory bird habitat along the East Coast flyway.
The ship's regular schedule incorporated four round trips across the bay daily, made between 7 am and 10 pm, a single one-way trip taking approximately two hours. [ 6 ] [ 8 ] [ 14 ] In early 1954, in response to increasing traffic, Princess Anne was cut in half and lengthened 89 feet (27 m) by the insertion of an additional hull section, giving ...
Nine ships were used at The Kiptopeke Breakwater in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia at [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Ten of the concrete ships are at the Powell River , British Columbia at 49°51′55″N 124°33′21″W / 49.865238°N 124.555821°W / 49.865238; -124.555821 , where a lumber mill then as a breakwater
A barracks ship also saw use as a receiving unit for sailors who needed temporary residence prior to being assigned to their ship. Barracks Barges are a type of auxiliary ship, called an APL for auxiliary personal living. [16] [17] APL-1 to 58 are Non-self-propelled Barracks Ships built in 1944 and 1945. APL displaced 2,600 tons at full load.
In 1951, the northern terminus in Delmarva was relocated to a location now within Kiptopeke State Park. Despite an expanded fleet of large and modern ships by the VFC in the 1940s and early 1950s which were eventually capable of as many as 90 one-way trips each day, the crossing suffered delays due to heavy traffic and inclement weather.
Kiptopeke is an unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia, United States. Cape Charles Light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [ 1 ]