Keywords: USS San Antonio in Baltimore Navy Week 120613-N-CG900-005.jpg en With the gentle assistance from a tugboat USS San Antonio approaches its assigned berthing space in Baltimore Md After receiving a gun salute from cannons at Fort McHenry The U S Navy ship was one of the naval vessels in the Port of Baltimore commemorating the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 and the writing of the national anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Naval vessels from the United States and other maritime nations are visiting to welcome the public aboard offering an opportunity to better understand sea power and its importance to ensuring the unobstructed access to and free use of the world's oceans which are essential to our national welfare and prosperity just as it was in 1812 when the United States Navy went to war to defend and has been protecting ever since 2012-06-15 Joseph P Cirone https //www dvidshub net/image/604157 120613-N-CG900-005 2012-06-15 16 53 BALTIMORE MD US PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS San Antonio LPD-17 Images from DoD uploaded by Fæ |