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Baylander, at Pier 5, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Opens to Visitors This Weekend

By on July 25, 2014 3:56 pm in brooklyn bridge park, Maritime, Tourism

You may have noticed an odd looking small ship moored near the northeast corner of Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 (see photo above) for the past couple of weeks. It’s the Baylander, billed as the “world’s smallest aircraft carrier.” Baylander is a former U.S. Navy vessel, built in the 1960s, that served as a troop […]

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