Local Notice to Mariners

  Baltimore, MD -- The submarine TORSK and the 199-foot sloop-of-war U.S.S. CONSTELLATION, towed in the Patapsco River, within Baltimore Harbor, on or about Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Plans include towing both the TORSK and the CONSTELLATION, from the Sparrows Point Shipyard facility to the vessels’ berths in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, to be conducted separately, but on the same day, during the afternoon and early evening. Interested mariners may contact the primary tug via marine band radio channels 16 and 13 VHF-FM. For any comments or questions, contact Sector Baltimore Waterways Management Division at (410) 576-2674. Charts 12281, 12278.
  Snow Hill, MD -- Mariners are advised that cleaning and painting operations will be performed at the S12 (lift) Bridge, at mile 29.9, over Pocomoke River at Snow Hill. To facilitate operations, the drawbridge will be maintained in the closed position to vessels requiring an opening beginning at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 until and including 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 27, 2011. In the closed position to vessels, the bridge has available vertical clearances of two feet above mean high water and five feet above mean low water. Mariners should adjust their transits accordingly. Chart: 12228.
Visit http://navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/lnms/lnm05082011.pdf for the complete Coast Guard Local Notice to Mariners.