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'''Chesapeake''' may refer to:
*[[Chesapeake (tribe)]], a Native American tribe
*[[Chesapeake (novel)|''Chesapeake'' (novel)]], a novel published in 1978 by James Michener
Ships:
*[[United States lightship Chesapeake (LV-116)|United States lightship ''Chesapeake'' (LV-116)]], a [[lightvessel]]
*[[USS Chesapeake (1799)|USS ''Chesapeake'' (1799)]], an American frigate
*[[HMS Chesapeake (1855)|HMS ''Chesapeake'' (1855)]], a Royal Navy screw-propelled 51-gun frigate
Places in the United States:
*[[Chesapeake, Indiana]] (extinct)
*[[Chesapeake, Ohio]]
*[[Chesapeake, Virginia]]
*[[Chesapeake, West Virginia]]
There are also:
*The [[Chesapeake Bay]], a large estuary or bay whose entry to the [[Atlantic Ocean]] is between [[Norfolk, Virginia]] and [[Cape Charles, Virginia]], and its headwaters are in [[Cecil County, Maryland]]
*The [[Chesapeake Bay Retriever]], a breed of dog that was developed along the Chesapeake Bay.
*Chesapeake Corporation, a historical holding company associated with [[Van Sweringen railroad holdings]]
*[[Chesapeake Energy]], an American publicly held producer of natural gas
*[[Chesapeake Utilities]], an American energy services company focusing on distribution of natural gas and propane
*It may also refer to [[Chesapeake Mill]] in Wickham, Hampshire, England, a building constructed from the timbers of the [[USS Chesapeake]]
*[[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]], a former American railroad, operating from 1869 to 1972 in the state of Virginia
*[[Chesapeake and Ohio Canal]]
*''Chesapeake'' is sometimes used to refer to the colonial settlement of [[Jamestown, Virginia]], which was in the Chesapeake Bay area
*the Vought Chesapeake, British name for the United States built dive bomber, the Vought [[SB2U Vindicator]]
*two high schools in Maryland: [[Chesapeake High School, Anne Arundel County]] and [[Chesapeake High School, Baltimore]]
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