Ships
- United States lightship Chesapeake (LV-116), a lightvessel
- USS Chesapeake (1799), an American frigate captured by HMS Shannon in 1813
- USS Patapsco (1799), a sloop originally named USS Chesapeake but renamed in 1799 while still under construction
- USS Chesapeake (1898), a training ship renamed USS Severn on 15 June 1905
- USS Chesapeake (ID-3395), a freighter
- USS Chesapeake (AOT-5084)
- HMS Chesapeake (1855), a Royal Navy frigate
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