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Why did the citizens of Baltimore sink their ships in the harbor?
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Why did the citizens of Baltimore sink their ships in the harbor?

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Fort McHenry

Their defense was augmented by the sinking of a line of American merchant ships at the adjacent entrance to Baltimore Harbor in order to further thwart the passage of British ships.

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