Veterans Day Naval and Maritime Museums list
Joseph Poutre
Here's the Veterans' Day '96 version of the List of Naval and Maritime
Museums. It is provided free of charge, and may be distributed freely,
as long as there is no charge for said distribution.
This list is posted four times a year: Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Labor
Day and Veterans Day
Last updated: 11/12/96
New in this issue:
A few more Russian and US entries.
More Web pages. (I have tried to confirm them, but don't always have the
time to wait for the slower ones.)
You can also obtain an up-to-date copy via the Web at Andrew Toppan's
Railroads, Ships and Aircraft Homepage: http://www.wpi.edu/~elmer/
I will be putting the list on the homepage for the Battleship New Jersey
Historical Museum Society, http://www.quuxuum.org/bnj/. That list
will also be kept up-to-date.
The list is generally in the following format:
COUNTRY
State, Province, Region, etc.
City
Museum name and location
Museum phone number
Web page address
Ships Class (CV, BB, etc.), number
Highlights
As you will see, I don't have all the information for all the places,
and I am always interested in reports of visits to these places, so
please EMAIL any reports, additions, corrections or updates to:
Note: Even if you don't think you have a maritime museum nearby, check
your phone book and local tourist information sources - you might be
surprised. I have listings for several landlocked U.S. states, including
Iowa and Kentucky.
Disclaimer:
Some information here was confirmed and/or corrected using the Sea
Classics magazine annual Naval and Maritime Museums issue and
OPSail'92, the Official Magazine of Operation Sail.
Also, be warned that this list is very long.
Here's the list:
AUSTRALIA
Adelaide
Port Adelaide Maritime Museum
Fremantle
Fremantle Maritime Museum
Ovens SS
Oberon class, being used for training, and will be donated
to the museum shortly.
Sydney
Maritime Museum
Vampire DD
Krait Fishing boat
Light ship
Foxtrot class sub
Several small craft
Krait carried an Australian commando unit to Singapore where they used
kayaks to place limpet mines on docked Japanese ships. The small craft
varies, generally including a 12m America's Cup yacht, a "boat people"
refugee boat and the yacht used by Kay Cottee, first ever/Australian?
woman to solo circumnavigate the world.
Sydney
Seaport Museum
Kanangra Ferry
Waratah Steam tug
Charge $2 to go onboard.
The Seaport Museum has no buildings, just the ships on display.
Also reconstructing an 1874 square rigger, the James Craig.
Warrnambool
"Flagstaff Hill" Maritime Museum
BERMUDA
Bermuda, given it's strategically important position between the Carribean and
Europe, has a large number of forts, ramparts, and gun emplacements, over 60
total. Most are small with minimal or no information, if they are even accessible.
I have listed the most interesting and informative here.
There are also several shipwrecks visible on the surface or just under, including
former HMS Vixen off the west coast, and the Taifun in St. George's harbor.
Bermuda Maritime Museum
Royal Navy Dockyard
The former British naval dockyard has been converted into a large shopping plaza.
In the midst of all the capitalism, there is a museum on the maritime history of
Bermuda, which is, given the geography of Bermuda, a history of Bermuda itself.
Fort St. Catharine
St. George's, NE corner of the island
Large fort, built up over the 18th and 19th centuries. There are diorama showing
a brief history of the colonization of Bermuda, the history of the fort, and a
series of displays on the the construction and operation of the fort. There are
also spectacular views of the sea, and a ghost.
BRASIL
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro Naval and Oceanographic Museum
Rua Don Manuel, 15
Phone: (021) 221-7626
History of Brasilian Navy: maps, models of ships, publications and pieces
on history and oceanography.
Rio de Janeiro
Parque de Flamengo
Naval Museum
Bauru FF
Ex-USS McAnn, DE 179. Operated on anti-submarine patrol in South Atlantic
from 1943 to 1945. Operational museum ship based in Rio, tours principal
coastal ports of Brasil.
BULGARIA
Varna
Druzki Steam torpedo boat of 1907
River minesweeper
P-4 class torpedo boat
CANADA
ALBERTA
Calgary
17th and 24th
Naval Museum of Alberta
Tue-Fri 1300-1700, Weekends and holidays 1000-1800
Closed Christmas and New Years
http://www.lexicom.ab.ca/~navalmuseum/navalmuseum.html
Admission: donation
Tecumseh
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vancouver
Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Bastion Square, old City Hall bldg.
Phone: (250) 385-4222
Vancouver
Vancouver Maritime Museum
Phone: (604) 257-8300
St. Roch
RCMP vessel St. Roch transited Northwest Passage on two occasions in WWII,
including first successful Pacific - Atlantic crossing, and was the first
vessel to circumnavigate North America.
Look for the stuffed walrus.
Victoria
Fort Rodd Hill
Vancouver Island
Modest national park with restored shore defences from 1890s to 1954.
Home of the Royal Canadian Pacific Fleet.
Victora
The Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Daily 9:30 to 4:30
Jul-Aug to 5:30
Phone: (250) 385-4222
Admission fee: $5 or less (Canadian)
Tilikum
Trekka
Hands on engine room, oldest operating elevator in North America.
Victoria
Esquimalt Ship of some kind
Home of the Canadian Pacific Fleet
Victoria
Fort Rodd Hill
NEW BRUNSWICK
St. John
New Brunswick Museum
Large collection of ships' figureheads, paintings, etc. During the late
1800s, something like a third of the wooden ships in Lloyd's Register
had been built in the St. John area.
NOVA SCOTIA
Halifax
Maritime Command Museum
Extensive information on the past and present ships of Canadian Navy,
including ensigns, colours, ships plaques, photographic archives,
uniforms, ships' logs. Just about anything relating to Canadian Navy
can be found with help from curators.
Halifax
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
http://fox.nstn.ca/~nstn1674/
Sackville Corvette
Acadia Oceanographic
Details both Military and Civil Naval Transportation. Sackville is the
last surviving and actively commissioned WWII corvette. Open for tours
all summer. Funds are currently being sought for further restoration of
the engineering spaces. Originally a "short-f'ocsle" corvette, she was
refitted during the war - this alteration is easily seen when inside the
messdeck.
Excellent collection of small boats. Memorabilia from Mont Blanc, a
munitions ship that exploded in 1917 and wiped out downtown Halifax.
Also artifacts from Titanic - some victims were buried in Halifax.
Lunenburg
Theresa E. Conner Grand Banks fishing schooner
? Fishing Trawler
Maritime museum has some interesting sailing ships.
Smith &Rhuland's yard, where both Bluenoses were built, is nearby but
not part of the museum. Bluenose II presently spends summer in Halifax.
ONTARIO
Kingston
Marine Museum of the Great Lakes
55 Ontario Street, on the waterfront
Jan-Mar: Mon-Fri 10-4
Apr-Dec: Daily 10-5
Henry is open Jun-Aug daily 10-4
http://stauffer.queensu.ca/marmus/index.html
Alexander Henry Ice Breaker
Traditional boats, such as St. Lawrence skiffs and canoes.
Converted from shipbuilding structures. Exhibits on shipbuilding,
underwater archeology. Henry also serves as a bed and breakfast from
late May to Labour Day. Many models, plus workshops and a library.
Also a steam museum with marine and stationary engines and pumps.
Well done Web page, with extensive information.
Ottawa
National War Museum
Sussex Drive
Highlights of all Canadian involvement in military actions, including
artifacts, equipment from WWI and WWII. Special exhibit on role of
Canadian Peace Keeping Forces around the world.
Toronto
Haida DD
Ship saw much service in WWII and Korea. Only surviving Tribal class.
Manned by university students, and the current CO (Cdr Willson) served
aboard her as a young officer. She has more battle honours than any Royal
Canadian Naval ship before or since. Still used as a training vessel for
Royal Canadian Sea Cadets, who spend weekends aboard ship, and during the
summer the guns are fired every day at noon. The ship is open as a museum.
Marine Museum of Upper Canada
Exhibition Place
Phone: (416) 392-6827
Ned Hanlan Steam Tug
Number of small watercraft in collection. Operated by Toronto Historical
Board.
CHILE
9 Region
Talcahuano
Talcahuano Chilean Naval museum
Huascar BB
This battleship belonged to the Peruvian Navy, but was captured by Chile
during the Pacific War (1879) during the Battle of Angamos. It is one of
the last classic ironclads afloat. Peru is still asking for the return
of their ship.
DENMARK
Ebeltoft
Jylland Frigate (Steam)
ECUADOR
Guyaquil
Abdon Calderon Gunboat, ex-Cotopaxi
ESTONIA
Tallinn, Pirita
Lembit SS (Mine laying sub)
Sub owned by Estonia, saw action under Soviet flag in WWII.
Built 1936 in England.
FINLAND
Ahvenanmaa (Aland), Marianhamn
Ahvenanmaan merenkulkumuseo (Ahvenanmaa Maritime Museum)
Pommern Steel barque
She is kept in sailing condition. The museum is mostly about sailing
merchantmen history.
Helsinki, Hernesaari
Russian Foxtrot-class SS
Museum. In active service until sold to some Finnish businessmen. In
full working order, bridge and tower closed.
Helsinki, Hylkysaari
Suomen merimuseo (Finland's Maritime Museum)
Phone: 90-664306
Mostly merchant history. On a island 3 km from Helsinki centrum - get
there by ferry.
Helsinki, Hylkysaari
Maritime museum
Kemi Lightship
The last Finnish lightship.
Helsinki, Suomenlinna (Sveaborg)
Island Fortress, built 1750's. 2 km. from Helsinki Centrum, about 15 min
by ferry. One of the largest sea-fortresses in the world, with some 2,000 guns
and 8,000 men. 20 kilometers of fortifications. Owned by Russians 1808-1917.
Some part of the islands, fortifications and guns from that time period.
Was attacked by England in the Crimean war 1854. Has also served as prison.
There are 700 inhabitants living on the islands. Protected by Unesco.
There are several museums on Suomenlinna:
Vesikko SS
Last survivor of 5 Finnish subs. Saw action 1939-40 and 1941-1944
Coastal artillery museum
Ehrensvard museum
Designer of Suomenlinna fortress. Gunnery officer, artist, ship designer.
Naval academy - need permission to visit. (Shouldn't be hard to get)
Finnish naval history 1700 - Guns, mines, machine guns, torpedo,
uniforms, models of ships, equipment from Russian frigate St. Nikolai,
which sank 1790.
Kotka
Tarmo Icebreaker
Served as a AA-ship in WWII, was hit by Russian bomber.
Kotka
Vmv 11 Patrol Motor Boat of WWII
Kotka, Varissaari
Ruotsinsalmen museo
Museum of the Ruotsinsalmi battles in 1789 & '90. Some 500 ships took part in
the Battles. In '89 Russia won, '90 Sweden-Finland won. Russian lost 53 of 273
ships and some 9000 men.
Raahe
Raahen museo
Small museum. 18th century diving suit, possibly oldest in the world.
Turku
Sigun Sail Barque
Floating museum. One of the few wooden sailing merchantmen in the world.
Turku
Suomen Joutsen (The Swan of Finland)
Sailing frigate, ex-school ship and sub-mothership of the navy.
FRANCE
Arromanche
Arromanche Museum
Just down the road from Bayeux, at the beach. Part of floating harbor
is still there (it's *big*). Small museum with a film, scale models
showing how it was made.
Bayeux, France
Normandy Invasion Museum
On ring road around town, right across from the British Cemetery. Much
larger inside than it looks. Uniforms and equipment of all principles
involved. Rather complete collection of small arms. A separate wing has
vehicles (including pieces of aircraft found in the the Channel. Labeling
is in French, but much of the material (newspapers, manuals, posters,
signs, etc.) is in English.
Saint-Nazaire
Espadon Submarine
GERMANY
Schiffartsmueseum
Bremerhaven
Wilhelm Bauer, ex-U-2540 Type XXI
Seehund Mini sub
Raised in 1957 by the company Beckedorf, from a position at or near
Flensburg Feuerschiff. He was then placed in shallow waters to make
necessary repairs.
Then he was sold to the shipyard Howaldtswerke for 475,000 DM and towed
to Kiel, where he was completely repaired and refitted by 1958.
After repairs were completed, the boat was given the new Type class 241.
On 1 September 1960 it was named "U Wilhelm Bauer", Nato "Y 880"
Finally, in 1968 he was retired from active military duties.
On 20 May 1970 he was returned to active duty by a civilian
organization for industrial testing, including:
- torpedo firing and testing
- target for sonar detection dests, both active and passive
- boat for use with military swimmers/divers
- duties concerning mines
- testing of pyrotechniques and other counter measures
Multiple accidents (primarily two collisions with destroyers) made repairs
of the boat in 1980 too expensive, so it was decided to retire him on
November 18th, 1980.
On March 15th, 1982 he was finally sold to the Schiffartsmueseum.
Walk-through tours are available.
Parts of submarines on display, such as a TDC and a scope. Many models ships
from sailing ships up to the modern frigates and destroyers of the
Kreigsmarine.
It is advisable to go there between April and October because only in this
period is it possible to visit the ships and the subs, since they are lying
in a harbour basin and therefore are closed for the public when it may be
dangerous to visit them due to weather conditions.
German Maritime Museum
1 of 2 props from Prinz Eugen
Kiel-Laboe
U-995
Walk through tour of sub. On land is a memorial for major maritime battles
of WWI, emphasizing the Battle of Skagerak.
Kwajalien Atoll, Marshall Islands
Prinz Eugen CA
Kwajelien Atoll is restricted - US Army's western ICBM test range impact area.
The ship rests upside down on the lagoon side of Ennylabegan Island. The ship
was fully outfitted for the A tests including full fuel load (which still
leaks into the lagoon) and things like plates and dishes (original).
(Yes, I know this is United States territory, but he was a German ship.)
There is apparently an effort to bring her back to Germany, but that's
all I've heard. If it's serious, and has a chance, I'd like to find out
about it.
Munchen (Munich)
Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik
(German Museum of Achievement in Science and Technology)
Phone: (089) 2179
9-5 daily
Small admission charge.
U1 pre-WW1 submarine
Several smaller vessels
Magnificent technology museum with many hands-on displays of all
sorts of transportation vehicles. Ships, planes, trains, submarines.
Large number of beautiful models, ship components and drive demonstrators,
a tow tank, and mockups simulating ship interiors.
GREECE
Poros
Poros naval base, on island of Poros in the Aegean.
Georg Averoff Armoured cruiser
~10,000 tons, 4x9.2", 8x7.5" main armament, built in UK 1910
Check before visiting; when last visited it was still an active training base,
only open Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. It is possible the base might
have been closed or the ship moved since then. Day trip from Athens.
HOLLAND or THE NETHERLANDS (Which do the Dutch prefer?)
Amsterdam
National Maritime Museum (?)
Full-size replica of early 18th C Dutch East Indiaman, built from original
plans. Also two small 20th C. vessels, a minesweeper and torpedo boat(?).
Large collection of ship models and artifacts housed in old East India
Company's magazine. About 1/2 mile east of main railway station.
Den Helder
Tonijn Submarine
Middleburg
Schorpioen Turret ramship
Rotterdam
Buffel Ramship
ISRAEL
Haifa
Clandestine Immigration and Naval museum
204 Derekh Allenby
Phone: 536249
Af-'Al-Pi
The museum is housed mostly in the ship, which ran the British
blockade before WWII to save Jews from Nazi Germany.
The naval portion of the museum has models of current and former
Israeli navy ships, maps and historical displays on wartime activities;
and various memorabilia, including the surrender flag from an Egyptian
frigate that was captured while trying to bombard Haifa in 1956.
ITALY
Rome
Musea de Resugimata (spelling, anyone?)
MAS 15 Torpedo boat
Fired the torpedos that sank Szent Istvan, the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought.
Taranto
? Protected cruiser
Venice
Venice Arsenal
Very good maritime museum celebrating a couple millenia of Mediterranean
naval operations. One section has large, detailed models of Italian naval
vessels.
JAPAN
Ejajima
Naval Academy of Etajima
Yukizake's anchor and rudder. She was probably the luckiest Japanese
ship of the war - a battle record as long as Enterprise, and hit only
once by a 13mm bullet. She was given to China as reparation, and served
as Tang Yan until she ran around in 1971.
Also, a turret and barbette from BB Mutsu, which blew up in 1943.
Yokahama
Mikasa BB (Pre-Dreadnaught)
Flagship of Admiral Tojo at Tsushima Straits during Russo-Japanese War.
See Nimitz Museum at Texas, US for more information.
NEW ZEALAND
Auckland
Ferguson Whaling Museum
Phone: +64-9-4060006
Auckland
New Zealand National Maritime Museum
Hobson Wharf, Eastern Viaduct
Phone: +64-9-3581019
FAX:+64-9-3776000
New Zealand's main maritime museum
Auckland
North Shore City
Royal New Zealand Navy Museum, Naval Base
Phone: +64-9-4455186 or +64-9-4455999
FAX: +64-9-4455046
Bay of Islands
Waitangi
Museum of Shipwrecks
Phone/FAX: +64-9-4027018
Bay of Islands
Russell
Department of Conservation Bay of Islands Maritime and Historic Park
Russell Field Centre
Phone: +64-9-403685
FAX:+64-9-403649
Northland
Dargaville
Dargaville Maritime Museum
Phone: +64-9-4397555
Waikato
Paeroa
Historical Maritime Park
Phone: +64-7-8627121
South Island
Dunedin
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve Museum
Phone: +64-3-4672669
South Island
Bluff
Bluff Maritime Museum
Phone: +64-3-2127534
FAX:+64-3-2128711
Wellington
Wahine Disaster Commerative Exhibition
Exhibition Hall, 28 Dundas Street
Commemorates New Zealand's worst maritime disaster
Wellington
Wellington Maritime Museum, Queen's Wharf
Phone: +64-4-4728904
FAX: +64-4-4711373
NORWAY
Bergen (west coast)
Haakonsvern Naval Base
Number of German WW2 minisubs as well as tower of submarine B-2 by the
UVBI. This is a fully operational naval base, so access is limited.
Contact the base before going.
Drobakk
Oslofjord
Coastal Batteries of Oscarsborg
The Krupp guns of 1893, Moses, Aron and Joshva, that sunk the German
cruiser Blucher in 1940. Oscrasborg is still in use as a training center;
There are guided tours during the summer (July/August); contact the local
tourist office.
Harstad
Trondenes
Coastal artillery battery
German 406mm battleship guns
On military grounds: limited access, guided tours in the summer; contact
local tourist office.
Horten (60km south of Oslo)
Marinemuseet
RNN base Karl Johansvern
Rap PT (built 1875)
Large collection different items related to the Navy, including guns,
turrets, torpedo batteries.
Lake Mjosa
Skibladner Paddlesteamer
Over 140 years old. Built 1856 in Motala, Sweeden. Transported to Mjosa in
pieces and assembled there. Oldest paddlesteamer in operation (summer only)
in the world.
Moevig (outside of Kristiansand)
Coastal fort
Very impressive with huge bunkers, built for 4 cannons.
3 38cm German battleship guns originally, one remaining. Guided tours.
Oslo
Bygdoy
Sjofartsmuseet
Fram Exploration vessel used by Amundsen and Fr. Nansen
Ra, Kon-Tiki Thor Heyerdal's ships
Civilian shipping, polar and exploration vessels.
Oslo
Bygdoy
Vikingskipsmuseet
Restored 1000 year old longboats found in this century.
Oslo
Forsvarsmuseet
Oslo Castle (central Oslo)
Alta Minesweeper
Models and artifacts from the Norwegian Navy, mainly 1905 - 45. Torpedoes,
guns, Hs293 guided missile, Enigma cipher machines, historical library
for researchers.
Trondheim
Oerland
28cm gun towers
C turret from Gneisnau. Also on military area, access may be
limited; contact local tourist office.
The Royal Norwegian Navy operates the museum vessel Hitra, a fully
restored subhunter (ex-US SC 718), used for commando operations on
Norwegian coast during WWII.
POLAND
Gdynia
Blyskawica DD
Served with Free Polish forces in Royal Navy during WWII.
Warszawa (Warsaw)
Polish Military Museum
Complete military museum, including naval displays. Has static displays of
aircraft, armor, artillery, naval weapons outside. Uniforms and a Salyut
inside. Inexpensive, plus a student discount.
All labeling is in Polish.
PORTUGAL
Peniche
Dom Fernando II Sail frigate
Under restoration. To be displayed in Lisbon once completed.
Details wanted!
RUSSIA
Baltiisk
P-4 class torpedo boat
Khronstadt
Naval museum, on the base
Takes some doing to visit.
Murmansk
Museum of the North Fleet
On ulitsa Tortseva at very north part of town not far from the Kola fjord.
Very large and well kept collection of uniforms, ship models, parts of ships
and old & new naval paraphenalia. Of interest is the collection of photos,
uniforms and weapons relating to Soviet naval special forces during WWII.
St. Petersburg
Aurora Cruiser
One of three surviving pre-Dreadnaught cruisers.
St. Petersburg
D-2 WWII era submarine "D-2"
St. Petersburg
Central Museum of the Navy
In old stock exchange
Severomorsk
K-21 SS
This legendary WWII submarine is on land in Severomorsk.
Hard-to-obtain Severomorsk special entrance permission required.
Urkutsk(?), Lake Baikal, Siberia
Angara Icebreaker
Built by Armstrong, Whitworth & Co; entered service autumn 1900, originally
intended to provide service between Baranchuk and Misovaya to form a link
between the eastern and western portions of the trans-Siberia railroad.
SOUTH AFRICA
Cape Town
Fort Wynyard
Martello Tower naval museum
near Simon's Town naval dockyard
Johannesburg
South African War Museum
SPAIN
Barcelona
Reales Atarzanas (Royal shipyard)
Maritime museum
Don Juan de Austria Rowing galleon (replica)
Replica of the ship that fought at Lepanto. Lots of ship models and other
artifacts.
Madrid
Museo Naval, Paseo Prado
10:30 - 1:30 daily
Great paintings and large ship models; extensively covers period from Armada
to Trafalgar.
Cuidad Real province
Main Archive of Spanish Navy
El Viso del marques, Cuidad Real province, Spain
Not open Sunday or Monday
Decorated with 16th century frescos illustrating Marques de Santa Cruz'
victories over Turks, etc.
Menorca, Balearic Island
Port Mahon
SA-42 Midget sub, ether FOCA-1 or FOCA-2
SWEDEN
Gothenburg
Goteborgs Maritima Centrum (Gothenburg Maritime Center)
Packhuskajen, Lilla Bommen
Phone: +46 31 101290
Smaland DD
Nordkaparen SS
Fryken Freighter
Gothenburg
Sjofartsmuseet med akvariet (The museum of shipping and the aquarium)
Karl Johansgatan 1-3
Phone: +46 31 612901
Indoor museum. Exhibitions covering all aspects of civilian shipping.
Gothenburg
Nya Ilvsborgs Fistning (The New Ilvsborg Fortress)
Ferry from Packhuskajen, Lilla Bommen
Fortress is located in the entrance to the river Gotaalv. It successfully
defended the city from naval attack during the 18th and 19th centuries.
Exhibitions includes display on Thordenskiold, the Norwegian naval
commander who led the attacks on Gothenburg, and museum covering the
excavations of the 19th century East India tradeship Gothenburg, which
after 3 years in East India sank just outside the fortress.
Karlskrona
Bremon Minesweeper
Malmo
Technical Museum
1940's era submarine
Stockholm
Sjohistoriska Museet (The Maritime Historical Museum)
Djurgordsbrunnsvogen 24
Good selection of models of commercial and military subjects from all
times.
Stockholm
Vasamuseet (Vasa Museum)
Galarvarvet, Djurgarden
Phone: +46 8 6664800
http://www.vasamuseet.se (In Swedish)
Vasa Wood ship-of-the-line
Lightship
Ship sank on her maiden voyage in 1628. She was found in 1956, raised in
1959 and is being refurbished. Possibly oldest preserved ship-of-the-line
in the world.
TURKEY
Istanbul
Deniz Muzesi (Maritime Museum)
Located near the ferry landing in the Besiktas section of Istanbul
and on Cezayir Caddesi (Cezayir Street).
Collection dates back to the naval exploits of Barbarossa. Many
exhibits and aritfacts covering the history of the Ottoman Empire
and the Republic of Turkey. There is a section of a U-boat that
was recovered from the Black Sea coast.
UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND
I have deferred this section to a list created by Dr. M. H. Evans and Dr.
Janet West, a wife and husband team. Their list is very comprehensive, and
they will be maintaining it. It lists over 205 museums and 245 historic vessels
(many are part of museum collections, and a large number are small vessels) in
the British Isles, now including Ireland.
The file is over 2600 lines long, so to save space I'll just give a pointer.
To get the file:
anonymous ftp:
ftp mailbase.ac.uk
cd /pub/lists-f-j/history-sources/files
get maritime-museums
WWW URL:
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists-f-j/history-sources/files/mar-museums.html
If you don't have access to any of these facilities, send me email and I'll
send you a copy.
The file is in the public domain and may be freely used, distributed
and copied for non-profit-making purposes.
Dr. Evans can be reached at mhe...@cus.cam.ac.uk
Dr. West is at jw...@cus.cam.ac.uk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ALABAMA
Mobile
Alabama Memorial Park
Highway 90, off Interstate 10 - Exit 27 or 30
Phone: (334) 433-2703
FAX: (334) 433-2777
http://www.maf.mobile.al.us/recreation/uss_alabama.html
Alabama BB 60
Drum AGSS 228
Other military equipment including a B-52 and an A-12.
CALIFORNIA
Alameda
Aircraft Carrier Hornet Foundation
Hornet CVS 12
http://tmx.com/hornet/index.htm
Preservation efforts are underway, but she is still owned by the
scrappers, and the funding needs to be found to save her.
Belvedere
Belvedere Cove, 52 Beach Rd.
China 19th century wooden sidewheeler
The social salon on board is a museum. She formerly sailed between
San Francisco and Japan and Hong Kong.
Camp Pendleton
Assault Amphibian Vehicle Museum
Dana Point
Nautical Heritage Museum
24532 Del Prado Ave.
Phone: (714) 661-1001
Californian Revenue cutter (replica)
Ship tours the California coast much of the year.
Dana Point
Orange County Marine Institute
24200 Dana Point Harbor Dr.
Phone: (714) 496-2274
Pilgrim Brig (replica)
Tours are available of the Pilgrim, the ship Henry Dana sailed on and
described in "Two Years Before the Mast"; call for information.
Irvine
CAS El Toro Historical Center and Command Museum
Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro
Phone: (714) 559-6795
Many WWII to present Marine aircraft.
Will presumably move when the base closes.
Long Beach
Pier J
Phone: (215) 435-4747
Queen Mary Luxury liner and troopship
Open to the public, under new management.
Monterey
Allan Knight Museum
550 Calle Principal
Phone: (408) 375-2553
Library and museum - renowned model collection.
This museum was closed and in the process of moving as of 11/4/92.
Oakland
Oakland Airport
The "Halcyon"
Shorts Sunderland flying boat
Pacific Grove
Point Pinos Lighthouse
End of Monterey Peninsula
Thr, Sat and Sun: 1300-1600
Phone: (408) 648-3116
Built 1855. Described as shaped like a Cape Cod cottage. Two of the
keepers were women. Run by the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History.
One room will display the history of the Coast Guard in WWII.
Port Hueneme
SeeBee Museum
Naval Construction Batalion Center
History of the USN Construction Battalions.
San Diego
San Diego Maritime Museum
1306 N. Harbor Drive
Phone: (619) 234-9153
http://www.sdmaritime.com
Daily 0900-2000, to 2100 during the summer
Admission fee charged, based on age
Star of India Sail barque
Berkeley Steam ferryboat
Medea Steam yacht
The Star of India sails around - check the web site for a schedule.
San Francisco
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park
Hyde St. Pier
Phone: (415) 556-0560 or (415) 556-3002
http://www.apl.com/nmma/safrpg.html
Daily 1000-1700 (Some sections have other hours)
Balclutha Steel hull square-rigged merchant ship
Eureka Ferry
Alma SF Bay scow schooner
Eppleton Hall Side wheel paddle tug
CA Thayer Schonner
Hercules Steam Tug
Wapama Steam schooner
About 90 small craft
Pampanito SS 383
Admission free
Hall is in the yard being repaired. Eureka was the last car ferry
on the Bay. Wapama is undergoing preservation on land.
Pampanito is at Pier 45 on Fisherman's Wharf. Several of the ships
sail around the harbor.
San Francisco
Jeremiah O'Brien Liberty ship
Pier 30/32, just south of the Bay Bridge
San Francisco
Treasure Island Museum
410 Palm Avenue
(AC Transit bus "T" from Transbay Terminal, Mission at Second St.
Get off just inside gate, first building, plain view)
Phone: (415) 395-5067
Daily 1000-1530
Admission free
On an island in the bay, museum of US sea combat in the Pacific.
San Pedro
Berth 52
Outer Harbor
Lane Victory Victory ship
Open for tours, and cruises to Catalina Island. During the cruise
the ship undergoes a mock air attack.
San Pedro, Port of Los Angeles
Los Angeles Maritime Museum
Berth 84 - Foot of Sixth Street
Phone: (310) 548-7618
la...@netcom.com
Admission free, one dollar donation per adult is requested.
Swift of Ipswich Topsail schooner
Angels Gate ST class Tug
Ocean Waif Racing yawl
Two Monterey fishing boats (1917 and 1927 vintage)
Ralph J. Scott Fireboat #2
Largest maritime museum on the west coast of North America. Operated by
the Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks.
Occupies the former Municipal Ferry Building, a 75,000 sq. ft. art deco
structure located on the main channel of the port.
Holds one of the largest collections of ship models in the U.S.
Swift is used for youth sail training. GATE is listed on the National
Historic Vessel list. WAIF is the original Angleman Seawitch prototype.
Centerpiece of John Gibson Park which includes the National Merchant
Marine Memorial, the USS Los Angeles (CA-135) Mainmast naval memorial and
Education Center of the Museum where American Sail Training Association
endorsed youth development classes are held. Internships are available
through university and college programs worldwide. SCOTT is part of the
John Gibson Park
Research facilities include a 5,000 volume library and a major archive of
maritime photographs.
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport
Captain's Cove Seaport
1 Bostwick Ave.
Phone: (203) 335-1433
http://shakti.trincoll.edu/~jconstan/hmsrose/home.html
HMS Rose Sail warship
Replica of ship that patrolled Long Island Sound during the American
Revolution.
Essex Village
Connecticut River Museum
1879 Steamboat Dock, Foot of Main St.
Phone: (860) 767-8269
Tue-Sun 1000-1700
http://www.connix.com/~crm/
Admission: $4 adults, $2 children 6-12
American Turtle SS (working replica)
Groton
Nautilus Memorial and Submarine Force Museum
Phone: (800) 343-0079 or (203) 449-3174
Nautilus SSN 571
Japanese Type A "Kairyu" minisub
Italian "Maile" minisub
German "Seehund" minisub
American "Explorer" minisub
World's first nuclear propelled vessel and a submarine museum. Explorer
was built and sailed (sunk?) by Simon Lake. There is a large cutout
scale model of a Gato-class sub in the museum.
Mystic
Mystic Seaport Museum
50 Greenmanville Ave.
Phone: (860) 572-5315
http://www.mystic.org
Joseph Conrad Steel hulled square-rigger
Charles W. Morgan Whaling bark
steam launch
schooner
Plethora of small vessels
Replica whaling town of 1800's. Nearby is Mystic Marinelife Aquarium. Morgan
is the last wooden whaler still afloat in the world.
New London
US Coast Guard Museum
US Coast Guard Academy
Route 32
Phone: (203) 444-8511
South Norwalk
Maritime Center at Norwalk
10 N. Water St.
Phone: (203) 852-0700
Nautical history and ecology of Long Island Sound. Includes an aquarium
and an IMAX theater.
DELAWARE
Chesapeake City
C & D Canal Museum
Documents and artifacts relating to the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal and a working model of a canal lock.
Lewes
Thompson Country Store Historic Complex
Overfalls Lightship
Wilmington
Battle of the Atlantic Memorial
Foot of King St.
Phone: (302) 656-0400
Building a replica of the sailing ship Kalmar Nyckel, which brought
the first Swedish settlers to Delaware in 1638.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Naval Museum
Washington Navy Yard
Buildings 76 and 57
Phone: (202) 433-4882
Barry DD 933
Intelligent Whale Early SS
Trieste I Deep diving sub
PCF 1
British minisub
German minisub
Italian minisub
Historical retrospective. Models, aircraft, paintings.
The Barry is docked, while the Trieste is in the main building, and
the small subs are in the Annex building, along with a display on
the Polaris missile. The PCF is on the lawn with a collection of naval
weapons, including parts from the Maine.
United States Marine Corps Museum
Navy Yard
Detailed history of the Marines, with a series of glass case filled with
memorabilia from different time periods, opposing a wall of quotes, pictures
and paintings. Some of the descriptions are hard to read due to the lack of
light. Also a gallery of photos and/or paintings on a rotating schedule,
and a series of miniature battle scenes.
Naval Historical Center
Navy Yard
http://www.history.navy.mil
Information currently available includes bibliographies, active ship levels
from 1917 to present, aviation squadron lineages, and ordering information
for NHC publications.
The Smithsonian Institution
Constitution Ave. at 12th St.
Phone: (202) 357-2025
Philadelphia Sail gunboat
Remains of first warship built in what would become the US, in the
Hall of Armed Forces History(?). Operated by Army, as Navy wasn't yet
formed. Ship models are on display in the Hall of American Maritime
Enterprise, the Technology building and the Air and Space Museum.
FLORIDA
Key West
The Wrecker's Museum
322 Duval St.
Phone: (305) 294-9602
Panama City Beach
Museum of Man in the Sea
17314 Back Beach Rd.
Phone: (940) 235-4104
Diving and undersea exploration.
Pensacola
Pensacola Naval Air Station
National Naval Aviation Museum
Phone: (904) 452-3604 (touchtone)
Phone: (904) 452-3606 (rotary)
http://www.amaranth.com/~navalair
GEORGIA
Columbus
Confederate Naval Museum
101 Fourth St.
Phone: (404) 327-9798
Houses remains of 2 Civil War ironclads fished out of southern rivers
during 1960's Centennial. Both are little more than part of a burned
hull surrounded by iron armor sections, cannon, and other metal items
recovered from the rivers. Additional displays of uniforms, equipments,
and models.
Savannah
Ships of the Sea Museum
503 East River St.
Phone: (912) 232-1511
More than 150 ship models.
HAWAII
Honolulu
Arizona Memorial
1 Arizona Memorial Place
Phone: (808) 422-0561
Daily 0730-1700
http://www.cyber-hawaii.com/vacation/corp/oaa/arizona/arizona.html
Arizona BB 39
Honolulu
Hawaii Maritime Center
Pier 7
Phone: (808) 523-6151
Falls of Clyde Full-rigged ship
Hokule'a Polynesian canoe - replica
Pearl Harbor
Utah Memorial
Ford Island
Utah AG 16 (Target ship), ex-BB 31
Ford island is still a Naval base, so call ahead for information.
Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum
11 Arizona Memorial Drive
Phone: (808) 423-1341
Daily 0800-1700
Bowfin SS 287
Outside are a 2-man Japanese sub and a Regulus I.
ILLINOIS
Chicago
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
57th St. and Lake Shore Drive
Phone: (312) 684-1414
U-505 Sub (German)
U-boat was captured by CVE USS Guadalcanal during WWII. Museum has an
exhibit called "Ships Through the Ages." Included in the museum entrance
fee ($7.00). Tour is self-guided, with tape players giving a narrative.
INDIANA
Anderson
United States Merchant Marine Museum
Corner of Jackson and 13th Streets
Phone: (317) 643-7447
Vast uniform collection.
IOWA
Dubuque
Woodward Riverboat Museum
2nd St., Ice Harbor
Phone: (319) 557-9545
William M. Black Sidewheeler
Upper Mississippi navigational history including a collection of vessels.
Keokuk River Museum
Victory Park
Phone: (319) 524-4765
George M. Verity Steam sternwheeler
Museum of the Mississippi and riverboats.
Le Clair
Buffalo Bill Museum
200 N. River Dr.
Includes displays on upper Mississippi water transportation, and one
of the few surviving wood riverboats.
KANSAS
Olathe
Old Olathe Naval Air Museum
1 Navy Park Drive, Industrial Airport
Phone: 913-381-3939
A-7A
History of Olathe NAS.
KENTUCKY
Louisville
4th Ave. and River Rd.
Phone: (502) 625-2355
Belle of Louisville Steamboat
Built in 1914, now makes day trips. Carries museum about steamboats.
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge
Louisiana Naval War Museum
305 S. River Rd.
Phone: (504) 342-1942
Kidd DD 661
New Orleans
Dedalo, ex-Cabot CVL 28
Pioneer Confederate submersible
Dedalo may be scrapped due to lack of funding. However, there is
currently an effort to save the Cabot and bring her to Chicago by
the American Academy of Industry. Further info is available at
Andrew Toppan's web page. If you don't have web access, let me
know and I'll send you the info. I am not affiliated with the effort.
MAINE
Bath
Maine Maritime Museum
243 Washington St.
Phone: (207) 443-1316
http://www.bathmaine.com
Sherman Zwicker Schooner
Restored shipyard, plus >100 small craft. Recently completed a massive
new museum bulding, housing a large collection of maritime art and various
research archives. Zwicker is privately owned.
Greenville
Moosehead Marine Museum
Phone: (207) 695-2716
Katahdin Lake steamer
History of western Maine's lakes.
Kittery
Kittery Historical and Naval Museum
Rogers Rd.
Phone: (207) 439-3080
History of Maine's oldest European settlement.
Rockland
Shore Village Museum
104 Limerock St.
Phone: (207) 594-0311
Lighthouse artifacts.
Searsport
Penobscot Marine Museum
5 Church St.
Phone: (207) 548-2529
FAX: (207) 548-2520
Fishing and seafaring history. Paintings and small boats on display.
Museum consists of 8 buildings.
South Portland
Spring Point Museum
Southern Maine Technical College
Fort Rd.
Phone: (207) 799-6337
Museum of the port of Portland. Includes bow of clipper ship Snow
Squall, built in Portland.
MARYLAND
Annapolis
U. S. Naval Academy
Preble Hall
Phone: (410) 263-6933
Bookstore: (410) 298-6110
Mon-Sat: 9-5
Sun 11-5
Closed: Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day
http://www.nadn.navy.mil/Museum
X-1 Experimental mini-sub
The Academy is National Historic Shrine, containing multitude of
monuments and relics, including foremast of BB USS Maine and crypt of
John Paul Jones.
Museum run by the U.S. Naval Institute. Contains a brand new model
ship gallery which contains some of the most spectacular items from
the Naval Academy's impressive model ship collection.
Baltimore
Baltimore Harbor
Pier 1
Constellation Dock
Phone: (410) 539-1797 or -1798
Constellation Sail frigate (ex-IX 21)
Torsk AGSS 423
Taney WHEC 37 (USCG cutter)
Chesapeake Lightship
John M. Brown Liberty ship #312
Constellation is last wooden warship built in US. The US Navy used
funds appropriated for repair of vessels to completely rebuild frigate
Constellation of War of 1812 fame. Taney is the last remaining ship
afloat, Japanese or American, from the Pearl Harbor attack, (she was at
Honolulu).
Baltimore
100 Light St.
http://www.4impact.com/pride/
Pride of Baltimore II Sailing ship
Interpretation of a "Baltimore Clipper". The first was lost at sea some
years ago.
Baltimore
Radcliff Maritime Museum
201 W. Monument St.
Phone: (301) 685-3750
Historic St. Mary's City
Rosecroft Rd.
Phone: (301) 862-0990
Maryland Dove Sailing ship
The Dove is an interpretation of one of the ships that brought early
settlers to Maryland.
St. Michaels
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Navy Point
Phone: (301) 745-2916
>80 vessels and small boats.
Exhibits trace the history of the Bay including boatbuilding, fishing,
yachting, waterfowling, and navigation. Features include a 19th-century
screwpile-type lighthouse, restored log-bottom bugeye, skipjacks, a racing
log canoe, collection of Bay boats, decoy and waterfowling, propulsion.
Solomons
Calvert Marine Museum
Routes 2 and 4
Phone: (301) 326-2042
Drum Point Lighthouse and number of small craft.
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Boston National Historical Park
Phone: (617) 242-5601
http://ww.ncts.navy.mil/homepages/constitution
Constitution Sail frigate
Cassin Young DD 793
Constitution is oldest ship on US Navy lists. Crewed by Navy personnel
wearing period uniforms. She is nearly rebuilt, and it appears she may
be sailed when completed.
Charlestown
New England Historic Seaport
Charlestown Navy Yard
Charlestown, MA 02129
Phone: (617) 242-1475
Nantucket II WLV 613
Last lightship built in the US, and served on the last lightship station.
Moored in drydock #2 at the shipyard, a few hundred yards from USS
Constitution (just outside the National Park). She is capable of getting
underway under her own power.
Cambridge
Hart Nautical Gallery
Bldg. 5, 1st floor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Gallery has three parts: collection of ship models from ancient to
modern, hull half-sections of various boats/ships/subs and sail craft,
and modern displays changed about every year. No fee. Look for full
size anchors on loan from US Navy.
Fall River
Battleship Cove
Phone: (508) 678-1100
http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/jack/mamie.html
Massachusetts BB 59
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. DD 850
Lionfish SS 298
PT 796
PT 617
LCM
HMS Bounty (replica)
Self-guided tour of the battleship include hand-held radio listening
devices that give audio background on the ship. There is also a small
section of the bow of the cruiser Fall River. Bounty sails often, so
it may be seen on the river. There is a rumor that the Navy's test
Tarantul class corvette will be coming here.
Fall River
Marine Museum of Fall River
70 Water St.
Phone: (508) 674-3533
http://www.ici.net/cust_pages/jack/marine_m.html
History of Fall River Line, steam power. >100 models, including
a 28' Titanic.
Gloucester
Cape Ann Histoical Association
27 Pleasant St.
Phone: (508) 283-0455
Fishing and works of Fitz Hugh Lane
Gloucester
Harbor Loop
Phone: (508) 283-0455
Adventure Fishing schooner
Last old-time Gloucester schooner still sailing. Currently undergoing
a rebuild.
Hull
Hull Lifesvaing Museum
6 Circuit Ave.
Phone: (617) 925-5433
The lifeboat Nantasket used by famous lifesaver Joshua James is on display
here, along with several other lifeboats in various states of decay. A variety
of Lifesaving Service/USCG beach apparatus here, including a breeches-buoy rig
that is often set up as a demonstation and several beach carts.
Nantucket
Nantucket Historical Association
2 Union St.
Phone: (508) 228-1894
http://www.nantucket.net
Nantucket
Nantucket Life Saving Museum
0930-1600 June 15-Columbus Day
Other times by special arrangement
http://www.nantucket.net/museums/lifesaving
Admission: Adults $3, children over 5 $2, $1 off for groups of 10 or more
Various lifesaving equipment on display
New Bedford
10 Union St.
Phone: (508) 992-4900
Ernestina Schooner
New Bedford Lightship
Fished the Grand Banks, sailed in the US Navy, and worked carrying
immigrants between New England and Cape Verde Islands.
New Bedford
New Bedford Whaling Museum
18 Johnny Cake Hill
Phone: (508) 997-0046
Half-size model of whaler Lagoda in main building.
Plymouth
Mayflower II/Plimouth Plantation
Replica of Mayflower in recreated Pilgrim settlement and Wampanoag
Indian village.
Quincy
Nantucket Lightship Museum
Nantucket I WLV 612
The lightship is located at the Marina Bay development on the site of
NAS Squantum, the birthplace of Naval Reserve Aviation. She is fully
operational and is registered as a privately maintained aid to navigation.
Quincy
U.S. Naval and Shipbuilding Museum
739 Washington Street
Phone: (617) 479-7900
Fax: (617) 479-8792
Daily 10 to 7, last tour leaves at 6
Admission is $6 for adults, $4 for children and senior citizens.
Salem CA 139
At Fore River shipyard. Tuesday is Senior Citizens day: free coffee
and donuts in the morning, and a further discount for seniors all day.
Salem is NOT open for wandering. Access to areas other than the
aft quarterdeck is by guided tour only. Ship is being maintained as
she would have been in service.
USNSM also operates the "Massachusetts Military Research Center" with a
vast collection of military records, documents, artifacts, etc. ranging
from before the revolutionary war to the present. Contact person for the
MMRC is Jim Fahey (yes, THAT Jim Fahey).
Salem
Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
Phone: (508) 745-1876
http://www.pem.org
The nation's oldest continuously operating museum, founded in 1799.
Largest collection of marine art in US.
Salem
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
174 Derby St.
Phone: (508) 744-4323
Scituate
Scituate Maritime Museum
New musuem being built by the local Historical Society, will focus
on the history of local marine industry and shipwrecks.
Sharon
Kendall Whaling Museum
27 Everett St.
Phone: (617) 784-5642
MICHIGAN
Detroit
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
100 Strand, Belle Isle
Phone: (313) 267-6440
History of Great Lakes transport, focusing on Detroit.
Douglass
Blue Star Highway and Union St.
Keewatin Passenger steamer
Reiss Steam tug
Helen McLeod Fishing boat
Mackinaw City Marina
Phone: (616) 436-5563
Replica of British sloop of war from around 1775 is centerpiece.
Muskegon
Great Lakes Naval and Maritime Museum
Phone: (616) 744-9117
Crockett PG 88
Silversides SS 236
Sault Ste. Marie
Johnson and Water Streets
Phone: (906) 632-3658
Valley Camp Lake ore freighter
Contains a museum of Great Lakes shipping
South Haven
Michigan Maritime Museum
MINNESOTA
Duluth
Canal Park Marine Museum
600 Lake Avenue S.
Phone: (218) 722-2497
Duluth
350 Harbor Dr.
Phone: (218) 722-7876
William A. Irvin Iron ore carrier
Lake commerce and boat technology.
Winona
Lee Park
Phone: (507) 454-6880
Julius C. Wilkie Steamboat
One of the few surviving wood sternwheelers.
MISSISSIPPI
Biloxi
Biloxi Seafood Industry Museum
115 First St.
Phone: (601) 435-6320
Vicksburg
Vicksburg National Military Park
Cairo Ironclad riverboat
Union boat that sank in the Mississippi. She was propelled by a split
stern wheel arrangement.
Vicksburg
The Gray and Blue Naval Museum
Sort of a mom and pop storefront place. 30-40 nice models of ACW river
warships, several paintings, some video tapes, and a library.
MISSOURI
St. Louis
Gateway Arch
Inaugural AM 242
NEBRASKA
Omaha
Omaha Military Historical Society
Phone: (402) 345-1959
Marlin SST 2
Hazard AM 240
Peru
Meriwether Lewis Museum
Brownville State Recreation Area
Phone: (402) 872-3815
Museum is aboard former Corps of Engineers dredgeboat.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Portsmouth
Port of Portsmouth Maritime Museum
Market St. Extension
Phone: (603) 436-3680
Albacore AGSS 569
History of locally built submarines. Tour of boat is primary
attraction.
NEW JERSEY
Allamuchy
Canal Museum at Waterloo
Allamuchy Mountain State Park
Phone: (908) 722-9556
April - Sept: Tuesday - Sunday 10-6
Oct - Dec: Tuesday - Sunday 10-5
Tour of several buildings, plus a ride on a canal boat.
Hackensack
New Jersey Naval Museum
River and Court Streets
Phone: (201) 342-3268
Ling AGSS 297
Torpedo, plus Regulus, Talos and other missiles on lawn. Submarine-oriented
museum. She may soon be moving to the Hudson river in Hoboken.
Highlands
Twin Lights Historic Site
Lighthouse Road
History of twin lights of Navesink and navigation.
Highlands
Sandy Hook
Series of naval defense batteries were built on the site, including 12
inch mortars, one of which is on display. Sandy Hook was also national
proving grounds until 1907, when they were moved to Aberdeen. Two missiles
stuck in the ground.
Jersey City
Liberty State Park
http://www.quuxuum.org/bnj/
There is a small display in the Central New Jersey Railroad Terminal
with a model of the ship and a few other items. We hope to bring her
there in the next few years, with a stopover in Bayonne while the area
is prepared. My thanks to Dave Pirmann for providing the site and Dave
Wells for preparing the files.
Morristown
Canal Society of New Jersey Museum
Waterloo Village
Phone: (201) 235-8454
Building in the Village Museum dedicated to three major canals in New
Jersey, including the Morris Canal.
Paterson
Great Falls Historic District
Paterson Museum
Spruce and Market Sts.
Phone: (201) 279-9587 (Historic District phone number)
First Holland sub, launched 1881. John Holland was a citizen of Paterson.
Pine Bluff
Farragut Marine Museum
Admiral Farragut Academy
Phone: (201) 349-4829
Unknown
New Netherlands Museum
Half Moon Sailing ship
Replica of Henry Hudson's exploration vessel. Small museum on history of
New Netherlands colony. She used to be docked at Liberty State Park, but
has been moved for a marina. Does anyone know where she went?
NEW YORK
Blue Mountain Lake
Adirondack Museum
Phone: (518) 352-7311
Collection of >200 small boats.
Fort Schuyler, The Bronx, NYC
Maritime Industry Museum
SUNY Maritime College
Phone: (212) 409-7218
Two tugs and a merchant ship.
Evolution of seafaring.
Buffalo
Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Servicemen's Museum
1 Naval Park Cove
Phone: (716) 847-1773
Little Rock CLG 4
The Sullivans DD 537
Croaker SS 246
PTF 17
Museum has collection of models of many ships, mostly Great Lakes
vessels, including large before and after models of the Wolverine,
one of two side-wheelers converted into aircraft carriers during WWII
for flight training (other was Sable.) Several static displays
on the grounds of various military equipment.
Clayton
Antique Boat Museum
750 Mary St.
Phone: (315) 686-4104
World's largest recreational boat museum.
Cold Spring Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
Main St.
Phone: (516) 367-3418
Collection includes over 700 scrimshaw pieces.
East Hampton
East Hampton Marine Museum
101 Main St.
Phone: (516) 324-6850
Fishing, boatbuilding, whaling and sportfishing history.
King's Point
American Merchant Marine Museum
US Merchant Marine Academy
Phone: (516) 773-5515
Small museum on history since WWI.
Kingston
Hudson River Maritime Center
1 Rondout Landing
Phone: (914) 338-0071
Steam tug from 1898 and various other vessels.
Lake George Village
Minne-ha-ha Paddlewheeler
Not a museum per say, the Minne-ha-ha is a steam-powered paddlewheel
excursion vessel that sails on Lake George. The engine room is
enclosed in glass and the ship sports a steam calliope.
Hyde Park, Queens, NYC
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Library
Major collection of ship models and paintings that belonged to FDR
plus his personal book collection, as well as papers from when he
was Secretary of the Navy.
New York City
American Museum of Immigration
Ellis Island
Ferry from Battery Park or Liberty State Park in Jersey City
Lots of material - posters, postcards, photos, models - on various
ships which carried immigrants to the US.
New York City
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
Pier 88, West 46th and 12th
Phone: (212) 245-2533
Wednesday-Sunday 10-5
http://www.westnet.com/intrepid
Intrepid CV/CVA/CVS 11
Edson DD 943
Aetos, ex- Slater ex-DE 766
Growler SSG 577
Nantucket Lightship #
Lightship Frying Pan
Tamaroa, ex-Zuni WMEC 166, ex-ATF 95, US Coast Guard fleet tug
Elizabeth M. Fisher Research/school ship
Flight deck and hanger hold large display of carrier aircraft, plus an SR-71
(sans engines). Military vehicles and more planes on display on pier. Museum
inside carrier has wide range of displays, including many models and a film on
carrier operations. Billed as the World's Largest Naval Museum. (It is, now.)
Slater served in the Greek navy. Frying Pan is privately owned. Tamaroa is in
operable condition, and is used to move the other ships around.
New York City
Museum of the City of New York
103rd St & Park Ave
Permanent display: Maritime New York - artifacts (some large), photos,
models, paintings
New York City
South Street Seaport Museum
East side, just south of Brooklyn Bridge
(212) 748-8600
http://www/SouthStSeaport.org
Apr 1 - Sep 30: 1000-1800
Oct 1 - Mar 31: 1000-1700
Peking Square-rigged four-masted cargo sailing ship
Wavertree Square-rigged sailing ship
Ambrose Lightship
Museum located right next to the fish market. Lots of shops and restaurants,
becoming yuppified. Tours of New York harbor available on steamships and a
schooner. Extensive galleries and collections. Ongoing urban archaeology can
be viewed nearby.
New York City
Seamen's Church Institute
Water Street
(just north of South Street Seaport's Low Building Galleries)
Outstanding collection of ship models, though the times they are open can
be irregular.
Oswego
H. Lee White Marine Museum
Derrick barge
It has some interesting exhibits, especially on the War of 1812.
Poughkeepsie
12 Market St.
http://www.clearwater.org
Clearwater River sloop
This is the ship's dock, but she is usually sailing the Hudson River.
Rome
Erie Canal Village
5789 New London Rd.
Phone: (315) 337-3999
Chief Engineer Canal packet
Re-created canal village.
Sag Harbor
Sag Harbor Whaling Museum
Main and Garden Streets
Phone: (516) 725-0770
Syracuse
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd.
Phone: (315) 471-0593
Housed in former weigh station. Display includes replica canalboat in
the weighlock.
West Sayville
Suffolk Marine Museum
Montauk Highway
Phone: (516) 567-1733
Two restored oyster sloops. Shell-fishing and recreational boating
history.
Whitehall
Skenesborough Museum
Skenesborough Drive
Phone: (518) 499-1155
Early US naval history and commerce on Lake Champlain and the upper
Hudson River.
NORTH CAROLINA
Beaufort
North Carolina Maritime Museum
315 Front St.
Phone: (919) 728-7317
Kingston
Caswell-Nuese State Historical Site
Neuse Confederate ironclad ram
Manteo
Elizabeth II State Historic Site
Replica of smallest of three ships that brought settlers to North
Carolina in 1585.
Southport
Southport Maritime Museum
Covers the maritime history of the area. The museum is small, located
in a storefront in Southport. A fee of several dollars is charged for
admission. The museum is about a 40 minute drive south from the USS
North Carolina exhibit in Wilmington.
Wilmington
City Piers
Mohawk WPG 78 (Coast Guard)
Deteriorated. She was then towed away for rebuild, sank under tow,
was raised, and will be rebuilt.
Wilmington
Eagle Island
Phone: (910) 251-5797
FAX: (910) 251-5807
http://myrtle.interpath.net/battle.html
May 16 - Sep 15: 0800-2000 daily
Other times: 0800-1700 daily
North Carolina BB 55
Well done display. Nighttime sound and light show. (Multimedia!)
Wilmington
New Hanover County Museum
814 Market St.
Emphasis on Civil War blockade and blockade-running.
OHIO
Ashtabula
Great Lakes Marine and US Coast Guard Memorial Museum
1071 Walnut Blvd.
Phone: (216) 964-6847
Cleveland
1001 E. 9th St. Pier
(216) 574-6262
May Fri-Sat 1000-1700 Sun 1200-1700
Memorial Day to Labor Day Mon-Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1200-1700
Sep-Oct Fri-Sat 1000-1700, Sun 1200-1700
http://little.nhlink.net/wgm/wgmhome.html
Admission: Adult $4.50, Senior citizen $3.50, Student $2.50
William G. Mather Great Lakes bulk ore carrier
Cleveland
N. Marginal Road
Phone: (216) 566-8770
http://erienet.net/~mischief/cod/cod.html
Cod SS 224
May-Sep 1000-1700
Adults $4, students $2
Completely authentic example of a WW II fleet sub. Everything
on the sub is genuine WW II issue and there have been no modifications
done. A Navy cameraman who shot COLOR film of the COD's last patrol,
July-August, 1945, donated the film and his camera to the COD museum.
Fairport Harbor
Front Street (?)
Converted lighthouse and keeper's quarters. Pilot house of lake freighter.
Marietta
Ohio River Museum
601 Second St.
W. P. Snyder. Jr. Steam towboat
Maritime and natural history of Ohio River.
Put-In-Bay
Maritime Museum at Put-In Bay
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial
Model version of the Niagara on display, along with a section of ship's
deck carrying naval-mounted cannon.
Toledo
26 Main St.
Phone: (419) 698-8252
Willis B. Boyer Lake freighter
Vermillion
Great Lakes Historical Society Museum
480 Main St.
Phone: (216) 967-3467
Maritime history of the Great Lakes.
OKLAHOMA
Catoosa (NE of Tulsa)
Arkansas River Historical Society Museum
5350 Cimarron Road
Phone: (918) 226-2291
Muskogee
USS Batfish Park
Phone: (918) 682-6294
Batfish AGSS 310
Museum is sub oriented.
OREGON
Astoria
Columbia River Maritime Museum
1792 Marine Drive
Phone: (503) 325-2323
Columbia Lightship
Knapp DD 563 (Bridge only - centerpiece of museum.)
Rasher SS 269 (Periscopes and part of conn only.)
Artifacts from battleship Oregon, local Indian canoes, Lewis and Clark
artifacts, whaling.
Hammond
Fort Stevens State Park Museum
Site of attack by Japanese sub I-25 during WWII. Photos and artifacts
in display.
Portland
Oregon Maritime Center and Museum
113 SW Front Ave.
Phone: (503) 224-7724
Portland Steam tug
Museum of Oregon's nautical history. Tug is steel-hulled sternwheeler.
Along seawall across street.
Portland
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Blueback SS 581
Last diesel boat produced for the US Navy, once set a record for
crossing the Pacific Ocean underwater and was featured in the 1990 film
"The Hunt for Red October." The ship is being restored to near-working
condition by the Submarine Veterans Blueback Base, who are also adding
mulitmedia presentations (sound tapes and light shows). Children (and adults)
are allowed to touch much of the equipment.
PENNSYLVANIA
Easton
Hugh Moore Historical Park
200 South Delaware Dr.
Phone: (215) 250-6700
Josiah White Canal boat
American canal history and technology.
Erie
164 E. Front St.
Phone: (814) 871-4596
Niagara Sail barque
Perry's flagship on Great Lakes during War of 1812 - sort of. Rebuilt from the
keel up, with a small section of the original keel the only remaining piece of
the original.
Philadelphia
Penn's Landing
Phone: (215) 922-1898
Call for hours
Olympia CL 15, ex-Cruiser 6
Becuna SS 319
Olympia was Dewey's flagship at Battle of Manila Bay in Spanish American
War. Note that 8 in. turrets are fabrications, as originals were
replaced with open 5" mounts during WWI.
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Maritime Museum
321 Chestnut St.
Maritime US history, 30 small boats, 10,000 artifacts.
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild
Chestnut St. and Delaware Ave.
Gazela of Philadelphia Barkentine
Jupiter Tug
Barnegat lightship
Philadelphia
Port of History Museum
Delaware Ave. and Spruce St.
Phone: (215) 925-3804
Emphasis on Atlantic coast.
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Science Center
Phone: (412) 622-3303
Requin AGSS/SSR 481
Willow Grove/Hatboro
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
Rt. 611
WWII and more recent aircraft, including P-2 Nepture, on static display.
RHODE ISLAND
Bristol
Herreshoft Marine Museum
7 Burnside St.
Phone: (401) 253-5000
Newport
Museum of Yachting
Fort Adams State Park
Phone: (401) 847-1018
Shamrock V J boat
History of yachting, America's Cup and solo sailing.
Newport
Naval War College Museum
Coasters Harbor Island
Phone: (401) 841-4052
Evolution and technology of sea warfare, including a history of the
development of the torpedo in the US.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston
Charles Towne Landing
1500 Old Towne Rd.
Phone: (803) 556-4450
Adventure Ketch (replica)
Mt.Pleasant
Patriot's Point Naval and Maritime Museum
Phone: (803) 884-2727
Yorktown CV 10
Laffey DD 724
Clamagore SS 343
Ingham WPG35 (USCG Cutter)
Bills itself as World's Largest Naval Museum (It's not anymore). The cutters
served in the Atlantic in WWII on U-boat patrol. The Savannah has been
stored elsewhere with the NDRF.
SOUTH DAKOTA
Sioux Falls
Battleship South Dakota Memorial
Open all year
No admission fee
Displays items from and about the ship, including parts of her, models
of the ship and engines, objects from the Battle of Savo Island. Very
large scale Kingfisher (4' wingspan).
A 16" gun barrel will shortly become part of the exhibits.
TEXAS
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Museum
1900 North Chaparral
Phone: (512) 883-2862
Primary exhibit is artifacts recovered from two Spanish ships wrecked
in 1554.
Corpus Christi
Lexington on the Bay Museum
Lexington CV/CVA/AVT 16
$8 entry fee
F-14, F-4, A-4 (2), F4U corsair, KA3 Vigalante, Dauntless, Yellow Peril,
A-6, UH1 huey, numerous other WWII aircraft.
Displays include: WWII actions, aviation training.
Helo flights off the flight deck for an aerial tour of the Corpus Christi
Bay area.
Also Columbus' ships replicas - 2 at the museum in dry dock, Santa Maria and
Pinta under repair (damaged about 2 years ago by a drifting barge), can be
toured by museum visitors. Nina is moored at the Marina and sails regularly.
Ships purchased from Spain. $8 entry fee to tour ships.
Fort Worth
Pate Museum of Transportation
MSB 5
Fredricksburg
Chester Nimitz Museum
Museum of the Pacific War
Japanese mini-sub
HA-19
Ship sections, including the fire control area of a cruiser and the tower
of USS Pintado, SS 387. Display on famed Japanese warship from Russo-Japanese
war: while touring Japan after the war, Nimitz found the ship in terrible
condition, and had it set in concrete and made suitable for display.
Galveston
Seawolf Park
Phone: (409) 744-5738 or (713) 744-5043
Cavalla AGSS 244
Stewart DE 238
Self-guided tours.
Galveston
Texas Seaport Museum
2016 Strand
Phone: (409) 763-1877
Elissa Bark
La Porte
San Jacinto Battleground
3527 Battleground Rd.
Phone: (713) 479-2411
http://wb5fnd.tech.uh.edu/~scott/bb35.html
Texas BB 35
PT 309
Self-guided tours. In the process of being restored. She still has her
triple-expansion steam engines, and is both a National Historical
Landmark and a National Civil Engineering Landmark. She is the only
remaining battleship, and possibly the only remaining warship, to
have served in both world wars. Proposal to have the PT tour the ship
channel on short excursions.
Rockport
Texas Maritime Museum
1202 Navigation Circle
Phone: (512) 729-1271
Texas maritime history. Several Texas coastal workboats.
VERMONT
Vergennes
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
Basin Harbor Rd.
Phone: (801) 475-2022
Daily 1000-1700
Adults $5, children 6-15 $2
Revolutionary War museum. Replica of gunboat Philadelphia, plus
numerous small boats.
Shelburne
Shelburne Museum
Route 7
Phone: (802) 985-3346 or (800) 639-3840
Late May to late October: daily 1000-1700
Limited Winter schedule
Ticonderoga Passenger sidewheel steamer
Colchester Reef lighthouse. Boat is dry-docked on the lawn or under
restoration.
VIRGINIA
Dahlgren
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Newport News
The Mariners' Museum
100 Museum Drive
Corner Warwick and J. Clyde Morris, exit 258-A off I-64
Phone: 1-800-581-SAIL (7245) or 757-596-2222
Daily 10-5, except Dec. 25 and Thanksgiving day
http://www.mariner.org/
Ship models, scrimshaw, figureheads, working models of classic steam
engines, small craft from around the world.
Research library contains over 75,000 volumes and 350,000 photos,
considered one of the finest in the world. It's open Mon-Sat 0900-1700
Norfolk
Hampton Roads Naval Museum
Nauticus
One Waterside Drive, on the Elizabeth River
Phone: (804) 444-8971
Displays on over two centuries of naval activity in and around the
harbor of Hampton Roads. Tour begins with Battle off the Virginia Capes
in 1781. Ship models, artwork and retrieved underwater naval artifacts.
Note: On most weekends, one or two Navy ships at Norfolk offer tours for
visitors. For information call the Naval Base Tour and Information Office
at the above number.
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum
2 High St.
Phone: (804) 393-8591
America's first naval shipyard. Portsmouth lightship is nearby.
Williamsburg
Jamestown Settlement
Phone: (804) 229-1607
Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery
Replicas of ships that brought colonists to Jamestown in 1607.
Yorktown
Yorktown Victory Center
Route 238 and Colonial Parkway
Phone: (804) 887-1776
American Revolution, primarily naval victory at Yorktown.
WASHINGTON
Aberdeen
Grays Harbor Historical Seaport
813 E. Heron St.
Phone: (206) 532-8611
Lady Washington Brig
Lady is replica of first American ship to explore the Pacific
Northwest. Working shipyard is part of museum.
Bremerton
Turner Joy DD 951
One block from Navy yard. Has photographs of shipyard over the
years, large model of an aircraft carrier with frames and plate of
clear plastic. and what may be the oldest existing cannon - a
wooden device from China.
Tours are NOT given of naval graveyard.
Ilwaco
Nearby, on Columbia river
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse
Maritime museum - most northwesterly point Lewis and Clark reached.
Keyport
Naval Undersea Warfare Museum
http://www.yscnet.com/tour/museum/
Trieste II DSV 1
Adjacent to Navy torpedo test facility. Has models of support
ships and boats. Also has actual research and rescue subs.
(Note: I haven't been able to reach the web page - does someone have
a correct URL?)
Seattle
Center for Wooden Boats
1010 Valley St.
Phone: (206) 382-2628
http://www.eskimo.com/~cwboats/
Boatbuilding shop, boat livery, display of many small boats. Hands-on.
Seattle
Coast Guard Museum/Northwest
Pier 46
1519 Alaska Way S.
Phone: (206) 286-9608
Collection of ship and boat models and uniforms of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Two high-endurance cutters and two icebreakers dock there, and are part
of the tour.
Seattle
Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society
2700 24th Avenue East
Phone: (206) 324-1126
Part of Museum of History and Science
WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Phone: (414) 684-0218
Cobia AGSS 245
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Maritime Center
(offshoot of Milwaukee Lake Schooner, Ltd.)
500 North Harbor Drive
Phone: (414) 276-5664
Islay Great lakes tug
Oldest tug on the lakes. In the process of building a 99 ft long
three masted replica of an 1800's lake schooner.
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