Submarine in Hoboken New Jersey?
mark r rauschkolb
From mark r rauschkolb <mr...@ra.msstate.edu>
I have been asked to identify the submarine in Hoboken New Jersey.
Is there one? If so, what is it, why is it there, etc.
Thanks
david.r.wells
From "david.r.wells" <d...@cbnewsg.cb.att.com>
In article <CCBpp...@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM> mark r rauschkolb <mr...@ra.msstate.edu> writes:
>
>
>I have been asked to identify the submarine in Hoboken New Jersey.
>Is there one? If so, what is it, why is it there, etc.
>
Well, there is the USS Ling (SS-297?), but I thought that she was in
Hackensack, not Hoboken. On the other hand, they were talking about moving
her, possibly to Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey. It's possible that they've
moved her to Hoboken instead. The Ling is a museum.
David R. Wells
"There seems to be something wrong | David R. Wells
with our bloody ships today" | AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
Adm. D. Beatty, May 31, 1916 | Email: drw...@houxa.att.com
DISCLAIMER: I don't speak for AT&T, and they don't speak for me.
Rick Anderson
From Rick Anderson <r_and...@nova.enet.dec.com>
List of Preserved Subs (USA)
Submarine Name Location Phone Cost Tour
================== ====================== ============ ====== =======
Albacore (AGSS 569) Portsmouth, NH 603-436-3680 $4 Guided
Batfish (AGSS 310) Muskogee, Oklahoma 918-682-6294
Becuna (SS 319) Philadelphia, PA 215-922-1898 $3.50 Self
Blueback (SS ???) Portland, OR
Bowfin (SS 287) Pearl Harbour, HI 808-423-1341
Cavalla (AGSS 244) Galveston, TX 409-744-5738
Clamagore (SS 343) Patriots Point, SC 803-884-2727
Cobia (AGSS 245) Manitowoc, WI 414-684-0218
Cod (SS 224) Cleveland, OH 216-566-8770
Croaker (SS 246) Buffalo, NY 716-847-1773 Self
Drum (AGSS 228) Mobile, AL 205-433-2703
Growler (SSG 577) New York City, NY 212-245-2533
Ling (AGSS 297) Hackensack, NJ 201-342-3268
Lionfish (SS 298) Fall River, MA 508-678-1100 $8 Self
Marlin (SST 2) Omaha, NE 402-345-1959
Nautilus (SSN 571) Groton, CT 800-343-0079 Free Self
Pampanito (SS 383) San Francisco, CA 415-929-0202 $4 Self
Requin (AGSS 481) Pittsburgh, PA 412-622-3303
Silversides (SS 236) Muskegon, WI 616-744-9117
Torsk (AGSS 423) Baltimore, MD 301-396-3453 $4 Guided
U-505 Chicago, IL
List of Preserved Subs (International)
Submarine Name Location Phone Cost Tour
================== ====================== ============ ====== =======
U-995 Keil, FRG (Germany)
Wilhelm Bauer(ex U-2540)Bremerhaven, FRG (Germany)
B-Class Haakonsvern, Norway
Vessikko Finland
Holland 1 Gosport, UK
Expunger Duxford, UK
Stickelback Duxford, UK
Jap Midget Canberra, Australia
Naval Museums of Relevant Interest
Museum Location Comments
================== ====================== ===============================
Naval Undersea Warfare Keyport, WA Submarine information/displays
Technical Museum Malmoe, Sweden WWII subs on display
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Joseph Poutre
From Joseph Poutre <jpo...@lehman.com>
Seems like a good time, so:
Here's the latest Official sci.military List of Naval and Maritime
Museums. It is provided free of charge, and may distributed freely,
as long as there is no charge for said distribution.
Last updated: 8/30/93
It compiled by me from information provided by the following people:
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Robb Pryor robbp@healey_haven.esd.sgi.com
Richard Pierson fi...@iscp.belcore.com
John J Seitz jse...@dcsc.dla.mil
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Gregory K. Ramsey gr...@anacapa.ncel.navy.mil
Bill McCormick bil...@seanews.akita.com
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Martin Briscoe martin....@almac.co.uk
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Richard Gerrard reg...@toronto.icomos.pinetree.org
Frank Dunn fd...@cix.compulink.co.uk
Jan Mattsson ja...@minsk.docs.uu.se
The list is generally in the following format:
COUNTRY
State, Province, Region, etc.
City
Museum name and location
Museum phone number
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, since
it makes me feel useful, 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 source - you might be
surprised. I have listings for Iowa, Kentucky and some other landlocked
U.S. states, for example. If you do find one that's not on the list,
let me know. If you find errors, or want to update or improve the
listing, let me know.
The listing is archived at byrd.mu.wvnet.edu (129.71.32.152) in
pub/history/maritime/museums.txt. My thanks to Mike McCarthy, the
maintainer of that site.
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:
BRASIL
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro Naval and Oceanographic Museum
Rua Don Manuel, 15
(021) 221-7626
History of Brasilian Navy: maps, models of ships, publications and pieces
on history and oceanography.
Intinerant at ports of Brasil
Naval Museum
Bauru FF
British Bentick class frigate of WWII that operated on anti-submarine
patrol in South Atlantic from 1943 to 1945. Today she is an operational
museum ship based in Rio, on exhibition at principal coastal ports of Brasil.
CANADA
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vancouver
Maritime Museum
St. Roche
RCMP vessel St. Roche transited Northwest Passage on several occasions,
including first successful Pacific - Atlantic crossing around 1920.
Look for the stuffed walrus.
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
Sackville Corvette
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.
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
Maritime museum has some interesting sailing ships, and a
prohibition-era rumrummer.
Smith & Rhuland's yard, where both Bluenoses were built. Bluenose II
presently spends summer in Halifax.
ONTARIO
Kingston
Small museum containing traditional boats, such as St. Lawrence skiffs,
and canoes.
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 limited service in WWII and Korea. Guns used in annual
Toronta Symphony Orchestra concert of the (what else?) 1812 Overture.
Marine Museum of Upper Canada
Exhibition Place
(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.
ESTONIA
Tallinn, Pirita
Lembit SS (Mine laying sub)
Sub owned by Estonia, saw action under Soviet flag in WWII
FINLAND
Ahvenanmaa (Aland), Marianhamn
Pommern Steel barque
In sailing condition.
Helsinki, Hernesaari
Russian Foxtrot-class SS
Will be open for public in spring '93. In active service until sold to
some Finnish businessmen, who are making a museum of it. In full working
order. According to one source, it will be turned into a restaurant.
Helsinki, Hylkysaari
Maritime museum
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
Island Fortress, built 1750's. 2 km. from Helsinki Centrum, about 15 min
by ferry. One of the biggest 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 served also as prison.
Now 700 inhabitians 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, stuff from Russian frigate St. Nikolai, 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.
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
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, separate wing has
vehicles (including pieces of aircraft found in the the Channel in the
last few years). Labeling is all in French, but lots of the material
(newspapers, manuals, posters, signs, etc.) is in English.
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.
GERMANY
Bremerhaven
Wilhelm Bauer, ex-U-254D Type XXI
Raised from the bottom after the war?
Keil
U-995
GREECE
Poros
Poros naval base, on island of Poros in the Aegean.
Georg Averoff Armoured cruiser/pocket battleship
~10,000 tons, 4x10" 8x6" main armament, built in UK 1910
Check before visiting; ~13 years ago 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
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(?);
not fully open as of summer '91. Large collection of ship models and
artifacts housed in old East India Company's magazine. About 1/2 mile east
of main railway station.
JAPAN
DD
Famed Russo-Japanese war veteran. See Nimitz Museum at Texas, US for
reference.
Yokahama
Mikasa BB
Flagship of Admiral Tojo at Tsushima Straits during Russo-Japanese War.
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 entering.
Drobakk
Oslofjord
Coastal Batteries of Oscarsborg
The Krupp guns of 1900 Moses, Aron and Joshva that sunk the German
cruiser Blucher in 1940. Oscrasborg is still in use as a training center;
access might be limited.
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
125 years old, still operates during summer.
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)
Models and artifacts from the Norwegian Navy, mainly 1905 - 45. Torpedoes,
guns, Hs293 guided missile, Enigma cipher machines, historical library
for researchers.
The Royal Norwegian Navy operates the museum vessel Hitra, a fully
restored subhunter from the US, 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. Really cheap, even cheaper for students.
All labeling is in Polish.
RUSSIA
St. Petersburg
Aurora Cruiser
One of three (four?) surviving pre-Dreadnaught cruisers.
SWEDEN
Gothenburg
Goteborgs Maritima Centrum (Gothenburg Maritime Center)
Packhuskajen, Lilla Bommen
Int.tel: +46 31 101290
Smaland DD
Nordkaparen SS
Fryken Freighter
Gothenburg
Sjofartsmuseet med akvariet (The museum of shipping and the aquarium)
Karl Johansgatan 1-3
Int.tel: +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.
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
+46 8 6664800
Vasa Wood ship-of-the-line
Lightship
Ship sank on her maiden voyage around 1628. She was found and raised in
1950's or 60's, and is being refurbished. Mainmast recently fitted.
Possibly oldest preserved ship-of-the-line in the world.
UNITED KINGDOM
ENGLAND
Birkenhead, Merseyside
East Float Dock
HMS Plymouth FFG
HMS Onyx SS
Both Falklands veterans. Plymouth is a Type 12 Rothesay class
frigate. Onyx is an Oberon class sub.
Chatham, Kent
The Historic Dockyard
0634 812551
Wednesday through Sunday
Duxford (near Cambridge)
Imperial War Museum
Expunger SS
Stickelback SS
X-craft submarine
Fast patrol boat (circa 1920's)
Gosport (across from Portsmouth)
Submarine Museum
Holland 1 SS
Walk-through tour of full-size sub, also very early submarine.
Kirkbean
On the Solway Firth
Cottage where John Paul Jones was born. Opens officially
July 6th, 1993.
London
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
01-735-8922
London
Science Museum
London
Thames River
Cutty Sark Clipper ship
Belfast CA
Belfast is WWII era. Cutty Sark is at Greenwich, downriver from
the Belfast.
Portsmouth, West Sussex
HMS Mary Rose Restoration project of 15th century ship
HMS Victory Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar
HMS Warrior Trend-setting 1860's armored frigate
Yeovilton, Ilchester, Somerset
Royal Naval Air Station
Fleet Air Arm Museum
0935-840551 ext. 521
SCOTLAND
Glasgow
The Clyde
Warship
Irvine
Scottish Maritime Museum
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ALABAMA
Mobile
Alabama Memorial Park
Highway 90
(205) 433-2703
Alabama BB 60
Drum AGSS 228
CALIFORNIA
Long Beach
Pier J
(215) 435-4747
Queen Mary Luxury liner
She is now a floating hotel. Hercules H.2 flying boat Spruce Goose was there
but has been moved to Oregon. (Where?)
Monterey
Allan Knight Museum
550 Calle Principal
(408) 375-2553
Library and museum - renowned model collection.
This museum is currently (11/4/92) closed and is in the process of moving.
Oakland
Oakland Airport
The "Halcyon"
Shorts Sunderland blying boat
Port Hueneme
SeeBee Museum
Naval Construction Batalion Center
History of the USN Construction Battalions.
San Diego
San Diego Maritime Museum
1306 N. Harbor Drive
(619) 234-9153
Berkeley Ferryboat
Star of India Full-rigged ship
San Francisco
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park
(405) 929-0202 or (415) 556-0560 or (415) 556-3002
Pampanito SS 383
Jeremiah O'Brien Liberty ship
Balclutha Steel hull square-rigged merchant ship
Other ships
Pampanito is at Pier 45 on Fisherman's Wharf. The O'Brien is the last
unaltered Liberty ship in operating condition in the USA, and is at
Fort Mason Center.
San Francisco
Treasure Island Museum
(415) 395-5067
Island in the bay, museum of US sea combat in the Pacific.
San Pedro
Berth 52
Outer Harbor
Lane Victory Liberty ship
Being restored.
CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport
Captain's Cove Seaport
1 Bostwick Ave.
(203) 335-1433
HMS Rose Sail warship
Replica of ship that patrolled Long Island Sound during the American
Revolution.
Essex
Connecticut River Museum
Foot of Main St.
(203) 767-8269
Groton
Nautilus Memorial and Submarine Force Museum
(800) 343-0079 or (203) 449-3174
Nautilus SSN 571
World's first nuclear propelled vessel and a submarine museum. Since
there are new subs being built nearby, be careful what you photograph.
There is a second sub in Groton that Ed Rudnicki says is the Croaker
(which I have listed as in Buffalo) in a private museum between
General Dynamics and the Nautilus. Could someone get me some more
information on both museums?
Mystic
Mystic Seaport Museum
50 Greenmanville Ave.
(203) 572-0711
Joseph Conrad Steel hulled square-rigger
Charles W. Morgan Whaler
Steam launch
Grand Banks schooner
Plethora of small vessels
Replica whaling town of 1800's. Nearby is Mystic Marinelife Aquarium. Morgan
is the last whaler still afloat.
New London
US Coast Guard Museum
US Coast Guard Academy
Route 32
(203) 444-8511
South Norwalk
Maritime Center at Norwalk
10 N. Water St.
(203) 852-0700
Nautical history and ecology of Long Island Sound. Includes an aquarium
and an IMAX theater.
DELAWARE
Wilmington
Battle of the Atlantic Memorial
Foot of King St.
(302) 656-0400
Mohawk USCG cutter
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Naval Museum
Washington Navy Yard
Building 76
(202) 433-4882
Barry DD 953
Historical retrospective. Models, aircraft, paintings.
United States Marine Corps Museum
Navy Yard
On same grounds as Naval Museum.
The Smithsonian Institution
Constitution Ave. at 12th St.
(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.
(305) 294-9602
Panama City Beach
Museum of Man in the Sea
17314 Back Beach Rd.
(940) 235-4104
Diving and undersea exploration.
Pensacola
Pensacola Naval Air Station
Naval Aviation Museum
(904) 452-3543
GEORGIA
Columbus
Confederate Naval Museum
101 Fourth St.
(404) 327-9798
Houses remains of 2 Civil War ironclads fished out of southern rivers
during 1960's Centennial. Both are little more than half of a burned
hull surrounded by iron armor sections, cannon, and other metal items
recovered from the rivers. Additional displays of uniforms, equipments,
models, etc.
Savannah
Ships of the Sea Museum
503 East River St.
(912) 232-1511
More than 150 ship models.
HAWAII
Honolulu
Arizona Memorial
1 Arizona Memorial Place
(808) 422-2771
Arizona BB 39
Honolulu
Hawaii Maritime Center
Pier 7
(808) 523-6151
Falls of Clyde Full-rigged ship
Hokule'a Polynesian canoe - replica
Utah Memorial - on Ford Island
Utah 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
(808) 423-1341
Bowfin SS 287
Outside are 2-man Japanese subs and a Regulus I.
ILLINOIS
Chicago
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
57th St. and Lake Shore Drive
(312) 684-1414
U-505 SS (German)
U-boat was captured by CVE USS Guadalcanal during WWII. Museum has an
exhibit called "Ships Through the Ages."
IOWA
Dubuque
Woodward Riverboat Museum
2nd St., Ice Harbor
(319) 557-9545
William M. Black Sidewheeler
Upper Mississippi navigational history including a collection of vessels.
Keokuk River Museum
Victory Park
(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.
KENTUCKY
Louisville
4th Ave. and River Rd.
(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.
(504) 342-1942
Kidd DD
Displays from former Louisiana Maritime Museum.
MAINE
Bath
Maine Maritime Museum
243 Washington St.
(207) 443-1316
Restored shipyard, plus >100 small craft.
Boothbay
Grand Banks Schooner Museum
Route 27
(207) 633-4727
Sherman Zwicker Schooner
History of fishing and fishing vessels of the north Atlantic.
Greenville
Moosehead Marine Museum
(207) 695-2716
Katahdin Lake steamer
History of western Maine's lakes.
Kittery
Kittery Historical and Naval Museum
Rogers Rd.
(207) 439-3080
History of Maine's oldest settlement.
Rockland
Shore Village Museum
104 Limerock St.
(207) 594-0311
Lighthouse artifacts.
Searsport
Penobscot Marine Museum
Church St.
(207) 548-2529
Fishing and seafairing history. Paintings and small boats on display.
South Portland
Spring Point Museum
Southern Maine Technical College
Fort Rd.
(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
(410) 267-6100 (Academy)
(410) 267-2108 (Museum)
or (301) 267-2108
Academy itself 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
(410) 539-1797 or -1798
Constellation Sail frigate
Tursk/Torsk (?) AGSS 423
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.
Baltimore
100 Light St.
Pride of Baltimore Interpretation of a "Baltimore Clipper"
Second ship of the name. First was lost at sea some years ago.
Baltimore
Radcliff Maritime Museum
201 W. Monument St.
(301) 685-3750
Historic St. Mary's City
Rosecroft Rd.
(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
(301) 745-2916
>80 vessels and small boats.
Solomons
Calvert Marine Museum
Routes 2 and 4
(301) 326-2042
Drum Point Lighthouse and number of small craft.
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston
Boston National Historical Park
(617) 242-5601
Constitution Sail frigate
Cassin Young DD
Constitution is oldest ship on US Navy lists. Crewed by Navy personnel
wearing period uniforms.
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
(508) 678-1100
Massachusetts BB
Joseph P. Kennedy DD
Lionfish SS 298
PT 796
Self-guided tour of the battleship include hand-held radio listening
devices that give audio background on the ship.
Fall River
Marine Museum of Fall River
70 Water St.
(508) 674-3533
History of Fall River Line, steam power. >100 models.
Glouchester
Cape Ann Histoical Association
27 Pleasant St.
(508) 283-0455
Fishing and works of Fitz Hugh Lane
Glouchester
Harbor Loop
(508) 283-0455
Adventure Fishing schooner
Last old-time Glouchester schooner still sailing.
Hull
Hull Lifesvaing Museum
6 Circuit Ave.
(617) 925-5433
Nantucket
Nantucket Historical Association
2 Union St.
(508) 228-1894
New Bedford
10 Union St.
(508) 992-4900
Ernestina Schooner
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
(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
U.S. Naval Shipbuilding Museum
Salem CA-139
New museum. Possibly at or near Bethlehem-Quincy shipyard.
Salem
Peabody Museum of Salem
East India Square
(508) 745-1876
Largest collection of marine art in US.
Salem
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
174 Derby St.
(508) 744-4323
Sharon
Kendall Whaling Museum
27 Everett St.
(617) 784-5642
MICHIGAN
Detroit
Dossin Great Lakes Museum
100 Strand
Belle Isle
(313) 267-6440
History of Great Lakes transport, focused on Detroit.
Douglass
Blue Star Highway and Union St.
Keewatin Passenger steamer
Reiss Steam tug
Helen McLeod Fishing boat
Mackinaw City Marina
(616) 436-5563
Replica of British sloop of war from around 1775 is centerpiece.
North Muskegan
(616) 744-9117
Silversides SS 236
Sault Ste. Marie
Johnson and Water Streets
(906) 632-3658
Valley Camp Lake ore freighter
Contains a museum of Great Lakes shipping
MINNESOTA
Duluth
Canal Park Marine Museum
600 Lake Avenue S.
(218) 722-2497
Duluth
350 Harbor Dr.
(218) 722-7876
William A. Irvin Iron ore carrier
Lake commerce and boat technology.
Winona
Lee Park
(507) 454-6880
Julius C. Wilkie Steamboat
One of the few surviving wood sternwheelers.
MISSISSIPPI
Biloxi
Biloxi Seafood Industry Museum
115 First St.
(601) 435-6320
NEBRASKA
Omaha
(402) 345-1959
Marlin SST 2
Peru
Meriwether Lewis Museum
Brownville State Recreation Area
(402) 872-3815
Museum is aboard former Corps of Engineers dredgeboat.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Portsmouth
Port of Portsmouth Maritime Museum
Market St. Extension
(603) 436-3680
Albacore AGSS 569
History of locally built submarines. Tour of boat is primary
attraction.
NEW JERSEY
Hackensack
New Jersey Naval Museum
River and Court Streets
(201) 342-3268
Ling AGSS 297
Torpedo, plus Regulus, Talos and other missles on lawn. Submarine-oriented
museum.
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, incl. 12
inch mortars, one of which is on display. Sandy Hook was also
national proving grounds until 1907, when moved to Aberdeen.
Two Nike? missles stuck in the ground.
Jersey City
New Netherland Museum
Half Moon Sailing ship
Replica of Henry Hudson's exploration vessel. Docked at wharf for
boats to Ellis Island, near old NJ Central RR station. Small museum
on history of New Netherland colony.
Morristown
Canal Society of New Jersey Museum Waterloo Village
(201) 235-8454
Paterson
Westside Park
First Holland sub, launched 1881. John Holland was a citizen of Paterson.
Pine Bluff
Farragut Marine Museum
Admiral Farragut Academy
(201) 349-4829
There is a group called the Battleship New Jersey Historical Museum
Society trying to bring BB 62 to New Jersey as a memorial. I have the
address of the society, so if you want it, email me. Anyone who sends
an entry or an update for this list will get preferential treatment.
NEW YORK
Blue Mountain Lake
Adirondack Museum
(518) 352-7311
Collection of >200 small boats.
Fort Schuyler, The Bronx, NYC
Maritime Industry Museum
SUNY Maritime College
(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
(716) 847-1773
Little Rock CLG
The Sullivans DD
Croaker SS 246
PT
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
around the grounds.
Clayton
Antique Boat Museum
750 Mary St.
(315) 686-4104
World's largest recreational boat museum.
Cold Spring Harbor
Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum
Main St.
(516) 367-3418
Collection includes over 700 scrimshaw pieces.
East Hampton
East Hampton Marine Museum
101 Main St.
(516) 324-6850
Fishing, boatbuilding, whaling and sportfishing history.
New 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.
King's Point
American Merchant Marine Museum
US Merchant Marine Academy
(516) 773-5515
Small museum on history since WWI.
Kingston
Hudson River Maritime Center
1 Rondout Landing
(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.
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, 12th and West 46th
(212) 245-2533
Intrepid CV
Edson DD 933
Growler SSG 577 (Take 'er down!)
Nantucket Lightship #?
Flight deck and hanger hold large display of carrier aircraft, including
and SR-71. Vehicles and planes on display on pier. Museum inside carrier
has wide range of displays, including models and a film on carrier
operations.
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
Peking Square-rigged four-masted cargo sailing ship
Wavertree Square-rigged sailing ship
Ambrose Lightship
Museum located in the midst of a tourist trap, right next to the fish
market. Lots of shops and restaurants, becoming yuppified. Tours of New
York harbor available on both steamships and a sailboat.
Oswego
H. Lee White Marine Museum
Derrick barge
It has some interesting exhibits, especially on the War of 1812.
Poughkeepsie
12 Market St.
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.
(315) 337-3999
Chief Engineer Canal packet
Re-created canal village.
Sag Harbor
Sag Harbor Whaling Museum
Main and Garden Streets
(516) 725-0770
Syracuse
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd.
(315) 471-0593
Housed in former weigh station. Display includes replica canalboat in
the weighlock.
West Sayville
Suffolk Marine Museum
Montauk Highway
(516) 567-1733
Two restored oyster sloops. Shell-fishing and recreational boating
history.
Whitehall
Skenesborough Museum
Skenesborough Drive
(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.
(919) 728-7317
Manteo
Elizabeth II State Historic Site
Replica of smallest of three ships that brought settlers to North
Carolina in 1585.
Wilmington
Eagle Island
(919) 752-1829
North Carolina BB
Well done display. Impressive nighttime sound and light show.
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.
(216) 964-6847
Cleveland
E. 9th St. Pier
William G. Mather Great Lakes bulk ore carrier
Cleveland
N. Marginal Road
(216) 566-8770
Cod SS 224
Open May through October.
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.
Toledo
26 Main St.
(419) 698-8252
Willis B. Boyer Lake freighter
Vermillion
Great Lakes Historical Society Museum
480 Main St.
(216) 967-3467
Maritime history of the Great Lakes. "Real snotty"
OKLAHOMA
Muskogee
USS Batfish Park
(918) 682-6294
Batfish AGSS 310
Museum is sub oriented.
OREGON
Astoria
Columbia River Maritime Museum
1792 Marine Drive
(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.
(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
Submarine is not yet there, but funds to move and modify her for display
were in this year's military appropriations bill.
Museum, however, is there.
PENNSYLVANIA
Easton
Hugh Moore Historical Park
200 South Delaware Dr.
(215) 250-6700
Josiah White Canal boat
American canal history and technology.
Erie
164 E. Front St.
(814) 871-4596
Niagara Sail barque
Replica of Perry's flagship on Great Lakes during War of 1812.
Philadelphia
Penn's Landing
(215) 922-1898
Olympia 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 barbettes 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.
(215) 925-3804
Emphasis on Atlantic coast.
Pittsburgh
(412) 622-3303
Requin AGSS 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.
(401) 253-5000
Newport
Museum of Yachting
Fort Adams State Park
(401) 847-1018
Shamrock V J boat
History of yachting, America's Cup and solo sailing.
Newport
Naval War College Museum
Coasters Harbor Island
(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.
(803) 556-4450
Adventure Ketch (replica)
Mt.Pleasant
Patriot's Point Naval and Maritime Museum
(803) 884-2727
Yorktown CV 10
Laffey DD 724
Clamagore SS 343
Ingham USCG Cutter
Savannah Nuclear powered cargo ship
Bills itself as World's Largest Naval Museum. Savannah is only nuclear
powered commercial vessel ever built. Cutters served in Atlantic in
WWII on U-boat patrol.
TEXAS
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi Museum
1900 North Chaparral
(512) 883-2862
Primary exhibit is artifacts recovered from two Spanish ships wrecked
in 1554.
Fredricksburg
Chester Nimitz Museum
Museum of the Pacific War
Ship sections, including the Fire Control area of a cruiser. 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
(409) 744-5738 or (713) 744-5043
Cavalla AGSS 244
Stewart DE
Self-guided tours.
Galveston
Texas Seaport Museum
2016 Strand
(409) 763-1877
Elissa Bark
La Porte
3527 Battleground Rd.
(713) 479-2411
Texas BB
Self-guided tours.
Rockport
Texas Maritime Museum
1202 Navigation Circle
(512) 729-1271
Texas maritime history. Several Texas coastal workboats.
VERMONT
Basin Harbor
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
(801) 475-2317
Revolutionary War museum. Replica of gunboat Philadelphia, plus
numerous small boats.
Shelburne
The Shelburne Museum
Route 7
(802) 985-3346
Ticonderoga Passenger steamer
Colchester Reef lighthouse. Boat is dry-docked on the lawn.
VIRGINIA
Dahlgren
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Newport News
The Mariners' Museum
100 Museum Drive, exit 62-A off I-64
(804) 595-0368
Ship models, scrimshaw, figureheads, working models of classic steam
engines, small craft from around the world.
Norfolk
Norfolk Naval Base
(804) 444-7955
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 above number.
Norfolk
Hampton Roads Naval Museum
Located on Norfolk Naval Base
Pick up pass at Tour and Info office, 9809 Hampton Blvd., Norfolk
(804) 444-8971
Paraphrased from brochure: Introduces you to 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 continue
the naval story through the Civil War and into the 20th century.
Portsmouth
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum
2 High St.
(804) 393-8591
America's first naval shipyard. Portsmouth lightship is nearby.
Williamsburg
Jamestown Settlement
(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
(804) 887-1776 (Cute number, eh?)
American Revolution, primarily naval victory at Yorktown.
WASHINGTON
Aberdeen
Grays Harbor Historical Seaport
813 E. Heron St.
(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
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. Turner Joy is (in)famous for
the Tonkin Gulf incident. Tours given of naval graveyard,
including BB Missouri, carriers, subs both nuke and conventional,
crusiers and other types.
Ilwaco
Nearby, on Columbia river
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse
Maritime museum - most northwesterly point Lewis and Clark reached.
Keyport
Naval Undersea Warfare Museum
Adjacent to Navy torpedo test facility. Has models of support
ships and boats. Also has actual research and rescue subs.
Seattle
Center for Wooden Boats
1010 Valley St.
(206) 382-2628
Boatbuilding shop, boat livery, display of many small boats.
Seattle
Coast Guard Museum/Northwest
Pier 46
1519 Alaska Way S.
(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
(206) 324-1126
Part of Museum of History and Science
WISCONSIN
Manitowoc Maritime Museum
(414) 684-0218
Cobia AGSS 245
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jpo...@lehman.com
Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he
is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe and not
make messes in the house. -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love"
Dean Kling
From Dean Kling <dkl...@ornews.intel.com>
>From Rick Anderson <r_and...@nova.enet.dec.com>
>List of Preserved Subs (USA)
>Submarine Name Location Phone Cost Tour
>================== ====================== ============ ====== =======
>Blueback (SS ???) Portland, OR
Blueback is ex-SS-582. She has the distinction of being the last production
diesel boat (of the 3 boat 'B-girl' class, Barbel, Bonefish and Blueback).
She is currently at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, WA, and is slated
to go on display at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) after
she is sealed up and towed down to Portland.
Dean
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