From: jpoutre@sarek.shearson.com (Joseph Poutre)
Subject: Naval and Maritime Museums List
Organization: NCR Corporation - Law Department
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 13:54:17 GMT


From jpoutre@sarek.shearson.com (Joseph Poutre)


Here's the new and improved Official sci.military List of
Naval and Maritime Museums, compiled by me from information
provided by the following people, in no particular order:

Juan Carlos Barroux		Juan.Barroux@Corp.Sun.COM
Aryk Nusbacher			aryk@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca
John Mosbarger			johnm@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com
DEICHMAN@cisco.nosc.mil
Knut Erik Hagen			knutha@ifi.uio.no
Ed Rudnicki			erudnick@pica.army.mil
stu@leland.stanford.edu
James Stricherz			stricher@masig3.ocean.fsu.edu
William Bligh-Glover		wxb4@po.cwru.edu
Bob Underdown			Bob.Underdown@f1040.n391.z1.fidonet.org
Thomas A. Russ			tar@isi.edu    
Bob McCormick			bobmcc@tcs.com
Gunter Ahrendt			gunter@antlia.cc.uwa.oz.au
Andrew Odlyzko			amo@research.att.com
Rick Anderson			"r_anderson"@nova.enet.dec.com
Al Wesolowsky			abw@bucrsb.bu.edu
Gregg.T.Parmentier@iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu
Daniel Christopher Ladd		dl3a+@andrew.cmu.edu
Robert E Beville		rbeville%tekig5.pen.tek.com@relay.cs.net
Chris Thompson			christ@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
Mike Vevea			mike@nmr-z.mgh.harvard.edu
Our faithful moderator		military@cbnews.att.com
Mikael Borgman			M.Borgman@ped.gu.se
Paul Tomblin			pt@geovision.gvc.com
J. D. Baldwin			baldwin@usna.navy.mil
Randolph Bentson		bentson@grieg.CS.ColoState.Edu
Robb Pryor			robbp@healey_haven.esd.sgi.com
Richard Pierson			fist@iscp.belcore.com
John J Seitz			jseitz@dcsc.dla.mil
CDR Tim Taylor, USN		usclpao@nctamslant.navy.mil
Silvio E. G. Melo		cov90105@ufrj.bitnet

The list is in the following format(as much as possible):

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,
so please EMAIL any additions, corrections or updates to:

jpoutre@shearson.com

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. 

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, in exposition at principal
coastal ports of Brasil.


CANADA
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Vancouver
Maritime Museum
Indoor display of RCMP vessel that transited Northwest Passage 
on several occasions.  Look for the stuffed walrus.

ONTARIO
Toronto
University of Toronto, Soldiers' Tower Memorial Room
Memorial to University of Toronto students who died in world wars,
plus commemoration of Victoria Crosses won by UT men, one in each
war. Most interesting part of museum is Spandau MG-08 captured by
Maj Thain MacDowell VC MC M.A. with assistance of one messenger.

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.


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.


GERMANY
Bremerhaven
U-254D		Type XXI
Raised from the bottom after the war?


JAPAN
		DD
Famed Russo-Japanese war veteran. See Nimitz Museum, Texas, US for
reference.


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, (outside) 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 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.


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
Indoors 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 small museum about 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.

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)
+46 8 6664800
Vasa		Wood ship-of-the-line
Ship sank on her maiden voyage.  She was found and raised in
1950's or 60's, and is being refurbished.


UNITED KINGDOM (I chose this name since Jane's uses it.)
ENGLAND
London
Thames River
Cutty Sark	Clipper ship
Belfast		CA
Belfast is WWII era.

West Sussex
Portsmouth
HMS Mary Rose	Restoration project of 15th century ship
HMS Victory	Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar
HMS Warrior	Trend-setting 1860's armored frigate


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.  Same museum has Hercules H.2 flying
boat built by Howard Hughes.

Monterey
Allan Knight Museum
550 Calle Principal
(408) 375-2553
Library and museum - renowned model collection.

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. Submarine museum.  Since
there are new subs being built nearby, be careful what you 
photograph.

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.

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

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 Bomarc.

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 US CVE Bogue 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 whole
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 on 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
(301) 396-3453 or (301) 539-1797 (Would someone please check this?)
Constellation		Sail frigate
Tursk			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.

Fall River
Battleship Cove
(508) 678-1100
Massachusetts		BB
Joseph P. Kennedy	DD
Lionfish		SS 298
PT 796

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 Histoical 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.

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
Histry 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
Regulus and other missles on display. Submarine oriented.

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

NEW YORK
Blue Mountain Lake
Adirondack Museum
(518) 352-7311
Collection of >200 small boats.

Bronx, Fort Schuyler
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.

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
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!)
Flight deck and hanger hold large display of carrier aircraft. Vehicles
and planes on display on pier.

New York City
South Street Seaport Museum
East side, just south of Brooklyn Bridge
Peking		Square-rigged four masted sailing ship
Wavertree	Square-rigged sailing ship
		Lightship
Museum located in the midst of a (nice) tourist trap, right next
to the fishing docks, just south of the Brooklyn Bridge. Lots of
shops and restaurants.

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.

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
Museum of Oregon's nautical history.

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. (Surprise, surprise.)

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
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.

Ilwaco 
Nearby, on Columbia river
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse
Maritime museum - most northwesterly point Lewis and Clark reached.

Keyport
Naval Underseas 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

Joseph Poutre, aka The Mad Mathematician	N2KOW
jpoutre@shearson.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"

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