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Which museum ships have you visited? Which were your favorites? Are there any that you so wanted to see that you made a special trip, that you otherwise wouldn't have made, to its location?
I'm a World War II buff, so I've visited 16 of them: the aircraft carriers Hornet (Alameda, CA), Midway (San Diego, CA), and Yorktown (Charleston, SC); the battleships Missouri (Honolulu, HI), New Jersey (Camden, NJ), North Carolina (Wilmington, NC), and Wisconsin (Norfolk, VA); the cruiser Olympia (Philadelphia, PA); the destroyer Laffey (Charleston, SC); the submarines Becuna (Philadelphia, PA), Bowfin (Honolulu, HI), Clamagore (Charleston, SC), and Torsk (Baltimore, MD); the Coast Guard cutter Taney (Baltimore, MD); and the lightship Chesapeake (Baltimore, MD). And finally, I also have visited the passenger steamer Keewatin when she was based in Michigan; she's not on the linked list because she has been moved to Canada.
My favorites are the Midway and the North Carolina, due in large part to the fact that both of them make so much of themselves available to be seen by visitors. Though usually my visits to these ships come as part of a larger visit to their host cities, I did make special trips just to see the New Jersey and the North Carolina, as well as the ships in Charleston, SC.
Have visited the submarines U-505 (German) Chicago; US SSN-579 Swordfish, San Francisco; B-427 Scorpion (Russian), Long Beach, CA; US-555 Dolphin, San Diego; Bowfin SS-287, Honolulu
U-505 from 1941 Germany definitely the best. The woodwork and craftsmanship inside was a knockout.
Aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, Long Beach; freighter Valley Camp, Sault Ste.Marie, MI; WWII Victory Ship, Victory Lane, San Pedro, CA; also the Missouri and the Midway
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Oldest commissioned naval vessel in the world - The USS Constitution (nicknamed Old Ironsides) which is berthed at the Navy Yard in Charlestown, MA. It was launched in 1797.
Oldest commissioned naval vessel in the world - The USS Constitution (nicknamed Old Ironsides) which is berthed at the Navy Yard in Charlestown, MA. It was launched in 1797.
And for the World War II-loving OP, the USS Cassin Young, a destroyer launched during World War II and also in service during the Korean War, is berthed right next to the Constitution. I went because the Constitution had a long line, while you could walk right onto the Cassin Young.
And for the World War II-loving OP, the USS Cassin Young, a destroyer launched during World War II and also in service during the Korean War, is berthed right next to the Constitution. I went because the Constitution had a long line, while you could walk right onto the Cassin Young.
OK, now I need to pay a visit to Boston!
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uss constellation...for a year and-a-half
Not sure which Constellation you're referring to, but I've been on the sailing ship by that name. How did I forget to mention that one in my original post?
One of the very coolest shipping museums in America is the Steamship Bertrand, which sank in the Missouri River in 1865. It was carrying a cargo of goods out to the goldfields of Montana. Because the ship sank in mud, the cargo it carried was preserved. The wreck was excavated in the late 1960s, so you can now go to the DeSoto Wildlife Refuge (just northeast of Omaha) and see all of the cool things that were in the cargo. This ranges from lots of canned goods (peaches, salt pork) to trousers and hats for the miners, to silverware and lanterns. It's SO cool! I go visit whenever I can and just sit and stare at all the stuff. https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Desoto/wi..._bertrand.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbMPUfBWzrY
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