Historic Vessels

[L. Keith]

In an effort to revive the boating topics on this forum, how about every body post the name, general description and locations of historic vessels in your area. These are a few in my neck of the woods.

M/V "Petit Caporal" small wood shrimp trawler built in 1854 on static display at Golden Meadow, LA.

M/V "Olive Jeanette", small wood launch used to haul trappers and fur on the Blind River. On National Historic Registry. Static display at Lutcher, LA.

LCVP PA33-21. An exact new build of a Higgins Boat landing craft. On display at the National WWII Museum at New Orleans, LA.

Civil War Era Submarine, Iron submarine that predates the Huntley, on static display at the Louisiana State Museum at New Orleans, LA.

USS "Cairo", Civil War era, Mississippi river gunboat, built by James Eads that was sunk on the Yazoo River in 1862 by a bunch of whiskey drinking Rebels and salvaged by Bisso Marine in 1964. On static display at a really cool museum inside of Vicksburg National Military Park at Vicksburg, MS.

USS "Kidd" Fletcher Class WWII destroyer on static display at Baton Rouge, LA

USS "Alabama" BB-60, WWII battleship at Mobile, AL.

USS "Drum" SS-226, Gato class submarine at Mobile, AL.

I'm sure there are others I have missed, post your list.

 

[Radioactive]

You are in roughly the same area of the world, so my list looks much like yours...

But there is one that is an honorable mention, "SS Camille", a fishing boat turned gift shop that was blown aground in the Gulfport/Biloxi area during Hurricane Camille. Now a hulk, having been "rinsed" by Katirna...

 

[pdecat]

SS American Victory, lying Tampa is, I think, the only remaining operating steam turbine class liberty ship. It is actually correctly called a victory ship.

http://www.americanvictory.org/default.asp

 

[jmeirhofer]

USS Hornet in Alemeda, CA; The USS Missouri used to be in the ship graveyard in the carquinez strait. Actually, there are a number of WWII vessels there I just do know what there names are.

 

[nwaring]

Here on lake Erie we have the US Brig Niagara. It is tall ship reproduction of the ship that Perry used in the Battle of Lake Erie.

Just accross the state line in PA is the Liberty the Second. A speedboat that sank in Conneaut Lake, Pa in 1922. A freind of mine found and raised it in 1985. They restored it and ran it again on the lake in 1987.

http://www.centuryclassicpowerboat.com/allegheny/all31.htm

Niles

 

[Estimator]

"USS Batfish SS-310", Class: Balao Submarine

http://www.batfish.org/page2.html

Displayed in Muskogee, Oklahoma

Wreckage of Single-engine steamboat "Caddo", which sank in 1842 near Hugo, Okla

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_20050229/ai_mark08990512/

Stan

 

[dmunneke]

USS Cobia ( SS-245 ) Manitowoc, WI.

 

[MacInCt]

The Antique Boat Museum in Clayton, NY.

http://www.abm.org/

Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT

http://www.mysticseaport.org/

 

[Gregory S]

USS Requin, SS 481. Launched 1945, de-commisioned 1968. Floating museum at the Port of Pittsburgh, Pa.

 

[David M]

USS North Carolina (BB-55), Wilmington, NC.

1 Battleship Road Northeast
Wilmington, NC 28401-2577
(910) 251-5797

USS Torsk (SS-423) and Lightship Chesapeake

Pier 3
Baltimore's Inner Harbor
Baltimore, MD 21202

Sloop-of-War USS Constellation
Pier 1
Baltimore's Inner Harbor
Baltimore, MD 21202

 

[Shadowcruzr]

USS WISCONSIN in Norfolk

The ELizabeth II in Manteo

 

[Philyteach]

USS New Jersey battleshipnewjersey.org
USS Olympia http://www.phillyseaport.org/ships_olympia.shtml
USS Becuna http://www.phillyseaport.org/historicships/becuna.html
SS United States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_United_States
Moshulu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshulu
USS Kennedy http://navysite.de/cvn/cv67.htm

And while not a ship, the Chapel of the Four Chaplains is definitely nautically related http://www.fourchaplains.org/

 

[aholst1]

Ok, not many historic vessels moored on the TN River at Knoxville, but here are a few I've toured:

USS Intrepid, NYC
SS Ambrose http://www.southstreetseaportmuseum.org/index1.aspx?BD=9003

HMS Golden Hinde, Florida port of call during 1991 - 1992 east coast tour http://www.goldenhinde.com/
They literally had a hand painted sign which read "crew wanted" My buddy almost joined up that day, understanding you eat, work and sleep on an authentic 16th century vessel, without the run and sodomy...is that like running away and joining the circus for modern-day mariners?

David - there used to be a WWII Submarine at the Inner Harbor - is it still open for tours?

 

[parkrode360]

One that many forget is the USS Ling, a WWII sub berthed in Hackensack NJ. Thhere's also a Half Moon replica on the Hudson. There's a group of four PT boats, one (PT 728) "operational" in Kingston as well.

 

[L. Keith]

Forgot to add the "Water Hyacinth" cutting vessel (the boat that started the Otto Candies Boat Company) in the swamp exhibit at the Audubon Zoo at New Orleans, LA. Bill, the SS "Camille" was a single screw tug that washed out of the State Port at Gulfport during Camille. Bob Moody thought he had a gold mine when that hull washed up where his motel had been.

 

[stmbtwle]

Originally posted by pdecat

SS American Victory, lying Tampa is, I think, the only remaining operating steam turbine class liberty ship. It is actually correctly called a victory ship.

Correct it is a Victory ship.

The John W. Brown is a Liberty.

 

[The Other Gary]

We have the HMCS Haida WWII destroyer in Hamilton on permenant display and in Toronto Harbour the Ferry Trillium, a paddle wheeler built in 1910 has been restored and is back in service on peak weekends and as a party charter.

 

[David M]

If traveling to Japan, the HIJMS Mikasa in Yokosuka, Japan. Interesting to see how the "enemy" thought out the war.

 

[Philyteach]

Hmm I seem to have forgotten one, and it was easy to do because its in such bad shape.

Lightship Barnegat http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=657

 

[Squber]

If you count reproductions there is the Dove in St Mary's Maryland, the Godspeed and Susan Constant at Jamestown, VA and the (real, not repro) U- 505 in the Museum in Chicago which I believe was the last ship captured by the US Navy by boarding at sea.