6. FALLS OF CLYDE-- (Honolulu) Launched Scotland in 1878, iron-hulled, 4-masted. Only surviving sail-powered oil tanker.
7. KULU KAI-- (Honolulu)-- Local Hawaiian fishing boat, last remaining boat of its style.
8. USS YORKTOWN-- (Charleston, SC) WWII aircraft carrier built 1943 to replace earlier carrier of the same name.
9. Barque ELISSA (Galveston, Tx) One of the oldest operating sailing vessels in the world at 134-years. Iron-huklled and the USCG has declared it unseaworthy.
10. Schooner SPIRIT OF SOUTH CAROLINA (Charleston, SC)-- A replica of a 19th century ship.
Let's Save 'Em. --Cooter
Showing posts with label historic ships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label historic ships. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Thursday, August 2, 2012
USS Olympia Battles for Survival-- Part 3
The Olympia took part in the 1918 Allied landings at Murmansk, Russia, during the Russian Civil War. Its final mission was to bring home the body of the U.S.'s Unknown World War I soldier from France in 1921 before being decommissioned in 1922.
The ship remained aflaot, though mostly forgotten until the 1950s when it was nearly scrapped, but citizens ralleid and donations were sent in and the ship was saved. It opened as a museum in 1958. Later, the former president of the Seaport Museum was convicted of bilking $1 million from the organization.
The battleship USS New Jersey is a museum across the river in New Jersey and the 1950s ocean liner SS United States is also in Philadelphia. More information at:
http://www.phillyseaport.org. Independence Seaport Museum
http://cruiserolympia.org Friends of the Cruiser Olympia
http://www.teohs.org Cruiser Olympia Historical Society
Hope The Olympia Makes It. --Cooter
The ship remained aflaot, though mostly forgotten until the 1950s when it was nearly scrapped, but citizens ralleid and donations were sent in and the ship was saved. It opened as a museum in 1958. Later, the former president of the Seaport Museum was convicted of bilking $1 million from the organization.
The battleship USS New Jersey is a museum across the river in New Jersey and the 1950s ocean liner SS United States is also in Philadelphia. More information at:
http://www.phillyseaport.org. Independence Seaport Museum
http://cruiserolympia.org Friends of the Cruiser Olympia
http://www.teohs.org Cruiser Olympia Historical Society
Hope The Olympia Makes It. --Cooter
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
USS Olympia Battles for Survival-- Part 1
From the September 11, 2010, Albany (NY) Times-Union "Olympia, 2-war naval veteran, battles for survival" by Joann Loviglio.
Photos accompany this sad article about the slow-death of a famous ship. One is taken inside the ship and shows sunlight seeping in through the hull at the waterline.
This was a hero ship from the Spanish-American War.
"Time and tides are conspiring to condemn the weathered old warrior to a fate two wars failed to inflict." As it stood back in 2010, the ship would either sink at its moorings on the Delaware River, sold for scrap or be scuttled for an artificial reef off Cape May, New Jersey.
The 344-foot long, 5,500 ton ship has hundreds of patches on its lower hull and very likely will be beyond saving in a few years.
The ship receives some 90,000 visitors each year (I had a dinner and a cruise when visiting Philadelphia right next to this proud ship several years back, but did not go on board. Admission is up to $12.
More to Come. --Cooter
Photos accompany this sad article about the slow-death of a famous ship. One is taken inside the ship and shows sunlight seeping in through the hull at the waterline.
This was a hero ship from the Spanish-American War.
"Time and tides are conspiring to condemn the weathered old warrior to a fate two wars failed to inflict." As it stood back in 2010, the ship would either sink at its moorings on the Delaware River, sold for scrap or be scuttled for an artificial reef off Cape May, New Jersey.
The 344-foot long, 5,500 ton ship has hundreds of patches on its lower hull and very likely will be beyond saving in a few years.
The ship receives some 90,000 visitors each year (I had a dinner and a cruise when visiting Philadelphia right next to this proud ship several years back, but did not go on board. Admission is up to $12.
More to Come. --Cooter
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