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Will USS Kidd be playing Greyhound again?

Alastair — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:54:01 +0000

Tom Hanks’ successful war movie Greyhound (2020), shot principally on the WW2 Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd, now a museum ship in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is to have a sequel. The movie industry news media are talking about ‘Greyhound 2’ although very little has been confirmed. We know that Hanks will once again play Commander Ernst […]

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airbnb overnights on the USS Cobia, a WW2 Gato-class submarine

Alastair — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 15:23:41 +0000

The Wisconsin Maritime Museum’s USS Cobia is now available for overnight Bed & Breakfast bookings through airbnb. The US Navy submarine, which played a key role in the Pacific during World War II and has been has been a museum ship in Wisconsin since 1970, can take private groups of over 16 people for overnight […]

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Former HMS Ambuscade expected to return to Glasgow as a Ship Museum

Alastair — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:30:01 +0000

The Type 21 frigate and veteran of the Falklands War, PNS Tariq (ex-HMS Ambuscade) is expected to return to her birthplace on the Clyde sometime next year, to become a ship museum. HMS Ambuscade was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders on the Clyde 1n 1973 and served with the Royal Navy, including during the Falklands War, […]

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Dry-docking a Battleship

Alastair — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:03:51 +0000

If all is going as planned, the giant Iowa-class battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62) is on her way back down the Delaware River today, returning to her permanent mooring on the Camden waterfront after a 91 day visit to the Philadelphia Navy Yard for maintenance and repair. Most of that time was spent in dry […]

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SS Keewatin museum ship is moving to a new home

Alastair — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 16:08:56 +0000

The SS Keewatin museum ship, an Edwardian Great Lakes passenger steamer, is moving from her current home in Port McNicoll on Lake Michigan to the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston on the St. Lawrence River. The 103m long ship was purpose built for the Great Lakes by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering […]

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Escal’Atlantic, Saint-Nazaire – the Great French Transatlantic Liners

Alastair — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 11:08:42 +0000

Escal’Atlantic is a visitor experience, recalling the heyday of the great French liners or “paquebots” (mailships)* that carried mail and passengers across the Atlantic, and around the world, at speed and in style. The experience recreates a classic passenger liner using sets and artefacts based on some of the great liners that emerged from the […]

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Submarine Espadon – Saint Nazaire

Alastair — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 14:05:22 +0000

Espadon (“Swordfish”) is a French submarine from the Cold War era, now a museum ship on display in Saint-Nazaire. Other Saint-Nazaire Posts Operation Chariot Battlefield Trail in Saint-Nazaire Saint-Nazaire Mystery Wreckage Submarine Espadon – Museum Ship EOL Centre éolien – Learning Centre Écomusée – Industrial Heritage Museum Escal’Atlantic – Transatlantic Liner Experience Chantiers de l’Atlantique […]

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Possible New Ship Museum on Lake Erie

Alastair — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 09:12:34 +0000

The city of Erie in Pennsylvania on the east bank of Lake Erie, is considering the creation of a new ship museum using a Cold War era, Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate. The connection is Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the 19th century American naval commander, who is a local and national hero for defeating […]

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Jacksonville Naval Museum dreams may finally come true with the arrival of USS Orleck

Alastair — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 11:05:23 +0000

The Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association (JHNSA) has been trying to secure a warship to be the centrepiece of the city’s huge downtown waterfront regeneration programme, and the first warship museum in Florida, for almost 12 years. By 2018 they had settled on the former cold-war guided-missile destroyer, USS Charles F. Adams, which was lying […]

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Tall Ship ‘Peking’ returns to Hamburg

Alastair — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 16:41:21 +0000

Yesterday, the historic ‘tall ship’ Peking was welcomed back to her home port of Hamburg, where she is due to become a permanent highlight on the waterfront, and the primary exhibit of the new German Port Museum. “With the Peking, Hamburg is gaining a new landmark,” Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschenscher said. “During a history of […]

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