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Era: 1914-1945
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Electic Motor
- Engine→ Internal Combustion
- Impeller→ Propeller
Subject Type: Vessel→ Naval and Privateer→ Steel Navy→ Submarine
Trench-class submarine. Part of Historic Ships in Baltimore. read more… -
Era: 1914-1945
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Electic Motor
- Engine→ Internal Combustion
- Impeller→ Propeller
Subject Type: Vessel→ Civil→ Lightship
Lightship built in 1930. Part of Historic Ships in Baltimore. read more…
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Era: 1815-1914
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Impeller→ Propeller
- Engine→ Reciprocating Steam
Subject Type: Vessel→ Merchant→ Transport / Passenger→ Ferry
A former Southern Pacific Railroad ferry that operated between the Oakland Pier and the San Francisco Ferry Building. Built in read more…
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Era: 1815-1914
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail
Subject Type: Vessel→ Merchant→ Cargo→ Break-Bulk
Star of India is an iron-hulled sailing ship, built in 1863 in Ramsey, Isle of Man as the full-rigged ship, read more…
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Era: 1815-1914
Museum Type: Ship→ Replica Ship
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail
Subject Type: Vessel→ Naval and Privateer→ Wooden Navy→ Sloop-of-War
Californian was built in San Diego, launched in 1984, as a replica of the United States Revenue Cutter ‘Lawrence’, which read more…
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Era: 1400-1700
Museum Type: Ship→ Replica Ship
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail
Subject Type: Vessel→ Civil→ Exploration/Research
San Salvador was the flagship of explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (João Rodrigues Cabrilho in Portuguese). She was a 100-foot, 200 read more…
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Era: 1700-1815
Museum Type: Ship→ Replica Ship
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail
Subject Type: Vessel→ Naval and Privateer→ Wooden Navy→ Frigate
A 1970 replica of the 1757, 20-gun, 6th-post ship HMS Rose. Later converted to a period-accurate 28-gun ship to play read more…
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Era: 1945-
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Electic Motor
- Engine→ Internal Combustion
Subject Type: Vessel→ Naval and Privateer→ Steel Navy→ Submarine
Foxtrot-class diesel-electric attack submarine of the Soviet Navy. Now part of the Maritime Museum of San Diego. read more…
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Era: 1945-
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Electic Motor
- Engine→ Internal Combustion
- Impeller→ Propeller
Subject Type: Vessel→ Naval and Privateer→ Steel Navy→ Submarine
A United States Navy diesel-electric deep-diving research and development submarine. Now part of the Maritime Museum of San Diego. read more…
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Era: 1815-1914
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Impeller→ Propeller
- Engine→ Reciprocating Steam
Subject Type: Vessel→ Pleasure / Sport→ Luxury
1904 steam yacht . Part of the Maritime Museum of San Diego. read more…
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Era: 1945-
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Engine→ Internal Combustion
- Impeller→ Propeller
Subject Type: Vessel→ Naval and Privateer→ Steel Navy→ Patrol Vessels→ Gunboat
Swift Boat, formerly C24/P24 of the Armed Forces of Malta. Now part of the Maritime Museum of San Diego. read more…
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Era: 1914-1945
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Engine→ Internal Combustion
- Impeller→ Propeller
Subject Type: Vessel→ Working→ Fishing→ Buy Boat
A buy boat built in 1922 by Gilbert S. White in Westland, VA. She was built for Capt. Lee Abbot read more…
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Era: 1815-1914
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Engine→ Internal Combustion
- Impeller→ {Propeller+Sail}
Subject Type: Vessel→ Working→ Fishing→ Trawl / Dredge
Claud W. Somers is a skipjack that was used for oyster dredging in Virginia and Maryland waters and is listed read more…
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Era: 1400-1700
Museum Type: Ship→ Replica Ship
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ {Pole/Oar+Sail}
Subject Type: Vessel→ Utility / Transportation
Replica of a shallop, like that used by Captain John Smith to make the first detailed European exploration of the read more…
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Era: 1400-1700
Museum Type: Ship→ Replica Ship
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail
Subject Type: Vessel→ Civil→ Exploration/Research
Replica of one of three ships that brought America’s first permanent English colonists to Virginia in 1607. Part of Jamestown read more…
