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Museum Type: Museum
67 Main Street
Essex CT 06426
US+1.860.767.8269
Local maritime history museum and the ship ‘Onrust’, a re-creation of the vessel Adriaen Block built in 1614. read more…
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Museum Type: Museum
15 Mohegan Ave Pkwy
Waesche Hall
New LondonCT 06320 CT 06320
US+1.860.444.8511
The museum’s artifacts reflect the history of the U.S. Coast Guard and include ship models, carved figureheads, cannons, uniforms, medals, read more…
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Museum Type: Library
150 Empire St
Providence RI 02903
US+1.401.455.8000
https://www.provlib.org/research-collections/historical-collections/The collection consists of 320 printed books, 550 blueprints and technical drawings, several prints and photographs and most notably, the read more…
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Museum Type: Museum
1, The Keep
Sandys MA 01
BM+1.441.234.1418 (ticket office)
+1.441.234.1333 (museum office)
info@nmb.bm https://nmb.bm/The museum explores the maritime and island history of Bermuda though artifacts, models, plans and maps, photographs and artwork, and read more…
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Museum Type: Museum
One Burnside Street
PO Box 450
Bristol RI 02809
US+1.401.253.5000
VHF Channel 68
info@herreshoff.org https://herreshoff.org/The museum boasts over sixty significant boats, ranging from the 8 1/2′ dinghy Nathanael to the 75′ Defiant, built in read more…
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Era: 1400-1700
Museum Type: Ship→ Replica Ship
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail
Subject Type: Vessel→ Merchant→ Cargo
Re-creation of the vessel Adriaen Block built in 1614. Part of Connecticut River Museum. 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→ Tug / Towboat
1930 wooden tugboat. Part of South Street Seaport Museum. 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
1885 schooner. Part of South Street Seaport Museum. read more…
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Era: 1815-1914
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail
Subject Type: Vessel→ Working→ Fishing
1893 schooner. Part of South Street Seaport Museum. 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
Subject Type: Vessel→ Civil→ Lightship
1907 lightship. Part of South Street Seaport Museum.. 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
Full-rigged ship. Part of South Street Seaport Museum. read more…
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Era: 1815-1914
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type: Impeller→ Sail
Subject Type: Vessel→ Working→ Fishing→ Trawl / Dredge
1888 oyster sloop. Part of Long Island Maritime Museum. read more…
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Era: 1914-1945
Museum Type: Ship→ Original Ship
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Impeller→ Propeller
- Engine→ Steam Turbine
Subject Type: Vessel→ Naval and Privateer→ Steel Navy→ Aircraft Carrier
Essex-class aircraft carrier. Part of the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum. 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
An early attempt by the U.S. Navy to field a cruise missile submarine. Part of the Intrepid Sea, Air, and read more…
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Era: 1914-1945
Museum Type: Museum
Propulsion Type:
- Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
- Engine→ Internal Combustion
- Impeller→ Propeller
Subject Type: Vessel→ Working→ Tug / Towboat
US Army tug. One of the last functional U.S. Army vessels that participated in the Normandy landings. Part of the read more…
