Virtual Globetrotting: Museums

Virtual Globetrotting: Museums - Sea http://virtualglobetrotting.com/ A great way to explore everything that can be seen from space! en-us Copyright 2009 admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:57:55 -0700 http://backend.userland.com/rss <![CDATA[Lakes Aquarium]]>

Lakes Aquarium
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Lakes Aquarium
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Belle Isle Aquarium & Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory

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Belle Isle Aquarium & Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-09-04 12:20:50
The Belle Isle Aquarium, located on Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan, was the oldest continually-operating aquarium in North America. Designed by noted architect Albert Kahn, it opened on August 18, 1904. It was completely outfitted in tile from the Pewabic Pottery which covers the vaulted sea green ceiling. It specially featured freshwater species native to the Great Lakes region as well as salt-water species from around the world including breeding programs for several endangered species. (now closed)

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Pilot house from the S.S. William Clay Ford

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Pilot house from the S.S. William Clay Ford
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-09-04 12:13:08
The SS William Clay Ford was a bulk freighter built for hauling material on the Great Lakes. She was named for William Clay Ford, Sr., grandson of Henry Ford, Sr. Her keel was laid in 1952 at River Rouge, MI by the Great Lakes Engineering Works, and she was launched in 1953. She was a part of the Ford Motor Company fleet of ore carriers and made her home port at the Ford's River Rouge Plant, south of Detroit, Michigan. The first captain of the William Clay Ford was John Jameson Pearce of Dearborn, Michigan.

On the night of November 10, 1975, the lake freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald was reported lost. The SS William Clay Ford was one of two ships involved in the initial search.

In August 1986, US 266029 was towed from her moorings to the Detroit Marine Terminal where the pilot house was removed for display at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Detroit's Belle Isle. ]]>

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HMCS Sackville (K181)
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By: mlc1us
@ 2009-08-15 07:23:27
HMCS Sackville (K181) is a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later served as a civilian research vessel. She is now a museum ship and the last surviving Flower-class corvette.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hmcs-sackville-k181/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hmcs-sackville-k181/ Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:23:27 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hmcs-sackville-k181/ 44.64752600 -63.56960300 <![CDATA[North Sea Museum, Oceanarium & Aquarium]]>

North Sea Museum, Oceanarium & Aquarium
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By: Dania
@ 2009-07-29 07:16:55
The North Sea Oceanarium is the biggest aquarium in North Europe.

Be impressed by the oceanarium that contains 4,5 mio liters of water and 2-3000 fish, and enjoy the daily feedings of the seals and the fish in the oceanarium.
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Jutlands Aquarium
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By: Dania
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Jutlands Aquarium
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Esbjerg Fisheries and Maritime Museum
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By: Dania
@ 2009-07-29 06:54:45
Museum of animals and life of fishermen now and then. Here you can also see seals.]]>

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Esbjerg Fisheries and Maritime Museum
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By: Dania
@ 2009-07-29 06:54:45
Museum of animals and life of fishermen now and then. Here you can also see seals.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/esbjerg-fisheries-and-maritime-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/esbjerg-fisheries-and-maritime-museum/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:54:45 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/esbjerg-fisheries-and-maritime-museum/ 55.48954200 8.41108800 <![CDATA[Kattegatcentret - Denmark Shark Center]]>

Kattegatcentret - Denmark Shark Center
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By: Dania
@ 2009-07-29 06:42:38
Here you can meet sharks, electric eels, piranhas and more.]]>

Kattegatcentret - Denmark Shark Center
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By: Dania
@ 2009-07-29 06:42:38
Here you can meet sharks, electric eels, piranhas and more.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/kattegatcentret-denmark-shark-center/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/kattegatcentret-denmark-shark-center/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:42:38 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/kattegatcentret-denmark-shark-center/ 56.40615800 10.92679900 <![CDATA[Freshwater Center AQUA]]>

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Freshwater Center AQUA
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By: Dania
@ 2009-07-26 14:32:44
AQUA in Silkeborg, Denmark, is a first class Activity and Adventure Centre with the largest freshwater aquarium of Northern Europe and a great nature park with various animals, as well as an extensive playground with much fun and variety. AQUA is an untraditional aquarium "turned upside down". The aquarium is built into several big outdoor lakes. Through large panoramic window panes you look deep into these lakes. Here you get very close to playful otters, ferocious pikes, hunting grebes - and a lot of other animals in their natural surroundings.

Apart from the park and the large aquarium lakes AQUA has a night aquarium, several thematic exhibitions, touch tank where you may touch the fish, specialized aquaria, cinema, and services for the schools with school rooms and laboratories.

Meet the zoo keepers of AQUA. Join them when they feed the animals, listen to them when they talk about the magic life of the Danish lakes and water streams. We have a daily activity programme including feeding of the animals.
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Lightship No. XVII "Gedser Rev"
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By: Dania
@ 2009-07-22 06:29:56
The ship is built at N. F. Hansens shipyard in Odense 1895 and was classified at Lappegrunden north of Elsinore. From 1921 until 1972 was the majority of the time designated by Gedser Rev. The lightship was in 1921 equipped with a motor - a 3-cylindret Vølund ignited the main engines of 135 hp. Outfitting is from just after the war and is untouched by time.

Lightship XVII was donation from AP Møllers Fund for the National Museum in 1972. In 2000 the museum got a grant from APMøllers Fund for restoration work of the ship]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lightship-no-xvii-gedser-rev/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lightship-no-xvii-gedser-rev/ Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:29:56 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lightship-no-xvii-gedser-rev/ 55.67997300 12.58974900 <![CDATA[Pacific Undersea Gardens]]>

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Pacific Undersea Gardens
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Pacific Undersea Gardens
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Roskilde Viking Ship Museum
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By: Dania
@ 2009-06-14 12:09:40
The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde is the Danish national museum for ships, seafaring and boatbuilding in the prehistoric and medieval period.

Around the year 1070, five Viking ships were deliberately sunk at Skuldelev in Roskilde Fjord in order to block the most important fairway and to protect Roskilde from enemy attack from the sea. These ships, later known as the Skuldelev ships, were excavated in 1962. They turned out to be five different types of ships ranging from cargo ships to ships of war.

The Viking Ship Museum overlooks Roskilde Fjord and was built in 1969 especially to exhibit the five newly-discovered ships.

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M/V Capella, Concrete Ship
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By: mlc1us
@ 2009-06-12 08:48:36
The last ship of a fleet of Navy supply vessels built without steel. M/V "Capella", built in 1943 in Ostwine, is the last surviving ship of Hitler's old concrete fleet. Amazingly, she is still afloat. In 1988, the ship was declared a German Technical Monument and in 2003, it became part of the Rostock Maritime Museum.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/m-v-capella-concrete-ship/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/m-v-capella-concrete-ship/ Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:48:36 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/m-v-capella-concrete-ship/ 54.14082900 12.08774100 <![CDATA[Mare Nostrum Aquarium]]>

Mare Nostrum Aquarium
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Mare Nostrum Aquarium
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Submarine Museum 'INS Kursura' (S20)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2009-05-01 08:01:04
INS Kursura S20 was a submarine of the Indian Navy. It was one of the Soviet Foxtrot class submarines that were sold to India.

After it was decommissioned from service it was converted into a museum ship located at Ramakrishna Beach, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/submarine-museum-ins-kursura-s20/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/submarine-museum-ins-kursura-s20/ Fri, 01 May 2009 08:01:04 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/submarine-museum-ins-kursura-s20/ 17.71708900 83.33024200 <![CDATA[Aquário Vasco da Gama]]>

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Aquário Vasco da Gama
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Aquário Vasco da Gama
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Mikhail Kutuzov
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2009-04-13 09:18:45
Sverdlov class cruiser named after Marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov - built in Nikolayev, laid down 1951, launched 29 November 1952 and Completed 1954. She was refitted between 1986 and 1989, then immediatly place in reserve. She is currently a museum ship at Novorossisk.

http://dic.academic.ru/pictures/wiki/files/77/Mikhail_Kutuzov_(cruiser).jpg]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mikhail-kutuzov/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mikhail-kutuzov/ Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:18:45 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mikhail-kutuzov/ 44.72095700 37.78281900 <![CDATA[SS Keewatin]]>

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SS Keewatin
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2009-04-13 02:54:35
The SS Keewatin is a passenger liner that once sailed between Port Arthur / Fort William and Port McNicoll. Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Scotland as Hull No. 453, the Keewatin was launched 06 July 1907 and entered service in the following year. She ran continuous for almost 60 seasons, being retired in 1966. The ship is now the Keewatin Maritime Museum, and is permanently docked in Douglas, Michigan.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/ss-keewatin/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/ss-keewatin/ Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:54:35 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/ss-keewatin/ 42.64843700 -86.20324800 <![CDATA[Sealife Königswinter]]>

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Sealife Königswinter
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By: neotrix
@ 2009-04-11 09:51:29
Highlight of the 2000 sqm big attraction is an - in Germany unique - 360 degree underwater tunnel which allows visitors to walk through a fascinating ocean tank containing 600.000l of water. Hundreds of fantastic sea creatures will swim silently all around the visitors.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Life_K%C3%B6nigswinter
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Inland Seas Maritime Museum
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Inland Seas Maritime Museum
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Downtown Aquarium
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Downtown Aquarium
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Sea Life Park Hawaii
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Sea Life Park Hawaii
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SeaQuarium
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-09-17 10:30:32
The Weston-Super-Mare SeaQuarium was opened in 1995, and was placed upon the first seaside pier to be built in Great Britain for over 85 years. Situated on the beach, the aquarium is surrounded by 3 miles of sand along the coast of Somerset, with panoramic views across the estuary of Wales.

The centre contains an underwater tunnel, providing visitors with a closer look into the depths of our oceans with sharks, rays and other creatures swimming past, just inches away. It contains over 25 displays throughout the aquarium where visitors can see the beauty and terror of the oceans and creatures from the Severn estuary to the wonders of the rainforest rivers.]]>

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Whale skeleton
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Whale skeleton
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Musée national de la Marine
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Musée national de la Marine
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Flakturm VI L-Tower (WWII German Flak Tower) converted into an aquarium

Flakturm VI L-Tower (WWII German Flak Tower) converted into an aquarium
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-06-30 15:20:36
Flak towers (German: Flaktürme) were large anti-aircraft gun blockhouses used by the Luftwaffe to prevent overflights of key areas in certain cities in World War II. They also served as air-raid shelters for tens of thousands of people and to coordinate air defence. With concrete walls up to 3.5 metres thick, these towers were considered to be invulnerable to attack with the usual ordinance carried by Allied bombers, though it is unlikely that they would have withstood Grand Slam bombs which successfully penetrated much thicker reinforced concrete. Aircraft generally appeared to have avoided the flak towers.

L-Tower (in Esterhazypark) is used as an aquarium (the "Haus des Meeres") and has a climbing wall on the outside.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/flakturm-vi-l-tower-wwii-german-flak-tower-converted-into-an-aquarium/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/flakturm-vi-l-tower-wwii-german-flak-tower-converted-into-an-aquarium/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:20:36 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/flakturm-vi-l-tower-wwii-german-flak-tower-converted-into-an-aquarium/ 48.19761300 16.35292700 <![CDATA[Sydney Aquarium]]>

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Sydney Aquarium
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-06-16 15:23:31
The aquarium contains a large variety of Australian aquatic life, displaying more than 650 species comprising more than 6,000 individual fish and other sea and water creatures from most of Australia's water habitats.

Its key exhibits are a series of underwater, see-through, acrylic glass tunnels where sharks swim above visitors, and recreation of a Great Barrier Reef coral environment.

The Sydney Aquarium was opened in 1988, during Australia's bicentenary celebrations, and is one of the largest aquariums in the world. It is regarded as one of Sydney's premier tourist attractions with over 55% of its visitors each year coming from overseas. A crocodile exhibit is being planned for 2008.

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UnderWater World
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-06-16 14:54:33
There are various aquarium sections at UnderWater World, featured on the habitat requirements of the fish, including temperature requirements. A moving walkway in a shark tunnel under the aquarium takes the visitor past a number of viewing windows, with fish swimming at the sides of the walkway, and immediately overhead.
UnderWater World presents seal shows and wildlife information talks, and there are hands-on marine displays. UnderWater World is also home to Otters and Fresh water Crocodiles.
UnderWater World is also a rehabilitation centre for Turtles, Dugongs, Dolphins and seals.

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Mundo Marino
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By: adrbr
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Mundo Marino is the largest aquarium in South America. It is in San Clemente del Tuyú, Argentina.
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Mundo Marino
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-06-16 14:13:14
Mundo Marino is the largest aquarium in South America. It is in San Clemente del Tuyú, Argentina.
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Lisbon Oceanarium
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-06-16 13:48:26
The building is the work of the architectural firm Cambridge Seven Associates under the direction of Peter Chermayeff, resembling an Aircraft carrier, and is built in the pier of an internal sea. Peter Chermayeff is also the designer of the Osaka oceanarium, which is the largest in the world. It is one of the largest aquariums in the world, and has a large collection of marine species — birds, mammals, fishes, cnidaria and other marine organisms. The building is a small ride from the heart of Lisbon and is a large tourist attraction. The architecture of this building is far from the ancient buildings of Lisbon though it is only a few minutes away.

The exhibition is arranged around four smaller aquaria, displaying the fauna and flora of the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian Ocean and of the Antarctic and a large central tank to exhibit species of the open ocean, from sharks and large groupers to tuna fish and small wrasses. The four towers of the building house each of the different ecosystems mentioned above and the central tank houses sharks, tuna and large groupers. Despite its intention of representing the open ocean, it has been criticised by several scientists for grouping together species that would never meet in nature. Though it may not show the ecosystems as they are in nature it is home to over 16 000 animals and plants from over 450 distinct species.

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Marine Plaza Miyajima
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-06-16 13:26:57
There are about 350 variety of aquatic animals include Finless Porpoises, Sea Otters, Steller Sea Lions, Sea Lions and Penguins.

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Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-06-16 13:01:07
The aquarium is a part of the Ocean Expo Commemorative National Government Park located in Motobu, Okinawa. The main tank called the 'Kuroshio Sea' holds 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water and features the world's largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters. Whale sharks and manta rays are kept amongst many other fish species in the main tank.

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Dolphin Show at Marine World-Uminonakamichi
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Dolphin Show at Marine World-Uminonakamichi
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Denmark's Aquarium
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-05-22 20:00:35
Denmark's Aquarium (Danish: Danmarks akvarie) is the largest aquarium in Denmark and features about 1 million litres of water, spread out on 70 different aquariums. Denmark's Aquarium started construction in 1937 and was opened in 1939. In 1974, the aquarium were expanded to feature 5 large landscape aquaries and a biological museum with temabased exibits and aquaries. In 1990, they were further expanded by a ney fronthall, Café, improved toilet facilities and a schoolerservice. The main purpose of the aquaria is to send marine information onto global plane, help science projects, and improve educational institutions.

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Fishing Trawler 'Dubingiai' and other static display ships
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@ 2008-05-19 22:55:22
At the Lithuanian Sea Museum.]]>

Fishing Trawler 'Dubingiai' and other static display ships
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@ 2008-05-19 22:55:22
At the Lithuanian Sea Museum.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fishing-trawler-dubingiai-and-other-static-display-ships/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fishing-trawler-dubingiai-and-other-static-display-ships/ Mon, 19 May 2008 22:55:22 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fishing-trawler-dubingiai-and-other-static-display-ships/ 55.71318400 21.10556800 <![CDATA[HMS Hajen (1904)]]>

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HMS Hajen (1904)
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HMS Hajen (1904)
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@ 2008-05-12 13:43:58]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hms-hajen-1904/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hms-hajen-1904/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:43:58 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hms-hajen-1904/ 56.16092193 15.59957755 <![CDATA[German midget submarines Seehund (Type XXVII)]]>

German midget submarines Seehund (Type XXVII)

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German midget submarines Seehund (Type XXVII)
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@ 2008-05-12 13:43:35]]>

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German midget submarines Seehund (Type XXVII)
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@ 2008-05-12 13:43:35]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/german-midget-submarines-seehund-type-xxvii/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/german-midget-submarines-seehund-type-xxvii/ Mon, 12 May 2008 13:43:35 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/german-midget-submarines-seehund-type-xxvii/ 53.87485279 8.65397211 <![CDATA[Hull Maritime Museum]]>

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Hull Maritime Museum
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@ 2008-03-28 14:59:37]]>

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Hull Maritime Museum
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@ 2008-03-28 14:59:37]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hull-maritime-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hull-maritime-museum/ Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:59:37 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hull-maritime-museum/ 53.74379400 -0.33849700 <![CDATA[The Deep - 'the world's only submarium']]>

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The Deep - 'the world's only submarium'
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-03-27 16:29:09
The Deep is a large underwater aquarium situated at Sammy's Point, at the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber estuary in Hull, England. It opened in March 2002.

Billed as 'the world's only submarium', the tank contains thousands of sea creatures (including seven species of shark), 2.5 million litres of water and 87 tonnes of salt housed in an iconic structure designed by Sir Terry Farrell and built as part of the UK National Lottery's Millennium Commission project.

So far the deep has welcomed over 2 million visitors from around the world.

]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/the-deep-the-worlds-only-submarium/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/the-deep-the-worlds-only-submarium/ Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:29:09 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/the-deep-the-worlds-only-submarium/ 53.73862600 -0.33029900 <![CDATA[Steamboat Arabia Museum]]>

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Steamboat Arabia Museum
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@ 2008-03-10 22:59:52]]>

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Steamboat Arabia Museum
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@ 2008-03-10 22:59:52]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/steamboat-arabia-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/steamboat-arabia-museum/ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:59:52 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/steamboat-arabia-museum/ 39.10944600 -94.58135200 <![CDATA[Minelayer Keihässalmi & Corvette Karjala]]>

Minelayer Keihässalmi & Corvette Karjala

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Minelayer Keihässalmi & Corvette Karjala
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By: Accagas
@ 2008-02-18 07:41:10
Maritime Museum Forum Marinum has a remarkable museumship fleet even by international standards.

The minelayer Keihässalmi was the first minelayer of the Finnish Navy built after the second world war.

The Karjala was built in Helsinki in 1968 and is considered to be a corvette according to international standards.

]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/minelayer-keih-ssalmi-corvette-karjala/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/minelayer-keih-ssalmi-corvette-karjala/ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:41:10 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/minelayer-keih-ssalmi-corvette-karjala/ 60.43579787 22.23510958 <![CDATA[Former oceanographic research ship CSS Acadia]]>

Former oceanographic research ship CSS Acadia

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Former oceanographic research ship CSS Acadia
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@ 2008-02-05 14:37:45
CSS Acadia is a former hydrographic surveying and oceanographic research ship of the Hydrographic Survey of Canada and its successor the Canadian Hydrographic Service.

The Acadia served Canada for more than five decades from 1913-1969, including being commissioned twice into military service for the Royal Canadian Navy during both world wars. She is currently a historic museum ship stationed in Halifax Harbour at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic; she is the only ship still afloat that served the Royal Canadian Navy in both World Wars.

Retaining her original engines, boilers and little-changed accommodations, she is one of the best preserved Edwardian ocean steamships in the world and a renowned example of Canada's earliest scientific prowess in the fields of hydrography and oceanography.]]>

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USCGC Sundew (WLB-404) museum ship
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-01-30 17:13:52
The USCGC Sundew (WLB-404) is a 180-foot (55 m) sea going buoy tender (WLB). An Iris, or C-class vessel, it was built by Marine Ironworks and Shipbuilding Corporation in Duluth, Minnesota. Sundew's preliminary design was completed by the United States Lighthouse Service and the final design was produced by Marine Iron and Shipbuilding Corporation in Duluth. On 29 November 1943 the keel was laid. It was launched on 8 February 1944 and commissioned on 24 August 1944. The original cost for the hull and machinery was $861,589.

Sundew is one of 39 original 180-foot (55 m) seagoing buoy tenders built between 1942-1944. All but one of the original tenders, the USCGC Ironwood (WLB-307), were built in Duluth. Like all of these tenders, the Sundew was named after a plant, in this case the sundew, a carnivorous plants from the genus Drosera.

In 1958, the Sundew was assigned to Charlevoix, Michigan, and the following November helped in the rescue of two survivors from the SS Carl D. Bradley when it sank in a storm on Lake Michigan 47 miles (76 km) west-northwest of Charlevoix. The Sundew remained at Charlevoix until 1980.

Sundew served 60 years for the Coast Guard and was decommissioned and retired on May 27, 2004. As part of the decommissioning, the vessel was given to the city of Duluth, its last home port, to be used as a museum ship. The services provided by the Sundew were taken up by USCGC Alder (WLB 216).]]>

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Lake freighter SS William A Irvin museum ship

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Lake freighter SS William A Irvin museum ship
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-01-30 17:08:00
The SS William A Irvin is a lake freighter which sailed as a bulk freighter on the Great Lakes as part US Steel's lake fleet. She was flagship of the company fleet from her launch in the depths of the depression in 1938 until 1975 and then as a general workhorse of the fleet until her retirement in 1978. Currently, this queen of the silver stackers is resting comfortably in Duluth, Minnesota, a well maintained example of a classic laker.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lake-freighter-ss-william-a-irvin-museum-ship/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lake-freighter-ss-william-a-irvin-museum-ship/ Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:08:00 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lake-freighter-ss-william-a-irvin-museum-ship/ 46.78221700 -92.09714100 <![CDATA[Dolphin pens at the State Oceanarium of Ukraine]]>

Dolphin pens at the State Oceanarium of Ukraine

Dolphin pens at the State Oceanarium of Ukraine
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@ 2008-01-16 18:12:02
Former military facility that trained dolphins for minesweeping. Now the State Oceanarium of Ukraine.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dolphin-pens-at-the-state-oceanarium-of-ukraine/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dolphin-pens-at-the-state-oceanarium-of-ukraine/ Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:12:02 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dolphin-pens-at-the-state-oceanarium-of-ukraine/ 44.57752300 33.40310500 <![CDATA[Arctic Corsair (H320)]]>

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Arctic Corsair (H320)
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By: mlc1us
@ 2008-01-14 10:09:09
The Arctic Corsair (H320) is a deep-sea trawler that was converted to a museum ship in 1999. It is berthed in the river Hull in Hull, England, and is part of the city's Museums Quarter.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/arctic-corsair-h320/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/arctic-corsair-h320/ Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:09:09 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/arctic-corsair-h320/ 53.74373600 -0.32891600 <![CDATA[Full size replica of Captain James Cook’s HM Bark Endeavour]]>

Full size replica of Captain James Cook’s HM Bark Endeavour

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Full size replica of Captain James Cook’s HM Bark Endeavour
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@ 2007-12-24 15:27:01]]>

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Full size replica of Captain James Cook’s HM Bark Endeavour
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@ 2007-12-24 15:27:01]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/full-size-replica-of-captain-james-cook-s-hm-bark-endeavour/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/full-size-replica-of-captain-james-cook-s-hm-bark-endeavour/ Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:27:01 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/full-size-replica-of-captain-james-cook-s-hm-bark-endeavour/ 54.56108200 -1.30966100 <![CDATA[Akvariet i Bergen (Bergen Aquarium)]]>

Akvariet i Bergen (Bergen Aquarium)
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-12-05 01:43:27
From Wikipedia:

Akvariet i Bergen is a public aquarium in Norway. It is situated on the Nordnes peninsula in Bergen, and is one of the city's tourist attractions. The complex houses over 60 tanks of fish, marine invertebrates, as well as three outdoor ponds with seals, penguins and cyprinids and a tropical branch with reptiles and monkeys.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/akvariet-i-bergen-bergen-aquarium/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/akvariet-i-bergen-bergen-aquarium/ Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:43:27 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/akvariet-i-bergen-bergen-aquarium/ 60.39976400 5.30425600 <![CDATA[U-461]]>

U-461
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@ 2007-12-04 05:48:07]]>

U-461
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@ 2007-12-04 05:48:07]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/u-461/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/u-461/ Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:48:07 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/u-461/ 54.13485500 13.76658300 <![CDATA[Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum]]>

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Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-10-27 23:19:12
Constructed in 1891, the Life-Saving Service and later the U. S. Coast Guard actively used the building until 1962. The building fell into a state of disrepair and was used by the city for various government departments. In 1977, the building was scheduled for demolition. A group of concerned citizens formed the Ocean City Museum Society and with the generosity of the mayor and city council who made funds available to the society, the building was saved by moving it to its present location. The station house was officially dedicated as a museum on Christmas Day, 1978.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/ocean-city-life-saving-station-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/ocean-city-life-saving-station-museum/ Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:19:12 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/ocean-city-life-saving-station-museum/ 38.32545600 -75.08789400 <![CDATA[Tango-class submarine B-396 'Novosibirsky Komsomolets' in Moscow]]>

Tango-class submarine B-396 'Novosibirsky Komsomolets' in Moscow

Tango-class submarine B-396 'Novosibirsky Komsomolets' in Moscow
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-08-21 13:36:03
Found by earthgoogler.

At the new Navy Museum in Moscow.

The big Diesel submarine B-396 under the name Novosibirsky Komsomolets served in the North Navy from 1980 to 2000. The vessel served in the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans. In 2003 it was re-equipped into a museum. There is a small exhibition hall there with the crew’s paraphernalia.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/tango-class-submarine-b-396-novosibirsky-komsomolets-in-moscow/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/tango-class-submarine-b-396-novosibirsky-komsomolets-in-moscow/ Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:36:03 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/tango-class-submarine-b-396-novosibirsky-komsomolets-in-moscow/ 55.85234800 37.45619100 <![CDATA[Russian Tango class U-434 submarine]]>

Russian Tango class U-434 submarine
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Russian Tango class U-434 submarine
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@ 2007-08-21 13:19:20]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/russian-tango-class-u-434-submarine/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/russian-tango-class-u-434-submarine/ Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:19:20 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/russian-tango-class-u-434-submarine/ 53.53872800 10.01495000 <![CDATA[Abandoned Dolphinarium at Clacton Pier]]>

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Abandoned Dolphinarium at Clacton Pier
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Abandoned Dolphinarium at Clacton Pier
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@ 2007-08-20 12:35:18]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/abandoned-dolphinarium-at-clacton-pier/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/abandoned-dolphinarium-at-clacton-pier/ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:35:18 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/abandoned-dolphinarium-at-clacton-pier/ 51.78616300 1.15591900 <![CDATA[Mystic Seaport]]>

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Mystic Seaport
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By: mikeb9991
@ 2007-08-17 09:00:50
Mystic Seaport is a maritime museum situated along the banks of the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut, USA. It is notable both for its collection of sailing ships and boats, and for the re-creation of an entire 19th century seaport, consisting of over 60 original buildings, most of them rare commercial structures, moved to the 37 acre (150,000 m²) site and meticulously restored.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mystic-seaport/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mystic-seaport/ Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:00:50 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mystic-seaport/ 41.36173000 -71.96459600 <![CDATA[Beluga Whales at Mystic Aquarium]]>

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Beluga Whales at Mystic Aquarium
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Beluga Whales at Mystic Aquarium
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@ 2007-08-16 09:11:02]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/beluga-whales-at-mystic-aquarium/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/beluga-whales-at-mystic-aquarium/ Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:11:02 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/beluga-whales-at-mystic-aquarium/ 41.37358100 -71.95277400 <![CDATA[HMS Surprise]]>

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HMS Surprise
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-07-06 10:16:07
Strike a pose at the helm of the HMS. Surprise just like Russell Crowe as Captain "Lucky Jack Aubrey." The ship used in the academy award winning film, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World found a permanent home at the Maritime Museum of San Diego in 2004. The HMS Surprise is a magnificent replica of an 18th century Royal Navy frigate.

HMS. Surprise is a 179-foot full rigged ship. Her designers and builders made a painstaking effort to recreate a 24 gun frigate of Great Britan's Nelson era Royal Navy. The result is a replica vessel unmatched in its authenticity and attention to detail. Originally christened H.M.S. Rose when she was launched in 1970, she served as a sail training vessel operating out of several East coast ports for over 30 years. the ship underwent extensive modifications for the production of the film in 2002. The museum acquired the ship in October, 2004. Plans include restoring the ship to seaworthy condition, but the timetable for her return to sea is uncertain.]]>

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'Medea' and 'Pilot'
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-07-06 10:12:47
Named after a woman in Greek mythology, the Medea has a past almost as colorful as her namesake. Originally, the steam yacht was built for William Macalister Hall of Torrisdale Castle, Scotland, to be used for entertaining and hunting trips around the waterways in western Scotland.

She was completed on August 29, 1904, in a record building time of 51 days. Built of steel and furnished with imported teak and quarter-sawn oak, the Medea is an impressive and beautiful little boat. She has served in two world wars, under three navies and six national flags.

Launched on August 7, 1914, Pilot served as San Diego Bay’s official pilot boat for commercial ships entering and leaving the harbor for 82 years. Harbor pilots are responsible for steering large vessels safely into and out of the bay; the pilot boards the ship, takes command, and returns the vessel to the captain after it has docked or left the bay.]]>

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'Californian'
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-07-06 10:10:57
The Californian is a replica of the 1847 Revenue Cutter C.W. Lawrence, that patrolled the coast of California enforcing federal law during the gold rush. The Revenue Cutter Service, along with four
other federal maritime agencies, was
consolidated into the United States
Coast Guard in 1915.

Californian was built from the ground up in 1984 at Spanish Landing in San Diego Bay. She was launched with great fanfare for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. In July 2003, the governor signed a bill into law designating the Californian as the official tall ship of the State of California. She is the only ship to carry this prestigious title.]]>

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Steam ferryboat 'Berkeley'
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-07-06 10:08:33
The Berkeley is an 1898 steam ferryboat that operated for 60 years on San Francisco Bay. A California State Historic Landmark, and a National Historic Landmark.

During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake Berkeley carried thousands of survivors to safety. Her captain and crew, not knowing the fate of their own families, worked night and day to help victims escape the burning shores of San Francisco. Their unwavering and unselfish efforts saved many, many lives.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/steam-ferryboat-berkeley/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/steam-ferryboat-berkeley/ Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:08:33 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/steam-ferryboat-berkeley/ 32.72086100 -117.17394700 <![CDATA['Star of India' - the world's oldest active ship]]>

'Star of India' - the world's oldest active ship

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'Star of India' - the world's oldest active ship
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-07-06 10:05:50
The Star of India is the world's oldest active ship. She began her life on the stocks at Ramsey Shipyard in the Isle of Man in 1863. Iron ships were experiments of sorts then, with most vessels still being built of wood. Within five months of laying her keel, the ship was launched into her element. She bore the name Euterpe, after the Greek goddess of music.

Euterpe was a full-rigged ship and would remain so until 1901, when the Alaska Packers Association rigged her down to a barque, her present rig. She began her sailing life with two near-disastrous voyages to India. On her first trip she suffered a collision and a mutiny. On her second trip, a cyclone caught Euterpe in the Bay of Bengal, and with her topmasts cut away, she barely made port. Shortly afterward, her first captain died on board and was buried at sea.

After such a hard luck beginning, Euterpe settled down and made four more voyages to India as a cargo ship. In 1871 she was purchased by the Shaw Savill line of London and embarked on a quarter century of hauling emigrants to New Zealand, sometimes also touching Australia, California and Chile. She made 21 circumnavigations in this service, some of them lasting up to a year. It was rugged voyaging, with the little iron ship battling through terrific gales, "labouring and rolling in a most distressing manner," according to her log.]]>

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Danish Sohunden Class torpedo boat GTB Søbjørnen (P.512)

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Danish Sohunden Class torpedo boat GTB Søbjørnen (P.512)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-05-27 22:36:34
Next to the submarine SPRINGEREN is the gasturbine-torpedoboat (GTB) SØBJØRNEN. It was built in 1964 as no. 3 of a total of 6 boats of the SØLØVEN-class. No. 1 and 2 were built by the designer, Vosper in Portsmouth, England. No. 3 to 6 were built under license at the Royal Dockyard in Copenhagen. The SØBJØRNEN was decommissioned in 1989 and transferred to the Museum in 1991. The boat is still almost fully equipped.

Motor-torpedo-boats (MTBs and later GTBs) were introduced into the Danish Navy after World War II, when Denmark from the Allied received a number of former German MTBs – of the S- class.

These boats were named after birds – the GLENTEN (Kite) and the VIBEN (Lapwing) classes. They were later supplemented by boats of an improved design, the FALKEN (Falcon) and the FLYVEFISKEN (Flying Fish) classes, built at Danish shipyards among them the Royal Dockyard. Both the German and the Danish built boats were propelled by three Mercedes diesel engines each, giving them a max. speed of approximate 40 knots.

Traditionally the MTB`s belongs to two main types: "displacement-boats" and "slide-boats"

In principle the first mentioned are built like ordinary ships, whereas the "slide-boats" popular speaking, are built like the speed-boats you can see on the Limfjorden.

The SØLØVEN class was introduced as successors to these MTBs. Built after the "slide-boat" principle, they had a displace-ment of 114 ton, were 30 meters long, with a beam of 8 meters and a draft of only 2.5 meters. The boats, when first built, were unique. They were built without frames and were among the first ships to be propelled by gas turbines. The main machinery consisted of 3 Rolls-Royce-Proteus gas turbines with a total of 12.600 HP, which gave them a speed of more than 50 knots and a range of 300 NM. For the purpose of in-port-manoeuvring and normal cruising, 2 General Motors diesel engines were installed, each at 200 HP, which gave them a speed of 10 knots. In addition to this, the boats were equipped with 2 small Rover gas turbines as auxiliary engines.

The SØBJØRNEN was armed with four 53 cm torpedoes and two 40 mm Bofors guns or alternatively with two 53 cm torpedoes, one 40 mm gun and a number of mines. She had a crew of 27 men: 5 officers/petty officers and 22 sailors.

The MTBs mostly operated during night Great speed combined with advanced tracking systems and low draught meant that they were designed to launch surprise attacks with good chances of escaping the enemy afterwards. During daytime the MTBs could be re-supplied, which because of their low draught, could take place almost anywhere, and the crew could rest. Earlier the MTB´s were re-supplied from a tender, but lately from mobile units. Moored and camouflaged the MTB.s are very hard to detect from enemy aircraft.

By the political defence-agreement in 2001 it was decided to abolish all MTB´s. A unit of the WILLEMOES-class will be preserved and exhibited in Copenhagen.]]>

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Delfin class submarine HDMS Springeren (S329)

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Delfin class submarine HDMS Springeren (S329)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-05-27 22:27:28
The Delfinen class of submarines was the last class of submarines of the Royal Danish Navy designed and built entirely by Danish architects. The first three boats of the class were financed by Denmark. The fourth was financed by the United States (where it was known as SS-554) under the Cost Share program.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/delfin-class-submarine-hdms-springeren-s329/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/delfin-class-submarine-hdms-springeren-s329/ Sun, 27 May 2007 22:27:28 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/delfin-class-submarine-hdms-springeren-s329/ 57.05837900 9.89225400 <![CDATA[West-Hinder III Lightvessel]]>

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West-Hinder III Lightvessel
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By: mlc1us
@ 2007-05-12 17:49:09
Belgian National Maritime Museum]]>

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West-Hinder III Lightvessel
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@ 2007-05-12 17:49:09
Belgian National Maritime Museum]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/west-hinder-iii-lightvessel/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/west-hinder-iii-lightvessel/ Sat, 12 May 2007 17:49:09 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/west-hinder-iii-lightvessel/ 51.22966300 4.40433100 <![CDATA[German Navy museum ships Destroyer Mölders (D186) & Mine Hunter Völklingen (M1087)]]>

German Navy museum ships Destroyer Mölders (D186) & Mine Hunter Völklingen (M1087)

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German Navy museum ships Destroyer Mölders (D186) & Mine Hunter Völklingen (M1087)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-05-08 18:20:35
D186 Mölders was a guided missile destroyer of the Bundesmarine (West German Navy) and later the Deutsche Marine (Navy of reunited Germany). It was the second ship of the Lütjens class, a modification of the Charles F. Adams class.

On March 3, 1965 Bath Iron Works got the order to build Mölders and her keel was laid down on April 12, 1966 with the hull number DDG-29. April 13, 1967 Mölders was launched and chistened for Luftwaffe Oberst (Colonel) Werner Mölders by his mother Anne-Marie Mölders. Mölders was commissioned on February 23, 1969 into the 1. Zerstörergeschwader (first destroyer squadron) based in Kiel.

During her 33 years in commission 14000 sailors served on her under 16 different commanders, and she traveled 675,054.6 nautical miles. The Mölders was decommissioned May 28, 2003 in Wilhelmshaven.

Unlike her sisters Lütjens and Rommel, Mölders was preserved and is now on display as museum ship in Wilhelmshaven (Marinemuseum), although ironically, she was never stationed in Wilhelmshaven during her active career.]]>

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Aqua Museum
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-04-16 16:51:58
Over 500 different varieties of fish with more than 100,000 sea creatures in all. It is one of the largest Aquariums in Japan. There is an immense three-story aquarium filled with thousands of tropical and fresh water fish. You can travel through an undersea viewing tunnel which takes you through a section of our aquarium which is very popular.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/aqua-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/aqua-museum/ Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:51:58 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/aqua-museum/ 35.33742400 139.64723800 <![CDATA[Mayflower II]]>

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Mayflower II
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By: milwhcky
@ 2007-03-15 13:43:19
Working replica of the original Mayflower ship used by the Pilgrims. Built from 1955-57 in the town of Brixham, in Devon, England by the skilled shipwrights at the Upham Shipyard. Patrons can tour the ship and interact with actors portraying Pilgrims.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mayflower-ii/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mayflower-ii/ Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:43:19 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mayflower-ii/ 41.95983800 -70.66185700 <![CDATA[Lytham Windmill & Lifeboat Museum]]>

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Lytham Windmill & Lifeboat Museum
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-02-18 16:07:05
Lytham Lifeboat Museum adjoins the windmill at Lytham. The Lytham lifeboat museum is housed in the former Lytham lifeboat house which was built in 1863. This boathouse was used to house the lifeboat until 1931 when a motor lifeboat arrived at the station and was placed on an afloat mooring in the River Ribble.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lytham-windmill-lifeboat-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lytham-windmill-lifeboat-museum/ Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:07:05 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lytham-windmill-lifeboat-museum/ 53.73568000 -2.95537000 <![CDATA[Scottish Maritime Museum]]>

Scottish Maritime Museum
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@ 2007-02-18 14:48:00]]>

Scottish Maritime Museum
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-02-18 14:48:00]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/scottish-maritime-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/scottish-maritime-museum/ Sun, 18 Feb 2007 14:48:00 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/scottish-maritime-museum/ 55.60718700 -4.68467700 <![CDATA[Conning tower from the USS Sturgeon (SSN 637)]]>

Conning tower from the USS Sturgeon (SSN 637)

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Conning tower from the USS Sturgeon (SSN 637)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-02-09 13:05:29
At the Naval Undersea Museum.

The sail of the USS Sturgeon (SSN 637) lead ship of a class of 37 nuclear, fast attack submarines built and operated between 1963 and the present.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/conning-tower-from-the-uss-sturgeon-ssn-637/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/conning-tower-from-the-uss-sturgeon-ssn-637/ Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:05:29 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/conning-tower-from-the-uss-sturgeon-ssn-637/ 47.69969100 -122.62476400 <![CDATA[“OceanWorlds” - Multi-Media Adventure Exhibit (MeeresWelten - Erlebnisausstellung)]]>

“OceanWorlds” - Multi-Media Adventure Exhibit (MeeresWelten - Erlebnisausstellung)

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“OceanWorlds” - Multi-Media Adventure Exhibit (MeeresWelten - Erlebnisausstellung)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-02-07 10:59:34
Picture

MeeresWelten is a special exhibition of the German Oceanographic Museum and is located directly on the Baltic Sea in a ocean blue dome located on the harbour island of Stralsund.

In this exhibition visitors are invited to explore the unknown world of the deep sea by means of multi-media games and hands-on exhibits; in a playful way it is demonstrated how the ocean is threatened by overfishing. Different sections of the exhibition answer questions such as how a Tsunami develops, what is methane ice and which kind of swimming costume was chaste around 1900. MeeresWelten addresses the entire family.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/oceanworlds-multi-media-adventure-exhibit-meereswelten-erlebnisausstellung/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/oceanworlds-multi-media-adventure-exhibit-meereswelten-erlebnisausstellung/ Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:59:34 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/oceanworlds-multi-media-adventure-exhibit-meereswelten-erlebnisausstellung/ 54.31686000 13.09757400 <![CDATA[Jacksonville Maritime Museum]]>

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Jacksonville Maritime Museum
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By: Ozzy
@ 2007-01-21 14:15:21
The Jacksonville Maritime Museum Society, Inc. focuses on the nautical history of the St. Johns River and the Port of Jacksonville.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/jacksonville-maritime-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/jacksonville-maritime-museum/ Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:15:21 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/jacksonville-maritime-museum/ 30.32060500 -81.65903500 <![CDATA[Nagoya Maritime Museum]]>

Nagoya Maritime Museum
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@ 2007-01-21 02:35:13]]>

Nagoya Maritime Museum
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@ 2007-01-21 02:35:13]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/nagoya-maritime-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/nagoya-maritime-museum/ Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:35:13 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/nagoya-maritime-museum/ 35.08986800 136.88083500 <![CDATA[Icebreaker Fuji - Antarctic Museum]]>

Icebreaker Fuji - Antarctic Museum
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-01-21 02:33:23
The floating Fuji Antarctic Museum is moored on the opposite side of the pier. The museum itself is an expedition ship that explored the Antarctic for 18 years between 1965 and 1983. The interior of the ship is reproduced as it was during its service, and videos, panels and diorama are used to introduce the nature of the Antarctic as well as how the researches were conducted.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/icebreaker-fuji-antarctic-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/icebreaker-fuji-antarctic-museum/ Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:33:23 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/icebreaker-fuji-antarctic-museum/ 35.09068900 136.88049700 <![CDATA[Port of Nagoya public Aquarium]]>

Port of Nagoya public Aquarium
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@ 2007-01-21 02:31:14]]>

Port of Nagoya public Aquarium
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-01-21 02:31:14]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/port-of-nagoya-public-aquarium/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/port-of-nagoya-public-aquarium/ Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:31:14 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/port-of-nagoya-public-aquarium/ 35.09113700 136.87797500 <![CDATA[Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum (German Maritime Museum)]]>

Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum (German Maritime Museum)

Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum (German Maritime Museum)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-12-19 13:25:21
The Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum (German Maritime Museum) is a museum in Bremerhaven, Germany. It is part of the Leibniz-Gemeinschaft. The main museum building was opened on September 5, 1975 by then-president Walter Scheel, though scientific work already had started in 1971. In 2000, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the museum, the Hansekogge, a ship constructed around 1380 that was found in the Weser river in the 1960s, was presented to the public after undergoing a lengthy process of conservation in a large preservative-filled basin.

The museum consists of the building planned by Hans Scharoun as well as several museum ships in the Old Harbour of Bremerhaven, including the Seute Deern windjammer and the Wilhelm Bauer U-boat.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/deutsches-schiffahrtsmuseum-german-maritime-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/deutsches-schiffahrtsmuseum-german-maritime-museum/ Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:25:21 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/deutsches-schiffahrtsmuseum-german-maritime-museum/ 53.54053700 8.57801600 <![CDATA[Seute Deern - three-masted sailing vessel]]>

Seute Deern - three-masted sailing vessel
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-12-19 13:14:08
The SEUTE DEERN is one of the last surviving historic wooden cargo sailing vessels, not only in Germany, but in all of Europe. It is the flagship and outstanding attraction of the museum harbour of the German Maritime Museum (DSM) and has become the trademark of Bremerhaven. As a museum ship and floating restaurant, the windjammer has been berthed in the Old Harbour – the oldest harbour of Bremerhaven and the site of the city's origin – since 1966. The barque SEUTE DEERN was the inaugural object of Germany's first open-air maritime museum, from which the DSM developed. Furthermore, the wooden sailing ship represents the local shipbuilding tradition, within whose framework over 250 deep-water sailing vessels were built – initially of wood, later of steel – in the shipyards on the Geeste, particularly Rickmers and Tecklenborg. Finally, the present-day flagship of the DSM demonstrates the international character of sailship construction and navigation.
Originally the four-masted schooner ELIZABETH BANDI, this ship was built in 1919 in the American gulf port near the mouth of the Mississippi for the transport of wood. From 1931 she sailed under Finnish flag until being acquired by the Hamburg shipowner John T. Essberger in 1938. In 1939, Essberger had the schooner altered to a barque by the Hamburg shipyard Blohm & Voss; now she was to serve as a cargo-carrying training ship for junior nautical officers. By 1944 she had made many a journey on the Baltic Sea and the end of the war found her berthed in her winter quarters in Lübeck. Following alterations carried out in Travemünde (1946-47) the SEUTE DEERN operated until 1954 as a hotel ship in Hamburg. Subsequently, until 1964, she rode at anchor under Dutch flag in Delfzijl, now as the youth hostel ship PIETER A. KOERTS. Following a short stay in Emden, the ship reached Bremerhaven. The SEUTE DEERN has been at her present berth in the museum harbour in front of the main building of the DSM since 1975.
Due to severe damages to the main deck and hull, the floating cultural monument is being restored in 2001-2002. The DSM is undertaking every effort to preserve for posterity one of the last existing wooden cargo sailing ships in Europe as a living testimony to our maritime cultural heritage.
[dsm.de] ]]>

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U Boat Wilhelm Bauer
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-12-19 13:09:42
The Wilhelm Bauer (originally designated U-2540) is a Type XXI U-boat which was completed shortly before the end of World War II. It was scuttled at the end of the war, having never gone on patrol. It is the only floating example of a XXI U-Boat.

In 1957, after more than 10 years on the floor of the Baltic sea near Flensburg, it was raised, overhauled at Howaldtswerke, Kiel, and commissioned as a research vessel in the Bundesmarine. It is at this time that it was named after Wilhelm Bauer, the designer of the first German U-boat Brandtaucher built in Kiel by August Howaldt in 1850.

It served in the Bundesmarine until 1980. In 1983 it was restored to its original World War II configuration and became a museum ship as part of the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven, Germany.]]>

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Camden Aquarium & Children's Garden
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-12-06 11:51:23
The Adventure Aquarium is a for-profit educational entertainment attraction operated on the Camden, New Jersey Delaware River waterfront by real estate developer Steiner + Associates. It opened on May 25, 2005 in its current form, featuring about eight thousand animals living in varied forms of semi-aquatic and oceanic habitats. Nearly two million gallons of water flow through the facility at any given moment.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/camden-aquarium-childrens-garden/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/camden-aquarium-childrens-garden/ Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:51:23 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/camden-aquarium-childrens-garden/ 39.94444000 -75.13133900 <![CDATA[Aquazoo & Lobbecke-Museum]]>

Aquazoo & Lobbecke-Museum
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@ 2006-12-03 17:29:27]]>

Aquazoo & Lobbecke-Museum
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-12-03 17:29:27]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/aquazoo-lobbecke-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/aquazoo-lobbecke-museum/ Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:29:27 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/aquazoo-lobbecke-museum/ 51.25637100 6.74961300 <![CDATA[Georgia Aquarium]]>

Georgia Aquarium
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By: Ozzy
@ 2006-11-25 21:56:02
The Georgia Aquarium is the largest aquarium in the world. A must see while in Atlanta.]]>

Georgia Aquarium
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By: Ozzy
@ 2006-11-25 21:56:02
The Georgia Aquarium is the largest aquarium in the world. A must see while in Atlanta.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/georgia-aquarium/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/georgia-aquarium/ Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:56:02 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/georgia-aquarium/ 33.76337100 -84.39517600 <![CDATA[Submarine USS Bowfin (SS-287) Museum and Park]]>

Submarine USS Bowfin (SS-287) Museum and Park

Submarine USS Bowfin (SS-287) Museum and Park
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-11-06 11:47:17
USS Bowfin (SS/AGSS-287), Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the bowfin, a fresh water fish of the eastern United States.

Bowfin was laid down by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard at Kittery, Maine on 23 July 1942; launched on 7 December 1942 by Mrs. Jane Gawne, wife of Captain James O. Gawne.; and commissioned on 1 May 1943, Commander Joseph H. Willingham in command.

Bowfin departed New London, Conn., 1 July 1943 and arrived at Brisbane, Australia 10 August 1943. Between 16 August 1943 and 4 July 1945 she completed nine war patrols operating from the Netherlands East Indies to the Sea of Japan and the waters south of Hokkaido. Bowfin sank 15 merchantmen and one frigate for a total of 68,032 tons. She also shared credit with Aspro (SS-309) for a 4,500-ton merchantman.

Bowfin sunk Tsushima Maru, an evacuation ship for schoolchildren, on her way from Okinawa to Kagoshima on August 21, 1944 . 1,484 civilians including 767 schoolchildren were killed.

Leaving Pearl Harbor 29 August 1945 Bowfin sailed to the east coast, arriving at Tompkinsville, N.Y., 21 September. She operated with the Atlantic Fleet until placed out of commission in reserve at New London, Conn., 12 February 1947.

Bowfin was decommissioned on 12 February 1947 and placed in reserve at New London in Connecticut, until recommissioned on 27 July 1951. She was decommissioned again on 22 April 1954 and placed in reserve at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. She was recommissioned on 10 January 1960 and served as a pierside trainer at Seattle, Washington. She was redesignated an Auxiliary Research Submarine, AGSS-287, in 1962.

On 1 December 1971, Bowfin was decommissioned for the final time and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. She is preserved as a memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Bowfin was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for her 2nd offensive war patrol and the Navy Unit Commendation for her 6th offensive war patrol and eight battle stars for her World War II. In addition, she was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1986.]]>

Marineland
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-10-06 23:57:35
Marineland of Florida ("Marineland"), one of Florida's first theme parks, is billed as "the world's first oceanarium". Marineland functions as a research and education institution, and re-opened to the public on March 4, 2006 (charging the original 1938 admission price of one dollar).]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/marineland-2/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/marineland-2/ Fri, 06 Oct 2006 23:57:35 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/marineland-2/ 29.66930000 -81.21299200 <![CDATA[USS Midway (San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum)]]>

USS Midway (San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum)

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USS Midway (San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum)
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@ 2006-09-13 15:57:04]]>

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USS Midway (San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-09-13 15:57:04]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/uss-midway-san-diego-aircraft-carrier-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/uss-midway-san-diego-aircraft-carrier-museum/ Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:57:04 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/uss-midway-san-diego-aircraft-carrier-museum/ 32.71438400 -117.17461800 <![CDATA[Steam Tug Portwey]]>

Steam Tug Portwey
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-08-19 21:57:32
Constructed at Harland & Wolff in Govan and launched in 1927. It served coaling companies in the South West with a period on war service in 1942-6. It worked until 1967 when it was saved from scrap. Since 1982 it has been owned by a trust and based in London. Money from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the efforts of dedicated volunteers has enabled major repairs to be undertaken.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/steam-tug-portwey/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/steam-tug-portwey/ Sat, 19 Aug 2006 21:57:32 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/steam-tug-portwey/ 51.50681800 -0.02175300 <![CDATA[SS Robin - Oldest complete steam coaster]]>

SS Robin - Oldest complete steam coaster

SS Robin - Oldest complete steam coaster
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-08-19 21:53:28
SS Robin is the oldest complete steam coaster (a class of steamship that is only licensed for passage in coastal waters) in the world. Moored on the River Thames in England, it has recently opened as a photographic gallery (June 2004).]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/ss-robin-oldest-complete-steam-coaster/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/ss-robin-oldest-complete-steam-coaster/ Sat, 19 Aug 2006 21:53:28 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/ss-robin-oldest-complete-steam-coaster/ 51.50679900 -0.02112500 <![CDATA[Destroyer USS Edson]]>

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Destroyer USS Edson
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-08-19 14:11:37
USS Edson (DD-946) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Colonel Merritt “Red Mike” Edson USMC (1897–1955), who was awarded the Medal of Honor while serving as Commanding Officer of the First Marine Raider Battalion.

Edson was launched 4 January 1958 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. M. A. Edson; and commissioned 7 November 1958, Commander Thomas J. Moriarty in command.

Edson called at Ciudad Trujillo and Caribbean ports while conducting shakedown training en route to Callao, Peru, where she lay from 18 to 21 February 1959 delivering supplies for the U.S. Embassy in Lima. She reached Long Beach, California, her home port, 2 March, and through the remainder of the year perfected her readiness with exercises along the west coast. On 5 January 1960 she sailed from Long Beach for her first deployment in the Far East, during which she patrolled in the Taiwan Straits and took part in amphibious operations off Okinawa, and exercises of various types off Japan. On 29 April, she rescued three aviators from Ranger (CVA-61). Edson returned to Long Beach 31 May for an overhaul which continued through October. Edson spent the remainder of 1960 conducting training off San Diego.

Edson served as plane guard for carriers on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf, participated in Sea Dragon operations, patrolled on search and rescue duties and carried out Naval Gunfire Support missions during the conflict in Vietnam.

The Edson served as a museum ship at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City from 30 June 1989 to 2004 when it was replaced by a Concorde airliner. The Wisconsin Naval Ship Association is currently searching for a berth for the Edson to reinstate it as a museum ship in that state.]]>

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Ghost Ship at NY Maritime Academy
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By: Gosell
@ 2006-07-14 21:35:29
Training ship Empire State VI seen as ghost image offset from normal dock location]]>

Ghost Ship at NY Maritime Academy
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By: Gosell
@ 2006-07-14 21:35:29
Training ship Empire State VI seen as ghost image offset from normal dock location]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/ghost-ship-at-ny-maritime-academy/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/ghost-ship-at-ny-maritime-academy/ Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:35:29 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/ghost-ship-at-ny-maritime-academy/ 40.80476300 -73.79541800 <![CDATA[Rhodes Aquarium]]>

Rhodes Aquarium
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By: DonMartini
@ 2006-06-27 08:56:27
The building of the Hydrobiological Station of Rhodos was built during the period 1934-36. In 1937, under Italian rule, it operated as the Reale Istituto di Ricerce Biologiche di Rodi, until 1945, when, after the union of the Dodecanese with Greece, it was renamed "Hellenic Hydrobiological Institute" and operated under the supervision of the Academy of Athens. Today, the Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes operates as a Museum and Aquarium as well as a research centre,and belongs to the National Centre of Marine Research. The aim of the Hydrobiological Station of Rhodesis the preservation and display of embalmed and living creatures of the Mediterranean sea.]]>

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Cabrillo Marine Aquarium by Frank Gehry
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@ 2006-05-20 15:39:58]]>

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Cabrillo Marine Aquarium by Frank Gehry
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-05-20 15:39:58]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/cabrillo-marine-aquarium-by-frank-gehry/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/cabrillo-marine-aquarium-by-frank-gehry/ Sat, 20 May 2006 15:39:58 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/cabrillo-marine-aquarium-by-frank-gehry/ 33.71147200 -118.28554400 <![CDATA[Laboe Naval Memorial]]>

Laboe Naval Memorial
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2006-05-13 09:47:31
Completed in 1936, Laboe Naval Memorial (Das Marine-Ehrenmal) originally memorialized the World War I war dead of the Imperial German Navy. Since the end of World War II, however, it commemorates sailors of all nationalities who died during the World Wars. The monument consists of an 85 metre high tower resembling the stem of a viking ship, a hall of remembrance and an observation deck. German WW2 submarine U-995 is preserved at the foot of the monument.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/laboe-naval-memorial/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/laboe-naval-memorial/ Sat, 13 May 2006 09:47:31 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/laboe-naval-memorial/ 54.41185600 10.23114700 <![CDATA[Lietuvos Jūrų Muziejus (Lithuanian Sea Museum)]]>

Lietuvos Jūrų Muziejus (Lithuanian Sea Museum)
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By: romulusnr
@ 2006-05-11 20:12:16]]>

Lietuvos Jūrų Muziejus (Lithuanian Sea Museum)
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By: romulusnr
@ 2006-05-11 20:12:16]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lietuvos-j-r-muziejus-lithuanian-sea-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lietuvos-j-r-muziejus-lithuanian-sea-museum/ Thu, 11 May 2006 20:12:16 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/lietuvos-j-r-muziejus-lithuanian-sea-museum/ 55.71682600 21.09975800 <![CDATA[Museu Marítim]]>

Museu Marítim
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By: DonMartini
@ 2006-05-10 03:23:54
The Museu Marítim is located in the old shipwharfs of Barcelona, which are part of the rich naval history of Spain. It's a marvellous building and the only well preserved specimen of this typical type of mediterranean structure.

The main subject in the museum is of course the naval history of Barcelona itself but there are also exhibitions of art that have something to do with the sea. Also there's a planetarium.
]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/museu-mar-tim/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/museu-mar-tim/ Wed, 10 May 2006 03:23:54 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/museu-mar-tim/ 41.37535500 2.17610300 <![CDATA[Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie]]>

Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie

Musée national des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-05-05 00:21:25
In a monument built for the colonial exhibition of 1931, the museum presents collections of African (including from North Africa) and Oceanic art. Temporary exhibitions reflect a will to open up the contemporary world. Tropical aquarium.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mus-e-national-des-arts-dafrique-et-doc-anie/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mus-e-national-des-arts-dafrique-et-doc-anie/ Fri, 05 May 2006 00:21:25 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mus-e-national-des-arts-dafrique-et-doc-anie/ 48.83526300 2.40950900 <![CDATA[USACOE Dredge / Riverboat William M. Black]]>

USACOE Dredge / Riverboat William M. Black

USACOE Dredge / Riverboat William M. Black
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-04-30 11:33:03
The dredge William M. Black is one of a handful of steam-powered side-wheelers in the U.S. and one of only four surviving unmodified historic U.S. Army Corps of Engineers river dredges. She was used to complete the navigable channel on the Missouri River, making it possible to use the river for shipping wartime supplies during World War II. She moved large amounts of sediment using streams of water and an enormous suction pump. She is called a dustpan dredge because the shape of the suction head is similar to a common dustpan.

Decommissioned in 1973, after 37 years of service on the Missouri River, William M. Black interprets the history and development of the western rivers and the role of the Corps of Engineers. Audio tapes recreate the lives of the officers and crew. Youth group overnight encampments are planned for the near future.

USACOE Dredge William M. Black is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a National Historic Landmark. ]]>

HMS Alliance
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2006-04-04 08:16:43
A-class Submarine HMS Alliance (P417) at the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport. She was laid down 13. March 1945, launched 26. July 1945 and commissioned May 1947. She has been on permanent display in Gosport since 1979.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hms-alliance/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hms-alliance/ Tue, 04 Apr 2006 08:16:43 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hms-alliance/ 50.78845400 -1.11963700 <![CDATA[Yamato Museum]]>

Yamato Museum
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2006-03-17 13:37:53
Maritime museum in Kure harbour on the site where battleship Yamato was built. Museum opened in April 2005 and it looks still unfinished on the map.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/yamato-museum/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/yamato-museum/ Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:37:53 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/yamato-museum/ 34.24089000 132.55601400 <![CDATA[St. Petersburg Pier and the Pier Aquarium]]>

St. Petersburg Pier and the Pier Aquarium
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@ 2006-03-16 20:46:56]]>

St. Petersburg Pier and the Pier Aquarium
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@ 2006-03-16 20:46:56]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/st-petersburg-pier-and-the-pier-aquarium/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/st-petersburg-pier-and-the-pier-aquarium/ Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:46:56 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/st-petersburg-pier-and-the-pier-aquarium/ 27.77356900 -82.62224600 <![CDATA[Florida Aquarium]]>

Florida Aquarium
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-03-16 20:24:36]]>

Florida Aquarium
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@ 2006-03-16 20:24:36]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/florida-aquarium/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/florida-aquarium/ Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:24:36 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/florida-aquarium/ 27.94414200 -82.44479100 <![CDATA[HMAS Vampire, HMAS Onslow & other historic ships]]>

HMAS Vampire, HMAS Onslow & other historic ships
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2006-03-14 07:59:24
HMAS Vampire, HMAS Onslow & other historic ships at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney.

HMAS Vampire is a Daring class destroyer built at the Cockatoo Island Dockyard, Sydney. She was launched in 1956 and commissioned in 1959. She converted to training ship in 1980 and decommissioned in 1986.

Oxley class submarine HMAS Onslow was built at Scotts Shipbuilding, Greenock, Scotland. She was laid down in May 1967, launched in August 1968 and completed in December 1968. She served until the late 1990s and is still in almost full operational condition.

The sailing ship is probably the sailing replica of James Cook's Endeavour, more info here:
http://www.anmm.gov.au/endeavour_voyages.htm
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Maillé-Brézé
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2006-03-13 11:27:10
French destroyer of the Surcouf class preserved at Nantes. She was laid down at Arsenal de Lorient October 1953, launched 2, July 1955 and completed in May 1957. She was decommissioned in 1988 and has been a museum ship in Nantes since then.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/maill-br-z/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/maill-br-z/ Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:27:10 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/maill-br-z/ 47.20632200 -1.57233800