Read the intro to The Fyddeye Guide to America’s Maritime Museums
History museums serve a peculiar function. … More Read the intro to The Fyddeye Guide to America’s Maritime Museums
History museums serve a peculiar function. … More Read the intro to The Fyddeye Guide to America’s Maritime Museums
Check out the special introductory pricing on the newest volume in The Fyddeye Guide series. … More Published: The Fyddeye Guide to America’s Veteran Warships
On September 13, I’ll release The Fyddeye Guide to America’s Maritime Museums. … More Books: New travel guide for Maritime Museums, cover reveal, ARC
The news I dreaded for years arrived this week. The 1935 Kalakala, the only art-deco ferry ever built, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is headed for the breakers. Its death was slow, painful, and probably inevitable. It’s passing should not be a surprise. I listed it as endangered in 2011 and 2012 … More Why is it so hard to save our maritime heritage?
Northwest Seaport Maritime Heritage Center in Seattle is in the midst of building a new and historically accurate upper deck on the lightship Swiftsure, which is a National Historic Landmark. Nautical archaeologists have generate blueprints by documenting existing structures on the lightship’s upper deck. They have spent hours removing artifacts, such as the ship’s wheel, … More Restoration Work on Lightship Swiftsure
Preservationists in Hawaii have lost a battle to save Kula Kai, the last wooden fishing sampan in the state. The 80-foot vessel, launched in 1949, was a locally designed and constructed fishing vessel that was the backbone of the state’s aku fishing fleet. Sampans caught tuna for canneries and fresh fish for local consumption. The … More Historic Hawaii Boat Broken Up
Norfolk, Va. — An inspection by volunteers from the U.S. Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) found a number of “manageable surprises” during a recent visit to the USS Wisconsin, a World War II-era battleship under the care of the Nauticus museum. “The best thing about the results was there were no big surprises, … More Navy Inspection of USS Wisconsin