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Battleship North Carolina Wilmington, North Carolina
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Historically, and until most recently, the most capable class of major combatants, or... |
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Bayshore Discovery Project Port Norris, New Jersey
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The 115' A.J. Meerwald is an authentically restored 1928 Delaware Bay oyster schooner and... |
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Buffalo And Erie County Naval And Military Park Buffalo, New York
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Besides viewing exhibits and ships, creative use of the park has spanned an incredibly... |
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Destroyer Escort Historical Museum: Uss Slater Albany, New York
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Moored on the Hudson River in Albany, New York, the USS Slater has undergone an extensive... |
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Great Lakes Naval Memorial And Museum Muskegon, Michigan
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Great Lakes Naval Memorial and Museum invites visitors to step back into time aboard two... |
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Historic Ships In Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland
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In cooperation with the USS Constellation Museum, the Maritime Museum operates four... |
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Independence Seaport Museum Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Visitors can explore the science, history and art of boats and boat building at the... |
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Lci (l) 713 Vancouver, Washington
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The LCI (L) 713 was originally built at the Lawley Shipyards in Neponset, Massachusetts... |
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National Civil War Naval Museum Columbus, Georgia
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Located in Columbus, Georgia, the National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus is the... |
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New Jersey Naval Museum Hackensack, New Jersey
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The exhibits and artifacts in the museum cover a wide range of naval history both within... |
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Pbr Mark Ii Vallejo, California
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The Patrol Boat, River vessels were manufactured during the Vietnam War for the purpose... |
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Pt 658 Portland, Oregon
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PT658 was built at the Higgins Industries Boatworks in New Orleans. The keel was laid... |
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Ptf 26 Liberty Sacramento, California
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Liberty, PTF-26, is the last of the Vietnam-Conflict "Fast Patrol Boats". The... |
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SS Red Oak Victory Richmond, California
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The ship has functioned as both a military and civilian vessel and its service record... |
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Steamship Historical Society of America East Providence, Rhode Island
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THE STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA was established in 1935 as a means of... |
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Submerged Heritage Preserve Program Lake George, New York
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Marked by buoys and open to divers are seven of the 900 bateaux used during the British... |
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U.S.S. Kidd Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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This extremely rare example of an American World War II Fletcher class destroyer is... |
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Uss Alabama Battleship Mobile, Alabama
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Displacing more than 44,500 tons, the USS ALABAMA measures 680 feet from stem to stern,... |
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USS Arizona Memorial Honolulu, Hawaii
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The Memorial commemorates the site where World War II began for the United States and is... |
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USS Barry Washington, District Of Columbia
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The Navy ship formed part of the quarantine of Cuba during the 1962 Missile Crisis. A... |
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Uss Blueback Portland, Oregon
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The USS Blueback, which features such postwar technological design innovations as the... |
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USS Constellation Museum Baltimore, Maryland
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The last all sail ship built by the U.S. Navy, and the last Civil War-era vessel still... |
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USS Constitution Charlestown, Massachusetts
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Nicknamed "Old Ironsides," the oldest warship still in commission first launched in 1797.... |
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Uss Lexington Corpus Christi, Texas
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During the 1980's the U.S. Navy came to realize that keeping in service its last... |
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Uss Lucid Rio Vista, California
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The second Lucid (AM-458) was laid down by Higgins Inc. Shipyard, New Orleans, La., 16... |
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USS Missouri Honolulu, Hawaii
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Residing today just outside of Hawaii's Pearl Harbor, this Iowa-class battleship was the... |
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USS Nautilus Groton, Connecticut
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Launched in 1954, the USS Nautilus was the first nuclear-powered submarine ever... |
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Uss Turner Joy Bremerton, Washington
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The USS Turner Joy (DD-951), famed Navy destroyer from the Vietnam War, is now maintained... |
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USS Wisconsin Norfolk, Virginia
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This Iowa-class battleship was launched in late 1943 and went on to serve in multiple... |
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Wisonsin Maritime Museum Manitowoc, Wisconsin
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Founded in 1970 as the Manitowoc Submarine Memorial Association, the Wisconsin Maritime... |
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“Save America’s Treasures” has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington’s tent.
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65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
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Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
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40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
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“There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country,” John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
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The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
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The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.