MUSEUM NEWS museum president Charles Sanderson also notes that we had incorrectly reported her length: she's 170 ' from jibboom end to spanker boom, 125' on deck. HMS Rose, c/ o Sanderson, 93 Main St., Kingston MA 02364. Suffolk Marine Museum's Modesty, last sloop built for the shellfish trade on Long Island' s South Shore, has been reconstructed and was launched in Great South Bay June 21. Built by Wood and Shute, Greenport NY, in 1923, she ended up as a dockside decoration in Connecticut, where the Museum found her in 1974. In 1977 the Museum began to make repairs to the sloop, but decided that a complete rebuilding would make most sense. The reborn Modesty will join the sloop Priscilla (1883) as a floating Museum emissary , and will also try her hand at oysterin g under sail. Museum, West Sayville NY 11796.
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Moshulu 's history is her service in World War II. After unloading her last ocean-going cargo at Christiansand, Norway in January 1940, she was towed to Kirkeness. There she became a floating depot for mines and depth charges.
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On the left, sailor works on a depth charge in one of the ship' s four hatchways. On the right , another crewman stands near the stern , with a rack for capstan bars on hi s left. Such photographs are useful in restoration of the ship. These are from Karl Hand s, now of E lmhu rst NY, who served aboard in thi s period. Moshulu, Chestnut Mall, Penn' s Landing, Philadelphia PA 19106.
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