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Journal of the North Atlantic Underwater World The Northeast's bimonthly underwater news magazine, since 1978. Produced and written by the divers of the New England, Middle Atlantic and Great Lakes states; intended for all who are intereste~ in matters aquatic-
• shipwrecks • environmental concerns • maritime history • artifacts • archaeology • fauna Quarterly magazine-$4.00 per year.
Baltimore's Harborplace, on the Inner Ha rbor waterfront, opened in July and is doing a land-office business. Sponsored by the Rou se Corporation, developers of Quincy Ma rket in Boston and prospective developers of South Street Seaport in New York (SH 15:51), the center includes an extensive collection of marine paintings by Melbourne Smith in its Black Pea rl Tavern. The new ly formed Wilmington Steamboat Foundation is working to develop a museum of Delaware steamboating and also to rai se and restore the State of Pennsylvania, built at Wilmington in 1923 for the Wil son Line, and one of our las t surviving coastal passenger stea mers. Foundation, 71 Central Ave., Demares t, NJ 07627. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has opened a major exhibit in the newly constructed Chesapeake Bay Building, covering the Bay from its geological beginnings through European discovery and settlement, early trade, the fishing and oystering industry and the Bay today . In this exhibit you'll also encounter a reconstructed bulwark section of the letter-ofmarque merchantman Lynx, designed by volunteer John Lord from Admiralty plans made after her capture, from the Smithsonian
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Institution . "If you want to experience the flavor and feel of 1818 ... put your hand on the brown cap rail , look at the black and yellow banding of the hull, sniff the smell of oakum, and let your mind drift," says Museum Director R.J . Holt. Mu seum, St. Michaels MD 21663.
'Drake Versus Ranger' by Wm.Gilkerson l)epicts the opening guns of the first evenly matched ship-to-ship engagement of the American Revolution . Capt. Jones can be seen just abaft the Ranger's mizzen shrouds. A limited edition of200 collector's prints is offered for sale to benefit the work of the N.M. H.S. These fine reproductions were printed in five inks on 10007o linen paper under the supervision of the artist. Each print is numbered, signed and color highlighted by the artist. Image size is 11 "x 17 ", price per copy is $48 .
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The Mariners Museum has added something new - a 26' hydrofoil. Sailed in the Great Lakes and as far west as Lake Tahoe, the boat has been clocked at 35 mph in a 15 mph wind. Mariners Museum , Newport News VA 23606.
WEST COAST Oeanic Independence will revive the dormant US flag passenger trade when she begins cruising from Honolulu thi s summer. The ship can accommodate up to 750 passengers making her the first true passenger ship to fl y the American flag in more than a decade. The crew are being trained at the Seafarers International Union's Harry Lundeberg School in Piney Point, MD. Owned by Cove Ship Management, she carries a crew of up to 250.
SEA HISTORY, FALL 1980