MUSEUM NEWS Observatory of Columbia University. Logging 1,225,000 mi les, she was often away for yea rs o n end and helped change our understa nding of our world by co nfirming through ocean-noor ana lyses th e theory of co ntin ental drift. Launched as the schooner Hussar in Denmark for the Wall Street banker E.F. Hutto n in 1923 , a nd la ter owned by a shipping magnate Geo rge Yetlese n-who renamed her Verna in the 30s-she was salvaged from a Staten Island mud Oa t by Columbia in 1953, and subseq uently so rebuilt abovedecks that few wou ld guess her origi ns. Her 202' hull remains stout and serviceable, but she wi ll go for scrap unless another use is found. Col umbi a University, New York NY 10027. The Motorboat Historical Society, fo rm ed last fa ll , is pub lishing a member-written news letter. The goa l is to encourage the collecti on of materia l o n powerboat hi story in museums, li braries, a nd archives. David Eastman, Motorboat Historical Society, Box 1080, Durham NH 03824.
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The USS Norton Sound Association, a nonprofit group comprised of former and present crew members of the USS Norton Sound {AYN- I) will be holding it s tenth an nua l reuni on August 6-9, 1981. For in formation: PO Box 487, Po rt Hueneme, CA 9304 1.
EAST COAST The Maine Maritime Museum' s Annual Sympos ium o n Maritime History will be held May 8- 10. Schedu le and speakers a re not yet a nno un ced as we go to press, but by the time you read thi s it wi ll be high time to write to find out the lineup: Maine Marit ime Museum, 963 Washington St., Bath ME 04530. The Arctic research schooner Bowdoin was ha uled out at the Ma ine Maritime Museum's Percy & Small Sh ipyard October 25, 1980, to begin restoration work scheduled to last a year. Working together on this project are the Mu seum, Schooner Bowdoin Inter Isla nd Expeditions, and the Goudy & Stevens Shipya rd of East Boothbay, where the schooner was built in 192I . Trainees from the Goudy & Stevens Ya rd wi ll be playing a maj or role in the work, which has been assigned a $95,000 grant from the Maritime Heritage Fund via the Department of Int erio r and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Ea rthwatch , a no nprofit organ izati on which provides volunt eers to wort hy conservat io n projects, seek s recruits to j oin Dr. Dav id Swit zer of Plymouth Sta te Co llege a nd th e Institute of Naut ica l Archaeo logy in the excavation of the pri vateer Defence, sunk in the d isastoru s Penobscot Bay Exped iti on of 1779. Di ving and stud y groups wi ll work on the site on a shared-expense basis starting in Jul y. Earthwatc h, 10 Juni per Rd ., Belmont MA 02178. Pisca taqua Gundalow Project, a "grass roots" boatbuilding project, is searching fo r hackmatack (or white oak) knees and pine log "sweeps," (naturally curved timbers about 14' long with a 2' bend) to use in building the spoon SEA HI STO RY, SPRING 1981
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