& MUSEUM NEWS The ferry MIV Commander ( 19 17 , Beele Wallace Co ., Morehead City NC) is now registered in the National Register of Histo ric Places . A commemorati ve plaque states that she is "one of the last operating examples of a wooden passenger vessel, representing the transitional period from steam to motor power. " Commi ssioned for the Sheepshead Bay Boatlines, she was requisitioned by the Navy for service in New York Harbor. From 19 19 until 1981 she was in active service fo r the Boatlines, until her acqui sition by the Hudson Highland s Crui ses and Tours. (See " Directory," page 20. ) Arti facts from the Mary Rose (SH 23) are o n tour to fiv e outstandin g museums across the country through the next year. This humane collection features more than 200 of the best pieces from the ship , including the ship 's be ll , gold coins, weapons, table wear in pewter and wood , and personal effects. There is a replica of the surgeon's cabin and hi s medical chest and one is greeted by Madame Tussaud 's fi gure of Henry Ylll, whose spectacul ar ship thi s was . Currentl y on view at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Wade Oval, Uni versity Circle , Cleveland OH 44 l 06: 2 16/ 23 1-4600, through December 8, these treasures next travel to the Boston Museum of Science, Science Park, Boston MA 02 114: 6 171723-2501 , January 11 -March 9, 1986. We will post dates fo r the exhibitions at the Chi cago Museum of Science, Natura l Histo ry Museum of Los Ange les County, and the Loui siana Science Museu m in fo rthcoming iss ues. Great Lakes watercra ft, the museum sponsors seminars, maintains ex hibitions and ass ists projects rangi ng from underwater archaeology to co nservation . (LMMM , Box 534 , South Haven MI 49090: 6 16/637-8078 .) An organization has been formed in Waiuku, New Zealand , to preserve the ketch-rigged scow Jane Russell. Such scows were a common sight in Waiuku in the second half of the last century and the first quarter of our own. Their shallow draft made them ideal lighters on Manukau Harbor (south of Auckland) which is prone to heavy silting. (c/o Mr. R. Hitchen, 73 Sandpit Rd., Waiuku , NZ) . Archaeologists searching for the caissons of the " Great Bridge" on Lake Champlain ( 1777) have uncovered the remains of three ships. Two of the vessels, which date from the French and Indi an War, were built at Fort Ticonderoga by the British; the third is a French pri ze . Their di scovery constitutes a " most signifi cant record of colonial military ship constructi on," according to the Lake Champl ain Maritime Soc iety, which is conducting the recovery of arti fac ts at the site. Money for the project is bei ng raised by the Fort Ticonderoga Assoc iation , Box 390 , T iconderoga NY 12883 : 5 18/585-282 1. Jfow avculJ,ft in a ca[{'tjraphtt pru Y" cvl - - t (,,,~ ," "' ,,[[ dwre for tf" J97o - •f.tra~' of 51;,ps "llll\ w\'n.' (11pturei.\ ln Jid Sft.1\V '" SO><•\ [,,1 cc11 w1\' mora tu.Je ma~ Ge purcftasel> boulAe-11uitt.ll f fra""~· JMf for b.(; tH ab~ S/. sa(tS ~.!<) p&u hso for sfuppt1t5 t (U11tN"'ll· <::l~c bA1 jor t(., cd~ of ·&oth>><. 0Jf. tribute to tfw sovae~ns ~[ tfu sea San~y7{

Sea History 037 - Autumn 1985