& 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. <ii <ii <ii
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On Sunday, September I , a Franco-A merican ex pediti on led by Dr. Robert D. Ballard of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute located and photographed the Titanic 530 miles from Newfoundland, at a depth of 4,000m . The incomparable feat was achieved with the use of the USN-built Argo, a deepsea imaging dev ice, and the Sar, a French sidescanning sonar. Photographs released by the expedition show extensive damage to the stem , artifacts strewn around the hull , including w ine bottles and table wear, as well as hauntingly viv id pictures of the hull and superstructure. The di scovery has thrown new light on the events surrounding the di saster, and inev itably, has generated debate over the rights of salvage. Against the proposals of some to raise the Titanic, the di scoverers want the liner to remain in peace-a memorial to the victims of the worst peacetime maritime disaster. May 18 saw the opening of the Hull Lifesaving Museum in the Point Allerton Life Saving Station (Box 22 l , l 11 7 Nantasket Ave., Hull MA 02045). This is the first museum in the U.S. devoted to lifesaving. The inaugural exhibition commemorates the 200th anni versary of the Massachusetts Humane Society-forerunner of the Coast Guard . Gov. James Blanchard proc laimed May 4 " Lake Michigan Maritime Museum Day, " in honor of the opening of the Museum Center. Emphas izing the devel opment of
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THE "URGER"- The famili ar la ndmark N .Y. State Tugboat in th e Uppe r Huds o n Ri ver/ Erie C anal area was painted b y noted m aritime artist TONY J. CAPONE. A limited edition of 500 prints signed and numbered by th e artist are available at $100 . eac h . Prints are 20 " x 2 7" o n mu se um qualit y acid fre e pa pe r. A trul y fine additi o n to a n y collectio n . LIBERTY ART PRINTS
To Li be rt y Ar r Prints 555 Summer Stree t Sta mford, CT 0690 1 203 / 327 1566
. se nd me p rints of the · Please U RGER by Tony J. Capone. : Price per print plus $ 5. shi pping-$ 10 5. · · Tota l enclosed _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Add res s - - - - - - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Zip _ _ __
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