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of sail , the Kruzenshtern , has it that the 320-ft sail training bark, buil t in 1926, has been laid up without prospect of a return to service any time soon. In the mid-Atlantic states, maritime museums have been caring for and adding to their collections this year. In July, th e Calvert Marine Museum ' s 1889 converted bugeye William B. Tennison returned to serv ice making cruises from the museum 's docks after extensive repairs. (CMM, PO Box 97, Solomons MD 20688) New to the North Carolina Maritime Museum 's vessel collection is an 1887 shad boat. The 28-ft Tom Dixon is one of four known ex isting shad boats constructed by boatbuilder George Washington Creef of Roanoke Island. (NCMM, 3 15 Front Street, Beaufo rt NC 2851 6). In the water at the C hesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, the 89-year-old 40-ft tug Delaware is nearing completion of an extensive restoration. (CBMM , Navy Point, PO Box 636, St. Michaels MD 2 1663) Underwater News The wreck of a well-known tran satlantic liner, the Collins Line paddle steamer Pacific , is reportedl y found off the coast of Anglesey, North Wales. The Pacific was one of fo ur paddle steamers owned by the Coll ins Line and built by William Brow n of New York in 1849. Thesalvor, Anglesey res ident Peter Day, pl anned to make recoveries from the wreck thi s past summer. As yet, no materi al ev idence has been presen ted to support the fin d. In the northern Aegean, the wreck of an ancient Greek cargo ship , laden with hund reds of amphoras once filled with wine, has been located off the island of Alonisos. The ship is thought to have sunk between 400 and 380 BC, and be lieved to have been 85-ft long and 35-ft wide. People The Mariners' Museum has named John B. Hightower, director of planning and development fo r the arts at the Uni versity of Vi rginia, as its new president and CEO . Hightower's considerable museum experience includes serving as executi ve director of The Mari time Center at Norwalk, Connecticut, fro m 1984 to 1989, as pres ident and d irector of the South Street Seaport Museum in New York City from 1977 to 1982, and as director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City from 1970 to 1972. (TMM , 100 Museum Dri ve, Newport News VA 236060-3759)
The recipient of thi s year 's National Rivers Hall of Fame Achievement A ward is Captain Clarke C. " Doc" Hawle y, mas te r of th e s tea mboa t Na tchez. The award was presented on 29 May in Dubuqu e, Iow a. Ha wl e y 's steamboating days began in 1951 as a ca lliope player and popcorn popper on the tramping excursion boat Avalon. INVENI PORTAM J. M ORAN USNR (RET.), ( 1897- 1993) Rear Admiral Edmond J. Moran, USNR (Ret.), died on 15 Jul y, 1993 at 96 years of age, at his home in New Canaan , Connecticut. He had spent some 69 years in the family firm of Moran Towing, founded by his Irish immigrant grandfather in 1860. Admiral Moran had worked in every position in the company's office, including president and chairman of the board. He retired from the company in 1984, turning over the chairmanship to hi s oldest son, Thomas E. Moran, the fourth generation of the famil y to run the company. He served in the US Navy Reserve in World Wars I and II and was appointed Rear Admiral in 1953 . During World War II he spent time in Washington with the W ar Shipping Admini stration in charge of small boat procurement. He is best known, however, for hi s work in planning the to wing of the manmade harbors of Mulberries and Gooseberries for the in vas ion of France in 1944. Hi s experience in the towing industry made him an effective leader in organi zing the multi-national tug and barge fl eet. For his part in the Normandy invasion he received the US Legion of Merit, and Frenc h and British decorations. R EA R ADMIRAL EDMOND
A no ted afic ionado of marine art and mari time history, Admiral Moran was a fo unding trustee of South Street Seaport Museum a nd was active in other maritime cultu ra l and educational projects. FRA CIS D UFFY
Valley Stream , New York SEA HISTORY 67 , A UTUMN 1993