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ing to raise $100,000 to gain a $500,000 federal grant for the purchase of the structure adjacent to the mooring site of the triple expansion engine, 1931-built, former Ann Arborcarferry. (SPCM, PO Box 265, Honor MI 49640) The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum is working towards its goal of turning the decommissioned USS Guadalcanal into a museum and heliport in New York. They are now in the process of getting clearances from the FAA. (Intrepid, West 46th Street and 12th Ave. , New York NY 10036; 212 245-2533) Museum News It took an emergency grant of $120,000 from the City of Baltimore to keep the Baltimore Maritime Museum open over the winter months. A dramatic slip in attendance over the last 5 years severely affected revenues, and the museum was faced with closing the site for two or three months, a financially and operationally costly action.The museum manages the historic vessels USS Torsk , Coast Guard cutter Taney and lightship Chesapeake. The city and the museum are developing a long-range plan that might include an annual operating subsidy. (BMM, Pier 3, Pratt Street, Baltimore MD 21202) The Philadelphia Maritime Museum is beginning their move toa newly renovated faci lity on the Delaware River waterfront. A July opening is planned. In conjunction with the move, the organization is changing its name to the Independence Seaport Museum to reflect a new identity and a new approach to exhibits. (Independence Seaport Museum, Penn 's Landing, 211 S. Colum-
bus Boulevard at Walnut, Philadelphia PA 19106-1415; 215 925-5439) The Maritime & Yachting Museum of Jensen Beach, Florida, finally has a home in a beautiful circular building overlooking the Indian River Lagoon. The Museum is already focused on the restoration of the Concordia circumnavigator Prospector. (MYM, 9801 S. Ocean Drive, Jensen Beach FL 34957; 407 229-1025) The Jacksonville Maritime Museum Society, Inc., chartered in 1985, is establishing itself as a maritime history and technology museum on the Jacksonville, Florida, waterfront with two exhibit sites interpreting the maritime heritage of Florida 's "First Coast." The museum owns the 1982 replica of the Revolutionary War privateer Rattlesnake, donated in 1990, and they are forging ahead with plans to develop programs on board. Before programs commence, the vessel requires, among other things , certification as a sub-chapter C or T vessel , examination and repair of engines and steering mechanism , and Florida registration. A campaign to raise $85 ,000 tocoverthesecosts is underway. (JMMS , 1015 Museum Circle, Unit 2, Jacksonville FL 32207; 904 398-90 11 ) Maritime researchers can rejoice at the opening of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's new library. All of the museum 's books , photographs, ship plans, charts, oral histories and periodicals are now in one location, a newly restored building at JOO North Street, which also houses the Center for Education and Research. (CBMM, Navy Point, PO Box 636, St. Michaels MD 21663; 410 745-2916) SlEA HISTORY 73, SPRING 1995