SHIPNOTES, SEAPORT & MUSEUM NEWS North Carolina to Host National VJ Day Observance
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Freshly painted in her most stunning World War II camouflage scheme and properl y dressed with flags and bunting, the battleship North Carolina will be the setting for official VJ Day observances on 2 September. The North Carolina , BB-25 (19411960), a museum ship in Wilmington , North Caro- North Carolina pictured recently in her WWII camouflage_ lina, has been selected as a primary site for the Labor Day commemoration. In Bremerton, the Battleship Missouri, now part of the Navy ' s inactive fleet, site of the original surrender ceremony, will serve as the location of another commemorative ceremony. (Battleship North Carolina, Eagle Island, Wilmington NC 28402; 919 752-1829)
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the federal government 's successes in protecting the nation' s archaeological heritage, highlighting projects developed in response to the 1991 National Strategy for Federal Archaeo logy. The legi slation underpinning the federal archaeology program is also published in the issue, which is avai lable free from the National Park Service Archaeological Assistance Division, PO Box 37127 , Washington DC 20013-7127; 202 3434101 , FAX: 202 523-1547. In November 1994, the high winds and heavy surf of Hurricane Gordon delivered a large section of wooden sailing vessel to the shores of the Croatan section of Virginia Beach. When LifeSaving Museum of Virginia staff arrived to investigate, an intact 45-ft long section of bow from a turn-of-the-century schooner lay in the line of breakers. The Croatan wreck was promptly moved a quarter-mile to a secure site on
city property and the museum staff are now trying to identify it. The vessel has been initially determined to be of 400 to 700 tons displacement. (LSMV , PO Box 24, Virginia Beach VA 23458) Lighthouse News A rare sixth order lens has been added to the collection of the Shore Village Lighthouse Museum in Rockland , Maine. The 18-inch-high lens was manufactured by Henri LePaute of France. While the provenance of thi s particular lens is not known , Coast Guard hi storians believe only 17 of its type exi sted at Coast Guard lighthouses. Coast Guard Master Chief Jim Clark and Capt. John Fli nt restored the lens to a gem- like condition. (SVLM , 104 Limerock St., Rockland ME 04841 ) The Save Huntington ' s Lighthouse group has signed an $850,000 contact with General Restoration of New York
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The Fair J eanne has joined Canada's sail training fleet. The steel-hulled, 110-foot yacht, built in 1980, has been converted to provide sai l trai ning for yo uths ages 16-25 on Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence River and the Caribbean . Fair Jeanne was the private yacht of the late Capt. Thomas G. Fuller (RCN) , a Canadian war hero and real estate baron. It was Fuller' s wish that the ship be overhauled to accommodate 34 young trainees and professional crew. (Bytown Brigantine, 2700 Queensview Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K2B Th e well-found Fair Jeanne under full sail. 8H6 Canada; 613 596-6258) SEA HISTORY 74, SUMMER 1995