SHIPNOTES, SEAPORT & MUSEUM NEWS Canadian Naval Heritage Foundation is raising fund s to save HMCS Fraser, the recentl y decommi ssioned 40-yearold St. Laurent class destroyer (C NHF, 1201 Cedar Street, Oshawa ONT LIJ 7M2; 905 576-0438) ... the Coast G uard has apparentl y decided not to g ive up the Massachusetts Eastern Point Lig hthouse to the Lighthouse Preserva ti o n Soc iety ... thought lost to the boneyard in January, the 1930 Boston tug Luna is being ke pt afl oat with a temporary hull repair while the Luna Preservati on Soc iety looks fo r a shore-based site fo r fu ture repairs (Patrick Otton , LPS, 56 Dearbo rn Street, West Newton M A 02 165; 6 17 244-276 1) ... the New Bedfo rd (Massachusetts) O ffice of To uri sm intends to restore the historic lightship LV-114 and hopes to sec ure grants and identify a preservation group willing to im ple me nt the restorati on and interpretati on of the ship ... the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich , London , has opened a new " Nelson Gallery" to commemorate the 200th anni ve rsaries of several of the great battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic W ars the Battl e of Cape St. Vincent ( l 797), the Battle of the Nile ( 1798) and Trafalgar ( I 805 )(NMM , Green wich London SE IO 9NF UK) . . . the John A lde n des ig n 72foo t staysail schooner Bagheera is the fo urth member of the Na uti cal Heritage Soc iety ' s fl eet and will be used fo r educati on and envi ronmenta l program s in Califo rni a (N HS, 245 32 Del Prado, D ana Point, CA 92629; 1-800-4 32-220 I ) .. . the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum cele brates its thi rtieth yea r w ith an
The Nati onal Trust fo r Hi storic Preservation will hold its 49th National Preservati on Conference in Fort W orth , Texas , 11 - 15 October 1995. Over 60 educati on sess ions and mobile wo rks hops w ill explore the hi story and strategies of hi storic preservati on. To receive a pre limi nary program and registration and ho te l materi al, ca ll 1-800-944-6847. SEA HI STORY 74, SU MME R 1995
ex panded calenda r of events, a special anni ve rsary ex hibit and ne w restorati on proj ects (C BMM , PO Box 636, St. Michaels MD 2 1663; 30 I 745-29 16) ... before sailing fo r Florida last December, the 1960-built replica Bounty spent seven weeks in drydock fo r new bottom planks and will be jo ining a host of other sailing vessels in the Maritime Provinces thi s summer (Tall S hip Bo unty Foundation , Inc., PO Box 990, Fall Ri ve r MA 02722; 508 673-3886) ... the SS U nited States Preser vation Society reports that although the bi g liner is bac k in Istanbul after having her interi or accommodations stripped dow n to the bulkheads and her hull cleaned and painted , her future is still uncertain as hero wners have been unsuccessful in the ir search fo r fundin g (SS US PS, I 0 104 Earthstone Court, Raleigh NC 276 15; 9 19 848-6642).
•••••••••••••••••••• CALENDAR Festivals, Events, Lectures, Etc. • 5-6 August, Fifth Annual New York Ship and Boat Model Festival (So uth Street Seaport Museum , 207 Front Street, New York NY I 0038; 2 12 748-8600, fax: 2 12 748-86 10) • 5- 6 August, Mayor 's Cup Schooner Race, Port Townsend Bay WA (Wooden Boat Foundation, Cupola House, #2 Point Hudson, Port Townsend WA 98368) • 17-20 August, Old Boats, Old Friends in Racine, traditional watercraft and model show (OBOFR , PO Box 08 1400, Rac ine WI 53408- 1400; 4 14 634-235 1, fax: 414 634-2609) • 19-20 August, 4th Annual Antique Marine Engine Exposition (Mystic Seaport Museum , PO Box 6000, MysticCT 0635 50990; 203 572-53 17) • 22-27 August, United States Submarine Veterans Convention ' 95 in Manitowoc WI. Contact Owen Willi ams, PO Box 37, Fish Creek WI 542 12; 4 14 868-262 l. • 25-27 August, Festi val of the Sea 1995 (San Francisco Maritime National Hi stori cal Park , Building E, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco CA 941 23 ; 41 5 556-1 659) • 1-3 September, 18th Annual Victoria Real Estate Boa rd C lassic Boat Festival , Inner Harbour, Victoria BC (V REBCBF, 3035 Nanaimo Street, Victoria BC V8T 4W2 Canada; 604 385-7766) • 8- 10 September, 19th Annual Port T ownsend (W A) Wooden Boat Festival (Wooden Boat Foun da tio n, #2 Po int Hudson, Port Townsend WA 98368) • I 0 September, Tall Ships & Sea Shan ties (Hud son Ri ve r Maritime Mu seum , One Rondo ut Land in g, Kin gston NY
1240 1; 9 14 338-007 1) • 13- 17 September, 6th Annual Reunion of the Nationa l Association of Fleet Tug Sailors, Inc. in Pensacola FL (George Kingston, 16 11 Woodbridge Circle, East, Foley AL 36535-2267; 205 943-7823) • 16- 17 September, T raditional Boat Race Festi val (Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum , PO Box 636, St. Michaels MD 2 1663; 4 10 745-29 16)
Conferences • 27 August, " Ports, Port Cities a nd Maritime Communities," Conference for the Intern ati onal Commi ss ion fo r Maritime Hi story (Pro f. Lewis Fischer, ICM H Organi zer, Maritime Studies Research Unit, Memori al Uni versity of Newfo und land , St. , Jo hn 's, NFLD, Canada A IC 5S7; 709 737-8424. • 2- 6 October, Internationa l Conference on Historic Canals a nd the Southern Canal C onference, Augusta GA (Augusta Canal Authority, 706 733-2635) • 4-7 October, Annua l Meeting of the Historic Naval Ships Association, Baton Rouge LA (HNSA , 4640 Hoylake Dri ve, Virgini a Beach VA 23462; 804 499-69 19 (A M) or 804 425- 166 1 (PM)) • 14- 15 October, 20th Annual Wha ling Histor y Symposium (The Kendall Whaling Museum , POBox 297, Sharon MA 02067; 6 17 784-5642) • 18- 2 1 October, Annual Confer ence on Sail Training and T all Ships in Norfo lk VA (A merican Sai l Train ing Assoc iation, PO Box 1459, Newport RI 02840; 40 I 846- 1775 , fax: 40 1 849-5400) • 19-2 1 October, "U rba n Waterfronts 13-The C ha llenge of C hange," Portland OR, Annual Confe rence of the Waterfront Center, l 536 44th Street, NW, Washington DC 20007; 202 337-0356, FAX: 202 635- 1654.
Exhibitions • 30 March- 3 1 December, " . . . a work which is itself magnificent . . .": The Story of the Farmington Cana l (New Haven Historical Society, 11 4 Whi tney Ave., New Haven CT 065 l O; 203 526-4 183) • 7 April- 14 Ja nuary 1996 , The Evolution of Ma rin e Pa inting 1800-1940 (Maine Mari time Museum , 203 Was hington St. , Bath ME 04530; 207 443- 13 16) • from 5 May, Continuity, Conflict and C hange: The Hudson's Bay Compa ny on the Northwest Coast ( 1824- 186 1) (Vancouve r Ma ri time M useum, 1905 Ogden Avenue, Vancouver BC V6J IA3 Canada; 604 736-443 l) • l 0 August- 15 Ja nuary 1996, T reasures from The Ma riners' Museum (The Mariners' Museum , 100 Museum Dr., Newport News VA 23606-3759; 804 595-0368) 41