SHIP NOTES, SEAPORT & MUSEUM NEWS SPUN YARN The Colum bia River Maritime M useum celebrated its 40th anniversary in May 2002. The museum in Astoria, Oregon, was fo unded in 1962 by graphic artist and marine artifact collector Rolf Klep. T he ann iversary coincides with the christening of rhe newly expanded facility. A $6-million remodeling project increased exhibit
The Columbia River Maritime Museum
space by 16 percent, allowing the insrallarion of a hose of new exhibits featuring Coast Guard rescue missions on rhe treacherous Columbia River Bar, local salmo n fishing, and navigation of rhe Columbia. The museum also focuses on fur trade, exploration, local vessels, and naval history as well as rhe retired US Coast Guard Lightshi p Columbia. (CRMM, 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria OR 97103; 503 3252323; web sire: www.crmm.org) ... The Wisconsin M aritim e Museum recently installed the fully restored 67-ton triple expansion steam engine previously used aboard the 1911 carferry Chief Wawatam
The triple expansion steam engine from the carferry Chief Wawatam
as the first major exhibit in its $6.1-million renovation and expansion project. (WMM, 75 Mari rime Drive, Manitowoc WI 54220; 920 684-0218; web sire: www.wimaririme museum.org) ... The Iowa-class battleship New J ersey (BB 62) opened in October 2001 on rhe Camden, New Jersey,
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waterfro nt. "Big J" was built ar rhe Philadelphia Naval Shipyard and launched in 1942. T hro ugh World War II, rhe Ko rean War, the Vietnam War and rhe Beirut Crisis, she earned 19 battle stars, becoming the co untry's most deco rated battleship. O perated by the Ho me Port Alliance, rhe ship is rhe centerpiece of a waterfront development program that Camden hopes will be the impetus fo r the eco nomic revival of rhe impoverished city. O n Monday, 15 O ctober, more rhan 400 peo ple to ured the ship; rhe following Saturday approximately 1,000 visitors came aboard. (25 00 Bro adway, Bldg. Pl , PD # l 8, Camden NJ 08104; 856 966- 1652; e-mail: homeportaltiance@aol. co m; Battleship New Jersey M useum, 62 Bardeship Place, Camden NJ 081 03; 856 877-6262) . . . T he new twin sail training brigantines IrvingJohnson and Exy J ohnson, built by rhe Los Angeles Maritime Institute, were launched to great fanfare on 27 April, under rhe watchful eye of Exy Johnson. T he 110-foot, 128-ton state-of-the-art wooden vessels will set sail in late summer, enabling rhe LAMI to increase rhe number of yo urh participating in irs TopSail Program to more than 10,000 per year. Mayor
Launching day in LA (Photo: Hal Barstow)
James H ahn proclaimed rhe vessels and their crews "The Official Tall Ships and Mari rime Ambassadors of rhe City of Los Angeles." (LAMI, Berth 84, Foot of 6rh Street, San Pedro CA 9073 1; 3 10 8336055; web site: www. brigantines.com) ... T he Schooner Virginia Project, initiated with the goal of providing an educational and cultural link to the maritime heritage of the colony and rhe commonwealth of Virginia, is developing plans to build a replica of the 118-foot pilot schooner Virginia, which was owned and operated by the Virginia PilorAssociation from 1917 to 1926 and was rhe last sailing pilot schooner in use on the Chesapeake Bay. Pere (Contin ued on page 36)
TALL SHIPS C HALLENGE 2 002
Tall Ships Challenge 2002 is raki ng place on rhe Pacific Coast in August and September, organized by rhe American Sail Training Association in conjunction 'with host ports in the US and Canada. You can see the ships in: • Richmond, British Columbia: 8-12 August (Richmond Tall Ships 2002, City of Richmond, 69 11No.3 Road, Richmond BC, V6Y2C l , Canada; 866 264-7447 or604 233-3335; e-mail: info@richmondtallships.ca; web site: www. richmondrallships.ca) • Seattle, Washingto n: 15-19 August (Mari time Heritage Foundation, 1000 Valley Street, Searde WA 98109; 206 447-2622; e-mail: info@sea rdeseaporr.org; web sire: www.tallshipssearde.org) • San Francisco, California: 28 Augusr-2 September (Sail San Francisco, T he Cannery, Second Floor, 280 1 Leavenworth Srreer, San Francisco CA 94 133; 4 15 447-9822; email: info@sailsanfrancisco .org; web site: www.sailsanfrancisco.org) • Los Angeles, California: 6--10 September (Los Angeles Mari rime Museum, Berch 84, Foot of6rh Street, San Pedro CA9073 1; 310 548-76 18; e-mail: rallships@lamaririmemuseum.org; web sire: www.brigan rines.com/rallships/index.hrml) •San D iego, California: 12- 16 September (San Diego Mari rime Museum, 1492 N orth Harbor Drive, San D iego CA 92 101 ; 6 19 234-9 153, x l 26; web sire: www .sdmaririme.com) Races are scheduled to take place 20-27 August from Seattle to San Francisco and 2-5 September from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Parades of Sail are planned on rhe first day of rhe Tall Ships Chal lenge in each of rhe pores. If yo u are interested in sailing on the participating ships, youth and adults can contact Ocean Voyages in Califo rnia ar 800 299-4444 or 4 15 332-468 1 or via e-mail ar sail@oceanvoyages .com. (Steve Baker, Race Director, ASTA, PO Box 1459, N ewport RI 02852; 401 846- 1775; e-mail: as ra@sailrraining. org; web site: rallships.sailtraining.org) SEA HISTORY 101, SUMMER 2002