In September, The Fulton Project, Inc. in Fall River, MA, submitted a prospectus to the Massachusetts Department of Education for the Fall River Maritime Charter Public School. The full prospectus is available in PDF form a t o n the MA DOE C harter Schools web site at: http :/ /www. d oe. mass.edu/news/news . asp?id=2072. (The Fulton Project, Inc., The M arine Museum at Fall River, 70 Water St. , Fall River, MA 0 272 1; 78 1 784-8 7 10; web site: www.fultonproj ect. o rg. . . . Latest word on SS Nobska, reported in "Historic Ships on a Lee Shore" (Sea History 108, Autumn 2004) is that the National Park Service wants title to the boat so they can issue a contract to remove it. The New England Steam ship Fo undatio n, w hich owns the ship, has refused to sign off, so the case may end up in Admi ralry Court. SSNobska in dry dock at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Massachusetts, where she has been since 1997 NESF claims they can float Nobska with $5 00 ,000 to finish the hull repairs, bur that it will cos t $75 0,000 to cut it up. M assachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy's offi ce is pushing fo r a solution that will ultimately save the ship fro m the scrap heap. Representative Barney Frank is questioning the Park Service 's rimeline. Three million dollars have already been spent o n the hull res toration. (NESF, PO B 1642, Edgartown, MA 0 2539; 508 999- 1925 ; e-mail: nobska@fastdail.net; web site : wvvw.nobska. org) US Commission on Ocean Policy Recognizes Value of Maritime Heritage. In the final re port subm itted to the President and Congress, the US Commiss io n on Ocean Po licy included language that suppo rts the value of submerged cultural resources (see Final Report, p69). Several gro ups submitted statements asking for mari time cultural heritage ro be included in the report during the comment period fo llowing the release of the draft report by the commissio n. Sea H istory 108 (Autumn 2 004) included an article by D r. T imothy Runyan rhat called fo r this recognition . !- !,!,
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