SHIP NOTES, SEAPORT, & MUSEUM NEWS Columbus to the present, published in cooperation with National Maritime Historical Society and the University Press of Florida. (AMMM, 300 Steamboat Road, Kings Point, NY 11024; Ph. 516 7735515; www.usmma.edu/abour/Museum/) ... Capt. Dan Moreland of the Barque Picton Castle is seeking applicants for the Picton Castle Bosun School's fall
term, a new program where sailors will spend 14 weeks in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, getting intensive hands-on training in advanced marlinspike seamanship, including wire work and sailmaking. The program has limited enrollment and is open to individuals ages 18-30 who have som e previous experience on traditional sailing ships, either as crewmembers or as students/trainees. (For info: Ph. 902 634-9984; e-mail thebosunschool@picton-castle.com; www.picton-casde.com) ... The Naval War College Foundation is seeking applicants for The Edward S. Miller Research Fellowship in Naval History. One grant of $ 1,000 will be awarded to the researcher with the greatest need who can make the optimum use of the research materials for naval history located in the Naval War College (NWC) archives, Naval Historical Collection, Naval War College Museum, and Henry E. Eccles Library. The recipient will be a Research Fellow in the NWC's Maritime History Department, which will provide administrative support during the research visi t. Further information on the m an uscript and archival collections and copies of the registers for specific collections are available on request from Evelyn Cherpak, H ead of the Naval Historical Co llection via e-mail at: evelyn.cherpak@usnwc.edu . Submit a detailed research proposal that includes a full statement of financial need and comprehensive research plan for optiSEA HT STORY 127 , SUMMER 2009
ma! use of NWC materials, CV, at least rwo letters of recommendation, and relevant background information to: M iller Naval History Fellowship Committee, Naval War College Foundation, 686 C ushing Rd., Newport RI 02841by1 August. (For more information, contact the chair of the selection committee at john.hattendorf@ usnwc.edu) ... In September, the Maritime Museum of San Diego added the research submarine USS Dolphin (AFSS 555) to its fleet of historic ships. She is currently being modified to ready her for public exhibition. Two cuts have been made in the hull, one near each end, for ingress and egress. These will accommodate one-way through-traffic with a stairway at each end of the vessel, replacing the original single vertical ladder located amidships. Minor changes are being made to the interior spaces to enhance the visitor experience. Early this summer, USS Dolphin will be moved to its permanent berth alongside the ferryb oat Berkeley and will then open to the public. The naval submarine was launched in 1968 and decommissioned in 2007. Dolphin's extreme deep-diving capability placed the vessel at the forefront of undersea naval research
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Schooner Ernestina has just returned home to New Bedford after nearly a year's absence while she underwent a major restoration of her hull, fo rward ofthe break of the deck.
the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, and donations from the general public. Built in 1894 in Essex, MA, Ernestina, ex-Effie M. Morrissey, is the official vessel of the Co mmonwealth of Massachusetts, a National Historic Landmark, and part of the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park. As a National Historic Landmark, all work on the ship adheres to the requirements set forth in the Secretary of the Interior's Standard's for Historic Vessel Preservation Projects and US Coast Guard standards. Work has included a new stem, frames, top timbers, knees, deck beams, and deck. The challenges on a project like this are many and have included finding properly seasoned white oak and long leaf southern yellow pine. Lumber from trees h as come from as far away as Michigan, Tennessee, and North Carolina. (For more information and photos on the ship's restoration and future plans, visit www.er nestina.org and www.sailernestina.org) ...
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throughout her entire career and was the last diesel-electric submarine in the US Navy. (MMSD, 1492 North Harbor Dr., San Diego, CA 9210 1; Ph . 619 234-9 153; www.sdmaritime.com) .. . By the time this issue of Sea History is printed, the historic Schooner Ernestina should be back in her home port in New Bedford, MA, after a major restoration of the forward half of the hull at the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard in Maine. The $ 1.1 million proj ect is supported in part by a Save America's Treasures grant administered by the National Park Service, The Partnership Marching Funds Program of
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