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following the plans of the American firm Gibbs & Cox. Christened Hussar, the fourmasted barque was the largest private sailing yacht of its day, commissioned by E. F. Hutton for his wife, Marjorie Merriweather Post. When the couple divorced in 1935, Post retained ownership of the yacht and renamed it Sea Cloud. In 1941 the ship was chartered to the US Coast Guard for a symbolic fee of one dollar to serve as a weather station in the North Atlantic off the Azores and Greenland during World War II. For her wartime mission, the masts and bowsprit were removed, the hull was painted gray, and she was fitted out with guns and anti-submarine weapons. After the war, the yacht was restored to her sailing ship trim, and during the next three decades she passed hands and changed names multiple times. By 1978 her condition had deteriorated, and she was purchased by a group of business associates led by Hartmut Paschburg and restored to her former glory. Since that time, she has sailed for SCC as a luxury yacht. The threemasted barque Sea Cloud II was launched in 2001; Sea Cloud Spirit, launched just last year, is a three-masted full-rigged ship. (SCC, www.seacloud.de/en/) … SEA HISTORY 178, SPRING 2022
The Russian Foxtrot-class attack submarine B-39 was removed from the San Diego waterfront in early February. The Maritime Museum of San Diego (MMSD), owner of the sub since its installation as part of an interactive temporary exhibition in 2005, announced last year that it would be arranging for the disposition of the sub, as it had decided not to shift resources from B-39
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Legion and Governor Herbert H. Lehman, the Kennedy could carry 3,055 passengers and a crew of 13. … The strategic maritime investment company The Yacht Portfolio (TYP) has entered into a letter of intent to acquire Sea Cloud Cruises (SCC). “Sea Cloud offers such a unique, environmentally friendly experience in the cruise space, which aligns well with our continued focus on building a strong portfolio of niche luxury brands,” said TYP CEO Douglas Prothero. SCC will continue to be based in Hamburg, Germany. The SCC fleet comprises the passenger square-rigged sailing vessels Sea Cloud, Sea Cloud II, and Sea Cloud Spirit. Sea Cloud was built in 1931 in the shipyard Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel, Germany,
its permanent collection to preserve it. The museum acquired B-39 initially for the Cold War exhibition To the Brink of War, an immersive video, light, and sound production, which was shown inside the sub. The exhibit’s success moved the museum to extend its run and to preserve it as a web-based experience, which the museum will be adding to its site. B-39 was part of a class of Soviet diesel electric submarines called “Project 641,” and designated as “Foxtrot class” by NATO. Launched in 1967, the B-39 is 300 feet long and has a displacement of over 2,000 tons. Described by the MMSD as “low-tech but lethal,” B-39 carried 24 torpedoes, some with the capability to deliver low-yield nuclear warheads. She sailed with a crew of 78 and could dive to a depth of about 985 feet. (MMSD, 1492 North Harbor Drive, San Diego CA; www.sdmaritime.org) … Work has begun to restore the original 11,000-pound anchor from the 1855 sloop of war USS Constellation, the last sail-only warship built for the US Navy. The massive wooden and iron anchor, which has been on display at the US Naval War College Museum since its opening in 1978, was removed on 16 November 2021 and transported to the shipyard at Mystic Seaport Museum for restoration. The wooden stock and enclosing metal bands will be replaced by a white oak stock and hand-forged metal bands; the stock will be painted with 10th-century-period material, including tar pitch and linseed oil. Patches of rust and lamination will also be repaired and painted. The project is estimated to take several months to complete.
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