If you are in New York tomorrow (October 2nd) be sure to head down to Pier 86 to watch her return home.
Thanks Sea-Fever!
Mega Moves - The USS Intrepid Returns Home
October 1st, 2008 · Comments
CommentsTags: · History, maritime_museum, museum_ships, Navy, navy-ships, Video
New Exhibit On National Mall Explores The Depths of The Ocean
September 30th, 2008 · Comments
NOAA has teamed up with the Smithsonian Institute to bring the depths of the ocean to the National Mall, in Washington D.C. This past weekend, the Institute inaugurated the Sant Ocean Hall in the National Museum of Natural History: an exhibit that aims to raise awareness of the importance of the ocean and the effect of human activities on marine life. NOAA tells us about the exhibit:
Phoenix, a 45-foot model of a living North Atlantic Right Whale, serves as the Hall’s signature symbol. There are 10 sections in the hall that address a variety of ocean-related topics, including the deep ocean, coral reefs, the Arctic and Southern Oceans and current ocean research. The Coral Reef section has a 1,500-gallon aquarium featuring an Indo-Pacific reef with over 1,000 specimens of more than 50 different species of live fish and other marine life. The hall’s “Journey through Time” section looks into the past with fossils of a large number of ancient organisms; some are more than 500 million years old. In the exhibit’s theater, a 13-minute video, “Deep Ocean Explorers,” takes visitors on a dive through the zones of the open ocean to the deep ocean bottom aboard the submersible, Alvin.
The exhibit is a good fit that fills a void in both the Natural History Museum and others in the area. I will be sure to check that out next time I am over in our Nations Capital.
In other news, just a few hours north in New York, The Intrepid is finally making its way back to the West Side of New York City after two years from being hauled off for renovations. [Continue Reading →]
CommentsTags: · deep_water, maritime_museum, museum_ships, Navy, noaa, ocean, oceans
2008 Maritime Photo Calendar
November 25th, 2007 · Comments
Our Favorite Maritime Photographer, Houston Pilot Lou Vest, has donated a few of his amazing photos to the pilot association’s charitable foundation, Anchor Watch. They will use the images to produce a 2008 calendar with the proceeds funding scholarships to maritime schools, sea scout troops, the Houston maritime museum and other worthy causes.
Purchase details and a preview of the images can be found on Lou’s Flickr page: LINK
CommentsTags: · amazing_photos, anchor_watch, charitable_foundation, flickr, gifts, images, maritime_museum, maritime_photographer, maritime_schools, Photo, pilot_association, purchase_details, scholarships, sea_scout_troops, worthy_causes
Ship Model of the Week - Bunga Cenderawasih, LNG Tanker
October 26th, 2007 · Comments
Our ship model of the week is the Malaysia International Shipping Company’s (MISC) LNG Tanker Bunga Cenderawasih. The model is of the 17 year old Korean built ship prior to being refurbished by Keppel Verolme in 2005.
This model was built by Maritime Replicas.
CommentsTags: · boats, LNG, lng_tanker, maritime_museum, maritime_replicas, models, ship_model
