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Acadia National Park

Access: Ship Harbor Parking Lot
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An accessible description and transcript of the Ship Harbor Parking Lot in Acadia National Park. (February 2025)

War In The Pacific National Historical Park

The Sinking of the SMS Cormoran and the First US Shots of World War I
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On December 13, 1914, the German auxiliary cruiser SMS Cormoran, out of fuel and cut off from Germany by World War I, took refuge from Japanese warships in Guam. The ship spent the next two years interned in Apra Harbor. When the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, the Cormoran's captain blew up the ship rather than let her fall into enemy hands.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Wayside: Explore, Play, Refresh
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How a 3D Virtual Tour Shared a Beloved Ship’s Story with the World
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In its latest of many lives, the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey is often at sea, unavailable to park visitors. We recreated it virtually so more people than ever can explore its decks—and its stories.

John Small
  • Type: Person

John Small freed himself, his wife Susan, and their infant son Phillip during a dangerous escape aboard the Confederate steamer, Planter. As the ship’s engineer, John was instrumental in the success of the mission in which he and pilot Robert Smalls brought a total of sixteen men, women and children out of slavery and into freedom.

Dry Tortugas National Park

Bird Key Wreck
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The Bird Key Wreck, also known as the Brick Wreck.

Boston National Historical Park

Valentino Dominelli
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Valentino Dominelli, a watertender aboard USS Cassin Young, was the son of immigrants from Italy. A watertender was a crewman aboard a steam-powered ship and was responsible for tending to the fires and boilers in the ship's engine room. "Dom" died in action when a kamikaze plane struck USS Cassin Young on July 30, 1945.

Boston National Historical Park

Walter Budd Wimley
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Walt Wimley enlisted in the US Navy on September 11, 1942. He served aboard USS CASSIN YOUNG in the ship's engineering department as a Machinist Mate 1st Class in 1944 and 1945. He died in action aboard Cassin Young off the coast of Okinawa on July 30, 1945.

Boston National Historical Park

John Kappa
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At age 20, John Kappa enlisted into the U.S. Navy. He worked as a machinist's mate, maintaining and testing different components of the ship. During World War II he served on the USS Colorado before joining the USS Cassin Young. Kappa was killed in action from a kamikaze attack on the Cassin Young.

National Mall and Memorial Parks

Commodore John Barry Memorial
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John Barry (1745-1803), an Irish immigrant to the 13 colonies, served in the Continental Navy, attacking British shipping throughout the American Revolution. He was the first commissioned American naval officer, and the first flag officer.

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

Waiting for the Ball to Drop
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The items in San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park's collections offer a variety of stories of American maritime history. One of these items is the time ball, a visual time signal for ships in the harbor. This time ball was dropped from the top of the signal-pole located on Telegraph Hill to help sailors throughout the San Francisco Bay keep track of the day.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

South Manitou Island Steam Whistle
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Learn how the steam whistle at the South Manitou Island lighthouse contributed to the safety of ships traversing the Manitou Passage!

The Planter
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On the night of May 12, approximately sixteen freedom seekers made a daring escape from enslavement by commandeering the Confederate steamer the “Planter.” Piloting the ship from Charleston to Beaufort the crew mimicked the Confederate signals and safely reached emancipation the morning of May 13.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Maritime Museum
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The National Lakeshore's Maritime Museum is housed in the Sleeping Bear Point U.S. Life-Saving Service Station. Walk through the boathouse next to the museum and see the life-saving equipment used during the early 1900's.

Indiana Dunes National Park

Harriet Colfax
  • Type: Person

Born along the St. Lawrence River, determined Harriet Colfax found herself far upstream along the treacherous coast of Southern Lake Michigan after moving to a young Michigan City in 1853. For 43 careful years she watched the rough frontier city blossom to a Duneland metropolis; she fearlessly maintained the harbor beacon as lighthouse keeper while enduring the ensuing hardships with her lifelong companion Ann Hartwell.

Boston National Historical Park

HMS GORE (K-481)
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Built at the Charlestown Navy Yard, HMS GORE served in the Royal Navy during World War II. This ship's story speaks to the international cooperation between the United States and United Kingdom during the war.

Zora Neale Hurston and Cudjo's Own Story
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In 2018, "Barracoon" by Zora Neale Hurston was published posthumously. This book told the story of Cudjo Lewis a survivor of the "Clotilda", one of the last ships to bring enslaved people from Africa to the United States. In this article learn about Hurston's journey to write this book and Cudjo's story.

Boston National Historical Park

Officers' Quarters
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Built in 1833, this row of five townhouses primarily served as the homes of naval officers and their families. Many of these officers supervised the building and repairing of ships in the Charlestown Navy Yard. Despite having a busy shipyard right outside of their front door, these residences (also known as "Captains' Row") became desirable places to live. Most families lived here for about three years, the typical length of a job assignment in the U.S. Navy.

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

San Francisco Maritime Museum
  • Type: Place

Housed in a Works Progress Administration building originally designed as a bathhouse, the Maritime Museum features exhibits on navigation, naval history, ships and more. The museum is free, and open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

San Francisco Maritime, Hyde Street Pier
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Open daily, 9:30am-5:00pm (last entry 4:30pm) Hyde Street Pier features an outdoor exhibit on naval history as well as several historical ships docked in the harbor including the square-rigger Balclutha, the lumber schooner, C.A. Thayer, the Eureka ferryboat, the steam tug, Hercules, and the scow schooner, Alma.