Directory of Navy Resources

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Contains sites for museums which exhibit and collect artifacts related to the military of the United States Navy.

Subcategories

• USS Alabama
• USS Arizona
• USS Constitution
• USS Missouri
• USS New Jersey
• USS North Carolina
• USS Texas

Resources in This Category

• Battleship Cove

  http://www.battleshipcove.org/
  Information on membership, historic military and naval ship exhibits, meeting facilities, volunteer opportunities and youth camping arrangements. Includes hours, admission rates and directions. At Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts.

• Battleship Texas State Historic Site

  http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/battleship-texas
  Texas is the last of the battleships, patterned after HMS Dreadnought, that participated in World War I and the Second World War. Considered the most powerful warship afloat because of her ten 14"/45 guns in five twin turrets. Located in LaPorte.

• Hampton Roads Naval Museum

  http://www.history.navy.mil/museums/hrnm/index.html
  U.S. Naval museum that interprets the lengthy history of the U.S. Navy in southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina.

• Independence Seaport Museum

  http://www.phillyseaport.org/
  Located on Philadelphia's Penn's Landing. Includes Admiral Dewey's 1898 flagship at the Battle of the Manila Bay, USS Olympia, and a WWII submarine, the USS Becuna.

• Moffett Field Museum

  http://www.moffettfieldmuseum.org/
  General and visitor information, history, gallery, and giftshop. Located on Moffett Field, Sunnyvale, California.

• National Museum of Naval Aviation

  http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/
  Site for the popular air and space museum maintained by the Pensacola NAS Museum Foundation.

• Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum

  http://www.patriotspoint.org/
  Home to USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Laffey (DD-724), USCG cutter Ingham(WHEC-35), USS Clamagore (SS-343). Also a full-size navy advance tactical support base from the Vietnam era, dozens of displays on exhibit. Located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.

• Seawolf Park

  http://www.cavalla.org/
  The USS Cavalla SS-244 in Seawolf Park, Galveston, Texas.

• The U.S. Navy Museum

  http://www.history.navy.mil/museums/NationalMuseum/org8-1.htm
  Located at the Washington Navy Yard, features exhibits and activities on the history of the U.S. Navy.

• The USS Lexington Museum On The Bay

  http://www.usslexington.com/
  General, visitor, tour, programs and exhibit information. Located in Corpus Christi, Texas.

• U.S. Naval Museum of Armament and Technology

  http://www.chinalakemuseum.org/
  Focuses on the heritage and accomplishments of the China Lake military-civilian-industry team. Includes hours, membership application and directions.

• USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park

  http://www.bowfin.org/
  Provides news, calendar of events, programs, and gift shop. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii.

• USS Clamagore

  http://www.patriotspoint.org/explore_museum/uss_clamagore/
  One of the U. S. Navy's last diesel-powered submarines until decommissioned in 1975. Now on display. Located in Charleston, South Carolina.

• USS Cod

  http://www.usscod.org/
  World War II navy submarine.

• USS Growler SSG-577

  http://www.wa3key.com/growler.html
  Submarine museum. Located in Groton, CT.

• USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) Destroyer Museum

  http://www.ussjpkennedyjr.org/
  Offers insight to the history of the ship and her crew, including a crewmembers association, news, ship's store, and hours of operation. Located in Fall River, Massachusetts.

• USS Pampanito (SS-383)

  http://www.maritime.org/pamphome.htm
  World War II Balao class fleet submarine that is open for visitors daily at San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf. Features virtual reality tour, history and crew, technology and fact sheet. Includes hours and directions.

• USS Salem CA-139

  http://www.uss-salem.org/
  Features the ship's history and exhibits. Located in Quincy, MA.

• Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum

  http://www.vallejomuseum.org/
  Exhibits the naval history of the city of Vallejo, California, and the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.

• Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument

  http://www.vummf.org/
  Land at Naval Amphibious Base, Coronado has been set aside for the construction of a memorial dedicated to all USN/USCG personnel who died during the war. The site will included static displays of a PCF (Swiftboat) and a PBR.

• Wisconsin's Maritime Museum

  http://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/
  Featuring submarine tours of USS Cobia (SS-245). Located in Manitowoc.

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