by Don Keith
Albacore Park
600 Market Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801
(603) 436-3680
Fax: (603) 436-3680
E-mail: [email protected]
www.USSALBACORE.org
Science Museum of Virginia
2500 West Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 864-1477
Fax: (804) 367-9348
www.smv.org/info/aluminautex.htm
Vancouver Maritime Museum
1905 Ogden Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6J 1A3
(604) 257-8300
Fax: (604) 737-2621
E-mail: [email protected]
www.vancouvermaritimemuseum.com/
Naval Undersea Museum
Navy Region Northwest
1103 Hunley Road
Silverdale, WA 98315-1103
(360) 396-4148
Fax: (360) 396-7944
http://keyportmuseum.cnrnw.navy.mil
Paterson Museum
2 Market Street
Paterson, NJ 07501-1704
(973) 881-3874
Fax: (973) 881-3435
E-mail: [email protected]
Warren G. Lasch Conservation Center
Supply Street
Old Charleston Naval Base
North Charleston, SC
(843) 743-4865
(843) 723-9797 (hotline)
Fax: (843) 744-1482
E-mail: [email protected]
www.hunley.org
National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey
P.O. Box 277
Sea Girt, NJ 08750
(732) 974-5966
Fax: (732) 974-5984
United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum
Massachusetts Military Research Center
739 Washington Street
Quincy, MA 02169
(617) 479-7900
Fax: (617) 479-8792
E-mail: [email protected]
The Navy Museum
805 Kidder Breese St. SE
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5060
(202) 433-4882
Fax: (202) 433-8200
www.history.navy.mil
Tugs and Minesweepers
H. Lee White Marine Museum
P.O. Box 101
West First Street Pier
Oswego, NY 13126
(315) 342-0480
Fax: (315) 343-5778
E-mail: [email protected]
www.hleewhitemarinemuseum.com
Coordinated Maritime Services
1551 Shelter Island Drive
San Diego, CA 92106
(619) 200-7417
E-mail: [email protected]
www.sdmaritimeinformationcenter.org
Luna Preservation Society
P.O. Box 1866
Brookline, MA 02446
(617) 730-9776
Fax: (617) 730-9818
E-mail: [email protected]
www.tugboatluna.org
Others (including military history preservation organizations, for-profit museums, and attractions)
Note: Many of these organizations are attempting to acquire or have recently acquired historic naval vessels for their areas.
Battleship Texas Foundation
10575 Katy Freeway, #393
Houston, TX 77024-1012
(713) 827-9620
Fax: (713) 827-9621
Travis LaGrone, Executive Director
E-mail: [email protected]
www.battleshiptexas.org
Bellingham International Maritime Museum
P.O. Box 28220
Bellingham, WA 98228
(360) 592-4112
Fax: (360) 592-4112
www.bimm.us
Council of American Maritime Museums
c/o Columbia River Maritime Museum
1792 Marine Drive
Astoria, OR 97103-3525
(503) 325-2323
Fax: (503) 325-2331
E-mail: [email protected]
Council on America’s Military Past
P.O. Box 1151
Fort Myer, VA 22211-0151
(703) 912-6124
Fax: (703) 912-5666
E-mail: [email protected]
USS Farenholt Association
10010 East Watson Road
St. Louis, MO 63126-2306
E-mail: [email protected]
Marine Corps Museum of the Carolinas
626 Newbridge Street
Jacksonville, NC 28540-5433
(910) 937-0033
Fax: (910) 937-0537
SgtMajor Joseph Houle, USMC (Ret.)
E-mail: [email protected]
www.mcmuseum.com
National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors (NAFTS)
c/o Tom Thomas
9416 Mohawk Road
Bend, OR 97702
(541) 383-9099
E-mail: [email protected]
www.nafts.com
Naval Historical Center
Washington Navy Yard
805 Kidder Breese St. SE
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5060
(202) 433-2210
Fax: (202) 433-3593
Captain Peter O. Wheeler, Acting Director
www.history.navy.mil
Naval Historical Center Detachment Boston
Bldg. 24, BNHP
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston, MA 02129-4543
(617) 242-0752
Fax: (617) 241-5232
E-mail: [email protected]
Naval Historical Foundation
1306 Dahlgren Ave. SE
Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374-5055
(202) 678-4333
Fax: (202) 889-3565
E-mail: [email protected]
Captain Charles T. Creekman, Jr., USN (Ret.), Executive Director
www.navyhistory.org
National Maritime Heritage Foundation
236 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 547-1250
Fax: (202) 547-0250
www.nmhf.org
Naval Order of the United States
4833 Willet Drive
Annandale, VA 22003-3952
(703) 323-0929
Fax: (703) 323-0929
E-mail: [email protected]
www.navalorder.org
Naval Submarine League
P.O. Box 1146
Annandale, VA 22003
(703) 256-0891
Fax: (703) 642-5815
E-mail: [email protected]
C. Michael Garverick, Executive Director
www.navalsubleague.com
Navy MSO Association, Inc. (minesweeper crew members organization)
1807 Woodvine Circle
San Antonio, TX 78232-4978
(210) 490-5315
E-mail: [email protected]
W. W. “Mike” Warren, Cofounder & Vice President
www.nmsoa.org
Surface Navy Association
2550 Huntington Avenue, Suite 202
Alexandria, VA 22303-1400
(703) 960-6800
Fax: (703) 960-6807
E-mail: [email protected]
Captain William Erickson, USN (Ret.), Executive Director
www.navysna.org
Tin Can Sailors, Inc.
P.O. Box 100
Somerset, MA 02726-0100
(800) 223-5535
E-mail: [email protected]
Thomas J. Peltin, President
Terry L. Miller, Executive Director
www.destroyers.org
Torsk Volunteer Association, Inc.
5171 Columbia Road
Columbia, MD 21044
(410) 789-7939
Fax: (410) 789-7939
www.usstorsk.org
U.S. Naval Institute
291 Wood Road
Annapolis, MD 21402
(410) 268-6110
E-mail: [email protected]
MajGen Thomas L. Wilkerson, USMC (Ret.)
www.usni.org
U.S. Navy Cruiser Sailors Association
21 Colonial Way
Rehoboth, MA 02769-1220
(508) 252-3524
Fax: (508) 252-3524 (call first)
E-mail: [email protected]
Edward J. August, Treasurer
www.navycruisers.org
Robert Polanowski, President
E-mail: [email protected]
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
701 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, #123
Washington, DC 20004-2608
(202) 737-2300
Fax: (202) 737-2308
E-mail: [email protected]
www.lonesailor.org
Adams Class Veterans Association
8520 West Clarendon Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85037-2723
E-mail: [email protected]
www.adamsclassddgvets.org/
American Academy of Industry
P.O. Box 293
Chicago Ridge, IL 60415
(708) 425-8443
Fax: (773) 928-4047
E-mail: [email protected]
Daniel G. Hecker, President
Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum
8070 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Box #204
Vancouver, WA 98664-2002
(503) 244-4297
Fax: (503) 244-4297
E-mail: [email protected]
www.amphibiousforces.org/
Combatant Craft of America
1400 East Ludlow Ridge Road
Port Ludlow, WA 98365-9247
(360) 437-0125
E-mail: [email protected]
Dan L. Withers, Chairman
www.warboats.org
USS Conolly Museum & Memorial
3832 Manchester Circle
Plano, TX 75023
(972) 612-7061
Fax: (972) 612-7854
E-mail: [email protected]
Robert Krusinowski, President
www.dd979.com
Dunkirk Historical Lighthouse and Veteran’s Park Museum
P.O. Box 69
1 Light House Point Drive
Dunkirk, NY 14048
(716) 366-5050
Harold R. Lawson, Executive Director
www.usssphinxarl24memorial.com
USS Forrest Sherman DD-931 Foundation, Inc.
720 Reedy Circle
Bel Air, MD 21014-6814
(410) 836-9260
Fax: (410) 836-9260
E-mail: [email protected]
Kurt Wagemann, President
www.ussforrestsherman.org
Forty Eight Stars, Inc.
1220 Kirby Street
Palatka, FL 32177-5028
(386) 937-4902
Fax: (386) 328-9410
Boyd Thompson, Executive Director
Historic Ships Memorial at Pacific Square
P.O. Box 191242
San Francisco, CA 94119-1242
(415) 905-5700
E-mail: [email protected]
Edward J. Cummings, President
www.ussiowa.org
www.battleshipiowa.org
Historic Tugboat Education and Restoration Society
3020 Bridgeway, Suite 315
Sausalito, CA 94965-2839
(818) 370-2203
Fax: (818) 883-3428
E-mail: [email protected]
Melissa J. Parker, President and Founder
www.ussnokomis.com
The Last Patrol Museum and Memorial
P.O. Box 5659
Toledo, OH 43613-0659
(419) 825-5108
E-mail: [email protected]
John T. Nowakowski, Commanding Officer
Maine Submarine Memorial Association
P.O. Box 563
Yarmouth, ME 04096-0563
(207) 846-6235
E-mail: [email protected]
Miami-Dade Historical Maritime Museum
600 Biltmore Way, #820
Coral Gables, FL 33134-7532
(305) 799-1143
Fax: (786) 268-0969
E-mail: [email protected]
Milwaukee—USS Edson Historic Naval Ship Project
P.O. Box 144
Greendale, WI 53129-0144
(414) 425-5957
E-mail: [email protected]
Captain Richard F. Caswell, CEC, USNR (Ret.), President
www.ussdesmoines.org
National Submarine Science Discovery Center
421 Monmouth Street
Newport, KY 41071-1841
(859) 655-7700
Fax: (859) 655-9577
E-mail: [email protected]
www.nssdc.us
USS Ranger Museum Foundation
P.O. Box 566
Clackamas, OR 97015
(503) 550-5777
E-mail: [email protected]
Dan Mills, Executive Director
www.ussrangercv61.org
Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum
3372 East Woodland Drive
Bay City, MI 48706-1670
(989) 686-3125
Fax: (989) 686-0725
E-mail: [email protected]
www.ussedson.org
USS Saratoga Museum Foundation
P.O. Box 28581
Providence, RI 02908-0581
(401) 831-8696
Fax: (401) 831-8707
E-mail: [email protected]
www.saratogamuseum.org
The Tamaroa Maritime Foundation
P.O. Box 28042
Richmond, VA 23228-0042
(804) 273-0247
Fax: (804) 273-0885
www.tamaroa.org
Tug Pegasus Preservation Project
83 Murray Street, #4
New York, NY 10007-2173
E-mail: [email protected]
www.tugpegasus.org
USS Williamsburg Preservation Society, Inc.
352 Hickory Point Road
Pasadena, MD 21122
(410) 437-0652
E-mail: [email protected]
Jacksonville Historical Society
c/o Jerry R. Spinks
3215 Oak Street
Jacksonville, FL 32205-8621
(904) 384-4055
Fax: (904) 384-4055
E-mail: [email protected]
Kenner State Naval Museum Commission
624 Williams Blvd.
Kenner, LA 70062-7675
(504) 468-7293
Fax: (504) 468-7599
E-mail: [email protected]
USS LST-393
560 Mart Street
Muskegon, MI 49440-1044
(231) 722-4730
Fax: (231) 726-6636
E-mail: [email protected]
USS Radford National Naval Museum
132 West Canal Street
Newcomerstown, OH 43832-1102
(740) 498-4446
Fax: (740) 498-8803
E-mail: [email protected]
www.ussradford446.org
Scorpion (B-427)
To Visit:
Next to Queen Mary
1126 Queens Highway
Long Beach, CA 90802-6331
Correspondence:
Newco Pty Ltd., LLC
36 Lake View Circle
Palm Springs, CA 92264-5508
E-mail: [email protected]
www.queenmary.com/attractions.php?page=subinfo
The 52 Lost Submarines of World War II
Note: Some dates of sinking are estimates based on best information. Sometimes a boat’s loss was listed as the date on which she was scheduled to return from patrol and failed to do so.
INDEX
A
Adkins, James A. “Caddy,”
After battery
Air-conditioning
Alexander the Great
American Revolutionary War
American Ship and Commerce Corporation
Annunciator
Arkansas Inland Maritime
Museum, North Little Rock
Arkansas River
Arlington National Cemetery
Army Corps of Engineers
ASW (antisubmarine warfare) drills
Atlantic Reserve Fleet
Atomic bomb
B
Balao-class submarines
Bali
Ballast tanks
Baltimore, Maryland
Bangkok, Thailand
Barksdale, Maurice
Barnes, Jim
Bassett, Max
Bataan
Batfish Memorial Foundation
Battleship Cove, Fall River
Battle stations
Becker, Albert
Ben’s Busters
Benson, Roy
Bering Sea
Beshany, Ann
Beshany, P. A.
Blandy, Mrs. William H.
Blandy, William H.
Bock’s Car (B-29 bomber)
Bonin Islands
Borg, Donald
Boston Navy Yard
Boulle, Pierre
Bow and stern plane
Bridge on the River Kwai, The (movie)
Brinker, Robert Marion
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brown, Charles
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park
Bungo Suido Strait
Burlingame, Creed
Bushnell, David
C