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Mar­itime mem­bers make way for future muse­um  (Click on title to view WLOX video!) Dozens of patri­ot­ic cit­i­zens spent their morn­ing clean­ing up the old Pascagoula High School for a good cause. The old math and sci­ence build­ing is being…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Mouth of the East Pascagoula Riv­er Light House. No date. Destroyed in 1906 hur­ri­cane.

Pho­tos of the Chick­a­sawhay Riv­er Light­house tak­en by Else Mar­tin in Feb­ru­ary 2011.

Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Thanks to Jim Black­well for this great pho­to of Pelham’s on the water­front. Jim Black­well‎Pascagoula, Remem­ber when.….… Here us a pic­ture of J H Pel­ham Seafood and Lewis Sport­ing Goods.

Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin 1994 – Ingalls, 5 deliv­ered total 317 ves­sels deliv­ered to date. Jan 31 — USS Port Roy­al (CG 73) Aegis Guid­ed Mis­sile Cruis­er, U. S. Navy Pacif­ic Bat­tle­ship Cen­ter — Bat­tle­ship USS Iowa July 9th, 1994…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Aber­foil — Freight Schooner Built in Moss Point, Miss., 1919 Builder: Dant­zler Ship­yard Reg­is­tra­tion #220835 Descrip­tion: 267.3 Length, 46.0 breadth, 23.6 depth… Usage: Freight — Home­port: New York Dant­zler Ship­build­ing & Dry Docks Com­pa­ny Main Office…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin The $35 mil­lion con­tract for 2 U. S. Navy Polaris Sub­ma­rine Ten­ders. A vital link in sup­port of the U. S. Navy’s Polaris Weapons Sys­tem. Capa­ble of mak­ing any sub­ma­rine repair, ser­vic­ing and main­tain­ing the nuclear…
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Jobs, pay­checks! The Econ­o­my! Ship­build­ing from 1939 to 1945 was non stop. 1939 Tom Daw­son, came from Bells, Texas

Jobs, pay­checks! The Econ­o­my! Ship­build­ing from 1939 to 1945 was non stop. 1943 Sue Wil­son of Van­cleave, Miss.

Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Jobs, pay­checks! The Econ­o­my! They came to work! Ship­build­ing from 1939 to 1945 was non stop. 1943 — E. C. Cok­er, of Philadel­phia, Miss.

Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Jobs, pay­checks! The Econ­o­my! Ship­build­ing from 1939 to 1945 was non stop. It was ’round the clock — A hard day’s night for many.

Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin USS Con­sti­tu­tion added 2 new pho­tos. Take a look at the first offi­cial USS Con­sti­tu­tion com­mand pho­to tak­en in Dry Dock One locat­ed in Charlestown Navy Yard. HUZZAH!!!!

Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Just TWO more of the hun­dreds of ship­builders.… May 1877 Adver­tise­ments, Star of Pascagoula News­pa­per R. D. SMITH, SHIPBUILDER AND SPARMAKER, East Pascagoula, Miss. FIRST YARD ABOVE R.R. BRIDGE Ves­sel hauled out and repaired prompt­ly, and…
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