We will preserve the past and promote the future of Mississippi’s maritime and shipbuilding heritage!
Please support us as we take our dream to reality this year!
Our activity center is open offering learning sessions, lectures and more.
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First Annual
National Maritime Day
May 22, 2021 — 9:30 am to 12:00 pm
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History of National Maritime Day
Buffett, McAnally pen ode to coast with ‘Gulf Coast Girl’ Read Blog
Pascagoula’s Department of Recreation partnership.
Weekly thru July we are hosting Maritime learning sessions. “Compass Rose & Mapping” started June 1st. Each week we change topics.
Mississippi Maritime Museum under development in Pascagoula hires its first director
PASCAGOULA, Mississippi — The Mississippi Maritime Museum, currently in development in Pascagoula, has announced the hiring of Lorren West as its first executive director. “I am excited to set sail in my new role as Executive Director of Mississippi Maritime Museum,” West said. “This opportunity allows me to bring together…
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Do You Know Ships?
This details the types of ships that are known by most locals in the cities listed in Jackson County, Mississippi. Below are some ship classifications focuses of the Mississippi Maritime Museum’s (MMM) exhibits, lectures, media promotions and the like. A long line of boats, ships, schooners, and other marine vessels of varying shapes and sizes have come from the Jackson County, Mississippi area — and the list keeps growing. These are are primarily from Ingalls Shipbuilding.
Spruance Destroyer (DD) Ticonderoga (Aegis) Cruisers (CG) Arleigh Burke Destroyer (DDG)
Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ships (LHD) San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD)