On the evening of Octo­ber 11, 1973, 42-year-old Charles Hick­son and 19-year-old Calvin Park­er told the Jack­son Coun­ty, Mis­sis­sip­pi Sher­if­f’s office they were fish­ing off a pier on the west bank of the Pascagoula Riv­er in Mis­sis­sip­pi when they heard…
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Six Skele­tons Found in Wreck of 18th-Cen­tu­ry Pirate Ship Sunk Off Cape Cod The “Why­dah” sank off the coast of Mass­a­chu­setts in 1717, killing all but two peo­ple on board

Sub­mit­ted by Per­ry A. Thomp­son, Jr. The “Live Oak­ers” were skilled mas­ter ship car­pen­ters who trav­eled in groups, bring­ing their fam­i­lies along and liv­ing in select­ed areas of live oak growth, hew­ing the live oak to spec­i­fi­ca­tions for the ships fram­ing.…
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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 trans­formed…
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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 — USS Port…
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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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