Mississippi Shipbuilding and Maritime Center
(Formerly Mississippi Maritime Museum)
Contributed by Else Martin MARITIME Pioneer Capt. THOMAS RHODES of the Mississippi Sound, Pascagoula, Escatawpa, Mobile and Alabama Rivers. A real pioneer, CAPTAIN THOMAS RHODES, was one of the first OR THE FIRST to establish a line of STEAMBOATS between Mobile…
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Contributed by Else Martin USS Hayler (DD997) Multimission Destroyer — Litton/Ingalls Feb 10, 1983 Naval History & Heritage Command with Hoang De The USS Hayler (DD 997) pulls along side USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) for refueling at sea on June…
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Contributed by Else Martin JUNE 6 — On this day in 1944, Allied forces land troops on Normandy beaches for the largest amphibious landing in history — Operation Overlord (D‑Day). April 10, 1941 the C3 Cargo Ship “SS EXCELSIOR” — 3rd…
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Contributed by Else Martin Pascagoula has been involved in boat building for so many years! The Pascagoula River was the LARGEST shipbuilding site on the Gulf Coast from 1811 to 1830. Twelve were recorded in the New Orleans Port records, but…
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Contributed by Else Martin The New Orleans Ship Lists of very early years were transcribed by WPA in 1938. This was the record of vessels that entered the Port of New Orleans. There is only one set of these transcriptions…
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Contributed by Else Martin United States Coast Guard Division 8, Offshore Patrol Force PASCAGOULA PORT, 1927–1935 Pascagoula Selected As Port For Six 100-Foot Cutters of Coast Guard Flotilla Will Arrive From Atlantic Seaboard Latter Part of May. Chamber of Commerce Gives Effective Co-operation…
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Contributed by Else Martin The Schooner “William Martin”, Built at Grasshopper Point on Bluff Creek, ca 1885 Typical for charcoal and turpentine products. This schooner was typical of the schooners that traveled between New Orleans and Mobile hauling loads of charcoal,…
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Watch And Hear The Last Time The Battleship Wisconsin Fired Its Big Guns This awesome video, shot on May 16th, 1991, documented the last time the Iowa Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) fired off its main battery. Follow link for entire…
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Contributed by Else Martin The Governor Stone at the recent Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival. Governor Stone added 3 new photos.
Contributed by Else Martin Naval History & Heritage Command with Jon Goffredi and Roderick Besaw VIRGINIA CAPES (June 2, 2015) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher (DDG 57), right, provides a warm welcome to the French tall ship replica the…
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-Contributed by Else Martin- Here is the site about the U‑Boat sinking in the Gulf of Mexico in 1942. I have had several inquiries about this event since the show was televised May 6, 2015. NOVA — PBS “Nazi Attack on…
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Newest items added to top upon revisions ‑Contributed by Else Martin- JOE POL’S PILOT BOAT — 1901 Pascagoula Pilot Association: Democrat Star, May 17, 1901, Local News “The Pascagoula Pilot Association has contracted withdesigned and builder, Mr. Joe Pol, to build a…
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-Contributed by Else Martin- PORT of ENTRY, EAST PASCAGOULA, State of Mississippi 1877 — Pascagoula Star, June 8, 1877 East Pascagoula, lies immediately on the seashore, and is the principal Port of Entry of the State of Mississippi, where vessels from…
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