Mississippi Shipbuilding and Maritime Center
(Formerly Mississippi Maritime Museum)
By Anne Pitre, May 2015 The MMM Board and Executive Committee and Committee Chairs are training to learn best practices in nonprofit governance and management. We are dedicated to building a strong and well-run museum! Attachments MMM_Board_Non-Profit_Trainning_May_2015 (441 kB)
1918 – Alpaco Steamscrew Ship Built in Moss Point, Miss., 1918 by Hodge Ship Yard Registration #217088 Description: 267.3 Length, 46.0 breadth, 23.6 depth Usage: Freight — Homeport: Gulfport Launch article in the Pascagoula Chronicle, July 6, 1918 Photo from a postcard owned by…
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Flechas Shipyard, Pascagoula — No Date Attachments flechas_shipyard_no_date (2 MB)
Poitiven Brothers, Inc. Shipyard, Pascagoula, Miss., November 1929 Attachments poitevin_brothers_shipyard_1929 (937 kB)
The “Herman Colle” with Capt. Gene Whatley about 1958 Attachments herman_colle (2 MB)
Capt. DANIEL PICKETT — of Pascagoula (Ancestor of the Pickett family) 1826–1827 He owned the SCHOONER MARIA. MARIA was first documented on Bayou St. John in 1820’s and was listed as BUILT in 1821 at EAST PASCAGOULA. Description: 30 66/95…
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The photo below shows the presentation of a $250,000 check from the State Legislature by Robert Hardy, MMM Treasurer, to President Dr. Jack Hoover in April 2015. The funds were made possible by local State Legislators. This check brings total…
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Pictured below is the MMM Executive Committee at the Pascagoula City Hall where moments before the Committee gave a presentation in April 2015 to the Mayor and City Council on the status of the MS Maritime Museum progress. Earlier in…
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