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Where’s the crew?

3/25/2022 NEWS FLASH-SHIPWRECK DISCOVERY BY THE NOAA OKEONOS CREW

Our Mar­itime Com­mu­ni­ty Coun­cil had a fan­tas­tic first meet­ing April 7th, 2022 This dynam­ic group of com­mu­ni­ty mar­itime lead­ers includes: Ms. Leslie Zan­ders, PMP, Man­ag­er Soft­ware Development/Halter Marine,INCMr. Tim Mar­tin, Chief of Port Operations/NOAAMr. Den­nis Bopp.Flotilla Vice Com­man­der, USCGMr. Dick Dixon,…
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Join us Mon­day March 21, 2022 12:30pm-1pm at our Jack­son Coun­ty Mis­sis­sip­pi Mar­itime Activ­i­ty Cen­ter to cel­e­brate Nation­al Rosie The Riv­et­er Day! Both Rosie & Vera Ander­son, are two women who helped shape the mar­itime ship­build­ing indus­try. Par­tic­i­pants will assist…
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Spon­sored by the Mis­sis­sip­pi Depart­ment of Marine Resources Attach­ments 20211123_081410 (320 kB)20211123_081539 (581 kB)20211123_081410 (320 kB)20211123_081539 (581 kB)

Can Mis­sis­sip­pi marsh­es be saved from sea lev­el rise? Read more

Wal­ly the Wal­rus was giv­en a “float­ing couch” in order to stop him from sink­ing boats.

Our sis­ter mar­itime muse­um in Flori­da dis­cov­ers a unique ship­wreck! The Mis­sis­sip­pi Mar­itime Muse­um is look­ing for­ward to find­ing ship­wrecks along our Gulf Coast too!!

Nation­al Women’s Champ Welder Employed as a welder at Ingalls Ship­build­ing in Pascagoula dur­ing WWll, Vera (Ander­son) McDon­ald was a young Mis­sis­sip­pi gal who won region­al and nation­al wartime com­pe­ti­tions for women welders.

Rerout­ing the Mis­sis­sip­pi Riv­er could build new land—and save a retreat­ing coast

Pascagoula’s own Jim­my Buf­fett and long­time col­lab­o­ra­tor Mac McAnal­ly have penned a new song as an ode to the coast, enti­tled “Gulf Coast Girl.” Read sto­ry here Then come back here and watch and lis­ten to Car­o­line Jones per­form “Gulf Coast Girl”