MISSISSIPPI MARITIMEMUSEUM

MISSISSIPPI MARITIMEMUSEUM

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Mississippi Builds America’s Ships

Dierks-BlodgetDantzlerHodgesInternational ShipyardVT Halter MarineIngalls

World War IWorld War IIKoreaVietnamCold WarGulf WarsWar on TerrorismExploration & Science

Flint Shasta Mount Baker Kiska Tripoli Cleveland Dubuque Tarawa Saipan Belleau Wood Nassau Peleliu Wasp Essex Kearsarge Boxer Bataan Bonhomme Richard Iwo Jima Makin Island America Vernon County Wahkiakum County Waldo County Walworth County Washoe County Thomaston Plymouth Rock Fort Snelling Point Defiance Spiegel Grove Alamo Hermitage Monticello

Anchorage Inchon Blueback Sculpin Snook Barb Dace Haddock Tautog Aspro Puffer Pogy William H. Bates Tunny Parche Iowa Wisconsin Ticonderoga Yorktown Vincennes Valley Forge Bunker Hill Mobile Bay Antietam Leyte Gulf San Jacinto Lake Champlain Princeton Chancellorsville Chosin Hue City Anzio Vicksburg Cape St. George

Vella Gulf Port Royal Morton Parsons Spruance Paul F. Foster Kinkaid Hewitt Elliott Arthur W. Radford Peterson Caron David R. Ray Oldendorf John Young Comte de Grasse O'Brien Merrill Briscoe Stump Conolly Moosbrugger John Hancock Nicholson John Rodgers Leftwich Cushing Harry W. Hill O'Bannon Thorn Deyo Ingersoll Fife Fletcher

Kidd Callaghan Scott Chandler Hayler John Barry/Barry Stout Mitscher Russell Ramage Stethem Benfold Cole Milius Ross McFaul Porter Roosevelt Lassen Bulkeley Shoup Preble Mustin Pinckney Chung-Hoon James E. Williams Halsey Forrest Sherman Kidd Truxton Dewey Gravely William P. Lawrence Rigel

Vega Glacier San Antonio New Orleans Mesa Verde Green Bay New York San Diego Anchorage Arlington Somerset John P. Murtha Bertholf Waesche Stratton Munro James Stone Midgett Kimball Monitor Montauk Osage Saugus Holland Canopus Pocomoke Lyon Markab Arther Middleton Samuel Chase George Clymer George W. Goethals Henry Gibbons

David C. Shanks Fred C. Ainsworth Monitor Montauk Galilea Osage Saugus Custer Du Page Elmore Fayette Fremont Henrico Leon Knox Lamar Aegir Anthedon Apollo Clytie Burleigh Dade Mendocino Montour Riverside Griggs Westmoreland Grundy Guilford Sitka

Mississippi-built Navy Ships

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Proud Mississippians

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…build ‘em

… fight‘em

… are honored by them

The Gulf CoastMilitary Trail

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Mississippi Ship Connection

2012 Reunions USS Boxer LHD-4

USS Paul F Foster 

Nicholson DD 982 Reunion 

USS SAN DIEGO

USS Wasp LHD-1 

USS Kiska 2012 Reunion 

USS Iwo Jima LPH2-LHD7 Shipmates 

USS Tarawa LHA-1 and CVA-40 

Destroyer Leader Association 

USS Markab 7

How We Got Here• USS Ticonderoga was the catalyst• Original plan: bring the USS Ticonderoga back to

Pascagoula’s Lowry Island• Incorporated as a 501(c)3 organization• Need to recognize 300 years of shipbuilding

history along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Mississippi’s Navy connections

• Evolution to a land-based maritime museum in Pascagoula.

Museum Benefits• Tourism

– Great fit for the Gulf Coast Military Trail– Good day-trip for the casino crowds– Opportunities for Ingalls-built ship reunions

• Economic– Downtown revitalization– Family/Professional/Industry recruitment – Hotels, Restaurants and Shops

• Education– Children, Youth & Students– Newcomers to the area– Partnerships with Mississippi Universities

• Obligation– Remembering the Past– Inspiring the Future

Pascagoula = Maritime

The Gulf, The River People, Commerce, Transportation, Military, Industry, Energy, Research

The Goal

Today’s Home in Pascagoula

• Purpose built museum?• Advantage of converting an existing building • Old Pascagoula High School renovation–Math & Science, Band Hall available

• Buildings obtained in March, 2013

Grand Magnolia

Old PHS

City Hall

County Services Building

Museum Restoration Center(the Band Hall)

Mississippi Maritime Museum(Science & Math Building)

MUSEUM BUILDING

Building Possibilities

• Entry and Hallways• Exhibit Rooms• Theater/Lecture/Meeting Room• Office and Administration• Research Center• Storage & Restoration Center

Exhibit Themes

• The Age of Sail• The War Years• The Post-War Navy• Oil Industry Vessels• Exploratory And Fishing Vessels• The Port of Pascagoula

Pascagoula’s Governor Stone built in 1877

• The Age of Sail

World War I – USS Pascagoula – built in Pascagoula

World War II

Over 60 ships in only 4 years!

Baby Flat-tops for the British

• The War Years

Destroyers& Cruisers

USS Cole

USS America

• The Post-War Navy

Nuclear Submarines

• Oil Industry Vessels

VT Halter’s Offshore Supply Vessels

Signal International

Offshore Rig

Repair and

Upgrades

Pisces, Halter 2007

• Exploratory And Fishing Vessels

Oregon II, Ingalls 1967

• The Port of Pascagoula

Mississippi’s Largest Port

What We’ll See…

• Interactive Displays• Ship Models• Photos & Art• Movies & Multi-Media• Lectures & Classes• Tours

What Can You Do?

• Join the Museum

– Help Chart The Future

• Personal Donations

– Become a “Plank Owner”

• Corporate Donations

– Naming Rights & Sponsorship Opportunities