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Topic: Maritime heritage

Large coniferous trees lining the coast with large rocks jutting up from the waters.

Podcast: Explore Olympic Coast’s rich marine life and maritime history

April 17, 2024

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maritime heritage

Large coniferous trees lining the coast with large rocks jutting up from the waters.

Photo of a scuba diver swimming past a shipwreck. The story title, "New Study Opens Window to Cultural Past in Great Lakes Sanctuary, By Hans Van Tilburg and Rachel Plunkett" is overlayed onto the image.

New Study Opens Window to Cultural Past in Great Lakes Sanctuary

March 5, 2024

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Photo of a scuba diver swimming past a shipwreck. The story title, "New Study Opens Window to Cultural Past in Great Lakes Sanctuary, By Hans Van Tilburg and Rachel Plunkett" is overlayed onto the image.

The rusty remnants of a Totten Beacon (foreground) located near American Shoal lighthouse.

Podcast: Explore the Florida Keys through its maritime history

September 7, 2023

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The rusty remnants of a Totten Beacon (foreground) located near American Shoal lighthouse.

A shipwreck in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

What is maritime heritage?

September 11, 2018

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A shipwreck in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

USS Conestoga (AT 54), the last known broadside photograph taken likely during WWI when the tugboat was equipped with a 3-inch 50 caliber naval gun and two machine guns. The tugboat was later equipped with only a single 3-inch 50 caliber gun when it disappeared while en route from Mare Island to America Samoa, by way of Pearl Harbor in 1921.

Science and shipwrecks: Preserving America’s maritime history

April 13, 2018

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maritime heritage

maritime archaeology

USS Conestoga (AT 54), the last known broadside photograph taken likely during WWI when the tugboat was equipped with a 3-inch 50 caliber naval gun and two machine guns. The tugboat was later equipped with only a single 3-inch 50 caliber gun when it disappeared while en route from Mare Island to America Samoa, by way of Pearl Harbor in 1921.

“The Muskeget weathermen legacy of 'service above self' lives on with the men and women of National Weather Service today,” said National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini. In this photo, Chaplain LT Larry Brant stands with relatives of posthumous Purple Heart Medal recipient Luther Brady at a ceremony in the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Dec. 13, 2016.

Postscript: Lost WWII weatherman’s family found

December 27, 2016

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“The Muskeget weathermen legacy of 'service above self' lives on with the men and women of National Weather Service today,” said National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini. In this photo, Chaplain LT Larry Brant stands with relatives of posthumous Purple Heart Medal recipient Luther Brady at a ceremony in the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Dec. 13, 2016.

Just below the surface of Lake Huron, a diver photographs the German freighter Nordmeer, which ran aground in 1966 and eventually sank in 40 feet of water.

Explore, discover and appreciate America's maritime cultural heritage

December 19, 2016

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Just below the surface of Lake Huron, a diver photographs the German freighter Nordmeer, which ran aground in 1966 and eventually sank in 40 feet of water.

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