#museumships — Public Fediverse posts
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Among the fascinating (to me, anyway) items when I toured the Great Lakes freighter William A. Irvin in Duluth Thursday was the woodwork for the staircase in the pilot house. In addition to the captain’s quarters are four guest rooms and a guest lounge; VIPs and celebrities were known to go on mini-cruises as the ship sailed the Great Lakes and did so on other ships as well. The whole thing just … kicked ass.
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I really do have a research plan (well kinda), but you know, you get going along and run across interesting things. This week I learned the Constellation which is a wooden all sail ship (the last built in the US), was on active duty in WORLD WAR II. She was built in 1854 but served first as Admiral King's alternative flag, then Rear Admiral Ingersoll's actual flagship in 1942.
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