Museum News 2

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Battleship TEXAS has massive leak: The estimated average daily leak is greater than 300 tons of water.

https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2017/6/28/battleship-texas-leaks-and-fundraising#.WVQlQPviirc.facebook

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JOHN BROWN has arrived all the way to Fell's Point!

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CONGRATULATIONS to USCGC TANEY for winning a National Park Service "Maritime Heritage" grant for hull preservation worth $152,389!

For a list of all winners, click HERE: https://councilofamericanmaritimemuseums.org/2017/07/07/national-park-service-awards-more-than-1-7-million-in-maritime-heritage-grants/

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Maryland's Daily Record uses a nifty photograph of TORSK in their ad:

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The Navy's summary of the two-year restoration of CONSTITUTION:

http://usnhistory.navylive.dodlive.mil/2017/07/17/a-look-at-uss-constitutions-2015-2017-dry-docking-and-restoration/

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No hard feelings: The British Ambassador to the US [Center] and British Consulate officer for New England [left] get to sign the hull while the USN watches to make sure there's no funny business [HMS VICTORY still floats]...

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http://coastmonkey.ie/ss-empire-heritage-8th-september-1944/

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Drained the turret's tank:

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This photograph was shared on Twitter. Any ideas on which boat this is?

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India's submarine museum is going to get some official naval help:

https://www.yovizag.com/vizag-submarine-museum-navy/

Images from other sites:

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Our neighbors across Pier 3 - the National Aquarium - celebrated their 36th anniversary by posting this photograph.

We're nose-in, now and "those teeth" are g-o-n-e.

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Arctic explorer, Roald Amundsen's vessel, raised after 90 years on the seabed, will be returning to Norway.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/1495089-arctic-explorers-ship-to-return-to-norway-after-90-years-in-nunavut

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This cat lives in a Russian museum submarine:

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Just after the eclipse:

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A bio-medical engineer for the Navy has a new theory on the death of the crew of CSS HUNLEY:

https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/blasting-through-hunley-mystery