Museums and Historical Points of Interest

National Museum of the U.S. Navy – Main Gallery

Opened in 1982 in the old Gun Hall. Open from x to x

Notable Artifacts:

5”/38 Twin Mount from USS Reno
40mm Quadruple Mount
Mark One “Little Boy” Atomic Bomb Casing
Trieste I Bathyscape
F4U-4 Corsair
Okha/Baka Suicide Flying Bomb
Fighting Top from USS Constitution
Statue of Boatswain's Mate Charles W. Riggin made from 26,000 silver dimes
Ship's Wheel, Bell, and Fife Rail from USS Hartford
Bow ornament from USS Olympia

Miscellaneous Models on Display

Korean Turtle Boat (Unknown Scale)
McMurdo Station, Antartica (1” : 100') Naval Reconnaisance and Technical Support Center, August 1965

Submarine Models on Display

Turtle
Plunger Class Submarine (3/4” : 1') NAVSEA
S-3 (¼” : 1') NAVSEA
S-48 (¼” : 1') Department of the Navy
SS-182 Salmon (¼” : 1') NAVSEA
Type IXC U-841 (1/4” : 1) NAVSEA
USS Balao (1/4” : 1')
S-48 to S-51 Sectional Model (Illegible Size) Washington Navy Yard, 1925

Old Navy Models on Display

USS Constitution (1/8” : 1') NAVSEA

NOTE: This model was in the Oval Office when JFK was assassinated; and was in James Brady's office when he was shot. After the Brady incident the White House requested that the model be removed and it was placed in the National Museum of the U.S. Navy.

USS Constitution (Unknown Scale)
Cutaway Model of a Typical British Ship of the Line (120 Guns) circa 1750 (3/16” : 1') Lawrence T. Hubbell. Took 2,000 man hours over three years to construct.
CSS Virginia (¼” : 1')
USS Kearsarge (1/4” : 1') NAVSEA
CSS Alabama (1/4” : 1') National Museum of American History
USS Shark (1/4” : 1') Naval Historical Foundation
USS Alfred (Unknown Scale)
USS Hartford (1/4” : 1')
USS Congress (1/4” : 1')
USS Hannah (1:48) circa 1775
USS Vermont (1/4” : 1') 74 Gun Ship of the Line - Department of the Navy
Gunboat 156 (1'4” : 1') – Circa 1814.
USS Powhatan (1/4” : 1') – Last sidewheel steam frigate.
USS Wabash (7/32” : 1') – Screw Frigate (Hoisting Propeller)
USS Bonhomme Richard (3/16” : 1')
USS Constellation (Eighth-Inch) John Innis, Mystic Seaport Museum

Steel Navy Models on Display

USS Vesuvius (1/4” : 1') - Dynamite Gun Cruiser
USS Olympia (¼” : 1') NAVSEA
USS Miantonomoh (¼” : 1')
USS Baltimore (¼” : 1')
USS New York / Saratoga / Rochester (¼” : 1') circa 1905
USS Wyoming/Cheyenne (¼” : 1') - Last USN Monitor
USS Brooklyn (½” : 1')
USS Salem (¼' : 1') NAVSEA – Scout Cruiser
Protected Cruiser Atlanta (¼” : 1')
Gunboat Helena (¼” : 1')
BB-3 Oregon (¼”: 1') BuShips
BB-5 Kearsarge (1:48) Model built by USN circa 1899
BB-10 Maine (¼” : 1') – Predreadnought. Not the one that sank in Havana harbor.
ACR 4 Pennsylvania/Pittsburgh (1/4” : 1') – Has aircraft landing platform aft for the famous Ely flight.

Modern Navy Models on Display (WWI and Later)

CV-4 Ranger (Unknown Scale)
CV-32 Leyte (¼” : 1') NAVSEA
BB-26 South Carolina (1/4” : 1')
BB-43 Tennessee (1/8” : 1') Howard E. Pierson
BB-63 Missouri (¼” : 1') Gibbs & Cox – Took 70,000 Man Hours to Make.
CL-144 Worcester (¼” : 1') BuShips
Cleveland Light Cruiser in Floating Drydock Model (Unknown Scale)
DD-63? Sampson (¼” : 1) NAVSEA
DD-74 Manley (¼” : 1') Department of the Navy
DD-419 Wrainright (¼” : 1') NAVSEA
DD-445 Fletcher (3/16” : 1') NAVSEA
DD Allen M. Sumner Cutaway (½” : 1') Model built in 1945 by Fleet Service Schools in San Diego, CA
Rudderow DE (¼” : 1') NAVSEA
APD-87 Crosley (¼” : 1') NAVSEA
AKA 108 Washburn (¼” : 1') BuShips
T-2 Tanker SS W.L.R. Emmet (1/8” : 1') MIT
AGC-17 Taconic (¼” : 1') Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
AM-247 Improve (¼” : 1') NAVSEA
Lapwing Class Minesweeper (1/4” : 1') NAVSEA
ASR-21 Pigeon (¼” : 1') (1:48) Boucher-Lewis, NY
DSRV-1 (1” : 1') Department of the Navy
C-253 Class A (Fast) Patrol Boat (1” : 1') NAVSEA
PY Corsair (¼” : 1) Circa 1917 – Department of the Navy
YMS-445 (1/4” : 1') NAVSEA
PCE-904 (¼” : 1) NAVSEA
SC-648 (1:48) Donated to NAVSEA by former Commanding Officer of SC-648
LCI(L)-10 (¼” : 1') LCI Flotilla 11 Association
LSM-201 Cutaway (1½” : 1') Gibbs & Cox. Shows all internal piping, structure, etc.
LST-383 (1/4”) NAVSEA

National Museum of the U.S. Navy – Cold War Gallery (White Star)

CLOSED. Currently under construction/development and will open around 2013.

National Museum of the U.S. Navy – Display Ship Barry

PCF-1 Swift Boat Memorial

USS Balao (SS-285) Conning Tower

Naval History and Heritage Command – Navy Art Collection

Admiral Leutze Park

USS Enterprise (CV-6) Anchor

One of only three parts of CV-6 to remain. The stern nameplate is in River Vale, NJ's Veteran's Park, and the Ship's Bell is in front of Bancroft Hall at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.

Navy Library

Naval History and Heritage Command – Aviation and Ship's History Branch

Naval History and Heritage Command – Operational Archives