Ahoy Shipmates!

This summer is entering into the home stretch.  We have a month packed with activities for kids as Labor Day is four weeks away and many are thinking of returning to school.  

We are continuing our permanent brick paver program; the first large batch of bricks are being engraved and are planned to be installed early in September.  We occasionally get inquiries asking if there is still time to get in on the program and the answer is a resounding yes!  There currently is no planned deadline; this is a program that we will continue as long as there continues to be interest in participation or until the entire entry area to the museum is filled with laser engraved bricks, whichever comes first.  So please help us by continuing to pass the word.

      August 2012 marks the 67th anniversary of the ending of World War II with the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August respectively and acceptance of Japanese surrender on 14 August.  6 August also marks the 67th anniversary of the sinking of the last U.S. submarine to be lost in WWII, USS Bullhead (SS 332).  Bullhead was a Balao class submarine built by the Electric Boat Company in Groton Connecticut.  She was launched on 16 July 1944, commissioned on 4 December, 1944, Commanded by CDR W.E. Griffith.  Bullhead completed two Pacific war patrols, performing shore bombardment, rescuing downed airmen and sinking about 1800 tons of Japanese shipping.  Bullhead departed on her third and final war patrol on 31 July 1945 and was last heard from on 6 August 1945.  Bullhead was caught on the surface by a Japanese Mitsubishi Ki-51, struck with two bombs and went to the bottom with 84 men on board.

Please drop by the museum and check us out, you won't be disappointed.