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Freedom Park is an outdoor park and museum at the Greater Omaha Marina on the bank of the Missouri River at 2497 Freedom Park Road in the East Omaha section of Omaha, Nebraska. It displays numerous military aircraft and artillery pieces along with its two major exhibits, the World War II minesweeper USS Hazard (AM-240) and Cold War -era ...
Bank of Florence Museum; Batchelder Family Scout Museum; Boys Town Hall of History; Florence Depot; Florence Mill; Freedom Park Navy Museum; The General Crook House Museum at Fort Omaha, exploring the role of the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars of the 1900s, is part of the Douglas County Historical Society. [9] Gerald R. Ford Birthsite and ...
USS Nevada (SSBN-733) is a United States Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine that has been in commission since 1986. She is the fourth ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for Nevada , the 36th state.
The Webster Telephone Exchange Building is the current location of the Great Plains Black History Museum. The Grand Court of the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition was located in Kountze Place on the current site of Kountze Park in North Omaha. The USS Hazard is a National Historic Landmark located in Freedom Park.
Local history [94] Steele City Museum: Steele City: Jefferson: Eastern: Open air: Operated by the Jefferson County Historical Society, includes working blacksmith shop, livery barn, school, bank, 1880s stone church, antique farm machinery display [95] [96] Strang Museum: Strang: Fillmore: Southeast: Local history: Open during special events or ...
USS Reno (CL-96) was an updated Atlanta-class light cruiser - sometimes referred to as an "Oakland-class" - designed and built to specialize in antiaircraft warfare. She was the first warship to be named for the city of Reno, Nevada. Reno (DD-303) was a destroyer named for Lt. Commander Walter E. Reno.
He has participated in over 100 shipwreck investigations worldwide, including notable sites such as the RMS Titanic, USS Independence (CVL-22), USS Conestoga (AT-54), USS Monitor, USS Arizona (BB-39), USS Nevada (BB-36), Sub Marine Explorer, the buried Gold Rush ships of San Francisco, the atomic bomb test fleet at Bikini Atoll, the slave ship ...
"Cheer Up Ship" – USS Nevada (BB-36) "Chesapeake Raider" – USS Wyoming (BB-32), nickname given after frequent sightings of the ship in the Chesapeake Bay during World War Two. "Christmas Anthem" – HMS Chrysanthemum; humorous malapropism "Chuck Bucket" – USS Carl Vinson "Chuckie V" – USS Carl Vinson