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The museum already planned to display a submarine, and the acquisition of U-505 seemed ideal. [23] The US government donated the submarine to the museum in September 1954, and Chicago residents raised $250,000 for transporting and installing the boat.
The National Museum of the United States Navy, or U.S. Navy Museum for short, is the flagship museum of the United States Navy and is located in the former Breech Mechanism Shop of the old Naval Gun Factory on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., United States.
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at the Baltimore Maritime Museum: 115: German submarine U-505: Illinois 29 June 1989: Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago: 116: Victory Chimes: Maine 25 September 1997: 117: Virginia V (steamboat) Washington 5 October 1992: 118: W.P. Snyder Jr. Ohio 29 June 1989: 119: W.T. Preston (snagboat) Washington 5 May 1989: 120: William B. Tennison
The museum's research library contains more than 6,500 volumes that support the exhibits and provide extensive information on undersea history, science, and operations. It also holds a complete set of World War II submarine war patrol reports and more than 115 interviews from the U.S. Naval Institute's oral history collection.
Ten official Navy museums are dedicated to making available the artifacts, documents, and art that best embody U.S. naval history and heritage for present and future generations. [5] National Museum of the United States Navy – Washington, DC; National Museum of the American Sailor – Great Lakes, IL; Hampton Roads Naval Museum – Norfolk, VA
Washington, DC: National Museum of the United States Navy: Y District of Columbia: Washington, DC: Naval History & Heritage Command: District of Columbia: Washington, DC: Navy Art Collection: Florida: Apalachicola: Apalachicola Maritime Museum: Archived 2008-05-11 at the Wayback Machine: Florida: Daytona Beach: Daytona Maritime Museum: Florida ...
The library's rare book room, a climate-controlled vault being renovated in 2013–2014, contains books written before 1600, and many more recent items such as John Paul Jones' calling card collection from when he was with the Russian navy, and documents captured on German submarine U-505 when Daniel V. Gallery boarded it in 1944. [5]