Summer is upon us and we are prepared for another busy season. Spring was spent addressing a couple of long standing issues that we were finally able to attend to. After years of coping with an [...]
We were delighted to welcome about 50 of Capt. Hank Garvin’s family and friends to a memorial ceremony and the unveiling of the museum’s display of Hank’s artifact collection. [...]
I am a shipwreck junkie. No question about it. I enjoyed 30 plus years of diving on them. Now I get (almost) as much enjoyment out of researching them and adding what I learn to the NJ Maritime [...]
. Carole Bradshaw’s program on the Fortuna was postponed due to Blizzard Jonas. Her program has now been rescheduled to Friday, February 12. While public speaking is nothing new for Carole [...]
While studying New Jersey’s involvement in the Revolutionary War, I keep trying to imagine the real life of a New Jersey resident during that volatile time. New Jersey was not a politically [...]
One of the rewards of hanging out at the maritime museum is the opportunity to meet and learn from some very knowledgeable history buffs. Among the most gifted and most prolific is Tom Farner. [...]
After being on-line for two years, the NJ Maritime Museum Shipwreck Data Base is getting a facelift. Not a major makeover. Just a nip and a tuck to make some portions of the data base easier to [...]
July 13 is Discover Barnegat Light Day. This event is a great opportunity to visit the north end of LBI and to celebrate its rich maritime history. Whether you participate in the special day or [...]
It is February 19, 1942. In the darkness of the cold winter morning, the stealthy German submarine U-432 follows the silhouette of a lone freighter steaming north fifty-five miles east of Cape [...]
Question: How can you lose a 500 foot steam freighter? Answer: Get lost while passing through the Bermuda Triangle. Not exciting enough? How about it was taken hostage by South Jersey mobsters [...]