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 [...]
Do you remember when the decking of an old wooden ship was dug up on the beach in Mantoloking last November? Every newspaper and every local TV news station had a reporter “on the scene” [...]
The Asbury Park Press, in its Reader’s Choice Awards, named the New Jersey Maritime Museum as the “Best of the Best” in Ocean County under the category of “Indoor [...]
After an active summer season, and a return of visitors to the Jersey shore, we welcome the upcoming holiday season with expectations of an even better year ahead. Repairs necessitated by the [...]