Whoever is ham here are you participating in Museum Ships Weekend? If you have a shortwave radio you can listen in. So far, there are
76 79 85 87 94 ships signed up and we've a month and a half to go. We'll probably hit 100+ ships by then. The ham club for the Battleship USS New Jersey sponsors this each year.
Last year I had 34 contacts...trying for more this year. Shortwave listeners can have fun listening in but I don't know which, if any, of the museum ships has a QSL card going.
Here's the link:
http://www.nj2bb.org/museum/In the past I've spoken with people on the USS Nautilus, Queen Mary, NSS Savannah (US nuclear cargo ship) and a bunch of others. I never have gotten to the USS Missouri in Hawaii...almost, but not quite.
Anyone here ever stationed on or lives by any of these Museum Ships? Some of them have completely restored radio rooms and you can probably swing by and listen to what it's like to operate an HF radio like yesteryear. Here's the list so far this year:
NAME TYPE OF SHIP LOCATION CALLSIGN K1USN Watson Museum Braintree, MA K1USN USS Hornet Aircraft Carrier Alameda Point, CA NB6GC
USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier Charleston, SC WA4USN
USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier Corpus Christi, TX W5LEX
USS Intrepid Aircraft Carrier New York, NY WA3KEY/2
USS Midway Aircraft Carrier San Diego, CA NI6IW
ST-695 Angels Gate Army Tugboat San Pedro, CA K6AA USS New Jersey Battleship Camden, New Jersey NJ2BB
USS Iowa Battleship San Pedro, CA NI6BB
USS Missouri Battleship Pearl Harbor, HI KH6BB
USS Wisconsin Battleship Norfolk, Virginia N4WIS
USS Texas Battleship Houston, Texas NA5DV USS North Carolina Battleship Wilmington, NC NI4BK USS Oklahoma Mast Memorial Battleship Mast Memorial skogee, OK WW2OK
MV Cap San Diego Cargo Ship Hamburg,Germany DL0MFH
Ex MV Dresden Cargo Ship Rostock, Germany DL0MCM
*MV Iris-Joerg Cargo Ship Wischhafen,Germany DL0MFM**Claud W Somers Chesapeake Bay Skipjack Reedville, VA W4NNK
USS Cairo Civil War Ironclad Gunboat Vicksburg, MS K5ZRO
USCG Ingham CG Cutter Key West, FL NR4DL
USS Potomac CG Cutter/Pres. Yacht Oakland, CA. NE6JP
USS Olympia Cruiser Philadelphia, PA WA3BAT
USS Littlerock Cruiser Buffalo, New York W2PE
HMS Belfast Cruiser London, UK GB2RN
USS Indianapolis CA-35 Memorial Cruiser Indianapolis, IN WW2IND
**USS Edson DD946 Destroyer Bay City, MI W8EDS
USS The Sullivans Destroyer Buffalo, NY N2HTL
HMCS Haida Destroyer Hamilton, Ontario VE3RCN
USS Turner Joy Destroyer Bremerton, WA NS7DD
FGS Moelders Destroyer Wilhelmshaven/Germany DL0MFX
USS Cassin Young Destroyer Boston, MA WW2DD
USS Kidd Destroyer Baton Rouge, La W5KID
USS Joseph P Kennedy, Jr Destroyer Fall River, MA NB1CR USS Stewart Destroyer Escort Galveston, TX KK5W
Evelina M Goulart Fishing Schooner Essex, MA W1ESS Grandcamp Memorial (June 4 only) French Liberty Ship Texas City, TX AC0TX
D. Fernando II e Glória Frigate Cacilhas Dockyard Portugal CS5DFG
Navio Hospital Gil Eannes Hospital Ship Viana do Castelo, Portugal CS5ARAM
MV France 1 Frigate(Meteorological survey) La Rochelle, France TM1EJ Kraisin Icebreaker St. Petersburg, Russia R1LK
**Götz von Mannheim (June 4 only) Landing Craft Mannheim, Germany DL0NV USCGC Mackinaw Icebreaker Mackinaw, MI W8AGB
SS John W Brown Liberty Ship Baltimore, MD W3TFR
SS High Flyer Memorial (June 5 only) Liberty Ship Texas City, TX AC0TX
LV Elbe l Lightvessel Cuxhaven Germany DL0CUX
Carl D Bradley Limestone Carrier Rogers City, MI W8B
LST-393 LST Muskegon, MI N8LST
USS Lucid Minesweeper Stockton, CA N6MSO
USS Hazard Minesweeper Omaha, NE K0USA
KRS 575 “Hans Beimler” Missile Corvette Peenemuende, Germany DL0MFN
NSS Savannah Nuclear Merchant Vessel Baltimore, MD K3SAV
SS Cedarville Ore Freighter Rogers City, MI W8C
SS Hohentwiel Paddle Steamer Bodensee, Austria OE6XMF/HO Mannheim Paddle Steamer Mannheim, Germany DK0LURMS Queen Mary Passenger Ship Long Beach, CA W6RO
SS Rotterdam Passenger Ship Port of Rotterdam PI4HAL
SS Keewatin Passenger Steamship Port McNicoll, ON VA3VGC
SS City of Milwaukee Railroad Car Ferry Manistee, MI KS8BJohn T. Essberger (Sun Jun 5 only) Rescue Cruiser Speyer, Germany DK0SP
PBR River Patrol Boat College Station, TX W5PBR
Tall Ship Elissa Sailing Barque Galveston Island, TX N5E
Star of India (separate contact) Sailing Ship San Diego, CA NS6OI
SS Ticonderoga Steamboat Shelburne, VT W1T
U-5075 Seehund Submarine Quincy, MA. WW2MAN
B-39 (separate contact) Soviet Submarine San Diego, CA NS6OI
H. L. Hunley Submarine - Civil War Charleston, SC N4HLHUSS Cod Submarine Cleveland, OH W8COD
USS Cobia Submarine Manitowoc, Wisconsin NB9QV
USS Nautilus Submarine Groton, CT N1S
USS Pampanito Submarine San Francisco, CA NJ6VT
Novosibirskij Komsomolec (B-396) Submarine 641-B Moscow, Russia RU3AWK
HMUb Nordkaparen Submarine Gothenburg, Sweden SL8SUB
U10 (S189) Submarine Wilhelmshaven, Germany DF0RI
Vesikko Submarine Suomenlinna, Helsinki, FINLAND OH2AN/SUB
USS Dolphin (separate contact) Submarine San Diego, CA NS6OI
USS Blueback Submarine Portland, OR W7SUB
USS Batfish Submarine Muskogee, OK WW2SUB
USS Silversides Submarine Muskegon, MI N8SUB
**USS Requin Submarine Pittsburgh, PA NY3EC
USS Cavalla Submarine Galveston, TX KK5W
HMCS Onondaga Submarine Pointe-au-Père, Quebec VA2GNQ
NRP Barracuda Submarine Cacilhas Dockyard Portugal CS5SUB
USS Becuna Submarine Philadelphia, PA N3SUB
S637 Espadon Submarine Saint-Nazaire France F6KBG Nazario Sauro Submarine Genoa, Italy II1NS
**Wilhelm Bauer (ex U-2540) Submarine Bremerhaven, Germany DL6T
U9 (Sat Jun 4 only) Submarine Speyer, Germany DK0SP
U-995 Submarine Laboe Germany DL0DMB
K24 (U-461) Submarine Peenemuende, Germany DM3G
SS American Victory Victory Ship Tampa, Florida W4AVM
USS Albacore Submarine Portsmouth, NH NM1JYSS Lane Victory Victory Ship San Pedro, CA W6LV
Red Oak Victory Victory Ship Richmond, CA NY6CI Elettra (Marconi's Traveling Lab) Yacht Pontecchio Marconi, Italy TBA3 in blue added 16-APR-166 in purple added 23-APR-162 in green added 30-APR-167 in red added 07-MAY-16