$16.00
Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park
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Wednesday, June 3 at 11:00am – 12:30pm
ADDRESS: 1 Naval Park Cove, Buffalo, NY 14202
Shane Stephenson, Director of Museum Collections, will lead this guided tour of Buffalo’s Naval Park, the largest inland Naval Park in the United States. Located on Buffalo’s Waterfront, this unique destination features four decommissioned Naval vessels that served in a variety of military conflicts in our nation’s history.
Vessels include the USS Little Rock, the last surviving vessel from the Cleveland-class of light cruisers in the world; the USS The Sullivans, the first ship in the U.S. Navy to be named for more than one person, one of only four remaining examples from the Fletcher-class of destroyers in the world; the USS Croaker, a Gato-class submarine on the National Register of Historic Places; and the PTF-17, one of only 20 fast patrol boats from the Nasty-class to be built, used as a high-speed reconnaissance and patrol craft in Vietnam.
As part of this tour, participants will get first hand knowledge about the challenges of having the museum’s collections stored on 80+ year old naval vessels.
Getting There: We will meet at 10:30AM in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency and walk to the Fountain Plaza light-rail stop at 10:35AM. The light-rail is free above ground, with the Naval Park located very close, about a 5-minute ride away at the Erie Canal Harbor stop.
