Maritime and Naval Museums: Ohio, USA.

Ashtabula

Great Lakes Marine and US Coast Guard Memorial Museum

1071 Walnut Blvd.
Ashtabula, OH.

Telephone: +1 216 964 6847

Opening hours: Memorial Day — October 31.

Housed in the former lighthouse keeper's residence buil in 1898.

Cleveland

The Steamer William G. Mather Museum.

1001 East 9th Street Pier,
Cleveland, OH 44114-1003.

Telephone: +1 216 574 6262

Opening hours: May—??, Friday—Saturday, 10:00–17:00, Sunday, 12:00-17:00; Memorial Day — Labour Day: Monday—Saturday, 10:00–17:00, Sunday, 12:00–17:00; September — October: Friday—Saturday, 10:00&ndash ;17:00, Sunday, 12:00-17:00.

SS William G. Mather (1925), a Great Lakes bulk ore carrier.

USS Cod Submarine Museum

1089 East 9th Street,
Cleveland, OH 44144.

Telephone: +1 216 566 8770
WWW: http://erienet.net/~mischief/cod/cod.html

Opening hours: May — September, daily 10:00-17:00.

USS Cod (1943) SS 224, a Gato-Class submarine.

Fairport Harbor

Fairport Marine Museum

129 Second Street,
Fairport, OH 44077.

Telephone: +1 216 354 4825

Opening hours: Memorial Day — Labor Day, Saturday-Sunday and holidays 13:00-18:00.

The museum is housed in the Fairport lighthouse tower built in 1871. There is also a pilot house of the lake freighter SS Frontenac.

Marietta

Ohio River Museum

601 Second Street,
Marietta, OH 45750.

Telephone: +1 614 373 3750

SS W. P. Snyder. Jr., steam towboat.

Maritime and natural history of Ohio River.

Sandusky

Sandusky Area Maritime Museum

279 E. Market Street,
Sandusky, OH 44871.

Telephone: +1 419 624 0274.
WWW: www.sanduskymaritime.org

Opening hours: May - December, Tuesday-Saturday, 13:00-16:00.

Toledo

26 Main Street,
Toledo, OH.

Telephone: +1 419 698 8252

Opening hours: March — April and October — November, Wednesday-Saturday 09:30-17:00; May — September, Monday-Saturday 09:30-17:00, Sundays and holidays 12:00-17:00; Closed December — February.

The SS Willis B. Boyer (1918), a stern-wheeler.

Vermillion

Inland Seas Maritime Museum of the Great Lakes Historical Society

480 Main Street
Vermilion, OH 44089-1099.

Telephone: +1 216 967 3467

Opening hours: daily 10:00-17:00; closed major holidays.

The museum is featuring the maritime history of the Great Lakes. The artifact collection includes ships models, steam whistles, name boards, outboard engines, sailing trophies from the Inter-Lake Yachting Association.

Updated 1998-12-01 by Lars Bruzelius

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