Maritime and Naval Museums: Oregon, USA.

Astoria

Columbia River Maritime Museum

1792 Marine Drive,
Astoria, OR 97103.

Telephone: +1 503 325 2323
E-mail: columbia@seasurf.com
WWW: Columbia River Maritime Museum

Opening hours: daily 09:30-17:00; Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Museum ships:

Columbia (1950), lightship WAL 604.
USS Knapp, destroyer DD 653 (Bridge only - centerpiece of museum.)
USS Rasher, submarine SS 269 (Periscopes and part of conn only.)

Artifacts from the battleship Oregon, local Indian canoes, Lewis and Clark artifacts, and whaling.

Hammond

Fort Stevens State Park Museum

Site of attack by the Japanese submarine I-25 during WWII. Photos and artifacts are on display.

Portland

Oregon Maritime Center and Museum

113 SW Naito Parkway,
Portland, Oregon 97204.

Telephone: +1 503 224 7724
Telefax: +1 503 224 7767
WWW: http://www.teleport.com/~omcm/index.phtml

Opening hours: May—August, Wednesday-Sunday 11:00-16:00; September—April Friday-Sunday 11:00-16:00.

Museum of Oregon's nautical history.

Museum ships:

SS Portland (1947), a steam tug equipped with a sternwheel.
Russell, a former naval fuel barge.
Columbia River gillnetter.

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

Telephone: +1 703 797 4569

Opening hours: Winter (Labor Day — Memorial Day), Saturday-Wednesday 09:30-17:30, Thursday-Friday 09:30-21:00; Summer (Memorial Dat — Labor Day), Saturday-Wednesday 09:30-19:00, Thursday-Friday 09:30-21:00.

Attached to the museum is the submarine USS Blueback (1959), SS 581.

Updated 2000-10-16 by Lars Bruzelius

Sjöhistoriska Samfundet | The Maritime History Virtual Archives | Martime Museums | Martime Museums: North America