![]() ![]() Caravel-style 15th century sailing ships: Marys Tall Ship Alliance, has organized this spring 2020 visit of the Columbus Foundation ships. In cooperation with the City of Fernandina Beach, the St. ![]() (The ship photos seen here were taken during that previous Fernandina Beach visit.) St. Some local residents may recall these tall ships were here at Fernandina’s Harbor six years ago, back in March 2014. The Niña & Pinta, historic replicas or “floating museums,” are scheduled to sail into Fernandina Harbor Marina the afternoon of April 23, 2020. UPDATE MAAmid coronavirus concerns, the Fernandina Beach visit of the Niña & Pinta, has been CANCELED. All Rights Reserved.Niña & Pinta, Fernandina Harbor (Photo archives, 2014) until 5:30 p.m.Īdmission: $10 for adults 18 and older, $5 for youth 6-17, free for children younger than 5įor more information, including tickets to the Aug. LST 325 will be open for tours daily, Aug. By preserving this priceless piece of American history, we will bring honor to the American ship building industries that produced them, the crews who served and defended them, and those who were carried onto the invasion shores by them.” The names of all who died while serving on LSTs will be displayed on the ship. It is our desire to preserve the memory of these ships and all the countless heroic men who died in battle during the service to their country. is “to educate its visitors to the role of the LST in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. The stated mission of USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc. “Between June 1944 and the end of April 1945 LST-325 made 43 round trips between England and France, unloading at Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno and the city of Rouen on the Seine River.” On 7 June they anchored off Omaha Beach and unloaded the men and vehicles onto (smaller landing craft). LST-325 was part of Force ‘B,’ the back-up force for the troops going ashore at Omaha Beach on 6 June. NW.Īccording to USS LST Ship Memorial, Inc., “On 5 June 1944 LST-325 sailed from Falmouth, England carrying elements of the 5th Special Engineer Brigade. 3, the ship will be at Ingalls Harbor, 802 Market St. 28 in time for its crew to attend a VIP dinner at the Ingalls Harbor Pavilion that evening. LST (Landing Ship Tank) 325, the last operational ship of its kind still in WWII configuration, will arrive in Decatur Aug. ![]() Group and school tours: minimum of 15 people, $5 per personįor information and school group bookings, call 78 The Pinta has certain modern conveniences like air conditioning below deck, to make its role as a museum a little easier, while the Niña is claimed to be the “most historically accurate Columbus replica ship ever built.”Īdmission: $8.50 for adults, $7.50 for seniors age 60 and older, $6.50 age 5-16, free for ages 4 and younger 2.Īccording to The Columbus Foundation, “Both the Niña and Pinta will be touring together as a new and enhanced ‘sailing museum,’ for the purpose of educating the public and school children on the ‘caravel,’ a Portuguese ship used by Columbus and many early explorers to discover the world.” – It’s a good time to be a maritime history fan in north Alabama, as ports in the region welcome sailing reproductions of two of the ships of Christopher Columbus and an original World War II Naval vessel that participated in D-Day operations at Omaha Beach in Normandy.įull-size, sailing reproductions of the Niña and Pinta, ships used by Christopher Columbus in his exploration of the New World, arrived in Guntersville this week, and will be at Guntersville City Harbor, 39 Paddle Wheel Dr. ![]()
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