Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum
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The Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum is a maritime museum
located at 120 Riverfront Park Drive, North Little Rock, Arkansas
which opened on May 15, 2005. Its primary exhibit is the , a World War Two which later served in the Korean, Vietnam and Cold Wars. The submarine was later transitioned to the Turkish Navy before becoming a museum ship
. It is arguably the longest-serving submarine still existing in the world, having been commissioned by the United States and Turkey for 53 years of active duty.
Plans are in place to also acquire the , a tug which survived and responded to the attack on Pearl Harbor
.
The museum has recently begun to offer sleepovers on the submarine.
Maritime museum
A maritime museum is a museum specializing in the display of objects relating to ships and travel on large bodies of water...
located at 120 Riverfront Park Drive, North Little Rock, Arkansas
North Little Rock, Arkansas
the city was 62.55% White, 33.98% Black or African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.59% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.18% from other races, and 1.26% from two or more races...
which opened on May 15, 2005. Its primary exhibit is the , a World War Two which later served in the Korean, Vietnam and Cold Wars. The submarine was later transitioned to the Turkish Navy before becoming a museum ship
Museum ship
A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes...
. It is arguably the longest-serving submarine still existing in the world, having been commissioned by the United States and Turkey for 53 years of active duty.
Plans are in place to also acquire the , a tug which survived and responded to the attack on Pearl Harbor
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941...
.
The museum has recently begun to offer sleepovers on the submarine.