#moshulu

[the-golden-vanity]

Ships at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, May 8th, 2026

Gazela, Grand Banks barquentine (1901) Moshulu, four-masted windjammer barque (1904) Becuna, naval submarine (1944) Olympia, naval protected cruiser (1892)

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[your-resident-boat-person]

A little arts and crafts project I'm working on: a little scrapbook of all the historic ships I've visited!

I took all the pictures with my Nintendo DSi, and I printed them with a little thermal printer that can print on sticky-back thermal paper. Along with the name of the ship and 2 of my favorite pictures that I took, I have the dates I visited and some basic info about the ship. I was considering including the ships current location, but pretty soon the SS United States will be at the bottom of the gulf of Mexico, and that's too depressing to see every time I open the book. Also, i need better pictures for 3 of the ships, so those pages aren't done.

The order the ships appear in and whether or not they get to be in the book is determined by when I stepped on board (with the SS United States being a special exception). However, I dont need to get on the board for a visit after the first for it to count. For example, on 8/11/25, I only saw Battleship New Jersey from shore. However, I was on board a few days earlier, so she gets to be in the book. Ships that im not capable of boarding may also be granted special exceptions. Also, there was oddly enough, an EXCLUSION due to special circumstances: Friendship of Salem. She's a replica of a 1797 East Indiaman named Friendship. I DID step on board, but she was undergoing heavy renovation at the time and everything was covered in tarps, so I didn't really get to "experience" being on board. If I ever go back after the renovations are done, she will get a spot in the book, but the first date I visited will be listed as the date I visited during renovation.

Also, the Visits section for the SS United States is so much larger and more ornate because the chances of me ever seeing her again are close to zero.

[forevermotivatedsblog]

[pirates-ahoy]

While not directly pirate related, I got the chance last week to check out some really cool ships!

Photos 1 & 2: The Moshulu. A 4-masted Barque ship made in 1904 with steel, and one of the largest last remaining original large sail ships. Today she is permanently docked and serves as a restaurant. (Which I did not get to eat at, sadly.)

Photo 3: Two ships in one. The ship to the left is the Olympia, and is the oldest steel warship still afloat, and one of only two left from World War 1. To the right is the submarine Becuna, this 1944 sub served in both World War II and the Cold War.

Photo 4: Across the river sits the USS New Jersey. She is an Iowa-class battleship and served in many wars, including World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War sand Lebanese Civil War.

Photo 5: I could only get a photo through the car window from across a highway. This proud but also sad looking girl is the SS United States. She was built in 1951 and set several speed records for crossing the Atlantic. Sadly she sits rusting and rotting while awaiting funding for a restoration that may never come.

[gypsyastronaut]

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