Aboard the U.S.S. Slater in Albany, NY

The U.S.S. Slater is a Destroyer-Escort ship that served during World War II. It is the only Destroyer-Escort ship still afloat on display, sitting along the banks of the Hudson River in downtown Albany, NY. We took a tour of the ship, what an adventure!

Great Lakes Underwater Event in March

I found this juicy little news tidbit in one of my travel news emails: Deep Water Shipwreck Explorer Presents at 2009 Great Lakes Underwater March 7: If you only have one guess as to who has discovered the Great Lakes’ oldest confirmed shipwreck, the only fully intact wrecked British warship, a rare dagger-board schooner dating [...]

Griffiss Air Force Base Technology Park, Rome, NY

Griffiss Air Force Base is no more; it was closed down during the military downsizing in the 90s. But the area has been reconfigured into a technology park and small aircraft landing space. We went to see the old B-52 stratofortress, the Mohawk Valley, on display.

H. Lee White Marine Museum, Oswego, NY

Sitting quietly on the pier on Ontario Lake, in Oswego, NY, sits a tiny little museum with a mascot tugboat. Don’t let the simple and small exterior fool you– inside lies a massive museum of naval exploration. What a terrific place!

Oriskany Museum and the Mighty O

The Oriskany Museum is down the road from the Battlefield site, but the museum is more devoted to the history and memory of the Mighty O, the Navy aircraft carrier of World War II. The museum is chocked full of memoribilia, artifacts, and more concerning the carrier. It also has items relating to the famous Revolutionary War grounds from the Battlefield.