Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum

Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum and USS Razorback in the Arkansas River.

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 USS Razorback (SS-394), a World War Two Balao-class submarine 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.

Hoga, a tug which survived and responded to the attack on Pearl Harbor was acquired by the museum on 28 November 2015.[1]

The museum has recently begun to offer sleepovers on the submarine.[2]


References

  1. ↑ "USS Hoga YT-146". Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
  2. ↑ Meyer, Diana Lambdin (June 28, 2009). "Sleep submerged in Little Rock Museum". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2009-07-08.

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Coordinates: 34°45′09″N 92°16′00″W / 34.752592°N 92.2667°W / 34.752592; -92.2667 (Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum)

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