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  2. City Park Golf Courses (New Orleans) - Wikipedia

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    City Park Golf Course Map -1938. The original City Park golf course consisted of one course and 9 holes and was built in 1902. It was redesigned and expanded to 18-holes in 1921 and expanded again to 27-holes in 1922. [3] This became known as South Course or Number 2 Course.

  3. Erie Maritime Museum - Wikipedia

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    When it opened its doors on May 21, 1998, it became the first new Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission-affiliated museum in twenty years. [2] Alongside its extensive indoor exhibits, it serves as the homeport for the US Brig Niagara , a modern recreation of the 1813- US Brig Niagara which served as Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry 's ...

  4. United States Navy Armed Guard - Wikipedia

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    The most common armament mounted on merchant ships were the MK II 20mm Oerlikon autocannon and the 3"/50, 4"/50, and 5"/38 deck guns. When practicable, the Navy Armed Guard aboard a merchant ship would provide cross-training to merchant crew members in the use of the guns in the event of casualties.

  5. List of maritime museums in the United States - Wikipedia

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    City Island Nautical Museum: New York: New York City: Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum: New York: New York City: Maritime Industry Museum: New York: New York City: New Netherland Museum: New York: New York City: Museum of Maritime Navigation and Communication: New York: New York City: Noble Maritime Collection: New York: New York City: South ...

  6. Raphael Semmes - Wikipedia

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    Raphael Semmes (/ s ɪ m z / SIMZ; September 27, 1809 – August 30, 1877) was an officer in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War.He had served as an officer in the United States Navy from 1826 to 1860.

  7. City Park (New Orleans) - Wikipedia

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    City Park, a 1,300-acre (5.3 km 2) public park in New Orleans, Louisiana, is the 87th largest and 20th-most-visited urban public park in the United States. [ 2 ] : 30 City Park is approximately 50% larger than Central Park in New York City , [ 3 ] the municipal park recognized by Americans nationwide as the archetypal urban greenspace.

  8. List of museums in New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    African American art, history and culture New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum: French Quarter: Religious: History and folklore of rituals, zombies, gris-gris, Voodoo Queens New Orleans Fire Department Museum: Garden District: Firefighting: Located in the Washington Avenue firehouse, open by appointment [1] [2] New Orleans Mint: French Quarter ...

  9. History of the United States Merchant Marine - Wikipedia

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    The Congressional Gold Medal will be displayed at the American Merchant Marine Museum in Kings Point, New York. In addition, each of the surviving merchant mariners – now estimated to number about 12,000 from the World War II years – will receive a bronze replica of the coveted award. [65]