Marine Royalty "Red Coats"

On July 2, 1996, the City of Paducah was visited by marine royalty. All three of the Delta Queen Steamboat Company's boats docked simultaneously at the Port of Paducah. The Delta Queen, Mississippi Queen and American Queen frequent this community ...

Paducah Marine Supply and Service

Paducah Marine Supply and Service, owned and operated by Hougland Barge Line, was one of the first floating boat stores on the inland waterways.

The operation had its own fleet of towboats, barges and a machine and carpentry shop. Houghland Barge ...

Marine Ways

Paducah's first heavy industry was a marine ways to build and repair river craft. Elijah Murray of St. Louis got a contract in 1843, but it did no materialize until 1853. These works have been in continuous operation ever since, ...

The Civil War Submarine, H.L. Hunley

Brought from Mobile, Alabama in August

1863 to help defeat the Union naval

blockade of Charleston, H.L. Hunley

became the first submarine in history

to sink an enemy ship. Armed with a

spar-mounted torpedo, it sank the

Federal blockading vessel, ...

Capt. Curtis Blakeman and the Marine Settlement

In memory of

Capt. Curtis Blakeman

and the

Marine Settlement

Just north of here, in 1819, a group of sea captains,

Blakeman, Allen, Breath, Deselherst, and Mead

from Connecticut, arrived and built log cabins,

naming the settlement Marine.

Captain Curtis Blakeman,

our great, great, great grandfather,

built an ox driven ...

Cold War Submarine Memorial

1947 - 1989

A Tribute to Professional Excellence

Dedication, Sacrifice, and National Will

Our submarines went to sea a silent invisible force solemnly dedicated to maintaining peace, but ready to fight if necessary to defend our nation and allies

Constructed ...

United States Submarine Crews Memorial

To the United States

52 Submarines and

And Their Gallant Crews

Who Sacrificed Their

Lives In World War II

“Lest We Forget These

Boats on Eternal Patrol”

Sealion • S ? 36 • S ? 26 • Shark • Perch • S ? 27 • S ? ...

United States Marine Hospital

This building, designed by Robert Mills,

widely known architect was erected 1833

for the care of sick and disabled merchant

seamen. It served also as a teaching clinic

for the Medical College of South Carolina,

and after 1860 as a military hospital for

the Confederacy. Following ...

German Submarine at Cape Henlopen

The Surrender of U-858

On May 14, 1945, the officers and crew of the German submarine, U-858 gave themselves up to U.S. Marines after hearing of Germany's surrender to Allied troops. They and their vessel were escorted here to the Fort ...

Rhode Island Marine Memorial

Since 1775 the United States Marines have

served our nation in peace and war.

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Semper Fidelis

These marines continue to be true

to these words.

Cpl. Rick R. Crudale – West Warwick • Sgt. Timothy R. Giblin – North Providence • Cpl. Edward S. Iacovino, ...