Marine Barracks

The oldest continually active post in the Corps, the Marine Barracks served as Marine Corps Headquarters from 1801 to 1901. Here recruits and officers were trained, and vital decisions were made affecting Corps development. Troops quartered at the Barracks played ...

Marine Railway Gears

Gift: Gorman A. Buckler CMM74.521

Set of cast iron gears formerly used to operate the marine railway at M.M. Davis and Son shipyard on Mill Creek, Solomons, Maryland: The gears were originally powered by steam and later converted to electricity. A ...

Marine Battery

Built in early 1776, Marine Battery was destroyed in October 1777. The following year the battery was partially reconstructed on the surviving rampart to protect the Great Chain, which was probably anchored in the cove below.

This 10 foot ...

Grice Marine Laboratory

The George D. Grice

Marine Biological

Laboratory

In grateful appreciation

of his forsight and tireless

efforts which resulted in the

establishment of this center

for the study of and research

in Marine Biology, the

Trustees of the College of

Charleston ...

The Mariner's Home

Home Away from the Sea

Whaling men spent much of their lives at sea. The ship was their home. Back in port, most of the poor, unskilled sailors knew no one in New Bedford and were essentially homeless until the next ...

United States Merchant Marine Veterans of World War II

1941 - 1945

Side A

In memory of those who plied the North Atlantic routes, the Murmansk run, the Invasions of N. Africa, Italy, Normandy, Philippines, Okinawa and every other major Invasion around the Globe.

Recruited as an all volunteer group to man ...

MK-14 Submarine Torpedo

The MK-14 torpedo was developed in the 1930's on a very meager budget. These torpedoes were successfully deployed during World War II, destroying more than four million tons of Japanese shipping.

Early in the war the MK-14 proved to be very ...

U.S. Submariners On Eternal Patrol Since World War II

In memory of the crew members

that lost their lives on

U.S. Submarines after WWII,

God Bless the shipmates on

eternal patrol

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Fleet Marine Force Navy Hospital Corpsmen

In recognition of

those U.S. Navy Hospital

Corpsman [sic] who served

with the Fleet Marine

Force in Peacetime

and in War

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Marine Corps Memorial

Semper Fidelis

Dedicated

to all

Marines

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