Woodson K. Woods & Lynx Education Foundation
Woodson Kidder Woods III (1932–2020) & Lynx Educational Foundation Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Maritime Education 2011 Philanthropist, sailor, aviation enthusiast, Woodson K. Woods is known for building the…
Read MoreCapt. Knud Hansen & S/V Danmark
Danmark is a steel-hulled, three-masted and full-rigged ship, built as a training ship and launched in 1932 at the Nakskov Shipyard in Denmark. The ship is registered in Denmark and…
Read MoreKaye Williams & “HMS” Rose
Nancie Villiers & Joseph Conrad
Nancie Villiers (1915–2018) Nancie Wills was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and grew up in Melbourne, Australia. She worked in an architect’s office and then moved to the UK and took…
Read MoreLarry Sowinski & Intrepid
The USS Intrepid is a 900-foot-long aircraft carrier commissioned by the Navy in 1943. The ship was stationed in the Pacific during World War II, at one time taking a…
Read MoreRADM Thomas Patterson, USMS (Ret.) & Jeremiah O’Brien
RADM Thomas J. Patterson, USMS (Ret.) 1924—2008 had a long career as a seagoing officer, a senior official of the US Maritime Administration, and as deputy superintendent of the US…
Read MoreElizabeth E. Meyer & Endeavour
CAPT Christopher Melhuish, USN (Ret.) & USS Constitution
CAPT Christopher Allan Melhuish, USN (Ret.) was the commander of the USS Constitution from July 26, 1997 to July 30, 1999. In July 1998, the final bicentennial activity for Constitution and the…
Read MoreJames P. McAllister & Mathilda
Warren Marr II & Amistad
Warren Marr II 1916—2010 was a leading advocate for the preservation of African American history and culture for more than fifty years. Marr’s interest in the Amistad Event and in…
Read MoreJ. Patrick Mahoney & USCG Eagle
On 28 April 1978, construction workers in San Francisco’s financial district discovered the remains of the fabled ship Niantic. Abandoned in the Gold Rush in the city’s harbor, Niantic had…
Read MoreCapt. Karl Kortum & Balclutha
Capt. Arthur M. Kimberly, the late Gloria Kimberly & Romance
Captain Arthur M. Kimberly (1922–2011) Known as “Skipper” to all who sailed with him, Captain Arthur Kimberly and his wife, Gloria, sailed his brigantine, Romance, from 1966 to 1989 on…
Read MoreJakob Isbrandtsen, Allen G. Rupley & Wavertree
Jakob Isbrandtsen (1922–2018) Jakob Isbrandtsen’s love for sailing and the sea permeated his whole life; what stemmed from that passion is his legacy. After serving in the US Coast Guard…
Read MoreAlan D. Hutchison & Kaiulani
A graduate of George Washington University School of Law, Alan Hutchison was a practicing lawyer in Washington, DC, in the early 1960s when he became involved with a group hoping…
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