Join us for Museum Ships On The Air Weekend
hosted on the USS Orleck June 1-2, 2024
We are honored to join other museum ships located around the world and amateur radio operators participating in the 2024 Museum Ships on the Air Weekend. This is our second year participating in this event with other amateur (HAM) operators in the United States and countries around the world. HAM operators from North Florida Amateur Radio Society (NOFARS) along with guest operators from other organizations will participate. We will be operating with an event call sign K4D and our new Orleck Amateur Radio Society Club (OARS) call sign WA4RC.
Broadcast hours of operation will be from 8:00am Saturday June 1st through 3:00pm Sunday June 2nd. The ship will be open normal hours on those days and your admission ticket will allow you to visit the broadcast locations including Radio Central which is part of the tour route.
Come join us and see HAM radio operators in action and see how may ships we can connect with!
Participating Ships in 2024
| NAME | TYPE OF SHIP | LOCATION | CALLSIGN |
| K1USN | Watson Museum | Braintree, MA | K1USN |
| USS Hornet | Aircraft Carrier | Alameda Point, CA | NB6GC |
| USS Midway | Aircraft Carrier | San Diego, CA | NI6IW |
| USS Lexington | Aircraft Carrier | Corpus Christi, TX | W5LEX |
| USS Yorktown | Aircraft Carrier | Charleston, SC | WA4USN |
| ST-695 Angels Gate | Army Tugboat | San Pedro, CA | K6AA |
| USS Montrose Memorial | Attack Transport (Haskell Class) | Montrose, CO | N0P |
| USS Alabama | Battleship | Mobile, AL | K4DSR |
| USS Massachusetts | Battleship | Fall River, MA | NE1PL |
| USS Missouri | Battleship | Pearl Harbor, H | KH6BB |
| USS Wisconsin | Battleship | Norfolk, Virginia | N4WIS |
| USS Iowa | Battleship | San Pedro, CA | NI6BB |
| USS North Carolina | Battleship | Wilmington, NC | NI4BK |
| USS Tennessee Museum | Battleship Museum | Oneida, TN | W4BSF |
| SS Col. James M | Schoonmaker Bulk Carrier | Toledo, OH | K8E |
| SS William A Irvin | Bulk Ore Carrier | Duluth, MN | W0GKP |
| Claud W Somers | Chesapeake Bay Skipjack | Reedville, VA | W4NNK |
| CSS Neuse(Jun 1 only) | Civil War – Ironclad Gunboat | Kinston, NC | KN4RAM |
| MV Iris-Joerg | Cargo Ship | Wischhafen, Germany | DL0MFM |
| MV Cap San Diego | Cargo Ship | Hamburg, Germany | DL0MFH |
| USCG Ingham | CG Cutter | Key West, FL | NR4DL |
| USS Potomac | CG Cutter/Pres. Yacht | Oakland, CA. | NE6JP |
| USS Indianapolis CA-35 Memorial | Cruiser | Indianapolis, IN | WW2IND |
| USS Littlerock | Cruiser | Buffalo, NY | W2PE |
| USS Olympia | Cruiser | Philadelphia, PA | WA3BAT |
| USS Salem | Cruiser | Quincy, MA | N1SLM |
| HMAS Vampire | Destroyer | Sydney, Australia | VK2VMP |
| USS Turner Joy | Destroyer | Bremerton, WA | NS7DD |
| USS Cassin Young Sat only 9am-3pm EST | Destroyer | Boston, MA | WW2DD |
| USS The Sullivans | Destroyer | Buffalo, NY | K2EAG |
| USS Orleck | Destroyer | Jacksonville, FL | K4D |
| USS Laffey | Destroyer | Charleston, SC | NT4HI |
| USS Slater | Destroyer Escort | Albany, NY | WW2DEM |
| USS Stewart | Destroyer Escort | Galveston, TX | N5FKP |
| Evelina M Goulart | Fishing Schooner | Essex, MA | W1E |
| HMCS Sackville | Flower Class Corvette | Halifax, Nova Scotia | VE0CNM |
| SS Grandcamp Memorial | French Liberty Ship | Texas City, TX | K5BS |
| SS Hope Memorial Station | Hospital Ship Memorial | Chatham, MA | W1HNJ |
| Krasin | Icebreaker | St. Petersburg, Russia | R1LK |
| SS Sankt Erik | Icebreaker | Stockholm, Sweden | 8SØHRA |
| Ernest Lapointe | Icebreaker | L’islet, Qc, Canada | VB2MMQC |
| USCGC Mackinaw WAGB-83 (Maritime Museum) | Icebreaker | Mackinaw City, M | W8AGB |
| SS Jeremiah O’Brien | Liberty Ship | San Francisco, CA | K6JOB |
| SS John W Brown | Liberty Ship | Baltimore, MD | K8JWB |
| Amrumbank /Deutsche Bucht | Lightship | Emden, Germany | DF0MF |
| LS Ambrose | Lightship | East River, NY City, NY | W2AQ |
| LS Westhinder II | Lightship | Antwerp, Belgium | ON9BD |
| Borkumriff | Lightship | Island Borkum, Germany | DL0BRF |
| USS LST-325 | LST | Evansville, IN | WW2LST |
| LST-393 | LST | Muskegon, MI | N8LST |
| Chatham Radio/WCC Station | Maritime Radio Station | Chatham, MA | W1WCC |
| SS Selma | Merchant ship WWI (Concrete Hull) | Galveston, TX | W5MSQ |
| USS Lucid | Minesweeper | Stockton, CA | N6MSO |
| HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen | Minesweeper | Den Helder, NL | PA38AC |
| HNMS Mercuur | Minesweeper | Port of Vlissingen, NL | PA6PARE |
| Farragut Nav Training Sta.Brig | Naval Training Station | Athol, ID | N7F |
| NS Savannah | Nuclear Merchant Vessel | Baltimore, MD | K3SAV |
| SS Hohentwiel | Paddle Steamer | Bodensee, Austria | OE6XMF/9 |
| RMS Queen Mary | Passenger Ship | Long Beach, CA | W6RO |
| SS Rotterdam | Passenger Ship | Port of Rotterdam | PI4HAL |
| HMAS Gladstone ) | Patrol Boat (Fremantle Class) | Gladstone QLD, Australia | VK4GLA |
| USS Pueblo Memorial | Research Ship | Pueblo, CO | N0K |
| MK1 PBR #105 | River Patrol Boat | Charleston, SC | WD4PBR |
| PB Niederoesterreich (Jun 2 only) | River Patrol Boat | Danube/Vienna, Austria | OE3XNO |
| Tall Ship Elissa | Sailing Barque | Galveston Island, TX | N5E |
| MS Seefalke | Salvage Tug | Bremerhaven, Germany | DK100DDSR |
| USS Ticonderoga (1814) | Schooner | Whitehall, NY | W2WCR |
| USS Cod | Submarine | Cleveland, OH | W8COD |
| USS Cobia | Submarine | Manitowoc, Wisconsin | NB9QV |
| USS Blueback | Submarine | Portland, OR | W7SUB |
| USS Drum | Submarine | Mobile, Alabama | K5LDA |
| USS Razorback | Submarine | N.Little Rock AR | N5R |
| USS Nautilus | Submarine | Groton, CT | N1S |
| U-995 | Submarine | Laboe Germany | DL0DMB |
| USS Croaker | Submarine | Buffalo, NY | N3ARB |
| USS Albacore | Submarine | Portsmouth, NH | NM1JY |
| Flore | Submarine | Lorient, France | TM2FLO |
| HMCS Onondaga | Submarine | Pointe-au-Père, Quebec | VA2GNQ |
| Nazario Sauro | Submarine | Genoa, Italy | II1NS |
| S-61 Delfin | Submarine | Torrevieja Spain | EH5TOR |
| USS Pampanito | Submarine | San Francisco, CA | NJ6VT |
| USS Cavalla | Submarine | Galveston, TX | N5FKP |
| USS Silversides N8SUB | Submarine | Muskegon, MI | |
| H. L. Hunley | Submarine – Civil War | Charleston, SC | N4HLH |
| Novosibirskij Komsomolec (B-396) | Submarine 641-B | Moscow, Russia | RU3AWK |
| USS Thresher Memorial | Submarine Memorial | Kittery, ME | W1WQM |
| “The Fin Project” | Submarine Fin Memorial | Seattle, WA | NR7WL |
| CSS Acadia | Survey Vessel | Halifax Nova Scotia | VE0MMA |
| USS Hoga YT-146 | Tugboat | N. Little Rock, AR | N5H |
| USAT LT-5 | Tugboat/Cargo Transport | Oswego, NY | W2LGA |
| SS American Victory | Victory Ship | Tampa, FL | W4AVM |
| Red Oak Victory | Victory Ship | Richmond, CA | K6YVM |