Join us for Museum Ships On The Air Weekend
hosted on the USS Orleck June 7-8, 2025
We are honored to join other museum ships located around the world and amateur radio operators participating in the 2025 Museum Ships on the Air Weekend. This is our third 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 using our new Orleck Amateur Radio Society (OARS) Club call sign WJ4DD.
Broadcast hours of operation will be from 8:00am Saturday June 7th through 3:00pm Sunday June 8th. 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
| NAME | TYPE OF SHIP | CALLSIGN | |
| K1USN | Bare Coe Fire Museum | Hingham, MA | K1USN |
| USS Midway | Aircraft Carrier | San Diego, CA | NI6IW |
| USS Lexington | Aircraft Carrier | Corpus Christi, TX | W5LEX |
| USS Yorktown (CV-10) only | Aircraft Carrier | Charleston, SC | WA4USN |
| USS Hornet | Aircraft Carrier | Alameda Point, CA | NB6GC |
| ST-695 Angels Gate | Army Tugboat | San Pedro, CA | K6AA |
| USS New Jersey | Battleship | Camden, New Jersey | NJ2BB |
| USS Massachusetts | Battleship | Fall River, MA | NE1PL |
| USS North Carolina | Battleship | Wilmington, NC | NI4BK |
| USS Missouri | Battleship | Pearl Harbor, HI | KH6BB |
| USS Iowa | Battleship | San Pedro, CA | NI6BB |
| HS Georgios Averof | Battleship | Paleo Faliro, Greece | SZ1AB |
| USS Alabama | Battleship | Mobile, AL | NE4MW |
| USS Wisconsin | Battleship | Norfolk, Virginia | N4WIS |
| USS Oklahoma Mast Memorial | Battleship Mast Memorial | Muskogee, OK | WW2OK |
| USS Tennessee Museum | Battleship Museum | Oneida, TN | W4BSF |
| SS Col. James M Schoonmaker | Bulk Carrier | Toledo, OH | K8E |
| MV Iris-Joerg | Cargo Ship | Wischhafen,Germany | DL0MFM |
| Claud W Somers | Chesapeake Bay Skipjack | Reedville, VA | W4NNK |
| CSS Neuse (Jun 7 only) | Civil War – Ironclad Gunboat | Kinston, NC | KN4RAM |
| USS Salem | Cruiser | Quincy, MA | N1SLM |
| USS Indianapolis CA-35 Memorial | Cruiser | Indianapolis, IN | WW2IND |
| USS Olympia | Cruiser | Philadelphia, PA | WA3BAT |
| USS Littlerock | Cruiser | Buffalo, NY | W2PE |
| **USS Boise Memorial | Cruiser | Boise, ID | N7B |
| USS Cassin Young | Destroyer | Boston, MA | WW2DD |
| HMAS Vampire | Destroyer | Sydney, Australia | VK2VMP |
| FGS Moelders | Destroyer | Wilhelmshaven/Germany | DL0MFX |
| USS Turner Joy | Destroyer | Bremerton, WA | NS7DD |
| USS Laffey | Destroyer | Charleston, SC | NT4HI |
| USS Orleck | Destroyer | Jacksonville, FL | WJ4DD |
| USS The Sullivans | Destroyer | Buffalo, NY | W2S |
| USS Stewart | Destroyer Escort | Galveston, TX | N5FKP |
| USS Slater | Destroyer Escort | Albany, NY | WW2DEM |
| Evelina M Goulart | Fishing Schooner | Essex, MA | W1E |
| HMCS Sackville | Flower Class Corvette | Halifax, Nova Scotia | VE0CNM |
| MV Cap San Diego | Freighter | Hamburg,Germany | DL0MFH |
| SS Grandcamp Memorial | French Liberty Ship | Texas City, TX | K5BS |
| USCGC Mackinaw WAGB-83(Maritime Museum) | Icebreaker | Mackinaw City, MI | W8AGB |
| SS Sankt Erik | Icebreaker | Stockholm, Sweden | 8SØHRA |
| Krasin | Icebreaker | St. Petersburg, Russia | R1LK |
| Ernest Lapointe | Icebreaker | L’islet, Qc, Canada | TBA |
| SS Jeremiah O’Brien | Liberty Ship | San Francisco, CA | K6JOB |
| SS John W Brown | Liberty Ship | Baltimore, MD | K8JWB |
| **MV Cape Don | Lighthouse Tender | Sydney, NSW Australia | VK2AEJ |
| LS Ambrose | Lightship | EastRiver, NYCity, NY | W2AQ |
| LS Huron | Lightship | PortHuron, MI | NM8GS |
| **LS Chesapeake | Lightship | Baltimore, MD | W3LRC |
| LST-393 | LST | Muskegon, MI | N8LST |
| USS LST-325 | LST | Evansville, IN | WW2LST |
| 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 | PA40MARAC |
| HNLMS Mercuur | Minesweeper | Port of Vlissingen, NL | PA6PARE |
| KRS 575 “Hans Beimler†| Missile Corvette | Peenemuende, Germany | DL0MFN |
| NS Savannah | Nuclear Merchant Vessel | Baltimore, MD | K3SAV |
| SS Hohentwiel | Paddle Steamer | Bodensee, Austria | OE6XMF/9 |
| SS Rotterdam | Passenger Ship | Port of Rotterdam | PI4HAL |
| RMS Queen Mary | Passenger Ship | Long Beach, CA | W6RO |
| SS Keewatin | Passenger Steamship | Kingston, ON | VA3VGC |
| USS Pueblo Memorial | Research Ship | Pueblo, CO | N0K |
| MK1 PBR #105 | River Patrol Boat | Charleston, SC | WD4PBR |
| PB Niederoesterreich (Jun 8 only) | River Patrol Boat | Danube/Vienna, Austria | OE3XNO |
| Tall Ship Elissa | Sailing Barque | Galveston Island, TX | N5E |
| MS Seefalke | Salvage Tug | Bremerhaven,Germany | DK0SN |
| USS Cobia | Submarine | Manitowoc, Wisconsin | NB9QV |
| USS Cavalla | Submarine | Galveston, TX | N5FKP |
| USS Albacore | Submarine | Portsmouth, NH | NM1JY |
| HMCS Onondaga | Submarine | Pointe-au-Père, Quebec | VA2GNQ |
| USS Pampanito | Submarine | San Francisco, CA | NJ6VT |
| **U10 (S189) | Submarine | Wilhelmshaven, Germany | DP4K |
| **U17 (S196) | Submarine | Sinsheim, Germany | DL0VDU |
| USS Cod | Submarine | Cleveland, OH | W8COD |
| USS Nautilus | Submarine | Groton, CT | N1S |
| USS Drum | Submarine | Mobile, Alabama | K4DSR |
| USS Razorback | Submarine | N.Little Rock AR | N5R |
| U-995 | Submarine | Laboe Germany | DL0DMB |
| USS Blueback | Submarine | Portland, OR | W7SUB |
| S-61 Delfin | Submarine | Torrevieja Spain | EG5SUB |
| Nazario Sauro | Submarine | Genoa, Italy | II1NS |
| USS Batfish | Submarine | Muskogee, OK | WW2SUB |
| USS Croaker | Submarine | Buffalo, NY | W2C |
| USS Silversides | Submarine | Muskegon, MI | N8SUB |
| USS Dolphin | Submarine | San Diego, CA | NS6OI |
| 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 |
| 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 | K2VTT |
| SS American Victory | Victory Ship | Tampa, FL | W4AVM |
| Red Oak Victory | Victory Ship | Richmond, CA | K6YVM |