Join us for Museum Ships On The Air Weekend
hosted on the USS Orleck June 3-4, 2023
We are honored to join 96 other ships located around the world and amateur radio operators participating in the 2023 Museum Ships on the Air Weekend. 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 event call signs W4A, K4D and K4T.
Broadcast hours of operation will be from 8:00am Saturday June 3rd through 3:00pm Sunday June 4th. 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.
In addition, there will be a Happy Hour from 4:00pm until 8:00pm on the DASH (Flight) Deck hosted by Geer Services, Inc. A $15.00 special event ticket purchase will get you a drink ticket and Hors d’oeuvres. A cash bar is available in addition to drink tickets!
Please RSVP for the after-hours event. Tickets can be purchased at the ticket booth the day of the event.
Participating Ships to Date
| K1USN | Watson Museum | Braintree, MA | K1USN |
| USS Yorktown | Aircraft Carrier | Charleston, SC | WA4USN |
| USS Midway | Aircraft Carrier | San Diego, CA | NI6IW |
| USS Lexington | Aircraft Carrier | Corpus Christi, TX | W5LEX |
| USS Hornet | Aircraft Carrier | Alameda Point, CA | NB6GC |
| ST-695 Angels Gate | Army Tugboat | San Pedro, CA | K6AA |
| USS Montrose Memorial | Attack Transport (Haskell Class) | Montrose, CO | N0P |
| USS New Jersey | Battleship | Camden, New Jersey | NJ2BB |
| USS North Carolina | Battleship | Wilmington, NC | NI4BK |
| USS Alabama | Battleship | Mobile, AL | K4DSR |
| USS Iowa | Battleship | San Pedro, CA | NI6BB |
| USS Wisconsin | Battleship | Norfolk, Virginia | N4WIS |
| USS Massachusetts | Battleship | Fall River, MA | NE1PL |
| USS Missouri | Battleship | Pearl Harbor, HI | KH6BB |
| SS Texas (BB-65) Dry Dock | Battleship | Galveston Island, TX | N5T |
| 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 |
| Ex MV Dresden | Cargo Ship | Rostock, Germany | DL0MCM |
| MV Iris-Joerg | Cargo Ship | Wischhafen,Germany | DL0MFM |
| GK10065 | Cargo Ship | Danube, near Vienna, Austria | OE3XHS |
| Claud W Somers | Chesapeake Bay Skipjack | Reedville, VA | W4NNK |
| CSS Neuse (Jun 3 only) | Civil War – Ironclad Gunboat | Kinston, NC | KN4RAM |
| USS Potomac | CG Cutter/Pres. Yacht | Oakland, CA. | NE6JP |
| USS Salem | Cruiser | Quincy, MA | N1SLM |
| USS Indianapolis CA-35 Memorial | Cruiser | Indianapolis, IN | WW2IND |
| USS Littlerock | Cruiser | Indianapolis, IN | W2PE |
| USS Turner Joy | Destroyer | Bremerton, WA | NS7DD |
| USS Laffey | Destroyer | Charleston, SC | NT4HI |
| USS Kidd | Destroyer | Baton Rouge, La | W5KID |
| **HMAS Vampire | Destroyer | Sydney, Australia | VK2VMP |
| **USS Orleck | Destroyer | Jacksonville, FL | W4A |
| USS Cassin Young (Jun 4 only 1330z to 1800z) | Destroyer | Boston, MA | WW2DD |
| USS Slater | Destroyer Escort | Albany, NY | WW2DEM |
| USS Stewart | Destroyer Escort | Galveston, TX | N5FKP |
| USS The Sullivans | Destroyer | Buffalo, NY | K2EAG |
| SS Grandcamp Memorial | French Liberty Ship | Texas City, TX | K5BS |
| **HDMS Peder Skra | Frigate | Copenhagen, Denmark | OZ1RDN |
| D. Fernando II e Glória | Frigate | Almada, Portugal | CS5DFG |
| **SS Hope Memorial Station | Hospital Ship Memorial | Chatham, MA | W1HNJ |
| Krasin | Icebreaker | St. Petersburg, Russia | R1LK |
| SS Sankt Erik | Icebreaker | Stockholm, Sweden | 8SØHRA |
| USCGC Mackinaw WAGB-83 (Maritime Museum) | Icebreaker | Mackinaw City, MI | 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 |
| LV Elbe l | Lightship | Cuxhaven Germany | DL0CUX |
| LS Huron | Lightship | Port Huron, MI | NM8GS |
| LS Ambrose | Lightship | East River, NY City, NY | W2AQ |
| Borkumriff | Lightship | Island Borkum, Germany | DL0BRF |
| LS Westhinder III | Lightship | Antwerp, Belgium | ON9BD |
| 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 |
| **HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen | Minesweeper | Den Helder, NL | PA37AC |
| USS Hazard | Minesweeper | Omaha, NE | K0FPO |
| **HNMS Mercuur | Minesweeper | Port of Vlissingen, NL | PA6PARE |
| USS Lucid | Minesweeper | Stockton, CA | N6MSO |
| **Farragut Nav Training Sta.Brig | Naval Training Station | Athol, ID | N7F |
| NS Savannah | Nuclear Merchant Vessel | Baltimore, MD | K3SAV |
| SS Hohentwiel (Jun 3 only) | Paddle Steamer | Bodensee, Austria | OE6XMF/9 |
| RMS Queen Mary | Passenger Ship | Long Beach, CA | W6RO |
| SS Rotterdam | Passenger Ship | Port of Rotterdam | PI4HAL |
| MK1 PBR #105 | River Patrol Boat | Charleston, SC | WD4PBR |
| PB Niederoesterreich (Jun 4 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 Ticonderoga (1814) | Schooner | Whitehall, NY | W2C |
| USS Cod | Submarine | Cleveland, OH | W8COD |
| USS Nautilus | Submarine | Groton, CT | N1S |
| USS Razorback | Submarine | N.Little Rock AR | N5R |
| USS Drum | Submarine | Mobile, Alabama | K5LDA |
| USS Pampanito | Submarine | San Francisco, CA | NJ6VT |
| USS Dolphin | Submarine | San Diego, CA | NS6OI |
| HMCS Onondaga | Submarine | Pointe-au-Père, Quebec | VA2GNQ |
| S-61 Delfin | Submarine | Torrevieja Spain | EH5TOR |
| U-995 | Submarine | Laboe Germany | DL0DMB |
| USS Cavalla | Submarine | Galveston, TX | N5FKP |
| **HMS Otus | Submarine | Sassnitz, Germany | DM200TUS |
| USS Silversides | Submarine | Muskegon, MI | N8SUB |
| USS Blueback | Submarine | Portland, OR | W7SUB |
| USS Cobia | Submarine | Manitowoc, Wisconsin | NB9QV |
| USS Batfish | Submarine | Muskogee, OK | WW2SUB |
| Nazario Sauro | Submarine | Genoa, Italy | II1NS |
| USS Croaker | Submarine | Buffalo, NY | N3ARB |
| NRP Barracuda | Submarine | Almada, Portugal | CS5SUB |
| USS Bowfin | Submarine | Pearl Harbor, HI | KH6SP |
| USS Albacore | Submarine | Portsmouth, NH | NM1JY |
| USS Thresher Memorial | Submarine Memorial | Kittery, ME | W1WQM |
| USS Parche Memorial | Submarine Memorial | Bremerton, WA | N7P |
| Novosibirskij Komsomolec (B-396) | Submarine 641-B | Moscow, Russia | RU3AWK |
| H. L. Hunley | Submarine – Civil War | Charleston, SC | N4HLH |
| 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 |