Pascagoula named Amer­i­can World War II Her­itage City

Wal­ly the Wal­rus was giv­en a “float­ing couch” in order to stop him from sink­ing boats.

Our sis­ter mar­itime muse­um in Flori­da dis­cov­ers a unique ship­wreck! The Mis­sis­sip­pi Mar­itime Muse­um is look­ing for­ward to find­ing ship­wrecks along our Gulf Coast too!!

Nation­al Women’s Champ Welder Employed as a welder at Ingalls Ship­build­ing in Pascagoula dur­ing WWll, Vera (Ander­son) McDon­ald was a young Mis­sis­sip­pi gal who won region­al and nation­al wartime com­pe­ti­tions for women welders.

Rerout­ing the Mis­sis­sip­pi Riv­er could build new land—and save a retreat­ing coast

Pascagoula’s own Jim­my Buf­fett and long­time col­lab­o­ra­tor Mac McAnal­ly have penned a new song as an ode to the coast, enti­tled “Gulf Coast Girl.” Read sto­ry here Then come back here and watch and lis­ten to Car­o­line Jones per­form “Gulf Coast Girl”

Sat­ur­day May 22, 2021 — The Point — Pascagoula, Mis­sis­sip­pi Help us hon­or our Mis­sis­sip­pi Coastal Com­mu­ni­ties and their mar­itime ded­i­ca­tion to our local mar­itime her­itage and local cul­ture! (Click on attach­ment below to view flyer)

The Nation­al Rosie the Riv­et­er Day — Sun­day March 21, 2021 Cel­e­brate with us and learn about our local “Rosie The Riv­et­er”.  Watch this video about Vera Anderson

by Mys­tic Sea­port Museum

On the evening of Octo­ber 11, 1973, 42-year-old Charles Hick­son and 19-year-old Calvin Park­er told the Jack­son Coun­ty, Mis­sis­sip­pi Sher­if­f’s office they were fish­ing off a pier on the west bank of the Pascagoula Riv­er in Mis­sis­sip­pi when they heard…
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Six Skele­tons Found in Wreck of 18th-Cen­tu­ry Pirate Ship Sunk Off Cape Cod The “Why­dah” sank off the coast of Mass­a­chu­setts in 1717, killing all but two peo­ple on board

Sub­mit­ted by Per­ry A. Thomp­son, Jr. The “Live Oak­ers” were skilled mas­ter ship car­pen­ters who trav­eled in groups, bring­ing their fam­i­lies along and liv­ing in select­ed areas of live oak growth, hew­ing the live oak to spec­i­fi­ca­tions for the ships fram­ing.…
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Mar­itime mem­bers make way for future muse­um  (Click on title to view WLOX video!) Dozens of patri­ot­ic cit­i­zens spent their morn­ing clean­ing up the old Pascagoula High School for a good cause. The old math and sci­ence build­ing is being trans­formed…
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