It was time I figured to go and pay a visit to the floating museum at the Truman Waterfront. The US Coastguard Cutter Ingham has been open to visitors for some time and I much enjoyed my tour of the Mohawk a while back (link at the bottom of this page) so I wanted to check out this bigger ship out.
They have rearranged the parking lot and put up helpful signs explaining the ship's history. It was involved in Atlantic Convoy duties in 1943 amazingly enough and it survived and here it is in Key West.
I went up the ramp to be greeted by nobody except a young volunteer chipping paint in the time honored tradition. "Can I give anyone my twelve dollars?" I said hopefully. She went to look and while she was away I took a quick snap of the sickbay which looked amazingly well equipped:
I was looking forward to wandering around when the volunteer came back with the unhappy news that the ship was closed till ten and the time now was only nine thirty...I was too early to take my self guided tour. Well bugger here are some pictures I took from the seawall a while back: http://conchscooter.blogspot.com/2010/02/cutter-ingham.html
Cheyenne was happy to see me. She made herself comfortable under the gang plank resting on the shaded cement:
The parking lot is totally devoid of shade at Truman Waterfront. 
They have rearranged the parking lot and put up helpful signs explaining the ship's history. It was involved in Atlantic Convoy duties in 1943 amazingly enough and it survived and here it is in Key West.I went up the ramp to be greeted by nobody except a young volunteer chipping paint in the time honored tradition. "Can I give anyone my twelve dollars?" I said hopefully. She went to look and while she was away I took a quick snap of the sickbay which looked amazingly well equipped:
I was looking forward to wandering around when the volunteer came back with the unhappy news that the ship was closed till ten and the time now was only nine thirty...I was too early to take my self guided tour. Well bugger here are some pictures I took from the seawall a while back: http://conchscooter.blogspot.com/2010/02/cutter-ingham.htmlCheyenne was happy to see me. She made herself comfortable under the gang plank resting on the shaded cement:
http://conchscooter.blogspot.com/2009/01/cgc-mohawk.html Lacking any proper pictures of the Ingham I've included pictures from my tour of the adjacent Mohawk. It's a shame that the Spottswood plans for the marina and waterfront here include moving the floating museums to an untenable section of the seawall, opposed by the Navy which says they would block access to the harbor. I hope the city demands they stay.
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