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Submarine Memorials &

Museums Forum

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Museums and Memorials

Memorials

• Headstones• Plaques• Monuments• Park displays• Lone Sailor• Movies/Documentaries• Facebook pages• Podcasts

Museums

• Dedicated brick & mortar museums• Brick & mortar museum

components• Brick & mortar virtual

tours• Boat museums

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AgendaFirst Half Presentations

• Paul T. Haley – Director of Planned Giving, U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation

• Mark Weber – Curator, U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation

• Patty Everly – Curator of Historic Exhibits at Carnegie Science Center and President, Historic Naval Ship Association

• Tom Wiesen on behalf of the Navy History and Heritage Command and NAVSEA

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AgendaSecond Half

• Discussion of Museum and Memorial Topics• Tom Wiesen – Establishing Minnesota Submarine League Efforts• Other Presentations of Projects• Discussion topics:

• Question Cards• Fundraising• Organization

• Networking

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U.S. Navy Memorial FoundationPaul T. Haley Mark Weber

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Carnegie Science Center

Patty Everly

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Tom Wiesen on Behalf of:

•NAVSEA

•Navy History and Heritage Command

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Questions?

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USS Minneapolis/St. Paul SSN 708 USS Minnesota SSN 783

Educate

Commemorate

Innovate

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Minnesota Submarine League Background• 2010 Started as USSVI subcommittee to bring home the Sail

from USS Minneapolis St. Paul

• 2013 Contributors joined the group from other related groups (Navy League, USNAA), then formed as Minnesota Submarine League the following goals:• Commemorating Minnesota’s name sake boats (USS Minneapolis – St.

Paul SSN 708, USS Minnesota SSN 783)• Highlighting Minnesota’s innovators that contributed to submarine

technology• Utilize submarine technology in a youth STEM education program

•  December 2014, joined with AirSpace Minnesota

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Air Space Minnesota• Formed in 2012 with the following purpose:• Commemorate the past by illuminating the region’s great

legacy and the role models who made it happen.

• Showcase people and ideas at work today – the role models who are developing today’s innovations that will transform the future.

• Educate by providing STEM learning experiences that build STEM skills and help learners find pathways to success.

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AirSpace Minnesota Initiatives• STEMPort featuring the Aviation Learning Center

• Air Space Museum

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Minnesota Submarine League Projects• Bridge to the Future Memorial

• A full scale mockup of the USS Minneapolis – St Paul

• This will be comprised of mock hull, the Actual Sail and Rudder from the USS Minneapolis – St. Paul, in a Bow Wake Pool that simulates the bow wake generated by a submarine as it moves through the water surfaced

• Submarine Museum

• Support STEMPort

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Minnesota Submarine League Projects• STEMPort interactive exhibits• SKOL Chronicles• Documentary of the entire life of a submarine from new

construction to Memorial after decommissioning

• USS Minneapolis – St. Paul Re-Union• Future Memorial to the USS Minnesota, SSBNX, SSNX

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Current Focus for 2015• Requirements for letter to Navy Requesting Sail,

Rudder, and associated artifacts from USS Minneapolis – St. Paul (SSN 708)• Site plan and Budget• Permission for use of Land (in perpetuity)• Fund raising

• Preliminary Design of Bow Wake Pool• Aviation Learning Center Up and Running• April Fund Raising Events

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Ways to Contribute• Founding Flier/April Event Sponsor

• Aviation Learning Center

• Sponsor Bridge to the Future Memorial & Water Provider for Museum

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Submarine Exhibits• Submarine Anchor• Outboard Motor• First Screw (Fast Screw)• Engine Room Panels & Equipment• Exhibit on Women on Attack Boats• Exhibit on Women in Nuclear Program (Past and

Current)• Periscopes• Sonar/FC/BCP

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Theory-to-Practice Exhibits• Oxygen Generator• Scrubbers • Burners• Diesel Engine• Air Conditioner cycle• Steam Cycle

• Pump Laws• Sound Powered

Phones• Torpedo Trajectories• Navigation• Sonar• Speed of Sound

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Aviation Learning Center• The Aviation Learning Center at the Downtown St. Paul Airport

will be part of a menu of STEM experiences that is unique in the nation. Designed for learners of all ages, this “STEMport” will serve school and youth groups from around the Upper Midwest, inspiring them to dream big and grow their skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

• The Aviation Learning center will be the first center to duplicate the innovative Aviation Learning Center from the Museum of Flight in Seattle

• http://www.airspacemn.org/educate-stem-learning

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