Name: Retired Coast Guard cutter Acacia is planned as a Chicago museum ship, 2006
Start: 2006-12
End: 2007-05
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 2006-12 – 2007-05
Kind: Announcement
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: maritimetransportationheritagegovernmentcommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The December 2006 Beaver Beacon reported that the retired 180-foot Coast Guard cutter Acacia, a former seasonal visitor to Beaver Island, was headed to Chicago to become a museum ship. The proposed exhibits were to interpret Great Lakes nautical history.

Evidence limits

This records the reported museum plan, not the vessel’s later ownership, berthing, preservation, or exhibit outcome.

Sources

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Sources

The Acacia's new home, Beaver Beacon, December 2006.
Reports that the retired 180-foot Coast Guard cutter Acacia, formerly a recurring Beaver Island spring visitor, was headed to Chicago for use as a museum ship with Great Lakes nautical-history exhibits. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-12_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, December 2006, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the Acacia museum-plan report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-12_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Retired Coast Guard cutter Acacia is planned as a Chicago museum ship, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coast-guard-acacia-museum-plan-2006/, accessed [date], citing The Acacia's new home, Beaver Beacon, December 2006. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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