Discover the inspiring story of women's roles in the U.S. Navy’s Naval Aircraft in 1918.

Photographer Albert Durant approached the opportunity to be on board the SS United States during its trial run to focus on fellow people of color whose service made the passengers’ journey pleasurable.

Photographs of British lighthouses purchased for The Mariners’ Museum Collection in 1936 from Bertram M. Chambers, an admiral in the Royal Navy. Symbolically, lighthouses offer a message of hope and determination when facing adversity.

Train accident, Laurel Delaware 1904. Locomotive plunges into river crushing schooner "Golden Gate."

Taken from the water, this 1930s photograph offers a spectacular view of the Colonial Line pier with New York City in the background.