Museum Ships

CARS supports four museum ships: USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Laffey (DD-724), USS Clamagore (SS-343), and PBR-105. For Museum Ships Weekend 2021 we activated the Mk1 PBR-105, a boat at Patriots Point that was commanded by local Medal of Honor recipient James Elliot Williams, using the WA4USN call sign. We have since created a club to honor the boat, and got a call sign for it.

The USS Yorktown operates as WA4USN. The Laffey and Clamagore use variations on their active duty international call signs: USS Laffey NT4HI (NTHI), USS Clamagore NJ4DU (NJDU). The US Navy maintains the Yorktown in publication ACP-113 with its original call sign NWKJ. The Mk1 PBR-105 is WD4PBR.

Unfortunately Patriots Point was unable to continue maintaining the Clamagore, and she was sent to Norfolk for cleaning and sinking as a reef.

The three remaining ships are activated for Museum Ships Weekend in June.

QSL direct for all four ships to:
PO Box 70341
Charleston, SC 29415
Include SASE or two green stamps.
WA4USN is also on Logbook of the World.

What’s it like to be the DX? Here’s a clip from Museum Ships Weekend 2019, operating as USS Clamagore, NJ4DU: