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Mothball Fleet on Hudson Topic of April 16 Talk at Van Cort Historical Society - EXAMINER NEWS
The purpose and fate of the fabled “Mothball Fleet” anchored in the Hudson River near Peekskill for 25 years will be presented in a program on Saturday, April 16th, at 2 p.m. at the Little Red Schoolhouse, 297 Locust Avenue in Cortlandt. Sponsored by the Van Cortlandtville Historical Society, the event is open free to the public. With an abundance of caution, masks are encouraged to be used and seating capacity is limited.
Author and historian Anthony Musso will explain why this massive fleet of de-commissioned U.S. Navy ships from World War II was moored in the Hudson River across from Peekskill at Jones Point from 1946 to 1971. Using vintage pictures and based on research he gathered for his new book—Mothball Fleet on the Hudson: The Post-World War II National Defense Reserve—he will tell the story of this fleet which many local people called “the ghost ships.” MORE INFO AT https://www.theexaminernews.com/mothball-fleet-on-hudson-topic-of-april-16-talk-at-van-cort-historical-society/
AND COURTESY OF THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY ARCHIVES:
WW2, THE MIGHTY MOTHBALL FLEET, COURTESY OF THE CROTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/05/ww2-mighty-mothball-fleet-courtesy-of.html
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