Coast Guard Museum Northwest
4.5 (59)museum
4.5 (59)Housed in a WWII embarkation terminal on an active Seattle base, this museum explores regional maritime history.
Description
The building dates to January 1942 as part of the Seattle Port of Embarkation at Piers 36 and 37, where tens of thousands of soldiers and seamen deployed for World War II and the Korean War. Opened in 1976, the museum holds collections of USCG patches alongside archives available for research, catering to active and retired mariners, maritime enthusiasts, writers, and teachers.
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