National Historic Landmark · minesweeper · Omaha, Nebraska

Uss Hazard (am-240) National Historic Landmark

Minesweeper of the United States Navy in Omaha, Nebraska. Added to the National Register in 1979, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1979
FreedomparkIMG 1248USS Hazard AM-240USS Hazard at Freedom Park in Omaha, Nebraska. (1)USS Hazard at Freedom Park in Omaha, Nebraska. (2)
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What it is

Wikipedia · USS Hazard

USS Hazard (AM-240) is an Admirable-class minesweeper that served in the United States Navy during World War II.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
Address2500 N. 24th St., Omaha, NE
CountyDouglas County
ListedJan 1, 1979
Reference number79003712
Type of placeminesweeper, museum ship, preserved watercraft
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 structures

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
Address2500 N. 24th St., Omaha, NE
Coordinates41.27632, -95.90157 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitLewis & Clark National Historic Trail · 1 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyCunningham Lake Dam Site 11 Campground 9 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Why you would stay

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Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 79003712. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.