Mystic Seaport shipwrights working on Merchant Marine Academy training vessel
September 24, 2020 12:00 am
• Last Updated: September 24, 2020 9:06 pm
Mystic Seaport Museum shipwright Scott Gifford inspects the starboard propeller, or screw, of the training vessel Liberator as he works with Greg See, Nathan Adams and Vice President for Watercraft Preservation and Programs Chris Gasiorek to reinstall the 400-pound bronze hardware Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Mystic — Mystic Seaport Museum shipwrights have been working on the training vessel Liberator at the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard.
The T/V Liberator, a training vessel for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y., has been in Mystic for maintenance since June and is scheduled on Friday to return to King's Point.
Chris Gasiorek, vice president for watercraft preservation and programs at Mystic Seaport Museum, previously ran waterfront operations at the academy and was there when Liberator was acquired from the Naval Academy in 2007.
Mystic Seaport Museum shipwrights Greg See, left, and Scott Gifford, right, work with Nathan Adams and Vice President for Watercraft Preservation and Programs Chris Gasiorek, not pictured, to reinstall the starboard propeller, or screw, on the training vessel Liberator on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Mystic Seaport Museum shipwrights Greg See, right, Nathan Adams and Scott Gifford, along with Vice President for Watercraft Preservation and Programs Chris Gasiorek, not pictured, work to reinstall the starboard propeller, or screw, on the training vessel Liberator on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Mystic Seaport Museum shipwrights Greg See, Nathan Adams and Scott Gifford, along with Vice President for Watercraft Preservation and Programs Chris Gasiorek work to reinstall the starboard propeller, or screw, on the training vessel Liberator on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Shipwright Casey Cochran adjusts one of the many chains supporting the cradle holding the training vessel Liberator on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at Mystic Seaport Museum's Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Chris Gasiorek, vice president for watercraft preservation and programs at Mystic Seaport Museum, works with shipwrights Greg See, Nathan Adams and Scott Gifford, not pictured, to reintalls the starboard screw on the training vessel Liberator Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Mystic Seaport Museum shipwrights Greg See, left, Nathan Adams, right, and Scott Gifford, back, along with Vice President for Watercraft Preservation and Programs Chris Gasiorek, not pictured, work to reinstall the starboard propeller, or screw, on the training vessel Liberator on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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