Both the Hazard and the USS Marlin were securely moored down, and volunteers removed the Hazard’s mast and gangplank. When the Missouri began to rise this past spring, the city took numerous steps to preserve the Hazard and other historic resources at the park. The city regularly backfilled around the hull to combat erosion of the sandy and poor quality soil. After service in the Pacific theater, the Hazard was decommissioned in 1946 and ultimately brought to its current location in 1971 as part of a Naval museum, now owned by the city.Īlthough located in a park adjacent to the Missouri River, the Hazard normally “floats” in a cradle of soil. It is one of two surviving Admiralclass minesweepers that could double as anti-submarine warfare and anti-aircraft ship. The Hazard, located in Omaha, Nebraska’s Freedom Park, is one of the most intact and preserved warships remaining from World War II. Hardest hit appear to be the USS Hazard and the Captain Meriwether Lewis dredge, both of which found themselves once again floating in water. The flooding has also impacted or threatened a number of National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) along the river. The record-setting Missouri River floods in the summer of 2011 brought economic hardship and destruction to communities lining its path, closed roads and bridges, and suspended the normal daily activities of thousands of people. Photo courtesy of Shane Hunter, Incident Commander, Missouri River Unified Command, Omaha. The USS Hazard photographed on June 28, 2011.
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