Salem Maritime NHS InDepth: Friendship of Salem

Orientation Center: click here to return to the InDepth home page

Friendship of Salem: click here for information on Friendship

Custom House: Click here to see our virtual exhibits and learn about Salem history

Hawkes House: click here to learn about how you can help Salem Maritime

Derby House: click here to take a virtual tour of Salem Maritime

St. Joseph's Polish Club: Click here to learn about our educational opportunities

Narbonne House: click here to read <p>our occasional publication 'Pickled Fish and Salted Provisions'

Salem Regional Visitor's Center: click here to visit sites related to Essex County history

Photo Diary: An East Indiaman Returns to Salem

Bringing Friendship to Salem has been a monumental task, involving enourmous effort and dedication on the part of National Park Service staff, partners, and dozens of volunteers who have spent hundreds of hours painting, sanding, carving, knotting, braiding, climbing, and swabbing in order to build this tall ship.

Follow the links below to watch the construction of Friendship, and read commentary on her construction by some of the volunteers and National Park Service staff who worked on her.

1. From Douglas Fir to Floating Hull: Construction in the Scarano Brothers Shipyard in Albany, NY [under construction -- please check back soon!]

2. Long Journey Home: Friendship Comes to Salem [under construction -- please check back soon!]

3. Raising Her Masts

Introduction	October - November 2000:
	Rigging in Boston
September 2000:	Ratlines
Rigging the Mizzen Shrouds and Stays	December 2000:
Rigging the Lower Mizzen Deadeyes	Rigging the Main Stay
Bowsprit, Jibboom, and Dolphin Striker	Rigging the Foremast Shrouds

To see how she looks today, visit Friendship on our Virtual Tour.

For more information on Salem's tall ship, download our site bulletin on Friendship (pdf format).

Please visit our memorial page.

Click here to return to the National Park Service home page for Salem Maritime NHS