Maritime Heritage Preservation: References and Resources

NPS Historic Preservation Training Center staff doing preservation work on historic mooring quay F6N (F6 North), Pearl Harbor National Memorial, Hawaii

Kristi Rugg/National Park Service, 2023

Recording and Documentation

Boats: A Manual for Their Documentation (1993). Prepared by the Museum Small Craft Association and the American Association for State and Local History with assistance from the National Maritime Initiative and other partners.

Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP)
(Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS))

• Guidelines for Recording Historic Ships (third edition, 2004). Prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record (HABS/HAER).
• HABS/HAER/HALS collection
• Other HDP Documentation Guidelines

National Register of Historic Places

• National Register Bulletin Number 20: Nominating Historic Vessels and Shipwrecks to the National Register of Historic Places
• National Register Bulletin Number 34: Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Historic Aids to Navigation
• Other National Register Publications.
• National Register Database (all properties currently listed in the National Register)

National Historic Landmarks

• National Historic Landmarks list (all properties currently designated as National Historic Landmarks)

Technical Preservation Services

• Preservation Briefs (information on preserving, rehabilitating, and restoring historic buildings)
• Preservation Tech Notes (case studies in historic preservation)

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Laws, Treatment Standards, and Compliance

Abandoned Shipwrecks Act
Archeological Resources Protection Act
National Historic Preservation Act
Citizen's Guide to Section 106 Review (Advisory Council on Historic Preservation)
Other Federal historic preservation laws, regulations, and orders

Sunken Military Craft

• Sunken Military Craft Act
• Final Rule for Permitting Archaeological Investigations and Other Activities Directed at Sunken Military Craft

• 32 CFR Part 767
  (Guidelines for Permitting Archaeological Investigations and Other Activities Directed at Sunken Military Craft and Terrestrial Military Craft Under the Jurisdiction of the Department of the Navy)

The Secretary of the Interior's:

• Standards for Historic Vessel Preservation Projects
• Standards for Archeology and Historic Preservation
  Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties
• Standards & Guidelines for Architectural and Engineering Documentation

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Submerged Cultural Resources Reports

The National park Service's Submerged Resources Center is a nationally and internationally recognized leader in operational and scientific diving as well as the location, documentation, interpretation, and preservation of underwater cultural resources. The Center produces cultural resources reports on submerged resources found in the waters in and around national parks..