** WISCONSIN MARITIME MUSEUM
The museum was founded in the 1960s by former submariners and civic people to commemorate the role the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company played in building 28 Gato and Balao-class sunmarines during World War II.
In 1970, the U.S. Navy donated the USS Cobia to the museum. The Cobia is a Gato-class submarine like those constructed in Manitowoc (but it was built in Groton, Connecticut, by the Electric Boat Company).
** EIGHTH STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT
Manitowoc's old downtown with many historic buildings.
** A PIECE OF THE RUSSIAN SPUTNIK 4 SOVIET SPACE SATELLITE
On September 5, 1962, a 20-pound piece of the 7 ton Sputnik 4 crashed in North 8th Street. A cast was made of the original fragment before the Soviets claimed it and is displayed at the Rahr Art Museum in town. A metal ring marks the location of where it landed.
Someone jokingly remarked that they should have a festival in the crash's honor and the first one was, Sputnikfest, held in 2008. The 2022 edition will be held Saturday, September 10 from noon to 9 p.m..
Keep An Eye to the Sky. --RoadNik
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