Golden Propeller.

Big Golden Propeller

Officially this is the American Merchant Marine Memorial of World War II, and it sits within view of the Battleship USS New Jersey, another attraction on the Camden waterfront. The big ship that once used this golden propellor is unidentified, but one can easily imagine that it was salvaged from an American vessel sunk by a Nazi U-boat.

"Their graves," reads an inscribed plaque about the WWII merchant mariners, "are marked only by the waves of the ocean." And now also this big propellor.

Big Golden Propeller

Address:: 2 Riverside Drive, Camden, NJ
Directions:: Drive west on MLK Blvd until it ends at a traffic circle (with another big propellor). Exit south out of the circle. You'll quickly reach a parking lot. Park at the north end and walk north around the circular marina to the propellor on the far side.

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Battleship New Jersey, Camden, NJ - < 1 mi.

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The Crayola Experience: Crayola Factory, Easton, PA - 52 mi.

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