Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum (AIMM) announced the celebration of its 20-year anniversary of bringing home the USS Razorback SS 394. AIMM will celebrate its 20th anniversary on June 4 – 8, 2025. Take a trip down memory lane to share stories you have about the homecoming from 2004, hear the sea stories from submarine veterans who will attend, and you can even take that tour you want to take for the thousandth time. We will be open Wednesday – Saturday, June 4-7, 10:00 am – 5:30 pm, and Sunday, June 8, 1:00 pm – 5:30 pm.
North Little Rock would not have docked the submarine without the help of veterans, volunteers, the late Mayor Patrick Henry Hays, and those who donated. The USS Razorback is a piece of history that schools across the state visit as a field trip to learn about history and much more. Mayor Patrick Hays once said during a press conference after he returned from a 12-day trip to Turkey, “North Little Rock now has a Navy.” Mayor Hays and many of the USS Razorback crew members were excited about bringing this World War II submarine to Arkansas and this piece of history to our city for all of us to experience. It also serves as an attraction for North Little Rock. Twenty years later, the USS Razorback is still docked on the banks of the Arkansas River, the same river that dealt with the 2019 flooding, which the USS Razorback withstood and survived. The boat has been an asset to the city and continues to bring customers worldwide each year. This retired sub isn’t going anywhere, especially now that we have the USS Hoga. Bring the family, friends, and co-workers and take the tour you’ve always wanted. You never know our history until you take that tour and learn about it.