Living history, not a catalog

Collection & Equipment

Our collection includes military vehicles, vessels, artifacts, uniforms, photographs, documents, displays and working educational equipment — and it keeps growing as restoration projects and Station Liberty develop. Every piece here matters because of the people connected to it: the crews, the mechanics, the medics, the families.

MLB 44334 on her trailer crossing the Veterans’ Glass City Skyway in Toledo, a lake freighter below
Under restoration

USCG 44' Motor Lifeboat 44334

Built in 1965 at Curtis Bay, 44334 served the United States Coast Guard on the Great Lakes, including assignments in Michigan City, Lorain and the Marblehead/Port Clinton area. The vessel later served with the Ohio Naval Militia before coming to The Last Patrol. Restoration is underway to preserve the boat and its history for future education and public interpretation.

On August 22, 2026 she left the marina on a custom-built transport trailer and made the trip to her new home, where work on the pilothouse has already begun.

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Photo gallery · Afloat and under way, August 2017

MLB 44334 afloat alongside a seawall, dressed with signal flags, full port-side profile MLB 44334 in the water with her crew on deck and signal flags flying Bow of MLB 44334 under way with a crewman standing on the foredeck MLB 44334 under way, bow quarter view, fenders still over the side MLB 44334 under way in a marina channel, dressed with signal flags MLB 44334 moving through the water with signal flags strung from her mast Port side of MLB 44334 showing the well deck and crew working aft Stern quarter of MLB 44334 showing her aft survivor compartment

Before the restoration began, 44334 ran under her own power with a Last Patrol crew aboard. See the WTOL 11 news story →

Photo gallery · Lift, move and roof removal, August 2026

A marina travel lift carrying MLB 44334 across the boatyard MLB 44334 being lowered by travel lift onto a custom transport trailer Bow view of MLB 44334 on her trailer, hull number 44334 visible Side profile of MLB 44334 on her transport trailer in the boatyard MLB 44334 strapped down on the trailer at the marina Three volunteers standing beside MLB 44334 on the trailer MLB 44334 on a trailer crossing a cable-stayed bridge with a lake freighter below Heavy wrecker towing MLB 44334 down a tree-lined rural road MLB 44334 on her trailer parked among trees at her new home A crane truck lifting the pilothouse roof off MLB 44334 The removed pilothouse roof resting on a wooden cradle while a volunteer works on it A smiling volunteer working beneath the hull of MLB 44334
The 26-foot motor surf boat marked U.S. Coast Guard Retired, on its trailer
Educational display

USCG 26' Motor Surf Boat

A former Coast Guard motor surf boat associated with USCGC Resolute, now part of The Last Patrol's educational and display collection. She travels with us to community events, where visitors can get close enough to ask how a small boat crew worked.

Photo gallery

The 26-foot motor surf boat marked U.S. Coast Guard Retired on its trailer The surf boat RES 1 with a canopy rigged, on display at a community event Visitors climbing aboard the surf boat at a public event
Photographs coming as this project develops
Future training platform

39' High-Speed Boat

A former U.S. Navy high-speed craft planned as an operational training and educational platform — bringing modern maritime design, teamwork, vessel operations and engineering into the Station Liberty experience.

Lil Abe, the half-scale Abrams tank replica, drawing a crowd at a waterfront community event
Community outreach

Lil Abe

Lil Abe is The Last Patrol's half-scale Abrams tank replica and one of our most recognizable outreach pieces. It travels to community events and gives families and young people an immediate reason to stop, look, ask questions and begin learning.

Photo gallery · On the road in 2026

A Marine Corps color guard in dress blues standing beside Lil Abe at a car show Lil Abe parked beside a high school marching band on Memorial Day A Sea Cadet standing at Lil Abe’s side at a public event Lil Abe driving through a parking lot with a young visitor riding in the turret
The Last Patrol Mobile Museum trailer with its printed wrap, set up at a community event
Community outreach

The Mobile Museum

When the public cannot come to the museum, the museum goes to the public. The Mobile Museum is an enclosed exhibit trailer fitted out with uniforms, photographs, display panels and artifacts from the collection. It sets up at parades, memorial events, car shows and community days across Northwest Ohio, usually alongside Lil Abe or one of the boats.

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Photo gallery

The Last Patrol Mobile Museum trailer with its printed wrap, set up at an event The mobile museum trailer open with display panels along the ramp Inside the mobile museum: uniforms, framed photographs and exhibits along both walls Families walking through the mobile museum trailer decorated with bunting
The Kaiser Jeep M725 military ambulance outdoors, wearing the Army Medical Service red cross and The Last Patrol Military Museum roundel
Educational display

Historic Military Ambulances

The collection includes historic military ambulances representing different eras, including a World War II Dodge WC54 and a Vietnam-era Kaiser Jeep M725. These vehicles provide a doorway into the history of battlefield medicine, evacuation, military transportation — and the people who cared for the wounded.

Photo gallery

The Kaiser Jeep M725 ambulance outdoors, front three-quarter view, with the Army Medical Service cross and The Last Patrol roundel Side profile of the M725 ambulance marked U.S. Army 3F 1351 Rear three-quarter view of the M725 ambulance showing the red cross and jerry can Rear doors of the M725 ambulance with the red cross and a jerry can mounted The M725 ambulance head-on with its grille and blackout lights Rear doors of the M725 open, showing the litter racks inside Inside the M725 patient compartment, folded litters along both walls The cab of the M725 ambulance with its bench seat and controls
World War II field gear, manuals and personal equipment laid out for cataloguing
Growing collection

Artifacts, Uniforms & Documents

Uniforms, photographs, letters, medals, tools and equipment — each one preserved with the story attached to it whenever possible. If your family has an item with a story, we would like to hear it.

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Help build the mission

Saving history takes many hands

Every donation helps preserve history, restore equipment, support youth education, and move Station Liberty closer to becoming a permanent home for veterans, history, and the next generation.

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Sea Cadet color guard in dress whites carrying the service flags