The work, not just the objects

Gallery & News

This is what the mission looks like: equipment operating, restoration underway, volunteers helping, and generations meeting each other. Click any photo to see it full size. For day-to-day updates, follow along on Facebook.

August 22, 2026

Bringing 44334 home

The 44-foot motor lifeboat leaves the marina on her custom trailer and crosses Toledo to the site where restoration continues. Watch the video →

A marina travel lift carrying MLB 44334 across the boatyard

MLB 44334 crossing the Veterans’ Glass City Skyway with a lake freighter below

Heavy wrecker towing MLB 44334 down a tree-lined rural road

MLB 44334 on her trailer at her new home among the trees

Summer 2026

Day of Honor at the Toledo Zoo

The Mobile Museum, the surf boat RES 1, Lil Abe and the Sea Cadet color guard at Day of Honor 2026, alongside first responders and the Air National Guard. Watch the video →

The Last Patrol display with the mobile museum trailer, Lil Abe and the surf boat at a public event

Sea Cadet color guard in working uniform presenting the colors

Sea Cadet color guard in dress whites carrying service flags

Sea Cadets and adult volunteers holding a United States of America 250 Years banner

Visitors climbing aboard the surf boat RES 1

Families walking through the mobile museum trailer decorated with bunting

The surf boat RES 1 with a canopy rigged on display

Memorial Day 2026

Memorial Day at Liberty Center

Lil Abe, the Mobile Museum and the community at VFW Post 454: a flyover, the high school band, and the veterans who were honored.

Two military jets flying over in a clear blue sky

A group of veterans in blazers and caps posed together outside VFW Post 454

The entrance of VFW Post 454 with the flag flying and a crowd gathered

Lil Abe parked beside a high school marching band

The mobile museum trailer open with display panels along the ramp

Lil Abe parked in front of the mobile museum display banner

2026

VA car show

Lil Abe with a Marine Corps color guard.

A Marine Corps color guard in dress blues beside Lil Abe

Lil Abe driving through the car show with a young visitor in the turret

August 2017

44334 under way

Before the restoration, 44334 ran under her own power with a Last Patrol crew aboard — dressed overall with signal flags, clearing the dock and making way. Watch the WTOL 11 news story →

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

From the archive

The mission in pictures

The Last Patrol Mobile Museum trailer set up at a community event — Community events: the mobile museum brings history to the public — and the public brings questions.

Children exploring Lil Abe with a volunteer — Youth & training: Lil Abe doing exactly what it was built for.

Crane work on MLB 44334 — Restoration: careful crane work as 44334 comes apart for preservation.

MLB 44334 in the travel lift — Boats & maritime: 44334 on the move toward her restoration.

The Vietnam-era M725 ambulance arriving on a transport trailer — Vehicles & equipment: the Kaiser Jeep M725 ambulance arriving home.

WWII field gear laid out for cataloguing — Artifacts & research: every object gets its story recorded.

The 26-foot boat dressed with flags at an event, crewed by Sea Cadets — Sea Cadets crew the dressed ship at a community celebration.

Sea Cadets in formation on the dock — Veterans & stories meet the next generation.

Volunteers with MLB 44334 on its trailer — Building Station Liberty: the volunteers who make it real.

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