With restoration of a retired Navy minesweeper nearing completion, the Stockton Maritime Museum is taking the next step — a new downtown home.
Officials envision a stunning new site for the ship with a new land-side exhibit and event space that would make the complex a magnet for tourists, veterans and school children alike.
Besides the USS Lucid itself being open for tours and events, the project would include constructing a facsimile of the building that housed one of Stockton’s most historic shipbuilders. The museum would offer a 5,000-square-foot upstairs event space that could host fundraisers, wedding receptions, meetings and more…