Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park

The Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park (formerly called the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Servicemen's Park) in Buffalo, New York houses the Cleveland-class guided missile cruiser USS Little Rock, the Fletcher-class destroyer USS The Sullivans, and the Gato-class submarine USS Croaker. The facility opened to the public on 4 July 1979 with Little Rock and The Sullivans on display; USS Croaker was added to the park in 1988.

In addition to the two surface ships and the submarine, the park also displays a variety of historical vehicles and aircraft operated by the US Armed Forces, including a Gyrodyne X-Ron 1 Rotorcycle one-man helicopter; an M41 Bulldog tank used in the Korean War; a Marine Corps M-84 armoured personnel carrier; a UH-1 Huey helicopter flown during the Vietnam War; an F-101 Voodoo interceptor aircraft flown by the New York Air National Guard's 136th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station; a Nasty-class Fast Patrol Boat used in Vietnam; a US Navy FJ-4 Fury fighter jet; a Second World War US Air Force P-39 Airacobra built by Bell Aircraft in Buffalo; and the sail and upper rudder of the decommissioned Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boston (SSN-703).

In 2003, the park shifted the vessels to the foot of Pearl and Main Streets so that they are now adjacent to Buffalo's Canalside district.  A new museum building and a restaurant were also added in the 2010s.

Of note, on 16 December 2017, the new Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Little Rock (LCS-9) was commissioned at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, next to its namesake cruiser.  This was the first time in history that a US Navy vessel was commissioned alongside a predecessor bearing the same name. 

The tickets exhibited below were purchased sometime in the mid-1990s.


The front sides of one youth admission ticket and one adult admission ticket to the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Servicemen's Park in Buffalo, New York.

The reverse sides of the tickets, depicting the USS Croaker.

A tour guide (c. mid-1990s) from the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Servicemens' Park: