The New Jersey Maritime Museum in Beach Haven kicks off its monthly presentations at Buckalew’s Restaurant and Tavern on Friday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. with “Around the World and in Our Backyard: The Story of the USS Murphy.”

The vessel was a Benson-class destroyer with a storied history. The Murphy did several years of wartime service before it collided with the SS Bulkoil off the coast of New Jersey in 1943.