Reviewed by Anton K. Smith Too little is written about the roles and sacrifices of professional women contributing to the war effort in World War II. An established author, renowned historian, and former British sailor, Peter Hore works to correct the deficit in this new book about Britain’s Women’s Royal Navy Service, whose members quickly became
Reviewed by Major Chris Ketcherside, USMC (Ret.) Guidelines for the Leader and the Commander is a collection of chapters, lectures, and manual excerpts General Clarke penned over the course of his career based on his hard-won experiences in positions of leadership in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, as well as
On Monday, August 2, as record numbers of attendees gathered for the first day of the 2021 Sea-Air-Space Conference, Rear Admiral Lars Saunes, Royal Norwegian Navy (Ret.) moderated a panel on the Arctic domain including Vice Admiral Andrew Lewis, Commander, 2nd Fleet, USN; Vice Admiral Scott Buschman, Deputy Commandant for Operations, USCG; Dr. Alyson Azzara,
USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571)Fleet Post OfficeNew York, New York 3 AUGUST 1958 Director Museum of Science and IndustryJackson ParkChicago Illinois Joseph E. Degman EM1 (SS)USS NAUTILUS SSN 571F.P.C. New York N.Y. Dear Sir, As a native of Chicago and a frequent visitor of the Museum I feel obligated to send you one of the first
Reviewed by Dr. Joseph Moretz In Turret Versus Broadside, Howard J. Fuller, a Reader in War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton in Great Britain, relates the history of the Royal Navy’s struggle to retain maritime supremacy in the face of ironclad warships innovated by the U.S. Navy during the Civil War. The engagement between
Reviewed by CAPT Derek R. Fix, USN Unlike Anything That Ever Floated is one of the newest additions to the Savas Beattie Emerging Civil War Series, which offers compelling, easy-to-read overviews of some of the Civil War’s most important battles and stories. Author Dwight Sturtevant Hughes provides a captivating narrative of the Battle of Hampton
On Tuesday July 27, Navy and nonprofit leaders cut the ribbon for a new exhibit at the Navy Museum in the Washington Navy Yard. The exhibit showcases the vision for a future National Museum of the U.S. Navy campus just outside the Navy Yard on M Street, accessible to the public. The Director of the Navy
Reviewed by Major Chris Ketcherside, USMC (Ret.) The Ten Thousand-Day War at Sea is a companion book to the Hampton Roads Naval Museum’s exhibit of the same name, though it does hold up well enough on its own as a short summation of all U.S. Naval operations during the conflict in Vietnam. The book is
Reviewed by Mr. Tom Phillips, USN (Ret.) This 8.5×11.5-inch booklet of 64 pages is #26 of 30 in a series by Ship Craft. As such, it is less likely to appeal to historians than advanced scale modelers with a bent for customizing standard scale models into works of fascinating art. The author, Roger Branfill-Cook, has
By Chris Martin Submarines are “damned un-English.” On 8 October 1900 the Royal Navy agreed to order five Holland-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company owned by American businessman Isaac Rice. Electric Boat negotiated the contract with the Royal Navy and subcontracted their construction out to Crescent Shipyard in Elizabeth, NJ.[1] The Third Sea Lord, Rear
Reviewed by Capt. Charles “Herb” Gilliland, USN (Ret.) Raise your hand if you’ve heard of Lafayette! Now keep it up if you’ve heard of Louis Duportail! I thought not. This reviewer knew nothing of Duportail either before reading this book, in which Prof. Norman Desmarais presents strong evidence that such obscurity is undeserved. As the
Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. This unique volume is a compilation focusing on seven major naval engagements from ancient times to the modern era that illustrates the significance of controlling the Mediterranean Sea. The author, Quentin Russell, earned a doctorate in 19th Century Anglo-Greek relations from Royal Holloway, University of London, and co-authored Ali Pasha:
Two students and seven teachers from around the country were awarded prizes by the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) for outstanding projects with naval/maritime themes in the annual National History Day (NHD) competition that concluded June 19. Winners of the coveted NHF Coskey Prizes for Naval History were Jessie Henderson of Bradley Central High School in Cleveland, TN,
Reviewed by Rory McAlevy How do you explore the last 150 years of British seafaring history in just one book? One shipwreck at a time, according to the author of Breaking Seas, Broken Ships: People, Shipwrecks & Britain, 1854-2007. Ian Friel followed Britain and the Ocean Road, a deft and historically sound coverage of the
