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The U.S. Naval Institute is maintaining and preserving the former Naval Historical Foundation website so readers and former NHF members can still access past issues of Pull Together and other content. NHF has decommissioned and is no longer accepting new members or donations. NHF members are being converted to members of the Naval Institute. If you have questions, please contact the Naval Institute via email at [email protected] or by phone at 800-233-8764.Not a member of the Naval Institute? Here’s how to join!

Navy Museum Lecture: Recovering a Secret Spy Satellite Capsule from 16,400 ft Below the Pacific Ocean, A Trieste II (DSV-1) 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

Admin March 11, 2013

NHF Chairman ADM DeMars Donates Collection of Submarine and Aircraft Carrier Christening Photo Albums to Navy

Naval Historical Foundation Chairman Admiral Bruce DeMars, USN (Ret) recently made a generous donation to the Navy’s photo collection. Admiral DeMars, a submariner, finished up his forty-four years in the Navy with eight years as the Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion. Amongst the many items in his personal collection were a series of photo albums

Admin March 7, 2013 Donation, History, News Albany, albums, Boise, Bush, Cavalla, Charlotte, DeMars, foundation, George, Greenville, Historical, history, Montpelier, naval, navy, NHF, photos, Rickover, Stennis, Tucson, washington

NHF Photo Services Impacted by Navy’s Historical Archives Sequestration Closure

As a result of the ongoing government sequestration process, the Naval History and Heritage Command, located at the Washington Navy Yard, announced the closure of their Archives to public researchers. A statement on the Command’s website reads: Until further notice, the NHHC Archives are closed to researchers, and are limited in responding to official reference

Admin March 5, 2013 7 Comments History, News archives, closed, command, foundation, heritage, Historical, history, naval, navy, NHF, NHHC, photos, prints, reproductions, sequestration, washington, yard

International Spy Museum Lecture – Linda Kush and The Rice Paddy Navy U.S. Sailors Undercover in China

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

Admin March 1, 2013

Spilling the Secret – Captain Morton T. Seligman, U.S. Navy (Retired), U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1919

By Captain Lawrence B. Brennan, U.S. Navy (Retired) (Editor’s Note: a version of this article first appeared in the January 2013 issue of the Universal Ship Cancellation Society Log. Article is copyrighted by the author, all rights reserved.) “The game may not be worth the candle.” Special Prosecutor William D. Mitchell, former Attorney General of

Admin February 28, 2013 6 Comments History, News Brennan, classified, Coral, foundation, Historical, history, Lexington, Midway, naval, navy, NHF, sea, Seligman

BOOK REVIEW – The Rice Paddy Navy: U.S. Sailors Undercover in China

By Linda Kush, Osprey Publishing, (2012) Reviewed by David Kronenfeld The Rice Paddy Navy relates the unique story of the Sino-American Cooperation Organization (SACO), an intelligence and special operations unit of the US Navy in China during World War II. Author Linda Kush has expended significant research in the writing of her first book length

Admin February 26, 2013 1 Comment Book Reviews asia, book, china, foundation, guerilla, Historical, history, Kush, naval, navy, NHF, paddy, review, rice, SACO, war, world, WW2

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,

Admin February 19, 2013

BOOK REVIEW – America’s Black Sea Fleet: The U.S. Navy Amidst War and Revolution, 1919-1923

By Robert Shenk, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD. (2012). Reviewed by David F. Winkler, Ph.D. I wrote the dust-jacket promotion blurb for this book where I suggested this book be considered for the CNO’s reading list – for good reasons – this book provides a historical account of the post-World War I history where revolutionary

Admin January 29, 2013 1 Comment Book Reviews Black, book, fleet, foundation, Historical, history, naval, navy, NHF, Ottoman, review, Russia, sea, Shenk, Turkey, WWi

Naval History and the Royal Navy: An Interview with Former First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Jonathon Band

On 20 November, the Naval Historical Foundation 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). The NMRN represents an amalgamation of the National Museum of the Royal Navy (Portsmouth), Royal Marines Museum, (Southsea), Fleet Air Arm Museum (Yeovilton),

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Call for Papers: Press Gangs, Conscripts and Professionals – Recruiting the Royal Navy from the Age of Sail to the Present Day

To be held at the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth 6 and 7 September 2013 Keynote Address by Brian Lavery Conference Reception Onboard HMS Victory This conference will explore how the Royal Navy recruited its personnel from its earliest times to the present day, including its various branches and services such as the

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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: www.navysna.org/2013Symposium/Index.htm

Admin January 2, 2013

BOOK REVIEW – Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan, the Japanese Navy’s Story

By Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, Bluejacket Books, Annapolis, MD, (2001). Reviewed by Jason McHale “They had no right to win. Yet they did, and in so doing changed the course of a war…” (Incredible Victory, IX) Walter Lord used these words to describe the American forces that fought at the Battle of Midway. Three

Admin December 11, 2012 2 Comments Book Reviews Fuchida, history, Midway, naval, navy, Okumiya, Second, war, world, WW2

Remembering Pearl Harbor: Interview with a Navy Survivor

The following interview is an excerpt from the oral history of Captain Douglas G. Phillips, USN (Retired), recorded in December 2010. Captain Phillips graduated from the New York State Merchant Marine Academy in 1937, and later obtained a commission with the U.S. Navy. His first Navy assignment was aboard USS Castor, and he later reported

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Nautical Arts and Crafts at the US Navy Museum

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: www.history.navy.mil/branches/org8-1.htm

Admin November 30, 2012

Lunchtime Lecture and Book Signing at Navy Museum: Intrepid Sailors with author Chipp Reid

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