Edited by G H Bennett Ph.D, Plymouth University Press, England, (2012) Reviewed by David Kronenfeld Hunting Tirpitz is a new work in a series of books recently released by the University of Plymouth Press. The series is entitled Britannia Naval Histories of World War II and comprises declassified government documents describing various naval operations during
BOOK REVIEW – Able Seamen, The Lower Deck of the Royal Navy 1850-1939
By Brian Lavery, Naval Institute Press, (2012) Reviewed by Capt. Winn Price, USNR (Ret.) The book jacket informs us that Brian Lavery is a Curator Emeritus of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England. Able Seamen is the second in a series of three studies of enlisted life or ‘the lower deck’ in the Royal
Candlelight Tour of the Washington Navy Yard
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
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
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
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
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
New Navy Art Exhibit Opens at Navy Museum
Story by the Naval History and Heritage Command. In honor of the Navy’s 237th birthday, the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) opened a new Navy Art exhibit October 12 at the National Museum of the United States Navy, Building 76, Washington Navy Yard. The inaugural exhibit, “Best of Navy Art,” presents notable oil and
95 Cruise Books Donated to Navy Department Library
Last week, in the first stage of a partnership with the Naval Historical Foundation, Steve Lanning of Bluewater Publishing of Gloucester, Virginia (www.cruisebooksource.com) visited the Washington Navy Yard to make a generous donation to the Navy Department Library. Ninety-five cruise books published by Bluewater were donated to the Library to supplement their extensive collection of
2012 Navy Birthday Coin on Sale
On 13 October 2012, the U.S. Navy celebrated its 237th birthday around the world. The Washington, DC birthday celebration dinner, with 750 guests, featured the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jonathan Greenert, and the Honorable Paul R. Ignatius, 59th Secretary of the Navy as keynote speakers. A commemorative 2012 Navy Birthday Coin was a “birthday
Fleet Admirals, US Navy
A Naval Historical Foundation Publication, 1 August 1966 ORIGINAL TEXT OF PAMPHLET NOTE: A correction was made in the pamphlet regarding Fleet Admiral William Leahy’s class rank. The correct information is included in the text below. (2/22/16) By act of Congress approved 14 December 1944, the grade of Fleet Admiral, United States Navy, was
BOOK REVIEW: SEALs – The US Navy’s Elite Fighting Force
By Mir Bahmanyar with Chris Osman, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, UK (2008), 256 pp Reviewed by Captain Roger F. Jones, USN. (Ret.) SEALs bills itself as the ultimate book about how Navy SEALs train and fight, and it is certainly the most comprehensive and interesting one on this topic that this reviewer has ever read. Written
NHF Co-Sponsoring 237th Navy Birthday Celebration
For the seventh consecutive year, the Naval Historical Foundation will co-sponsor the Navy Birthday Celebration in the Washington DC area, along with the National Capital Council of the Navy League of the United States. The event will be held 13 October at the Sheraton Premiere Hotel in Tysons Corner, VA (see our listing here for
Navy League Sea-Air-Space Expo 2013
For more information visit: www.seaairspace.org
Schooner Pride of Baltimore II Visits Washington Navy Yard
There is a very special visitor at the Washington Navy Yard this week: the topsail schooner Pride of Baltimore II. The schooner is a replica of a War of 1812 era privateer. In this photo, Pride of Baltimore II is tied up alongside the Washington Riverwalk Trail. Nearby is the destroyer Display Ship Barry. At
