Meet WW II Merchant Marine Radio Officer Don Berger
Naval History Blog recently caught up with Don Berger who joined the U.S. Merchant Marines in World War II when he was 16 1/2 and became a radio officer the following year. In addition to his service...
View ArticleArmy of the Indus
Representing a major accomplishment for the Navy Department Library we present to you, A Narrative of the March and Operations of the Army of the Indus. This digitized version of the book is now in our...
View ArticleHappy 67th Birthday to the USS Yorktown!
For images of the Yorktown, click here. To view Yorktown’s entry in the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, click here. To tour the USS Yorktown in Patriots Point, SC, click here. Yorktown...
View ArticleHappy 66th Birthday to the Battleship Wisconsin!
For additional images of the USS Wisconsin, click here. For a ship’s history, click here. For information about touring the USS Wisconsin, click here. Click here to become a fan of the USS Wisconsin...
View ArticleNew Cruise Books in the Navy Department Library
Last Friday, April 16th the Navy Department Library was the recipient of a very generous donation. Mrs. Mary Lou Mawdsley, her son Alan Mawdsley, and her grandson Jimmy presented us with 59 cruise...
View ArticleNaval History & Heritage Command Map
Looking for something fun to do with free admission. Please consider our Navy’s Naval History enterprise which consists of a dozen official U.S. Navy museums, NHHC headquarters which is home to the...
View ArticleUSS South Dakota Battleship Memorial in the News
Jill Callison of the Argus Leader writes, “Sixty-five years ago this month, the guns of the battleship USS South Dakota were the first to hit mainland Japan.” Full article here. USS South Dakota’s...
View ArticleUSS Gravely DDG-107 Update
According to Navy News Service, “The Navy officially accepted delivery of the future USS Gravely from Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding during a ceremony July 26 in Pascagoula, Miss. Designated DDG 107,...
View ArticleUSS Edson (DD-946) Update
Our nation’s fleet of historic ships grows by one! Tim Younkman of the Bay City Times writes, “The battle continues to bring the Vietnam-era destroyer USS Edson to the Bay City riverfront. Volunteers...
View ArticleAfter 65 years, Shipyard Worker Reunites with USS Orleck (DD-886)
Brandon Richards of KPLC 7 in Lake Charles, Louisiana reports: It’s been sixty-five years since J.T. Platt last boarded the USS Orleck. “I was one of the grunts. I did what I was told,” said Platt, who...
View ArticleRemembering the USS Indianapolis (CA-35)
On 30 July 1945, while sailing from Guam to Leyte, Indianapolis was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-58. The ship capsized and sank in twelve minutes. Survivors were spotted by a patrol aircraft on 2...
View ArticleEl Museo Histórico Naval de la Ciudad de México
Part 1 of 2… The Director of the Navy Department Library recently visited El Museo Histórico Naval de la Ciudad de México which is located on the fourth floor of the Palacio Postal in Mexico City. Here...
View ArticleMexican Navy Uniforms on Display at El Museo Histórico Naval de la Ciudad de...
Part 2 of 2 … More photos from the Director of the Navy Department Library’s trip to El Museo Histórico Naval de la Ciudad de México. Today’s post focuses on uniforms.
View ArticleUSS Triton Circumnavigates the Globe
May, 10th 1960 USS Triton (SSRN-586) completes first submerged circumnavigation of the world (Operation Sandblast) in 84 days following many of the routes taken by Magellan and cruising 46,000 miles....
View ArticleWilkes Exploring Expedition
May, 14 1836 A U.S. Exploring Expedition was authorized to conduct exploration of Pacific Ocean and South Seas. This was the first major scientific expedition overseas by the United States. LT Charles...
View ArticleLieutenant Porter’s Camel Expedition
February 15th, 1856 LT David Dixon Porter leaves Smyrna, Syria for Indianola, Texas with 21 camels on board Just five years before the outbreak of the Civil War, Lieutenant David Dixon Porter...
View ArticleOperation Praying Mantis, 18 April 1988
On 14 April 1988, watchstanders aboard USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58) sighted three mines floating approximately half of a mile from the ship. Twenty minutes after the first sighting, as Samuel B....
View ArticleThe Corps’ Parris Island Museum
Men who enlist in the Marine Corps east of the Mississippi River and all women joining the Corps must first report to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, South Carolina, for four hellish...
View ArticleThe Transatlantic Flight of the NC-4
While outside we enter the second-half of May and quickly descend into June, as I work away inside the archive, my mind inevitably wanders to the subject that seems to be on everyone’s mind this time...
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