Now is the time to start planning for the Historic Naval Ships Association 2013 Annual Conference, which will be held in Camden, NJ/Philadelphia 18-21 September. The Battleship New Jersey and Independence Seaport Museum will be co-hosting. Those with good ideas for topics or those would like to present a paper, please contact Toby Oothoudt at tobyo@bex.net or via telephone at (419) 471-9503 or on his cell at (419) 340-2721.
To learn more about the Historic Naval Ships Association please visit them on the web: www.hnsa.org
Hello HNSA: I’m the Director at the CSMM and Registrar at the Battleship NJ. Jason Hall is my supervisor at BB-62 and we’ve discussed how my other site, the new maritime museum, can participate at the annual meeting. I’ll submit a proposal for a paper ASAP. I look forward to showing off both the new museum and the Battleship to HNSA members in Sept.
Thank you for the comment Leslie. One of our NHF staff members (Dave Colamaria) helped out for a couple of days as a volunteer for the battleship a few years ago, good to hear from you!