Tag Archives: submarine

Seawolf: Maritime Strategy Covered In Sub History Seminar

Posted on April 23, 2013 by admin

With the Covert Submarine Operations exhibit in the National Museum of the U.S. Navy’s Cold War Gallery serving as a backdrop, a large crowd filled the Gallery’s North Hall on the evening of 11 April 2013 (coinciding with the Submarine … Continue reading →

Posted in Cold War Gallery, History, News | Tagged Brooks, Cold, firebaugh, foundation, Gallery, Historical, history, Holland, league, lecture, maritime, naval, navy, NHF, NSL, seawolf, seminar, strategy, submarine, Swartz, symposium, war | Leave a comment

2013 Submarine History Seminar: Seawolf and the Maritime Strategy

Posted on March 8, 2013 by admin

Policy, Strategy, Technology, Tactics, Acquisition: the interrelationship of these five distinct but related spheres of interest and the activities associated with each is not always apparent, even to those in high level positions in the various spheres. An examination of … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Battle of the Atlantic – 70th Anniversary Conference

Posted on December 4, 2012 by admin

Battle of the Atlantic – 70th Anniversary Conference 23-24 May 2013 Naval Regional Headquarters, Liverpool May 2013 marks the seventieth anniversary of perhaps the major turning point in the Allied victory over the Germans in the Atlantic during the Second … Continue reading →

Posted in Call for Papers, Call for Proposals | Tagged 2013, Atlantic, battle, conference, destroyer, history, naval, navy, submarine, symposium, U-Boat, war, world, WW2 | 3 Comments

Call for Papers: Decision in the Atlantic

Posted on October 31, 2012 by admin

Friday and Saturday 17 – 18 May 2013 Department of War Studies, King’s College London 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 … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW – The Day the World Was Shocked: The Lusitania Disaster and Its Influence on the Course of World War I

Posted on October 26, 2012 by admin

By John Protasio, Casemate Publishing, Havertown, PA (2011),239 pp. Reviewed by Charles H. Bogart The author has crafted a well-written book that covers the sinking of the British flagged passenger liner Lusitania on 7 May 1914, by the German submarine … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW – Silent Killers: Submarines and Undersea Warfare

Posted on October 25, 2012 by admin

By James P. Delgado, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, (UK), (2011) Reviewed by Jan Churchill 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, starting with the … Continue reading →

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Keeping Naval History Alive in Pearl Harbor: Maintaining the Submarine Bowfin

Posted on August 29, 2012 by admin

There is perhaps no place in America as closely identified with naval history as Pearl Harbor. The “day that will live in infamy” on 7 December 1941 has not been forgotten by the people of the United States, and great … Continue reading →

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First Group of STEM-H Teachers Completes 2012 Workshop

Posted on July 26, 2012 by admin

On Friday, 20 July, our first group of STEM-H Teacher Fellows completed their 2012 summer workshop with final presentations of lesson plans developed during an intense two week program. The four teachers in the first group were: Benjamin J. Barris … Continue reading →

Posted in Navy Museum, News, STEM | Tagged Cold, educator, history, lesson, naval, navy, PLAN, STEM, submarine, teacher, war | 1 Comment

Navy Museum Receives Deep Sea Submersible

Posted on July 9, 2012 by admin

Story and photos courtesy of the Naval History and Heritage Command WASHINGTON (NNS) — The National Navy Museum (NNM) received cable-controlled undersea recovery vehicle (CURV) III, the Navy’s most sophisticated deep sea recovery submersible until its retirement in 2007, along … Continue reading →

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New Photo Donation: Submarine USS Besugo (SS 321)

Posted on May 14, 2012 by admin

From time to time, we get something interesting or surprising in the mail. We recently received a wonderful collection of photographs – completely unsolicited – from Marie Gennette. Upon opening this unexpected package, we were delighted to find dozens of … Continue reading →

Posted in Donation, History, News | Tagged cold war, donation, donor, history, naval, navy, pacific, photograph, photographs, photos, sub, submarine, torpedo, WW2, WWII | 2 Comments

BOOK REVIEW: Turning the Tide – How a Small Band of Allied Sailors Defeated the U-Boats and Won the Battle of the Atlantic

Posted on May 10, 2012 by admin

By Ed Offley, Basic Books, New York, NY, (2011) Reviewed by Thomas P. Ostrom Ed Offley brings writing and research skills to his book on the World War II Battle of the Atlantic. The conflict featured German submarines (U-boats) versus … Continue reading →

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Navy Museum Kicks off Mission Ocean Educational Program

Posted on May 3, 2012 by admin

On Friday, 27 April, and Tuesday, 1 May, the Mission Ocean program was inaugurated in the Cold War Gallery, at the National Navy Museum in Washington DC. One hundred-thirty students from two Prince William County schools were the first children … Continue reading →

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OUTLAW SHARK Submarine History Seminar a Success

Posted on April 30, 2012 by admin

The 2012 Submarine History Seminar was held on the evening of 24 April 2012, as part of the National War College Commandant’s Lecture Series in historic Roosevelt Hall at the War College’s Fort McNair campus in southwest Washington, DC. 2012 … Continue reading →

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Dr. Robert Ballard Meets With Naval Historical Foundation Leaders

Posted on April 11, 2012 by admin

Dr. Robert Ballard, an educator and undersea explorer best known for his rediscovery of the wreck of Titanic in 1985, met with Naval Historical Foundation leadership at the Washington Navy Yard on Tuesday, 10 April 2012. Dr. Ballard serves on … Continue reading →

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2012 Submarine Force History Seminar: OUTLAW SHARK

Posted on March 19, 2012 by admin

Submarine Force History Seminar: “OUTLAW SHARK – The Beginning of Over The Horizon Targeting” During World War II and into the Cold War, torpedoes remained the primary offensive weapon for American attack submarines. With the development of surface-to-surface missiles such … Continue reading →

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