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- AboutThe OFFICIAL Fan Page of The Naval History & Heritage Command, The History Program of The Department of The Navy - www.history.navy.mil - www.navalhistory.org
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Agustin R Valdezawesome like keep the good work.about 2 weeks ago
Jim HamiltonTo whom it may concern, Hi, I am Jim Hamilton and I would like to bring your attention to a noble cause. The USS TEXAS is the last American Battleship that fought in 2 World Wars, and now she is in danger of rusting by the seawater in which she rests. Hopefully in time we will “Dry-Berth” her. Meantime we need PUBLICITY! I run the facebook page USS TEXAS (BB-35). The link is down below. I was wondering if your facebook page would be kind enough to “Like” our page at USS TEXAS (BB-35). If you visit USS TEXAS (BB-35) you will see that we have already “Liked” your page. We would just like for you to return the favor. As you see I am not asking for money, just a little recognition from your fine institution! Thank you for your co-operation! Sincerely, James Hamilton http://www.facebook.com/USSTEXASBB354 · about 2 months ago
- "Fire in the Spacecraft..!"
"On January 27, 1967, tragedy struck the Apollo program when a flash fire occurred in command module 012 during a launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle being prepared for the first piloted flight, th...e AS-204 mission. Three astronauts, Lt. Col. Virgil I. Grissom, a veteran of Mercury and Gemini missions; Lt. Col. Edward H. White, the astronaut who had performed the first United States extravehicular activity during the Gemini program; and (Navy LCDR) Roger B. Chaffee, an astronaut preparing for his first space flight, died in this tragic accident."
Continue reading at the NASA History Office Website:
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/Apollo204
NHHC remembers and salutes the crew of Apollo 1.
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- NEWPORT NEWS, Va. : The final section of the main mast of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) is installed at Northrop Grumman Newport News Shipbuilding. Theodore Roosevelt is undergoing a mid-life refueling complex overhaul. (U.S. Navy photo by John Whalen, Northrop Grumman/Released)
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Naval History & Heritage Command created National Museum of the United States Na... - USS Norton Sound (AVM-1), emblem in use in 1968. Courtesy of Captain G.F. Swainson, USN. NHHC Photograph Collection, NH 68062-KN (Color).
- USS Norton Sound (AV-11) launches a V-1 “Loon” missile. A “Lark” missile is in the background, 12 October 1949. National Archives photograph, 80-G-438269.
Naval History & Heritage Command added 5 photos to the album 26 Jan 1913: John Paul Jones funeral.
Naval History & Heritage Command added 4 photos to the album 24 Jan 1942: Battle of Makassar Strait.
- NHHC PAO Focus:
Video Short - "Wings For The Navy.. 100 Years of Naval Aviation"
1911 – A year which featured a series of landmark achievements
in naval aviation. The first successful take-offs and landings from ships at sea laid the found...ation for a century of American airpower.
The feature Video
“Wings for the Navy …100 Years of Naval Aviation”
tells the story of that first formative year, and three men who made it possible.
“The story of Eugene Ely is a very compelling one, and I thought from the start it would make a great video,” Rositzke.
Their 26-minute video focuses on three individuals: Ely, the civilian test pilot who was the first to fly a plane from the deck of a ship; Capt. Washington Chambers, the naval officer in charge of developing aviation; and Glenn Curtiss, an early aviation designer and inventor. Together, these three men took a huge risk that paid off.
Read the complete article at the Naval Historical Foundation's site on the Internet:
http://www.navyhistory.org/2011/09/centennial-of-naval-aviation-video-2
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"Arrival of the American Fleet at Scapa Flow, 7 December 1917". Oil on canvas by Bernard F. Gribble, depicting the U.S. Navy's Battleship Division Nine being greeted by British Admiral David Beatty and the crew of HMS Queen Elizabeth. Ships of the American column are (from front) USS New York (BB-34), USS Wyoming (BB-32), USS Florida (BB-30) and USS Delaware (BB-28). Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. NHHC Photograph Collection: NH 58841-KN (Color). — with Thomas Walker.
Naval History & Heritage Command added 21 photos to the album 22 Jan 1944: Operation Shingle.
- Event Reminder: Home School at the Museum Series Presents:
Sound Science,
Multiple dates for classes beginning on Jan 22nd. at 10am
View our event page for additional classes and details.
ᴿᴰNational Museum of the United States Navy : Home School at the Museum Series - Sound ScienceJanuary 23 at 12:00pm in ESTNational Museum of the United States Navy in Washington, District of Columbia, 805 Kidder Breese St. SE, Washington, District of Columbia 20374-506014 people went - Lunchtime Lecture : The Zimmermann Telegram (3 photos)Thomas Boghardt, author of The Zimmermann Telegram: Intelligence, Diplomacy and America's Entry into WWI, signs copies of his book after providing a lecture at the Naval Museum's Educational Center. Based on an examination of German, Briti...sh, and U.S. government records, The Zimmermann Telegram provides a definitive account of the origins and impact of the German alliance scheme.— at National Museum of the United States Navy.
Learn more about this recent lecture and book signing,
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Exhibit in the Spotlight: John F. Kennedy and the PT-109. John F. Kennedy was the first President of the United States who had served in the US Navy. He joined in September 1941, and was an Ensi...gn in the office of the Secretary of the Navy when Pearl Harbor was attacked. After attending Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center, he served in Panama, and then in the Pacific Theater, where he became a Lieutenant (Junior Grade) and commanded a patrol torpedo boat, PT-109. On the night of August 2, 1943, PT-109 was patrolling in the Solomon Islands when the Japanese destroyer Amagiri rammed it. Amongst the wreckage, Kennedy gathered his surviving crew members. The collision severely injured Kennedy's back, which had already been hurt years before. Still, he saved one of his badly burned crew by towing him with a lifejacket strap that Kennedy held between his teeth. The survivors were rescued seven days after the attack. Kennedy's actions earned him the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for "extremely heroic conduct." Kennedy took command of another boat, but returned to the United States in January 1944. He was removed from active duty later that year, and honorably discharged in 1945 due to his back injury. On his inauguration day in January 1961, the parade featured a float constructed to look like PT-109. While Kennedy always took great pride in his former boat (keeping a model of her in the oval office), he was surprised to see PT-109 resurrected in float form, with the survivors of her crew standing on her deck, saluting the man who had led them.
A special thanks from NHHC to Dr. Ed Furgol for contributing this story.
Learn more about President Kennedy's Naval service
and his career after the Navy on the official
JFK Presidential Library & Museum Website:
http://www.jfklibrary.org/
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