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USS Chancellorsville Is Renamed In Honor Of Black Ship Pilot Robert Smalls

28 February 2023

today the US Navy announced it is renaiming a warship to honor Robert Smalls, a skilled ship pilot and statesman born into slavery in South Carolina. The ship that will be taking his name is the USS Chancellorsvill, a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in service in the United States Navy. She is named for the Battle of Chancellorsville of the Civil War, which was a victory for the Confederate States Army. Black ship pilots have a rich and fascinating history in America. During the...

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Veteran’s Day – Merchant Marine In Peace And War

11 November 2022

by Salvatore R. Mercogliano, Ph.D. (gCaptain) This Veteran’s Day we remember the thousands of Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen who gave their lives in defense of the United States…

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Efforts Continue to ‘Save The Sullivans’ in Buffalo

19 April 2022

The U.S. Coast Guard and partner agencies are continuing efforts to save the historic USS The Sullivans museum ship after it sank at its pier last week at the Buffalo…

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First Woman to Take Command of Historic USS Constitution

5 January 2022

A couple of firsts for the U.S. Navy this week. For the first time in its 224-year history, the USS Constitution will have its first female Commanding Officer. On Friday,…

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Captain Mulzac WW2 Hero and America’s First Black Master Mariner

16 February 2021

When the United States entered World War II in December 1941, it faced a shortage of merchant mariners. With supplies in desperate needs overseas a massive sealift would require not…

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Black History Month – Meet The US Navy’s First Female African-American Officers

12 February 2021

by Adam Bisno (US Navy History Command) Quite suddenly, and contrary to expectations, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt agreed to reopen the Navy to African-American women in October 1944. Not since World…

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Golden 13 – The First Black Officer Training Course

3 February 2021

In January 1944, there were nearly 100,000 Black Sailors in the United States Navy, but none were officers. That would change when a group of sixteen Black enlisted men were…

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Rare Maps of Spanish Armada to Stay in England

27 January 2021

By Estelle Shirbon LONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) – A set of 10 hand-drawn, 16th century maps showing the progress of the Spanish Armada that attacked England in 1588, an event that shaped national identity,…

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Biggest World War Two Bomb Found in Poland Explodes

14 October 2020

WARSAW, Oct 13 (Reuters) – The biggest World War Two bomb ever found in Poland exploded under water on Tuesday as navy divers tried to defuse it. More than 750 people had been evacuated from the area near the Piast Canal outside the town of Swinoujscie where the Tallboy bomb used by Britain’s Royal...

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Searchers Locate Wreck of Unsinkable USS Nevada

11 May 2020

Deepwater searchers have located the wreck of the famed USS Nevada off the coast of Hawaii. A team consisting of U.S.-based archaeology firm SEARCH, Inc. and robotics company Ocean Infinity announced the discovery on Monday. USS Nevada was located 65 nautical miles southwest of Pearl Harbor at a...

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