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Spring 2008 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.Qxd 4/26/2008 11:12 PM Page 1 Spring 2008 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 4/26/2008 11:12 PM Page 1 APRIL ANCHOR MAY JUNE WATCH 2008 The Quarterly Journal of the Historic Naval Ships Association www.hnsa.org U.S.S. ALABAMA..... .....Recovery Complete. Spring 2008 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 4/26/2008 11:12 PM Page 2 2 ANCHOR WATCH H.N.S.A. STAFF H.N.S.A. OFFICERS President William N. Tunnell, Jr., U.S.S. ALABAMA/U.S.S. DRUM Executive Director Vice President CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, U.S.N. (Ret.) RADM John P. (Mac) McLaughlin, U.S.S. MIDWAY Executive Director Emeritus Secretary CAPT Channing M. Zucker, U.S.N. (Ret.) LCDR Sherry Richardson, H.M.C.S. SACKVILLE Executive Secretary Treasurer James W. Cheevers COL Patrick J. Cunningham Individual Member Program Manager Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, U.S.N. (Ret.) Immediate Past President Anchor Watch Editor Captain F. W. "Rocco" Montesano, U.S.S. LEXINGTON Jason W. Hall Battleship NEW JERSEY Museum HONORARY DIRECTORS Webmaster Admiral Thad W. Allen, U.S. Coast Guard Richard S. Pekelney Sean Connaughton, MARAD International Coordinator Admiral Michael G. Mullen, U.S. Navy Brad King Larry Ostola, Parks Canada Vice Admiral Drew Robertson, Royal Canadian Navy H.M.S. BELFAST Admiral Sir Alan West, GCB DCD, Royal Navy DIRECTORS AT LARGE Captain Jack Casey, U.S.N. (Ret) H.N.S.A. COMMITTEE U.S.S. MASSACHUSETTS Memorial CHAIRPERSONS Troy Collins Battleship NEW JERSEY Museum Maury Drummond U.S.S. KIDD Annual Conference Robert Howard, Patriots Point Alyce N. Guthrie Awards PT Boats, Inc. James W. Cheevers Brad King United States Naval Academy Museum H.M.S. BELFAST Communications Terry Miller Dr. John C. Fakan, U.S.S. COD Tin Can Sailors, Inc. Curatorial Associate Member Representative Dr. Norman M. Cary, Jr. CAPT F. W. "Rocco" Montesano, USN (Ret) Education U.S.S. LEXINGTON Karin Hill, The Navy Museum Insurance Richard S. Pekelney Individual Member Representative COL Patrick J. Cunningham Buffalo Naval Park Timothy C. Rizzuto Marketing U.S.S. SLATER Paul C. Farace, U.S.S. COD Patricia Rogers Membership Carnegie Science Center CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, U.S.N. (Ret.) CAPT Michael J. Schneider, USN (Ret) Preservation S.S. JOHN W. BROWN Joseph W. Lombardi Ocean Technical Services William Sheridan Submarines U.S.S. SARATOGA Museum Foundation William N. Tunnell, Jr. U.S.S. ALABAMA/U.S.S. DRUM Bruce Smith Port Columbus Civil War Naval Center Matt Woods Intepid Sea-Air-Space Museum Spring 2008 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 4/26/2008 11:12 PM Page 3 ANCHOR WATCH 3 THE ANCHOR WATCH TEAM CONTENTS FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, Jeffrey S. Nilsson...4 SPRING 2008 U.S.S. ALABAMA, William N. Tunnell, Jr....5 Executive Editor H.M.S. HUNTER...6 JEFFREY S. NILSSON U.S.S. NEW JERSEY, Michael J. Flynn...7 Publisher ROBERT D. BOARD H.M.S. VICTORY & U.S.S. CONSTITUTION, LCDR John Scivier...8 Editor JASON W. HALL BOOK REVIEW, Terry Miller...9 Battleship NEW JERSEY Museum 62 Battleship Place U.S.S. MISSOURI, Keith DeMello...9 Camden, New Jersey 08103 U.S.A. Tel: 856-966-1652 ext. 201 NEW H.N.S.A. MEMBERS...10 [email protected] TEAMBUILDERS PLUS, Jeff Backal...11 Anchor Watch Editors Emeritus ROBERT A.WILLSON H.N.S.A. NEWS & VIEWS, Jeffrey S. Nilsson...12 ANNE E. McCARTHY D. DOUGLAS BUCHANAN, JR. S.S. LANE VICTORY...14 Proofreaders S.S. JOHN W. BROWN, Mike Schneider...14 D. DOUGLAS BUCHANAN, JR. JEFFREY S. CARY TRIVIA CHALLENGE, JEFFREY S. NILSSON SUSAN M. NILSSON Jeff Cary with Terry Miller...15 Contributing Writers JEFF BACKAL JEFF CARY KEITH DEMELLO MICHAEL J. FLYNN SEAN KECK TERRY MILLER THE COVER JEFFREY NILSSON MIKE SCHNEIDER U.S.S. ALABAMA looking better than ever two years after being struck by JOHN SCIVIER Hurricane Katrina. Photo by Josh Hallett. WILLIAM N. TUNNELL, JR. DISCLAIMER Articles represent the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Historic Naval Ships Association (H.N.S.A.) Spring 2008 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 4/26/2008 11:12 PM Page 4 4 ANCHOR WATCH On 10 March 2008, the HNSA Board of Directors met in LOTSAM AND ETSAM Annapolis, Maryland for the Winter Board Meeting. The F J meeting was well attended, with members braving the BY JEFFREY S. NILSSON snow in the Cleveland, Ohio to make the drive to Annapolis. They made the drive with time to spare. Pat Cunningham, coming from Buffalo also had snow to deal with, but was also able to make the trip, however, he flew in for the meeting. During the Board meeting, the subject of our future annual conference locations was discussed at some length. As this goes to press, we are well into the planning phase for this year’s conference at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum; 2009 will either be in Mobile, Alabama or in Annapolis, Maryland meeting with the International Congress of Maritime Museums; and 2010 will find us in Honolulu to celebrate the targeted December 7th, Grand y last Flotsam and Jetsam article was for the Fall re-opening of the new Visitor Center and Museum for Pearl Issue of Anchor Watch which turned out to be the Harbor with the conference starting on December 8th. Fall/Winter issue, since we had problems with the Mprogram and a new editor getting used to it all. I have to We are again grateful to Tin Can Sailors, Inc. for their very take my hat off to Jason Hall, our editor. He was able to generous grants awarded to the U.S.S. LAFFEY, U.S.S. resolve the problems and got the whole thing put together KIDD, U.S.S. THE SULLIVANS, U.S.S. JOSEPH P. and we are now back on track. KENNEDY, and the U.S.S. TURNER JOY. Each museum received a check for $10,000, while the Navy-Marine We have had a number of Museum Executive Director Corps Relief Society received $5,000 and the Historic changes take place since my last submission of Flotsam Naval Ships Association received $7,500. A total of and Jetsam. David Brunette has resigned from Patriots $62,500 was distributed the morning of the Winter Point in Charleston, SC; Captain, USN (Ret) Don Hess of H.N.S.A. Board Meeting held in Annapolis, MD on 10 the U.S.S. MISSOURI in Honolulu, HI has resigned March. These awarded grants brings the total that Tin Can effective the 28th of March 2008; John Kellet of the Sailors has given to H.N.S.A., its museum ships, and the Baltimore Maritime Museum, Baltimore, MD has resigned Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society to $1,804,400.00. to pursue other opportunities and endeavors; Ron Catudal Again, our sincerest thanks to Captain Jim Jones, President resigned from the U.S.S. MASSACHUSETTS Memorial in of Tin Can Sailors, Inc. and to Mr. Terry Miller, their Fall River,MA and Captain, USN (Ret) Jack Casey has Executive Director. been elected to be the Executive Director; Rich Conti has left Nauticus to be the Executive Director of the Science On Saturday, 15th March 2008, H.M.S. BELFAST in Museum of Virginia in Richmond, VA. and Captain, USN London, England, the last remaining big-gun armoured (Ret) Dave Scheu of the Battleship NORTH CAROLINA warship from the WWII left in Europe, celebrated the 70th Commission has put the Commission on notice that he will Anniversary of her launching. This momentous event was be retiring in January 2009 and a search has been initiated hosted aboard BELFAST by Admiral The Lord West of to find his replacement; meanwhile Frans Boetes of the Spithead GCB DSC, Trustee of the Imperial War Museum U.S.S. MOHAWK CGC Memorial Museum in Key West, and an Honorary Director of the Historic Naval Ships FL has remarried and he and his bride are now residing in Association and Admiral Sir James Eberle GCB LLD, Switzerland. Lieutenant , USCG (Ret), Bill Verge is now Vice-President of the H.M.S. BELFAST Association. the Executive Director of the Mohawk museum. We welcome the following new Associate Members: the We sadly report that George L. Maier, Master of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, Team Liberty Ship S.S. JOHN W. BROWN, passed away the Builders Plus, and JFK CV 67 Memorial Foundation, Inc. morning of 26 February 2008, after a courageous battle with cancer. He had just turned 80 years of age earlier in the month. Also, we note with sadness the passing of Mr. Albert Puliz, who was a Navy veteran from WWII, and the Jeffrey S. Nilsson owner of Puliz Moving and Storage. He provided a great deal of equipment and supplies in the movement of WWII ship artifacts from the west coast to the U.S.S. MASSACHUSETTS for restoration. Spring 2008 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 4/26/2008 11:12 PM Page 5 ANCHOR WATCH 5 NEWS FROM THE FLEET H.N.S.A. FLEET MEMBER IN THE SPOTLIGHT U.S.S. ALABAMA (BB-60) BATTLESHIP MEMORIAL PARK MOBILE, ALABAMA, U.S.A. Submitted by William N. Tunnell, Jr. fter more than two long years, U.S.S. than four million annual visitors at the nearby ALABAMA (BB-60) Battleship Gulf beaches plummeted after that area took a Memorial Park has finally completed direct hit. Athe clean-up and restoration from damage created by the Park’s most notorious and The lack of post-Ivan year-round beach traffic celebrated visitor in its 42 years of operation, caused Battleship Memorial Park’s attendance Hurricane Katrina.
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