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Anchor Watch.Qxd 4/26/2009 5:28 PM Page 1 Spring 2009 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 4/26/2009 5:28 PM Page 1 APRIL ANCHOR MAY JUNE WATCH 2009 The Quarterly Journal of the Historic Naval Ships Association www.hnsa.org Spring 2009 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 4/26/2009 5:28 PM Page 2 2 ANCHOR WATCH HNSA STAFF HNSA 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) HNSA COMMITTEE U.S.S. Massachusetts Memorial CHAIRPERSONS Maury Drummond U.S.S. KIDD Alyce N. Guthrie PT Boats, Inc. Annual Conference William N. Tunnell, Jr. Brad King U.S.S. Alabama/U.S.S. Drum H.M.S. Belfast Awards Terry Miller James W. Cheevers Tin Can Sailors, Inc. United States Naval Academy Museum Associate Member Representative Communications CAPT F. W. "Rocco" Montesano, USN (Ret) Dr. John C. Fakan, U.S.S. Cod U.S.S. Lexington Curatorial Richard S. Pekelney Ms. Patricia J.Rogers Individual Member Representative Carnegie Science Center Education Timothy C. Rizzuto U.S.S. Slater Karin Hill, The Navy Museum Insurance Patricia Rogers COL Patrick J. Cunningham Carnegie Science Center Buffalo Naval Park CAPT Michael J. Schneider, USN (Ret) Marketing S.S. John W. Brown Paul C. Farace, U.S.S. Cod James Schuck Membership U.S.S. New Jersey CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, U.S.N. (Ret.) Preservation William Sheridan Joseph W. Lombardi U.S.S. Saratoga Museum Foundation Ocean Technical Services Submarines Bruce Smith William N. Tunnell, Jr. Port Columbus Civil War Naval Center U.S.S. Alabama/U.S.S. Drum Matt Woods Intepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Spring 2009 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 4/26/2009 5:28 PM Page 3 ANCHOR WATCH 3 THE ANCHOR WATCH TEAM CONTENTS FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, Jeffrey S. Nilsson...4 SPRING 2009 U.S.S. SLATER, Tim Rizzuto...5 Executive Editor U.S.S. NEW JERSEY, Thomas H. Helvig...6 JEFFREY S. NILSSON U.S.S. ZUNI, Harry A. Jaeger...7 Publisher ROBERT D. BOARD BOOK REVIEWS, Bob Willson & Terry Moore...8 Editor U.S.S. STEWART...9 JASON W. HALL Battleship NEW JERSEY Museum U.S.S. CASSIN YOUNG, Celeste Bernardo...9 62 Battleship Place Camden, New Jersey 08103 U.S.A. NEW & RENEWING HNSA MEMBERS...10 Tel: 856-966-1652 ext. 201 PLANNING A GREAT REUNION, Tom Pasha...11 [email protected] HNSA NEWS & VIEWS, Jeffrey S. Nilsson...12 Anchor Watch Editors Emeritus ROBERT A.WILLSON U.S.S. HORNET, Pete Sutherland...13 ANNE E. McCARTHY D. DOUGLAS BUCHANAN, JR. U.S.C.G.C. MACKINAW...13 Proofreaders EDITOR GONE A ROVING, Jason W. Hall...14 D. DOUGLAS BUCHANAN, JR. JEFFREY S. CARY U.S.A.T. JOHN PURVES, Robert L. Desh ...16 JOE MORAN U.S.S. EDSON, Michael J. Kegley...17 JEFFREY S. NILSSON SUSAN M. NILSSON S.S. LANE VICTORY, Jan Michaelis...18 Contributing Writers TRIVIA CHALLENGE, Jeff Cary with Paul Stillwell...19 CELESTE BERNARDO JEFF CARY ROBERT L. DESH JASON W. HALL The Anvhor Watch in COLOR! THOMAS H. HELVIG The Anchor Watch is now available in color on the HARRY A. JAEGER HNSA website. To see this issue, and past issues, MICHAEL J. KEGLEY in full color, JAN MICHAELIS visit:http://www.hnsa.org/anchorwatch/index.htm TERRY MOORE JEFFREY S. NILSSON TOM PASHA TIM RIZZUTO PAUL STILWELL THE COVER PETE SUTHERLAND Teamwork in action BOB WILLSON as the volunteers of the destroyer escort U.S.S. Slater prepare DISCLAIMER for move day at the Articles represent the views of the authors end of the season. and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Historic Naval Ships Association (HNSA) Spring 2009 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 4/26/2009 5:28 PM Page 4 4 ANCHOR WATCH It has been over a year since Mr. Rich Conti left Nauticus, in Norfolk, Virginia, to become the Executive Director of FLOTSAM AND JETSAM the Virginia Science Museum in Richmond. Just recently, BY JEFFREY S. NILSSON Mr. Harry “Hank” Lynch was selected to head the waterfront museum. He heads Nauticus, the Half Moone Cruise and Celebration Center and eventually the battleship Wisconsin. Mr. Lynch was formerly the President and CEO of Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens in Akron, Ohio. Please join me in welcoming Hank to the business of maritime museum management. Jim Schuck has been installed as the Acting President and CEO at the Battleship New Jersey Museum, Camden, NJ. Jim had been the Chief Financial Officer of the museum. He replaces Mr. Troy Collins who has gone on to be the Senior Vice President for Programs, Marketing and n my capacity as the Executive Director of the Historic Development at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA. Naval Ships Association, I hear a lot of what is going At the HNSA Board of Directors meeting in March at on out there in the historic fleet. There are a number of Annapolis, MD, Jim was elected to fill the vacant seat on Iships that are in dire need of preventative maintenance and the board left by Troy’s departure. Please join me in continued restoration. In this day and time, what we are welcoming Jim to the HNSA Board of Directors. talking about does not come cheap – in reality, it never did. For a huge number of you I know that you are on a fixed I want to announce that the Naval Historical Center has income, therefore, giving additional donations might not be been re-designated as the Naval History and Heritage an option, however, where you might not be able to afford Command under the leadership of RADM Jay DeLoach, any additional giving, you can write to your U.S. USN (Ret). There will be some changes in the structure of Representatives and Senators asking them to address this the Command and also the physical relocation of issue in helping to save these pieces of history and in many collections down to Cheatham Annex near Williamsburg, cases, National Historic Landmarks. Also, if you live in a VA. city where there is a historic naval ship museum, you can put your naval experience to work by volunteering a few HNSA has issued its call for papers for the Historic Naval hours a week. What you are able to do for that ship, is Ships Association Annual Conference September 21-23, almost as good, if not better, than donating money. By 2009 in Mobile, AL. The conference theme is “Back to doing some volunteer work, you can see the fruits of your Basics”, and the deadline for paper submissions is May 15. labor quickly and feel good about it, and it does not cost For additional information, please contact me at the ship big bucks. You can help save our historic naval [email protected], via phone at (757) 356-9422 or via mail ships. at Post Office Box 401, Smithfield, Virginia 23431-0401, or visit www.hnsa.org/conf2009.htm. We also welcome a number of new members to the Historic Naval Ships Association and they are: Fleet Member I have received from Naval Sea Systems Command, a First Comanche 202 Foundation in Tacoma WA. Comanche is a Notice and Call for Papers from The Royal Institution of former Coast Guard Cutter/Tug (WMEC-202)/ex- Naval Architects. They will be hosting Historic Ships II, Wampanoag (ATA-202); and Fleet Member Door County November 19-20, 2009. This conference will be covering Maritime Museum located in Sturgeon Bay, WI. Their historic ships, building on previous successful events, and acceptance as Fleet Member is based on them having the will explore the technical issues involved in the U.S. Army Tug John Purvis (LT-145). We also accepted preservation, restoration and replication of historic vessels, for Associate membership the Maritime Administration of including passenger ships, warships, coastal and inland the Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C.; the craft. The conference will be of interest and value to First Division Museum at Cantigny in Wheaton, IL; the members of the many organizations world-wide and others Site Historique Maritime de la Pointe-au-Pere in Rimouski, who are involved or interested in the preservation of these Quebec, CA; and Consult Econ, Inc. in Cambridge, MA. ships for the benefit of future generations. If you are interested in attending this conference, more information Mr. Randall Ramian, a Commander in the Naval Reserve, may be obtained by going to has been selected to be the Chief Executive Officer of the http://www.rina.org.uk/historicships2009.html. U.S.S. Hornet Museum. Please join me in wishing Commander Ramian well in his new endeavor. Jeffrey S. Nilsson Spring 2009 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 4/26/2009 5:28 PM Page 5 ANCHOR WATCH 5 NEWS FROM THE FLEET CREATING THE VOLUNTEER ENVIRONMENT U.S.S.
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