Winter 2010 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 1/20/2010 6:25 PM Page 1 JANUARY NCHOR FEBRUARY A MARCH APRIL WATCH 2010 The Quarterly Journal of the Historic Naval Ships Association www.hnsa.org CSS NEUSE: IRONCLAD SLATED TO GET A NEW HOME Winter 2010 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 1/20/2010 6:25 PM Page 2 2 ANCHOR WATCH HNSA STAFF HNSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS President Executive Director RADM John P. McLaughlin, USS Midway CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, USN (Ret) Vice President Executive Director Emeritus Brad King, HMS Belfast CAPT Channing M. Zucker, USN (Ret) Secretary Executive Secretary LCDR Sherry Richardson, HMCS Sackville James W. Cheevers Treasurer Individual Member Program Manager COL Patrick J. Cunningham CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, U.S.N. (Ret) Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park Anchor Watch Editor Immediate Past President Jason W. Hall William N. Tunnell, Jr., USS Alabama/USS Drum Battleship New Jersey Museum Webmaster HONORARY DIRECTORS Richard S. Pekelney Admiral Thad W. Allen, U.S. Coast Guard Sean Connaughton, MARAD International Coordinator Admiral Michael G. Mullen, U.S. Navy Brad King Larry Ostola, Parks Canada HMS Belfast Vice Admiral Drew Robertson, Royal Canadian Navy Admiral Sir Alan West, GCB DCD, Royal Navy DIRECTORS AT LARGE HNSA COMMITTEE Captain Terry Bragg CHAIRPERSONS USS North Carolina Captain Jack Casey, USN (Ret) USS Massachusetts Memorial Annual Conference Maury Drummond Ms. Angela McCleaf USS KIDD USS Texas Awards Alyce N. Guthrie PT Boats, Inc. James W. Cheevers United States Naval Academy Museum Terry Miller Communications Tin Can Sailors, Inc. Associate Member Representative Dr. John C. Fakan, USS Cod Curatorial CAPT F. W. "Rocco" Montesano, USN (Ret) Ms. Patricia J.Rogers USS Lexington Carnegie Science Center Richard S. Pekelney Education Individual Member Representative Ms. Karin Hill, The Navy Museum Timothy C. Rizzuto Insurance USS Slater COL Patrick J. Cunningham Buffalo Naval Park Patricia Rogers Carnegie Science Center Marketing Toby Oothoudt James Schuck USS Cod Submarine Memorial USS New Jersey Membership William Sheridan CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, USN (Ret) USS Saratoga Museum Foundation Preservation Joseph W. Lombardi Bruce Smith Ocean Technical Services Port Columbus Civil War Naval Center Submarines William N. Tunnell, Jr. Matt Woods USS Alabama/USS Drum Intepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Winter 2010 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 1/20/2010 6:25 PM Page 3 ANCHOR WATCH 3 THE ANCHOR WATCH TEAM CONTENTS FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, Jeffrey S. Nilsson...4 WINTER 2010 CSS Neuse, John Palmer...5 Executive Editor USS Kidd, Tim NesSmith...7 CDR JEFFREY S. NILSSON, USN (RET) BOOK REVIEWS, Terry Miller & Peter Nunan...8 Publisher ROBERT D. BOARD USS Bowfin, Nancy Richards...9 NEW & RENEWING HNSA MEMBERS...10 Editor JASON W. HALL T121 Spica, R142 Ystad, T26, T46, T56, Lennart Törnberg...11 Battleship NEW JERSEY Museum 62 Battleship Place HNSA NEWS & VIEWS, Jeffrey S. Nilsson...12 Camden, New Jersey 08103 U.S.A. Tel: 856-966-1652 ext. 201 USS Cassin Young, Steve Briand...13 [email protected] USS Wayne E. Meyer, USS Olympia, USS New Jersey, Anchor Watch Editors Emeritus Christopher P. Cavas...14 ROBERT A.WILLSON USS John F. Kennedy...15 D. DOUGLAS BUCHANAN, JR. USS Massachusetts, Marc Munroe Dion...16 Proofreaders JEFFREY S. CARY USS Requin, Maria Renzelli...17 CDR JEFFREY S. NILSSON, USN (RET) SUSAN M. NILSSON EDITOR GONE A ROVING, Jason W. Hall & Joe Moran...18 CDR DANIEL SOLDANO, USNR (RET) HMS Victory, D. J. Whild...20 Contributing Writers STEVE BRIAND USS Texas, Douglas H. Smith...22 CHRISTOPHER P. CAVAS MARC MUNROE DION HMCS Fraser...22 JASON W. HALL TRIVIA CHALLENGE, Terry Miller...23 TERRY MILLER JOE MORAN TIM NESSMITH The Anchor Watch in COLOR! JEFFREY S. NILSSON The Anchor Watch is now available in color on the PETER NUNAN HNSA website. To see this issue, and past issues, JOHN PALMER in full color, MARIA RENZELLI visit:http://www.hnsa.org/anchorwatch/index.htm NANCY RICHARDS DOUGLAS H. SMITH LENNART TÖRNBERG D. J. WHILD THE COVER DISCLAIMER Articles represent the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Right: The hull Historic Naval Ships Association (HNSA) fragment remains of the CSS Neuse as they appear today. Winter 2010 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 1/20/2010 6:25 PM Page 4 4 ANCHOR WATCH Annual Business Meeting) Daniel J. DelMonte, USS Bowfin (delivered in Honolulu, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM HI) BY JEFFREY S. NILSSON Henry A. Vadnais Award: Jennifer Heinzelman, Naval Undersea Museum (delivered in Keyport, WA) Tom Helvig, Battleship New Jersey (delivered in Camden, NJ) Bos’n Marvin Curry Award: Michael Angelini, Battleship Cove (delivered in Fall River, MA) he 44th Annual conference of the Historic Naval Education Award: Ships Association is now in the books. Bill Tunnell and his fine staff at USS Alabama Memorial Park John Peters, Hampton Roads Naval Museum (delivered in Twere our hosts for this conference. The annual conference Norfolk, VA) had not been held there in 25 years. Battleship Alabama was one of the five Founding Members of our Association, Russell Booth Award: which was then known as the Historic Naval Ships Association of North America. In 1966, Alabama joined Tom Robinson, Zuni Maritime Foundation (delivered in forces with Massachusetts, North Carolina, Olympia, and Little Creek, VA) Texas to create what we know today as the world’s third largest fleet with more than 180 ships worldwide. Ship Maintenance/Preservation/Exhibition Award: Our theme for this conference was Back to Basics, and it Baltimore Crew, Zuni Maritime Foundation (delivered in encompassed a great number of topical areas of interest. Little Creek, VA) The program stepped off to a great start with a panel Brass Team, Battleship New Jersey (delivered in Camden, entitled What to do with an Aging National Landmark Ship NJ) which was chaired by Joe Lombardi. This panel included Al Lundgren, Battleship Cove (delivered in Fall River, Glen Clark from the Naval Sea Systems Command, MA) Barbara Voulgaris from the Maritime Administration, Laura Pawel Mankowski, National Vietnam War Memorial Casey and Ken Feely from the Environmental Protection (delivered in Orlando, FL) Agency, and Paul Loether from the National Park Service. Bob Perlewitz, Door County Maritime Museum (delivered in Sturgeon Bay, WI) Included in the conference was a bus tour to the National Aviation Museum in Pensacola that included lunch and During the Annual Conference, it was announced that Ms. additional conference sessions using their classrooms. The Angela McCleaf had been selected as the new Conference conference included sessions such as Collaborations for Program Chairman for the HNSA Annual Conferences. We International Commemorations, Cathodic Protection, recognize Ms. McCleaf’s background, experience, her Disaster Management: Planning and Recovery, Ship as demonstrated skills and her continuing dedication to the Artifact, Weathering the Economic Storm, Custodianship of mission of preserving, restoring and exhibiting historic an Historic Vessel in 2009, and a session that addressed the ships. As Conference Program Chairperson, Ms. McCleaf value and benefits of a strong volunteer program. The will have responsibility for all presentations at HNSA conference concluded with a wonderful seafood dinner on Conferences. Please join me in congratulating Angela in the fantail of the Alabama. her acceptance of this very significant responsibility. During the conference the following awards were We welcome aboard as an Associate Member, Smart presented: MultiMedia, Inc. of Houston, Texas. This company specializes in high definition 3D digital laser scanning and The Casper J. Knight Award: related services. They have done quite a bit of work on the USS Texas. Richard S. Pekelney, HNSA Web Master (presented at the Jeffrey S. Nilsson Winter 2010 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 1/20/2010 6:26 PM Page 5 ANCHOR WATCH 5 NEWS FROM THE FLEET A MYSTERY IS SOLVED CSS NEUSE CSS NEUSE & GOV. CASWELL MEMORIAL Kinston, North Carolina, U.S.A. by John Palmer CSS Neuse-Ph Group he CSS Neuse is an ironclad based on late 1963, cut into three pieces and moved to John Porter’s famous CSS Albemarle Caswell Park. In 1966, an additional search of design. The wooden remains of the the ship’s resting place in the river discovered TNeuse are currently housed in the open air other artifacts. The museum is fortunate that under a roof structure and after 150 years the one of the original volunteers in the recovery wood is deteriorating. This is similar to the effort, Mr. William H. Rowland, took housing of the CSS Jackson, prior to a move numerous pictures and kept a chronicle of the to her new hermetically protected home at the events, which now include GPS references. It Civil War Naval Museum in Port Columbus, is the opinion of Guy Smith (Museum’s Georgia. I was lucky enough to be the design- Manager), Morris Bass (Senior Guide), Mr. builder at Port Columbus. This experience Rowland and others that a wealth of artifacts taught me a lot about super large artifacts. This still remain in the river. They hope to be able knowledge can now be applied in Kinston, to conduct an underwater survey with modern North Carolina where the CSS Neuse resides. equipment to identify locations and then recover the pieces before they are lost forever. The City of Kinston, with the financial support of the State Historical Sites and the State of Formulating architectural designs for the new North Carolina, are building a structure right facility building are currently underway by in downtown to showcase this naval treasure. Dunn & Dalton Architects, with breaking of Unlike the Jackson, the Neuse was completed the ground anticipated for later this year. The and functional at the end of her life. She got local support group, the CSS Neuse Gunboat underway and sailed twice on the Neuse River.