Fall 2011 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 8/16/2011 2:41 PM Page 1 SEPTEMBER NCHOR OCTOBER A NOVEMBER DECEMBER WATCH 2011 The Journal of the Historic Naval Ships Association To Support the Preservation of Historic Naval Vessels To Honor Those Who Serve at Sea GUNS, MISSILES, AND OPERA. www.hnsa.org Fall 2011 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 8/16/2011 2:41 PM Page 2 2 ANCHOR WATCH HNSA STAFF HNSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Executive Director President CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, USN (Ret) RADM John P. McLaughlin, USS Midway Executive Director Emeritus Vice President CAPT Channing M. Zucker, USN (Ret) Brad King, USS Massachusetts Executive Secretary Secretary James W. Cheevers LCDR Sherry Richardson, HMCS Sackville Individual Member Program Manager Treasurer CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, USN (Ret) COL Patrick J. Cunningham Anchor Watch Editor Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park Jason W. Hall Immediate Past President USS New Jersey William N. Tunnell, Jr., USS Alabama/USS Drum Webmaster Richard S. Pekelney HONORARY DIRECTORS International Coordinator Admiral Michael G. Mullen, U.S. Navy Admiral Robert J. Papp, U.S. Coast Guard Wyn Davies Larry Ostola, Parks Canada Maritime Heritage Consultant, UK Vice Admiral Drew Robertson, Royal Canadian Navy Admiral Sir Alan West, GCB, DCD, MP, Royal Navy DIRECTORS AT LARGE HNSA COMMITTEE Captain Terry Bragg, USN (Ret) CHAIRPERSONS USS North Carolina Annual Conference Co-Chairs Dr. William B. Cogar Capt. Jerry Hofwolt, USS Bowfin Mariners’ Museum Ms. Nancy Richards, USS Bowfin Maury Drummond With assistance from Ms. Patty Rogers, Carnegie USS Kidd Science Center & Toby Oothoudt, USS Cod Alyce N. Guthrie Awards PT Boats, Inc. James W. Cheevers United States Naval Academy Museum Captain Jerry Hofwolt USS Bowfin Communications Dr. John C. Fakan, USS Cod Terry Miller Curatorial Tin Can Sailors, Inc. Associate Member Representative Ms. Patricia J.Rogers Carnegie Science Center CAPT F. W. "Rocco" Montesano, USN (Ret) Education USS Lexington Ex-Officio Ms. Karin Hill, The Navy Museum Insurance Richard S. Pekelney COL Patrick J. Cunningham Individual Member Representative Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park Timothy C. Rizzuto Marketing USS Slater Toby Oothoudt Patricia Rogers USS Cod Submarine Memorial Carnegie Science Center Membership CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, USN (Ret) James Schuck USS New Jersey 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 Fall 2011 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 8/16/2011 2:41 PM Page 3 ANCHOR WATCH 3 THE ANCHOR WATCH TEAM CONTENTS FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, Jeffrey S. Nilsson...4 FALL 2011 BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY NAVAL & MILITARY PARK Mark Sommer...5 Executive Editor CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, USN (Ret) USS CONSTITUTION, Jodie McMenamin...6 Publisher SAVE YOUR SHIP!, Joe Lombardi...6 Robert D. Board USS CASSIN YOUNG, Steve Briand...7 Editor NEW & RENEWING HNSA MEMBERS...8 Jason W. Hall USS New Jersey SWEDISH VETERAN FLOTILLA, Lennart Törnberg...9 62 Battleship Place Camden, New Jersey 08103 U.S.A. LIGHTSHIP OVERFALLS, Bob Ginson...9 Tel: 856-966-1652 ext. 201 [email protected] USS OLYMPIA, Hope Koseff Corse...10 HMCS OJIBWA, Ian Raven...11 Anchor Watch Editors Emeritus Robert A. Willson DAILY LIFE ABOARD SHIP, IN A SAILORS VOICE D. Douglas Buchanan, Jr. Rich Pekelney...12 Proofreaders USS L ST-325, Bob Jornlin...13 Jeffrey S. Cary CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, USN (Ret) THE STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA Mathew Schulte...13 Contributing Writers STEVE BRIAND HNSA NEWS & VIEWS, Jeffrey S. Nilsson...14 DENNIS E. BRYERS USS HORNET, Nancy Lopez...15 BRUNO CIANCI HOPE KOSEFF CORSE NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION, Ashley Hart...15 BOB GIBSON ASHLEY HART TCG ULUÇALIREIS, Bruno Cianci...16 BOB JORNLIN JOE LOMBARDI FREEDOM PARK, Dennis E. Bryers...16 NANCY LOPEZ SEAN MAHER USS MAINE, Sean Maher...17 JODIE MCMENAMIN TERRY MILLER USS CINCINNATI, Carrie Whitaker...18 JEFFREY S. NILSSON TRIVIA CHALLENGE, Terry Miller...19 IAN RAVEN MATHEW SCHULTE MARK SOMMER LENNART TÖRNBERG CARRIE WHITAKER THE COVER Right: Jeremy Blossey, DISCLAIMER Valerian Ruminski, Adam Klein and Elizabeth Articles represent the views of the authors Blancke-Biggs rehearse and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the onboard the USS The Historic Naval Ships Association (HNSA). Sullivans. Photo by Robert Kirkham. Fall 2011 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 8/16/2011 2:41 PM Page 4 4 ANCHOR WATCH their Board had appointed Vice Admiral Peter H. Daly, LOTSAM AND ETSAM USN (Ret) as the professional society’s Chief Executive F J officer. Admiral Daly is a Life Member of USNI, a former BY JEFFREY S. NILSSON member of the Institute’s Board of Directors/Editorial Board, a participant in the Institute’s seminars, and a contributor to Proceedings magazine. Admiral Daly succeeds Major General Thomas L. Wilkerson, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret) who served as Institute CEO from 2003 – 2011. On April 12, 2011, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced the selection of New York City and specifically the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum as one of only four sites nationwide to display a space shuttle orbiter. Intrepid will receive the shuttle Enterprise which was the prototype and test shuttle. The shuttle Atlantis will s this issue prepares to go to press, we are again, so be displayed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida; the quickly it seems, getting ready for our Annual shuttle Endeavour will be going to the California Science Conference. This year it will be held in Honolulu, Center in Los Angeles, and the Discovery goeso t AHawaii with Bowfin, Missouri and the World War II Valor Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. in the Pacific National Monument hosting. It should be a Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia where it will replace the fun meeting. There will be some very interesting papers Enterprise which is going to New York City. given. Congratulations go to the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in their successful effort to obtain a shuttle. We are moving forward with a very important project that has been in the works for some time called “Daily Life On Below: Shuttle Enterprise. Photo by Lisa Nipp. Board Ship, In A Sailor’s Voice”. It will bea very important addition to our all encompassing storehouse of knowledge that Rich Pekelney and too many others to name, have worked hard to bring together. Dr. Aldona Sendzikas, an Associate Professor in the History Department at the University of Western Ontario, has graciously accepted the role of editor for this far ranging project. We are asking each museum to submit first person accounts from their collections, written by sailors, who served aboard those museum ships. The goal is to have at least one story from each historic vessel in the Historic Naval Ships Association fleet. A Call for Submissions can be found on page 12 of this issue of Anchor Watch. It is with sadness that we report of the passing of Captain David S. Kidd, RCN. Captain Kidd passed away peacefully Congratulations go out to the folks of the Submarine on Thursday, April 7, 2011 in his 86th year. Captain Kidd Cincinnati Museum foundation. Though they were not was the first “international” member of the Board of able to acquire the whole boat that was to be the HNSA (the successor to HINAS), as well being President centerpiece of their museum, they have been awarded the of the organization 1977-1979. Captain Kidd was one of conning tower sail structure of the ex-Cincinnati (SSN- five people who were instrumental in saving HMCS Haida 693). The sail will serve as the focal point in a veteran’s from the ship breakers in 1964. Canadians, naval history museum at Smale Riverfront Park near The Banks buffs and HNSA members are grateful to David Kidd for development in Cincinnati, OH. All costs associated with his contribution to the preservation of naval heritage. bringing the sail and other parts of the submarine to Cincinnati will be paid for by private donations. Our hats We are pleased to announce that we have as a new are off to Mr. Joseph Jaap, a Cincinnati attorney and a Associate Member the American Patch and Emblem retired Navy officer from Anderson Township, who has Company of Wayne, PA and the Portsmouth Naval been at the forefront of the effort to have this donation Shipyard Museum with the Light Vessel Portsmouth of become a reality. Portsmouth, VA has joined as a Fleet Member. On July 26, 2011, the U.S. Naval Institute announced that Jeffrey S. Nilsson Fall 2011 AW:Winter 2006 HNSA Anchor Watch.qxd 8/16/2011 2:41 PM Page 5 ANCHOR WATCH 5 NEWS FROM THE FLEET BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY NAVAL & MILITARY PARK Buffalo, New York, U.S.A. SHIPSHAPE OPERA PERFORMANCES ON DECK NAVAL PARK PROVIDES STAGE FOR ‘IL TABARRO’ by Mark Sommer Buffalo News Published July 1, 2011 ast year, a French high-wire artist canopy on the Little Rock, and the walked between the Liberty Building’s performance will be a concert version. The twin Statue of Liberty replicas, 23 orchestra has to be protected from rain,” Lstories high. Now, another event taking Ruminski said. The audience will sit in front of advantage of one of Buffalo’s landmarks will The Sullivans, several feet from the water, with occur at dusk (around 8:45 p. m.) Saturday and cast members at times among them. Col. Pat Sunday when the Nickel City Opera stages Cunningham, the Naval Park’s executive Giacomo Puccini’s “Il Tabarro” aboard a director, said he was looking forward to the warship in Buffalo & Erie County Naval and opera.