Summer2011 AW:Winter2006 HNSA AnchorWatch.qxd 4/25/2011 12:45 PM Page 1 MAY NCHOR JUNE A JULY AUGUST 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 CENTENNIAL OF NAVAL AVIATION CELEBRATION BEGINS IN SAN DIEGO www.hnsa.org Summer2011 AW:Winter2006 HNSA AnchorWatch.qxd 4/25/2011 12:45 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 Hofwalt 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 Summer2011 AW:Winter2006 HNSA AnchorWatch.qxd 4/25/2011 12:45 PM Page 3 ANCHOR WATCH 3 THE ANCHOR WATCH TEAM CONTENTS FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, Jeffrey S. Nilsson...4 Summer 2011 USS MIDWAY, Scott McGaugh...5 Executive Editor USS OLYMPIA, Hope Koseff Corse...6 CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, USN (Ret) USS EDSON, Andrew Dodson...7 Publisher NEW & RENEWING HNSA MEMBERS...8 Robert D. Board PHOENIX INTERNATIONAL, Eric Lindberg...9 Editor Jason W. Hall USS INTREPID, Susan Marenoff...9 USS New Jersey 62 Battleship Place NAVAL UNDERSEA MUSEUM, Lorraine Scott...10 Camden, New Jersey 08103 U.S.A. Tel: 856-966-1652 ext. 201 BOOK REVIEWS, Terry Miller & Peter Nunan...12 [email protected] SS LANE VICTORY, Jan Michaelis...13 Anchor Watch Editors Emeritus HNSA NEWS & VIEWS, Jeffrey S. Nilsson...14 Robert A. Willson D. Douglas Buchanan, Jr. USS NORTH CAROLINA, Heather Loftin...15 Proofreaders VE NTILATION AND GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Jeffrey S. Cary Charles C. Deroko...16 CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, USN (Ret) Susan M. Nilsson USS AUSTIN, Daniella Romano...17 CDR Daniel A. Soldano, USNR (Ret) SRV VITYAZ, Viktor L. Strjuk...18 Contributing Writers 2011 HNSA CONFERENCE, Jerry Hofwolt...19 HOPE KOSEFF CORSE CHARLES C.D EROKO ANDREW DODSON JERRY HOFWOLT ERIC LINDBERG The Anchor Watch in COLOR! SUSAN MARENOFF The Anchor Watch is now available in color on the SCOTT MCGAUGH HNSA website. To see this issue, and past issues, JAN MICHAELIS in full color, visit: TERRY MILLER www.hnsa.org/anchorwatch/index.htm JEFFREY S. NILSSON PETER NUNAN DANIELLA ROMANO LORRAINE SCOTT VIKTOR L. STRJUK THE COVER DISCLAIMER Right: Reproduction of Articles represent the views of the authors the original Triad “hydroaeroplane” that and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the proved the validity of Historic Naval Ships Association (HNSA). naval aviation in San Diego Bay in 1911. USN photo by Scott Janes. Summer2011 AW:Winter2006 HNSA AnchorWatch.qxd 4/25/2011 12:45 PM Page 4 4 ANCHOR WATCH for your viewing. You can receive updates on this effort LOTSAM AND ETSAM and the ship by going to the HNSA website F J (www.hnsa.org) and scrolling to the Olympia site and then BY JEFFREY S. NILSSON clicking on the highlighted Olympia updates. You can also receive information from the ISM by e-mailing [email protected] and ask to be placed on the distribution list for their electronic newsletter The Masthead, which is published on a periodic basis. “HNSA MID-WINTER BOARD MEETING” On the 14th of March, we held our mid-winter board meeting in Annapolis. Our Chairs for Marketing and Communications made the announcement that the Historic Naval Ships Association is now on Facebook and Twitter. NavSea informed us that Navy dive teams will be making t is with a heavy heart that I inform you all of the greater use of the HNSA ships for getting much needed passing of David Kidd, 86, former President of the training. Historic Naval Ships Association from 1977-79. Dave Iwas one of the five people who were instrumental in saving We were advised by our Chair for Curatorial Affairs that a HMCS Haida from the ship breakers in 1964, a story number of the papers delivered at the conference in recorded by History Professor Barry Gough in his 2001 Baltimore in September 2010 are now posted in the book HMCS Haida, Battle Ensign Flying. We will miss Operations Handbook on the HNSA website. Mr. Glen David, and wish him fair winds and following seas. Clark of the Naval Sea Systems Command brought the Board up to date on what is currently happening at PMS We are going to try something a little different in this issue, 333 which is the Inactive Ships Program Office. The and would really like to hear or read your comments. Board was given a current status report on all ships Knowing that the Anchor Watch is read by our individual currently on Donation Hold, and of those ships it appears members and ship managers around the world who want to that ex-Edson (DD-946) should soon be released to The bring themselves up to date on happenings around the Saginaw Valley Naval Ship Museum. “fleet”, we thought we would include an article or two that dealt directly with the care and maintenance of the ships. Captain Jerry Hofwalt made a presentation for the HNSA Our thanks goes out to Bill Galvani, who is the Director of 2011 Conference which will be held in Honolulu, HI the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, WA for bringing September 14-17. The headquarters for the conference will the idea to Jason Hall and myself to do something like this. be the Pacific Beach Hotel where all conference sessions In this issue there are three submissions that are technical will be held. Captain Hofwolt has provided more in nature. One is written by Lorraine Scott, Collections information on the conference in his article on page 19 of Manager of the Naval Undersea Museum, that deals with this issue of the Anchor Watch. environmental control of artifact storage areas. Charles Deroko has submitted another that focuses on the The last order of business of the board meeting was the importance of good ventilation, and there is also one by presentation of awards. Spirit of ’45 awards were one of our newest Associate members, Phoenix presented to Maury Drummond, Mac McLaughlin, John International, Inc., that briefly describes their company. Fakan, Paul Farace and Toby Oothoudt for their We hope that you enjoy these, and future technical articles. participation in Spirit of ’45 events held on the USS Kidd, USS Midway and USS Cod respectively. Mr. Warren Hegg “THE CRUISER OLYMPIA SUMMIT MEETING” and Commander Charles Hopkins, representing the Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive presented an eagle award for actor A Cruiser Olympia Summit meeting was held at the Ernest Borgnine which Mac McLaughlin will make Independence Seaport Museum (ISM) in Philadelphia, PA arrangements to have delivered at an appropriate time and March 30 – April 1, 2011. This meeting drew historic ship place. Mac McLaughlin read a citation and presented the and preservation experts from around the country as well as Diffley Award to James B. Sergeant who has retired as the five groups of transfer candidates. Attendees were able Executive Director of Albacore Park, Portsmouth, NH. Jim to tour the ship while they were there. Participants heard is also a Past President of the Historic Naval Ships case studies and brainstormed possible outcomes for the Association. We thank Jim for his years of service to the iconic National Historic Landmark. The presentations that Albacore, and to HNSA. were made during the three day summit will be available Jeffrey S. Nilsson Summer2011 AW:Winter2006 HNSA AnchorWatch.qxd 4/25/2011 12:46 PM Page 5 ANCHOR WATCH 5 NEWS FROM THE FLEET USS MIDWAY (CV-41) San Diego, California, U.S.A. CENTENNIAL OF NAVALAVIATION CELEBRATION by Scott McGaugh Marketing Director he U.S. Navy’s Centennial of Naval Aviation celebration took to the air in San Diego on February 12, kicking off a Tyear-long national campaign. The launch logically took place in San Diego, the Congressionally designated birthplace of naval aviation.