Source of ship's plan (NHC's faq)
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq26-1.htm
Floating Drydock sell plans:
http://www.floatingdrydock.com/TFW2.htm#TFW
Monday, August 20, 2007
P-coat
the origin of the term “P-coat.”
Originally, each coat was tailored from pilot cloth, sometimes called “P-cloth”, and this is how the coats came to be known as a p-coats or pea coats.
The name of these hip-length, double-breasted, wool military coats has been relaxed and now they are usually called pea coats or pea jackets.
The jacket dates back to the 18th century and is typically a cheap-to-produce, tough, warm coat which keeps it a popular choice for the military, particularly the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard.
But don't jump to conclusions. The "p" originally associated with these heavy-duty coats didn't refer to the soupy weather from which the coat offered protection. Rather, it referred to a very heavy, coarse, strong-twilled fabric sometimes called pilot cloth (or p-cloth), of which the jackets were originally made.
Originally, each coat was tailored from pilot cloth, sometimes called “P-cloth”, and this is how the coats came to be known as a p-coats or pea coats.
The name of these hip-length, double-breasted, wool military coats has been relaxed and now they are usually called pea coats or pea jackets.
The jacket dates back to the 18th century and is typically a cheap-to-produce, tough, warm coat which keeps it a popular choice for the military, particularly the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard.
But don't jump to conclusions. The "p" originally associated with these heavy-duty coats didn't refer to the soupy weather from which the coat offered protection. Rather, it referred to a very heavy, coarse, strong-twilled fabric sometimes called pilot cloth (or p-cloth), of which the jackets were originally made.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Naval mines
Source books:
Cowie, J.S. Mines, Minelayers and Minelaying. New York: Oxford University Press, 1949.
Duncan, R.C. America’s Use of Sea Mines. Silver Spring, MD: US Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, 1962.
Katalog otechestvennogo i inostrannogo minnogo oruzhiyi a. Leningrad: Sentral, 1983. (This Russian book has several photos of mines.)
Ledebur, Gerhard Frhr von. Die Seemine. Munich: J.F. Lehmann’s Verlag, 1977. (This book is written in German, but has some photos and many drawings of mines.)
Low, A.M. Mine and Countermine. New York: Sheridan House, 1940.
Cowie, J.S. Mines, Minelayers and Minelaying. New York: Oxford University Press, 1949.
Duncan, R.C. America’s Use of Sea Mines. Silver Spring, MD: US Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, 1962.
Katalog otechestvennogo i inostrannogo minnogo oruzhiyi a. Leningrad: Sentral, 1983. (This Russian book has several photos of mines.)
Ledebur, Gerhard Frhr von. Die Seemine. Munich: J.F. Lehmann’s Verlag, 1977. (This book is written in German, but has some photos and many drawings of mines.)
Low, A.M. Mine and Countermine. New York: Sheridan House, 1940.
submarine battle flags
Information about these flags is available on our website.
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq62-1.htm
Other website:
http://donmac.org/Flags.htm
As well as contact information for the library at the US Navy Submarine Force Museum in Groton, CT.
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq62-1.htm
Other website:
http://donmac.org/Flags.htm
As well as contact information for the library at the US Navy Submarine Force Museum in Groton, CT.
International signal flags
Contact the North American Vexillological Association, www.nava.org,
Maybe the Association can recommend a flag historian with expertise in signal flags.
Maybe the Association can recommend a flag historian with expertise in signal flags.
Vietnam War : combat action
Vietnam War incidences:
If detailed reports of these combat actions exist, they are presumably located in the records of US Navy Task Force 116 (Operation Market Time, River Patrol) held by the Operational Archives Branch at the Naval Historical Center.
These records are organized by Navy unit.
To assist the Operational Archives small staff to locate the appropriate records within their large collection you should first try to identify which Navy units were involved.
To do this you should probably review the appropriate Commander Naval Forces Vietnam Monthly Summaries posted on the Operational Archives web pages http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org10-8.htm
to see if you can identify the units involved.
You will then need to contact the Operational Archives directly for further assistance with this request.
If detailed reports of these combat actions exist, they are presumably located in the records of US Navy Task Force 116 (Operation Market Time, River Patrol) held by the Operational Archives Branch at the Naval Historical Center.
These records are organized by Navy unit.
To assist the Operational Archives small staff to locate the appropriate records within their large collection you should first try to identify which Navy units were involved.
To do this you should probably review the appropriate Commander Naval Forces Vietnam Monthly Summaries posted on the Operational Archives web pages http://www.history.navy.mil/branches/org10-8.htm
to see if you can identify the units involved.
You will then need to contact the Operational Archives directly for further assistance with this request.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Yakima Indian War.
Yakima Indian War.
Information can be found from our ship files, a page from the 1856 Report of the Secretary of the Navy.
General information about the War:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakima_War
Information can be found from our ship files, a page from the 1856 Report of the Secretary of the Navy.
General information about the War:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakima_War
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