Welcome to the United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum Online. Located in historic Quincy, Massachusetts. The USNSM is home to the USS Salem, the world's only preserved Heavy Cruiser. We are located in the former Quincy Fore River Shipyard, once one of the Nation's largest Shipbuilding Enterprises.
This site features a brief history of the USS Salem, as well as its specifications, photographs, and images of crew artwork.
In early May the New Bedford Whaling Museum and the New Bedford Oceanarium announced the creation of a joint local initiative to provide education, training and ocean learning experiences to SouthCoast students and teachers through the “Sharing Cultures/Connecting Oceans: a New Bedford Collaboration.” Funding from the Education through Cultural and Historical Organizations (ECHO) program of the U.S. Department of Education will link cultural organizations in Alaska, Hawaii, and Massachusetts in developing cultural and educational initiatives. Thanks to this initiative Ernestina will be underway for the season in July! See our events page for more details!
The Schooner Ernestina is a National Historic Landmark. Built in 1894, the ship is one of six surviving Essex-built schooners. The history is presented as an interactive timeline with text and images organized by year. There a number of essays available, audio files of Cape Verde immigrants who sailed to the United States on the Ernestina, and a links to related sites.
Visit the historic vessels at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park and USS Pampanito submarine museum & memorial at Fisherman's Wharf and discover your connection to San Francisco's maritime heritage.
The National Maritime Museum site offers several area of potential interest for research, particularly for naval historians. A copy of The Fleet Type Submarine, a post-WW II training manual, has been reproduced. Papers from the Third International Conference on the Technical Aspects of the Preservation of Historic Vessels are made available. The site also lists submarines lost during World War Two and their casualties. Finally, a detailed history of the USS Pampanito is recounted and features an interactive blueprint which includes QuickTime Virtual Reality movies of the compartments.
The Fifties in America were a contradictory time. This was a vibrant and wholesome era, characterized by malt shops, sock hops, beatniks and the hula hoop, hot cars and cool jazz. At the same time, however, the nation was plagued by racial injustice, anti-Communist paranoia and the dread of nuclear war. The atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 taught Americans an unforgettable lesson about the power of humanity's terrible new weapons, and this frightening awareness increased their concern about the spread of Communism.
1950's America: politics, pop culture, and technology broken down by year.
This is a study of New York City's most striking architectural entities,
its high-rise buildings -- or "skyscrapers" -- which have given the
city much of its nature and prestige and have in fact largely
formed the impression of this city in people's minds.
Expansive site with numerous histories, images and links of or about New York City's skyscrapers past and present. Information about the buildings is organized by architectural style, era, and geography. Facts concerning architects, press clippings and an extensive bibliography are also included. Information is searchable and indexed, and a forum for discussion is featured as well.
The Kennedy Space Center's Apace Flight Archives document the history of the American space program from the NASA Space Act of 1958.
The Historical Archive of the Kennedy Center provides historical overviews of NASA, rocketry and aeronautics. More in depth examinations of NASA'a space flight missions are available. These include not only accounts of the mission objectives and results, but primary documents, images, video and audio files. An excellent research source, with links to many other NASA sites of historical interest.
Welcome! Desert-Storm.com is a site created to honor those who participated in Operation Desert-Storm. It is also intended to provide an informative resource about the war and the events surrounding it. Please take time to explore the entire site. Have a Great Day and Visit!!
Resources related to Operation Desert Storm including sections devoted to the conflict, soldiers, equipment, and veteran services. Also contains a message board with primary accounts from veterans and information on Gulf War Illness.
Welcome to Give 'em Hell - The Story of the USS GUNNEL. The purpose of this on-line book is to detail the history of one World War 2 US submarine, the GUNNEL, from keel laying to scrapping. Each of the GUNNEL's War Patrols, 8 in all, has it's own chapter. There are also chapters on the boat's statistics, the attacks she made, the trip back to New London after the war, as well as many photos of the crew and boat
A narrative relating the history of the USS Gunnel. The site particularly focuses on the ship's patrols during World War II, blending the Captain's reports with the oral histories of its crew. Vital statistics about the Gunnel and its wartime record are also provided.
The American Red Cross, as one of the nation's premier humanitarian organizations, is dedicated to helping people in need throughout the United States and, in association with other Red Cross societies, throughout the world. It depends on generous contributions of time, blood, tissue, and money from the American public to its national headquarters and chapters and blood regions throughout the country in support of its lifesaving services and programs.
The Red Cross Virtual Museum is an excellent resource for both basic historical information about the Red Cross and research material. An interactive timeline and extensive historical FAQ provide valuable information about the Red Cross and many its campaigns and activities. A section devoted to Exhibits and Collections contains images of many artifacts from commissioned artwork to knitting patterns. This sections should see much growth as the Red Cross has closed its visitor center in Washington D.C. and is in the process of making its materials available to the Virtual Museum. Of particular interest to researchers would be the Roll Call section in which many former Red Cross employees and volunteers have entered primary accounts of their experiences, many of which involve wartime or disaster relief.
Telegraph Keys possess both historical value as well as aesthetic appeal. As more keys find their way to collectors, fewer are available for the rest of us to see. This display and the links provided will hopefully allow all who wish to enjoy seeing them. Please visit as often as you like and tell your friends about our website. Thanks in advance for coming and for any suggestions you have for future
A photographic collection of different telegraph keys used over time. Narration tracks development and innovations in the types of keys and their effect on users and communication. Site indicates it was last updated in late 2004.
