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Painting of two sailboats on the Hudson River

NMHS 61st Annual Meeting – Hudson Valley, NY, 19-21 July 2024

National Maritime Historical Society 61st Annual Meeting Peekskill, NY, 19-21 July 2024   Registration & Sponsorship >> Annual Meeting Feature in Sea History >> Welcome The Trustees of the National…

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Men on USS Langley aircraft carrier watching plane takeoff
Sailors on the USS Langley observe an Aeromarine 39-B during landing exercises, 1922. US Naval Institute.

Seminar Series: America’s First Aircraft Carrier – 21 March, 7:00 PM EST

RegisterBuy the Book Guest Donation Register Here for the ZOOM Seminar Thursday, 21 March 2024 7:00 PM EST Seminars are free to attend, although we hope you will support the…

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Photo of Cathy Green on Brown Background

NMHS Appoints Cathy Green
as New Executive Director

The Board of Trustees of the National Maritime Historical Society (NMHS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Cathy Green as the organization’s new Executive Director, effective March. 1, 2024. With…

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Celestial Celebrations: Solar Eclipse 2024

April 8 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Connecticut River Environmental Symposium

June 23 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Door County Classic & Wooden Boat Show

August 2 @ 12:00 pm - August 4 @ 4:00 pm
 

SEA HISTORY

Supercarrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) by Robert Gantt Steele watercolor, 14 x 18 inches

Hot off the press!

Restored archive print
UB-91 firing a torpedo at USS Tampa in Bristol Channel, Wales. Painting by John D. Wisinski, US Coast Guard Collection.

In the Pages of Sea History 186

Flying Cloud Buttersworth, Restored archived print Captain and Navigator, Husband and Wife: Josiah and Eleanor Creesy’s Record Run by David Hirzel Read this featured article    USS Slater by Len F….

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SEA HISTORY for Kids

You could catch a code out there!

You could catch a code our there! On 30 November 1914, just weeks after England entered World War One against Germany, the crew of a British fishing boat was trawling in the chilly North Sea near the coast of Holland. As they dragged their dripping catch up onto the deck the men spotted a strange…

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