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Jan. 7, 2025

Catherine Nimitz Volunteered to Support the US War Effort in World War II

While Catherine Nimitz’s husband led the Pacific Fleet to victory in World War II, she made her own significant contributions to the war effort on the home front.

Dec. 29, 2024

Passing of President Jimmy Carter

It is with deep regret I inform you of the passing of President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter Jr. on 29

This plaque commemorates the sailors onboard the Samuel B. Roberts (DE-413). M. Brodsky can be seen in the leftmost column. The plaque was displayed aboard the Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58), and helped inspire that ship’s crew when it was hit by an Iranian mine in 1988.

Oct. 23, 2024

Maurice Brodsky: An “Average Enlisted Man” at the Battle off Samar

Eighty years ago, a handful of American destroyers, destroyer escorts, and escort carriers faced off

Former POWs U.S. Navy Capt. Jeremiah A. Denton, right, and U.S. Navy Capt. James A. Alfred Mulligan, left, talk during their flight on a Military Airlift Command C-141 Starlifter after being released by the North Vietnamese in February 1973 (National Archives and Records Administration 330-CFD-DD-ST-99-04242).

Sept. 18, 2024

Remembering Resistance: U.S. Navy POWs at the Hanoi Hilton

On Aug. 5, 1964, Lt. j.g. Everett Alvarez, Jr., a young U.S. Navy aviator, had just finished bombing

Two rows of men in uniform, one seated and one standing, with the deck of the battleship visible.

Aug. 9, 2024

100 Years Ago: The U.S. Navy at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris

Any servicemember who wished to train was considered for temporary duty in connection with the

Vessels afloat on a narrow canal with buildings visible in the background.

Aug. 6, 2024

The U.S. Navy at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium

“We swear that we will take part in the Olympic Games in a spirit of chivalry, for the honour of our

Group of men seated with two men standing, one of the men standing holds the American flag.

Aug. 1, 2024

U.S. Navy Sailors Bear Witness to History: USS San Francisco at the 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece

This delegation was largely comprised of student-athletes from athletic clubs in New England—most

The monitor Puritan (BM-1) was one of the first US Navy ships that Chester Nimitz ever saw. He and several companions rented a sailboat and sailed out to the vessel in the Chesapeake Bay in June 1901

June 29, 2023

Nimitz at the Naval Academy: The Plebe Year of One of America’s Most Distinguished Admirals

Plagued by poor health and lacking nautical experience, future Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz persevered and excelled during his plebe year at the U.S. Naval Academy which began in 1901.

Lieutenant Victor Blue in 1898, Naval History and Heritage Command Photo

May 17, 2023

A Sailor on Foot: Lieutenant Victor Blue and the Search for the Spanish Fleet, July 1898

In war, sailors find themselves doing jobs they never would have expected to perform in normal

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas.

Dec. 12, 2022

Admiral Chester Nimitz Takes Command in the Aftermath of Pearl Harbor

On the morning of 16 December 1941, nine days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Rear

Catherine Nimitz Volunteered to Support the US W...

Passing of President Jimmy Carter

Maurice Brodsky: An “Average Enlisted Man” at th...

Remembering Resistance: U.S. Navy POWs at the Ha...