By Mary Ryan, Curator, Naval Undersea Museum Living underwater might seem like the stuff of a Jules Verne story or a popular TV cartoon. But fifty years ago, 28 Navy aquanauts did just that, as part of the Navy’s groundbreaking Sealab II project. The undersea equivalent of the 1960s space …
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From the Thomas A. Edison Papers, Rutgers University On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the Cunard passenger liner RMS Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 passengers and crew, including 128 Americans. “The sinking of the Lusitania,” says Thomas E. Jeffrey, Ph.D., senior editor of …
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From Naval History and Heritage Command, Communication and Outreach Division When it comes to cutting-edge technology, the U.S. Navy is often the one sharpening the tip of the spear. The Navy League’s Sea Air Space Exposition begins April 13, a meeting of the greatest minds among the United States’ defense …
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By Naval History and Heritage Command Communication and Outreach Division It was 99 years ago today when Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels sat down to type a four page letter to Thomas A. Edison, asking him to chair a consulting board for Navy inventions. Daniels had just read an …
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The Sextant