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Making a Maritime Painting with Patrick O’Brien
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62nd Annual Meeting Featuring Charles Anderson: Sinking the United States
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Dr. James Delgado – Wreck Divers & Archaeologists:
A History of Maritime Archaeology in California
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In the Pages of Sea History 190
“American Steams Yachts at War: Yachtsmen and Their Boats Commissioned for Wartime Service” by Steve Dunn Read this featured article “The Indefatigable Howard I. Chapelle” by John S….
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Kids as Crew
Kids as Crew: Ship’s Boys, Powder Monkeys, Cabin Boys, and Midshipmen in the Age of Sail Ship’s Boys … and Girls! The Age of Sail was said to be the domain of “wooden ships and iron men.” This may be true, but sailing ships also had “boys” on their official crew lists. Truth be told, some ships also…
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