ANNUAL MEETING 19-20 JULY
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2024 MARITIME ART GALLERY
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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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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

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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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DOUG PERRINE, ALAMY
SEA HISTORY for Kids
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Pilot Whale

By Richard J. King By late afternoon on his first day out of Boston Harbor, Bill Pinkney was already out of sight of land. Aboard his 47-foot sailboat, Commitment, Pinkney was embarking on a voyage around the world—solo. He skimmed across the waters of Massachusetts Bay and Stellwagen Bank, clearing Cape Cod before sunset. It…

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