Navy History

Tuesday Tidings Naval History Newsletter

When the Naval Historical Foundation (NHF) was dissolved in late 2022, the National Maritime Historical Society, with its complementary mission to preserve and promote maritime heritage, agreed to continue hosting the NHF regular weekly news series in an effort to ensure that America’s great naval history is proudly remembered. Now renamed Tuesday Tidings, the series will host new issues of the International Journal of Naval History and includes book reviews, upcoming events and gatherings in the naval field, calls for papers, and news from the greater maritime heritage world. We hope you enjoy this newest e-letter series from NMHS and welcome your feedback. Please send your comments to nmhs@seahistory.org.

Tuesday Tidings Naval History Newsletter Archive

27 May 2025 Tuesday Tidings

NASOH Announces John R. Lyman Award Winners in Maritime History
Submarine Alvin Documents Wrecks of USS F-1 and Navy Aircraft
Naval History Book Review: At Home and At Sea by Royce A. Singleton Jr., reviewed by Master Chief Jim Rhodes

20 May 2025 Tuesday Tidings

Dr. Edward J. Marolda & Dr. Nicholas Lambert Earn USNI Recognition for Naval History Scholarship
Knox Medal Recipients Announced for McMullen Symposium
Mexican Navy Tall Ship Cuauhtémoc Struck by Strong Currents in NYC
Naval History Book Review: Lt. Cdr. Sean Walsh reviews F4U Corsair

13 May 2025 Tuesday Tidings

New Pope with US Navy Roots Becomes First Born on American Soil
NHHC Announces New NMUSN Logo Competition Anniversary of VE Day
Naval History Book Review: Dr. Diana Ahmed reviews From Yeomanettes to Fighter Jets

6 May 2025 Tuesday Tidings

NMHS & USNI Annual Meeting Announcements
USS Yorktown Expedition
Naval History Book Reviews: Samuel R. Bartlett reviews The Mighty A: The short, Heroic Life of the USS Atlanta (CL-51), America’s First Warship Commissioned After Pearl Harbor by David F. Winkler.

29 April 2025 Tuesday Tidings

Honoring a Legacy: Dana Wegner retires after 50 years of preserving naval ship models.
Naval History Book Review: Dr. John Satterfield reviews White Water Red Hot Lead by Dan Daly
Lone Sailor Honorees: Admiral James G. Stavridis and Charles F. Sams III to be recognized for service and leadership

22 April 2025 Tuesday Tidings

Operation Caged Bird: Grassroots effort supplies banned books to USNA midshipmen
DC Midway Celebration: 2025 commemoration to feature dramatic performance in lieu of keynote speaker
Naval History Book Review: Capt. Richard Dick reviews Nimitz’s Newsman by Hamilton Bean

15 April 2025 Tuesday Tidings

NEH Cancels Naval Heritage Grant Supporting the Navy’s 250th Anniversary
Naval Academy Mess Attendants Featured in Journal of Military History
Naval History Book Review: Michael Lowrey reviews Steam Yachts at War by Steve R. Dunn

8 April 2025 Tuesday Tidings

Banned Navy Book List
Naval History Book Review: Saving MacArthur: The Story of America’s Most Daring Naval Rescue, and of the Men it Left Behind, reviewed by John Satterfield

1 April 2025 Tuesday Tidings

Happy Birthday to the CPO community—Navy General Order 409 established the rank of chief petty officer on this day in 1893
Upcoming conferences featuring naval history—NASOH in Natchez, Mississippi, and a submarine history conference at the Navy Memorial
Naval History Book Review: The Wrongs of the Admiralty: A Legal Reckoning, reviewed by Peter H. Hames

25 March 2025 Tuesday Tidings

National Medal of Honor Day and the 80th anniversary of the Battle for Okinawa
Naval history highlights from the upcoming Society for Military History conference in Mobile
Naval History Book Review: Overboard in the Tonkin Gulf: A Sailor’s Escape from the Hanoi Hilton, reviewed by Master Chief David Mattingly

18 March 2025 Tuesday Tidings

International Journal of Naval History launches new website and latest edition under NMHS auspices
National WWII Museum prepares new exhibit on the war in the Aleutians; Naval Dockyards Society hosts event in Bermuda (with virtual option) on 31 May
Naval History Book Review: Ernest E. Evans: Tin Can Sailor, Destroyer Captain, Forgotten Hero, reviewed by Master Chief David Mattingly

11 March 2025 Tuesday Tidings

108th anniversary of the Navy’s Yeoman (F) program—Dr. Randy Goguen to speak on From Yeomennettes to Fighter Jets at the Naval Order
Anderson Award lecture hosted by the Society for Nautical Research on 1 May in the UK
Naval History Book Review: Tirpitz: Hunting the Beast, reviewed by Dr. Charles Kolb

4 March 2025 Tuesday Tidings

100 Years of NROTC – Celebrating a century since Congress authorized the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps in 1925, featuring an updated sidebar from Ready Then, Ready Now, Ready Always.
War of 1812 Anniversary – Honoring a midshipman who fought in one of the final clashes of the War of 1812, with content provided by Dr. Judy Pearson.
Naval History Book Review – NHBR editor Lt. Cdr. Sean Walsh reviews Too Far on a Whim: The Limits of High-Steam Propulsion in the US Navy by Tyler A. Pitrof.

25 February 2025 Tuesday Tidings

NASOH Conference – Last Call for Papers – Final opportunity to submit proposals for the North American Society for Oceanic History conference in May.
Dockyards in World War II Conference – Upcoming event in Greenwich, UK, highlighting the role of dockyards, featuring Dr. David Kohnen and Dr. Anna Gibson Holloway.
Naval History Book Review – The Allied Neutralization of Rabaul: Japan’s Major South Pacific Base – Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives by Jon Diamond, reviewed by Dr. John Satterfield. New Naval Institute Press titles now available.

18 February 2025 Tuesday Tidings

NHHC Command Operational Reports – How the Navy captures and stows its history annually, providing scholars with primary source material.
Society for Military History Conference – Upcoming naval history presentations at the March conference in Mobile, Alabama.
Naval History Book Review – The Flight of the Vikings: Daring Escapes in Small Boats from Nazi-Occupied Norway 1940–1945 by Andrew Orr, reviewed by Dr. John Satterfield.

11 February 2025 Tuesday Tidings

Dr. James C. Rentfrow’s Talk – Updates on Navy museums, including the proposed National Museum of the United States Navy.
CNO’s Annual Naval History Essay Contest – New guidelines released.
Naval History Book Review – Black Officer, White Navy: A Memoir by Reuben Keith Green, reviewed by Capt. Bookie Boland.
In Memoriam: Professor Jon T. Sumida – Remembering the legacy of a distinguished naval historian.

4 February 2025 Tuesday Tidings

Western Naval History Association (WNHA) Conference – Key details and upcoming sessions.
US Navy and Marine Corps 1775–2025 Conference – New call for papers announced.
Naval History Book Review – Ready to Dive: Five Decades of Adventure in the Abyss by Curt Newport, reviewed by Peter H. Hames.

28 January 2025 Tuesday Tidings

Surface Navy Assn. HOF Inducted
RMS Queen Mary: The World’s Favourite Liner, By David Ellery; Reviewed by Capt. Richard Dick, USN (Ret.).
Warships of the Soviet Fleets 1939-1945, Volume III: Naval Auxiliaries; Prezemyslaw Budzbon, Jan Radziemski, and Marek Twardowski. Reviewed by Capt. Richard Dick, USN (Ret.).

21 January 2025 Tuesday Tidings

Philadelphia Navy History Conference Call for Papers
2024 Navy Obituaries
Iran-Iraq Naval War, Volume 2: Convoy Battles, 1981-1984 (Middle East at War Series Volume 63) by Tom Cooper, Sirous Ebrahimi, and E.R. Hooton. Reviewed by Thomas M. Duffy.

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