CEO Update 31 August 2022
Friends: Across the nation many of us are beginning the fall season as our children and grandchildren return to school. In Los Angeles the weather is at its hottest, and up until 2020 this week was the start of LA Fleet Week. The travel and recreation season is...
VJ Alcomindras: From Tour Guide in Oahu to Guest Services Manager in LA
VJ Alcomindras is a battleship kid. He's been working on Iowa Class BBs since he was 16. He started as the youngest tour guide ever hired (at that point) by our sister ship, USS Missouri, joined Battleship IOWA in 2015, and was recently promoted to Guest Services...
Museum Update 24 August 2022
In Today's Update... Click the links to jump right to each section: Support Veterans | Receive Coffee Taking Our Hummer Through A Porsche Auto Cross course Hull Preservation: Servicing Cathodic Protection Podcast Episode 120 Save The Date Support Veterans | Get Coffee...
Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach: A Visit With Lt. Adam Tellez and MNC Brian Chickering From The Mine Shop
Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach lies on the Southern California coast between Long Beach and Huntington Beach. Dating back to 1944, this 5,000 acre complex features 230 buildings, 128 ammunition depots, a wharf for loading and off-loading ships, a 900 acre salt marsh...
CEO Update 17 August 2022
Friends: We are at the end of summer and the boost in museum attendance is beginning to wane, but despite the decreased attendance the ship is as busy as ever. Our expansion to support the community over the past several years has established the Battleship IOWA as a...
Carl Herzog: Public Historian for USS CONSTITUTION Museum
With the 210th anniversary of the infamous battle between the US Navy's venerable grande dame, USS CONSTITUTION, and HMS GUERRIERE coming up on August 19, we thought it would be fun to have a conversation with Dr. Carl Herzog, public historian for USS CONSTITUTION...
Museum Update 11 August 2022
In Today's Update... Click the links to jump right to each section: An update on powering the national museum A job opportunity in our veterans department End-Of-Summer Fun Aboard Battleship IOWA Podcast Episode 118 Save The Date Powering The National Museum As we...
Tales From The Ghost Fleet And Other Memories Part III
In the final installment of our series from our 10th anniversary panel, our team discusses how the state of Iowa came through with some critical funding just in time, how our transition to become the National Museum of the Surface Navy came about, and takes a few...
CEO Update 3 August 2022
Friends and Family: I returned to the Battleship IOWA after a week away. I traveled up the coast to Astoria, Oregon while enjoying time with the family. We hooked up the travel trailer and took highway 101 through Northern California and the coast of Oregon. Once we...
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE SURFACE NAVY SELECTS APPLIED MINDS FOR PHASE ONE DESIGN
Applied Minds selected for initial design phase of National Museum of the Surface Navy
NOAA’s Joe Sienkiewicz: How Weather Still Is A Factor For Battleship IOWA
Joe Sienkiewicz, the chief of NOAA's Ocean Applications Branch, has quietly helped us behind the scenes to keep track of swells and storm surge that could affect Battleship IOWA as she sits tied to the dock in one of the world's busiest harbors. Now he joins the...
Museum Update 27 July 2022
Museum update for the week of 25 July 2022
Tales From The Ghost Fleet And Other Memories Part II
We're back with Part II of our ten year retrospective panel, and this section is a lot of fun. CEO Jonathan Williams, COO Mike Getscher, and CIO David Canfield told stories from the ghost fleet - "Mike walks," David's fire stick, finding keys lost since 1987, and more...
CEO Update 20 July 2022
The latest from Battleship IOWA and National Museum of the Surface Navy President & CEO Jonathan Williams
Tales From The Ghost Fleet And Other Memories Part I
July 2022 marks ten years since Battleship IOWA opened to the public as a museum in the Port of Los Angeles. We've come a long way in a decade, and we thought it would be fun to take a look back at where we started.CEO Jonathan Williams, COO Mike Getscher, CIO David...
