Finding Treasures: How Missing Pieces Return To The Ship
Battleship IOWA has an uncanny knack for attracting historical treasures of all shapes, sizes, and several eras. From a guest book signed by FDR and his war cabinet to a Mark-48 bombardment computer, we’re always on the lookout for things with relevance to the...
Museum Update – Nov. 18, 2022
In Today’s Update… Click the links to jump right to each section: Support Our Year-End Campaign Veterans Day Event Wrap-Up Save The Date: Book Signing Event A Survey For Sea Service Members & Veterans Poll: Community Events On The Fantail...
Charlie Noble, the fo’c’s’le zoo, and more fun nautical terms
A few podcasts back we got into a discussion about the origins of the word “scuttlebutt.” A lot of you looked it up and dropped the meaning in the comments, so we decided to dedicate this week’s podcast to ship lingo.We start by explaining a few good...
CEO Update 9 November 2022
Friends: As we near the end of 2022 and our families and friends get ready to celebrate together, our development team is gearing up to release our annual fundraising campaign, while the finance and leadership team prepares the 2023 plan and budget for board approval....
2023… and BEYOND! Our Vision For Next Year
In our last episode we discussed our strategies for preservation. In this one CEO Jonathan Williams describes the direction we’re aiming for the next few years, leading up to the opening of the National Museum of the Surface Navy.How do we stay relevant for the...
Museum Update 2 November 2022
In Today’s Update… Click the links to jump right to each section: Another Historic Year Aboard Battleship IOWA Veterans Day Celebration A Survey For Sea Service Members & Veterans World Series Game 5 Scuttlebutt Podcast Extra Another Historic...
No Higher Honor: RADM Sam Cox, USN (Ret.) on the Battle Off Samar
Every so often, an event of truly epic proportions becomes the stuff of legend. The engagement off Samar during the larger Battle of Leyte Gulf on Oct. 25, 1944 is such an event.Full of humbling, heroic sacrifice, this incredible naval engagement resulted in a U.S....
CEO Update 26 October 2022
Friends: The crew is recovering from our second annual Freedom of the Seas Awards event this last Saturday. Annually, the event is held in honor of the Battle of Leyte Gulf anniversary, the largest naval battle of World War II and in the history of the world. The...