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Archive of Older "What's New in the Online Library of
Selected Images?" --
Entries posted in January & February 2000
This page features older entries from the Online Library's
"What's New?" section.
For the more recent entries, see What's
New in the Online Library of Selected Images;
For entries older than those seen here, see:
What's New in the Online Library of Selected
Images? -- Entries posted in November through December 1999;
What's New in the Online Library of Selected
Images? -- Entries posted in July through October 1999;
What's New in the Online Library of Selected
Images? -- Entries posted in May & June 1999;
What's New in the Online Library of Selected
Images? -- Entries posted in March & April 1999;
What's New in the Online Library of Selected
Images? -- Entries posted in January & February 1999; and
What's New in the Online Library of Selected
Images? -- Entries posted in October - December 1998
- The Online Library gained another two people and a variety
of ships during the past week.
The new people are the third Secretary of the Navy Paul
Hamilton, who served from 1809 through first months of the
War of 1812, and Captain
Joy Bright Hancock, USN, one of the Navy's pioneer women
officers, who was an enlisted Yeomanette in World War I, a notable
civilian employee of the Bureau of Aeronautics between the Wars
and finished her career as the third Director of the WAVES.
Our latest "big"ship is USS Massachusetts
(BB-59), a battleship that saw combat action in the Atlantic
and Pacific during World War II and is now a memorial at Fall
River, Massachusetts. We also added coverage of the construction
of USS Saratoga (CC-3),
an incomplete battlecruiser that was converted to an aircraft
carrier during the 1920s.
Two World War II landing ships make their first Online Library
appearance: USS LCI-196
and USS LST-738.
We added two more veterans of the Civil War in the Mississippi
River area: USS Volunteer
and USS William H. Brown,
both of which served in the vital, but rarely commemorated, role
of supply ships.
Finally, a presentation has been posted on the Japanese Type A, B & C Midget
Submarines, a group of little warships that were quite
active throughout the Pacific War, starting at Pearl Harbor.
28 February 2000
- New coverage was added in the past week for two people and
several ships.
The new people include Frank
Knox, who was Secretary of the Navy from July 1940 until
his death in April 1944, and Lieutenant
Vincent Capodanno, a Chaplain who was awarded a posthumous
Medal of Honor for his heroism during the Vietnam War.
Among the new ships is USS Lexington
(CV-2), an aircraft carrier converted during the 1920s from
an incomplete Lexington class
battle cruiser. Views were also added of another member of that
abortive capital ship class, USS Constitution
(CC-5), which was scrapped on the building ways under the
terms of the Washington Naval Limitations Treaty.
A more recent ship that has just joined the Online Library "Fleet"
is USS Suribachi (AE-21),
an ammunition ship whose active service spanned nearly four decades,
from 1956 until 1994.
With the "Tinclads" now behind us, we are pushing our
way through the other Civil War ships that served on the Western
Rivers. This week's contributions are USS General
Bragg, which was previously the Confederate "cottonclad"
ram CSS General
Bragg, and the transport USS Maria
Denning. There's more where they came from, as the next
few months will demonstrate.
22 February 2000
- The Online Library gained a few new ships and one very important
person during the past week. The person is the Navy's World War
II Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet
Admiral Ernest J. King, for whom a selection of views has
been posted.
Also represented by selected images is the battleship USS Alabama (BB-60), continuing
our efforts to ultimately provide coverage on all major U.S.
Navy warships.
Civil War ships added include our final "Tinclad",
USS Silver Cloud
and three minor Confederate ships that served near Savannah,
Georgia, and share one image among them: Beauregard;
General Lee
and Ida.
14 February 2000
- This week's new items include several new ships, most of
them with multiple identities. Most significant is USS Langley
(CV-1), the U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier, which began
her service as the big collier USS Jupiter
(Collier # 3). Also new is the evacuation transport USS Pinkney (APH-2), which
later became the U.S. Army Transport Private
Elden H. Johnson and then reverted to Navy custody as
a Military Sea Transportation Service transport under the same
name.
We also added another "Tinclad", USS Signal,
leaving only one more of that type to go.
The Online Library gained two more Secretaries of the Navy, Dan A. Kimball and Robert B. Anderson,
both of whom served during the Korean War era.
Other people added include Medical Director Ninian
Pinkney, Fleet Surgeon of the Mississippi Squadron for much
of the Civil War, and Commander Francis
A. Slattery, last Commanding Officer of the ill-fated nuclear-powered
submarine USS Scorpion (SSN-589).
7 February 2000
- Despite considerable snowy confusion in the Nation's Capital
last week, we were able to add some new items to the Online Library.
Perhaps the most notable addition is comprehensive coverage on
USS Scorpion (SSN-589),
whose tragic loss in May 1968 continues to be the object of Public
interest, and controversy. Our presentation includes views of
Scorpion's wreck that have been released for general use
during the past three decades.
Coverage was also added on the final U.S. Navy battleships of
the World War II era, the abortive Montana
class, whose construction was cancelled in 1943.
Finally, two "Tinclads" joined the ranks, which isn't
bad for one week, and reflects the fact that this particular
project is approaching an end. The new ones are USS
Rodolph, and USS
Saint Clair.
30 January 2000
- Several new ships and people joined the Online Library during
the week, and a number of new images was added to existing Korean
War coverage. Korean War presentations that received fresh pictures
include: The North
Korean Offensive, June-September 1950, The
Inchon Invasion, and The
Wonsan Landings.
Among the new ship pages is our final presentation of selected
views of Iowa-class battleships, featuring USS New
Jersey (BB-62), whose future role as a museum ship at
Camden, New Jersey, was recently announced.
Other 20th Century ships added include USS LCS(L)(3)-13,
USS San Bernardino County
(LST-1110) , and the hospital ship USS Relief
(1908-1919). We also put in coverage of the latter when she
was the U.S. Army Hospital Ship Relief
in 1898-1902.
There are four new Civil War ships, two North and two South.
The Union Navy ships include the weekly "Tinclad",
USS Queen City,
and the ram gunboat USS General
Price. New Confederates are CSS General
Sterling Price, which became USS General Price
after she was captured, and CSS Baltic.
New people added this week are Francis
P. Matthews, who was Secretary of the Navy during the Korean
War's first year, and three Civil War Officers: Acting Volunteer
Lieutenant James F. Richardson;
Acting Assistant Surgeon George
H. Bixby; and Acting Assistant Surgeon George
Hopkins. Richardson commanded USS General Price in
1863-64, and the two surgeons both served in USS Red
Rover.
24 January 2000
- The past week saw the completion of our presentation on the
Korean War United
Nations' Offensive, September-November 1950 with new or heavily
revised pages on Command
Activities, Underway
Replenishment, Activities
in the United States, Miscellaneous
Shipboard Activities and a number of subordinate items.
Two Korean War ships also joined up, including USS Wisconsin
(BB-64) and USNS Fred
C. Ainsworth (T-AP-181). The latter ship's presentation
also includes several good photos taken on board as she was transporting
personnel to the Korean war zone in late 1950.
The Civil War gained five new ships, one of which is this week's
"Tinclad", USS Prairie
Bird. Other U.S. Navy ships include the river ironclad
USS Mound City
and the hospital ship USS Red
Rover. The latter is a "two-fer", as we also
added what little coverage we had on her as the Confederate Steamer
Red Rover.
Another new (potentially) Confederate ship is the Scottish-built
steamer Alexandra,
which was seized by the British Government before the Confederate
Navy could take posession. Our final Civil War ship is the blockade
runner Armstrong,
which was active in the last part of 1864.
The Online Library gained a new topic, Ships
of the United States Army, which currently offers coverage
on the Army transport Fred
C. Ainsworth, a ship whose Naval service has already
been mentioned.
The week's new person is the Navy's first Chief of Naval Operations,
Admiral William S. Benson,
who served as CNO during the First World War.
18 January 2000
- The Online Library started off 2000 with more Korean War
presentations, plus additional ships and people.
We made progress on completing the Korean War United
Nations' Offensive, September-November 1950 section with
pages on Naval Gunfire
Activities, Land
Operations, the Opening
of Chinnampo, and the Iwon
Landings. Coverage was also added on 1950 Logistics
& Support Activities in Japan and Logistics
& Support Activities in Korea.
New ships include the week's "Tinclad", USS Peosta
(1863-65), and selected images of USS Iowa
(BB-61) and USS California
(Armored Cruiser No. 6), which was renamed San Diego
in 1914 and sunk by a German submarine in July 1918.
The new people include the first two Secretaries of the Navy,
Benjamin Stoddert,
who held the office in 1798-1801, and Robert
Smith USN, who served from 1801 into 1809.
In addition, we have provided a selection of photographs of former
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral
Elmo R. ("Bud") Zumwalt, Jr., who passed away a
week ago.
The remaining new people are Vice
Admiral Harley H. Christy, USN, who was the last commanding
officer of the San Diego and had a distinguished career
that lasted into the middle of the 1930s, and the Navy Nurse
Corps's third Superintendent, Lieutenant
Commander J. Beatrice Bowman, who held the position from
1922 until 1935.
10 January 2000
This page features January-February 2000 entries from the
Online Library's "What's New?" section.
For the more recent entries, see What's
New in the Online Library of Selected Images;
For entries older than those seen here, see:
What's New in the Online Library of Selected
Images? -- Entries posted in November through December 1999;
What's New in the Online Library of Selected
Images? -- Entries posted in July through October 1999;
What's New in the Online Library of Selected
Images? -- Entries posted in May & June 1999;
What's New in the Online Library of Selected
Images? -- Entries posted in March & April 1999;
What's New in the Online Library of Selected
Images? -- Entries posted in January & February 1999; and
What's New in the Online Library of Selected
Images? -- Entries posted in October - December 1998
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Page completed 5 March 2000
Coding updated 8 April 2001