This page features the Online Library's March, April and May 2003 "What's New?" entries.
For the more recent entries, and links to previous years'
entries, see:
For earlier entries from the year 2003, see:
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As it turned out, both April and May were largely overtaken by
events, so this report represents some six weeks' efforts. Though
engaged in other activities during this time, we have not completedly
neglected the Online Library, which has grown by a fair number
of new subjects.
New people added include two early Twentieth Century Rear Admirals:
Robley D. Evans (1846-1912),
famous for his nickname "Fighting Bob" and for commanding
the "Great White Fleet" during the first stage of its
1907-1909 World cruise; and Aaron
Ward (1851-1918).
Production in the ships department included a major expansion
of our coverage on the small aircraft carrier Princeton
(CVL-23) and her loss
during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, plus new presentations on
the cruisers Columbus
(CA-74, later CG-12), Reno
(CL-96) and Fox
(DLG-33, later CG-33). New destroyer types added were Evans (DD-78), Aaron Ward (DD-132),
Evans (DD-552),
Meade (DD-602)
and Aaron Ward (DM-34).
Completing the ranks of World War II era combatants were submarines
Amberjack (SS-219)
and Steelhead (SS-280),
and the frigate Beaufort
(PF-59).
World War I acquired vessels joining the ranks were the destroyer
tender Bridgeport (ID
# 3009, later AD-10), which was also a U.S.
Army hospital ship and transport during the World War II
years; cargo ships Beaufort
(ID # 3008, later AK-6) and Oakland
(ID # 2847); ferry steamer Atlantic
(ID # 3268); patrol craft Sentinel
(SP-180) and Sea
Tag (SP-505); and the barges C.F.
Sargent (ID # 3027) and Seneca
(SP-1240). We also put in two more civil war gunboats, both
of which were converted ferryboats: Commodore
McDonough and Ellen.
Finally, some more Army and civilian vessels were done, among
them the World War II era Army cargo ship Irvin L. Hunt, which had been built during World War I;
the World War II civilian troop transport Dashing
Wave ; the 1941 motor pleasure boat Reverie
III; the fishing vessel Raymond
Humphreys; and the 1891-vintage ferry steamer Severn.
30 May 2003
This report covers nearly two weeks, rather than the usual one,
and is not likely to be followed by another "What's New"
until early May, as the month of April has pretty much been overtaken
by events. In any case, our largest completed project this time
is rather extensive coverage of the Spanish-American War era
battleship Iowa (Battleship
# 4), which ended her days in March 1923 as a radio-controlled
target ship. Technically, the Iowa presentation is a revision
and (considerable) expansion of one dating from the Online Library's
early days.
Other new items posted recently include the submarine Cochino
(SS-345), which was lost at sea in 1949; the destroyer Meade (DD-274); and
the World War I acquired vessels Astoria
(ID # 2005, later AK-8), Astrea
(SP-560) and Atlantic
(SP-1182).
18 April 2003
April commences with downright spring-like weather (though it's
supposed to get cold again) and a fresh bunch of Online Library
subjects, of which the World War II light cruiser Oakland
(CL-95) leads the list. Other newly-posted ships that had
service in that conflict include the submarine Bullhead
(SS-332), destroyer Kane
(DD-235, later APD-18) and cargo ship Mintaka
(AK-94). We also added a presentation on Elisha
Kent Kane, an important Arctic explorer of the 1850s, for
whom USS Kane was named.
Earlier ships recently posted are the World War I patrol vessels
Arvilla (SP-752),
Satilla (SP-687)
and Sea Otter (SP-781),
the late 1890s torpedo boat Fox
(Torpedo Boat # 13) and the civil-war era steamer Pulaski.
7 April 2003
New subjects added during March's last week include the light
cruiser Astoria (CL-90)
and submarines Shark
(SS-174) and Shark
(SS-314), all of which were active during World War II. Of
similar vintage are the coastal minesweeper Mockingbird
(AMc-28) and the destroyer Fox
(DD-234). We also worked up coverage on the man for whom
the latter ship was named, the Civil War Assistant Secretary
of the Navy, Gustavus Vasa
Fox.
Freshly added ships of more recent date include the guided-missile
destroyer Lawrence (DDG-4),
store ship Denebola
(AF-56) and large floating drydock Los
Alamos (AFDB-77).
Dropping back to World War I, we posted pages on the patrol boats
Arval (SP-1045),
Rivalen (SP-63)
and Satellite
(SP-1912), plus the transport boat Edith
M. III (SP-196), and ferry steamer Sappho
(SP-1427).
19th Century Navy ships that have just joined the Online Library
include the War of 1812 brig Lawrence
and the Civil War gunboat Hetzel.
31 March 2003
Progress during the past week involved the addition of several
new U.S. Navy, U.S. civilian and Japanese Navy ships. Leading
off the USN entries are the light cruiser Miami
(CL-89), submarine Tullibee
(SS-284) and frigate Corpus
Christi (PF-44), all of which served in World War II.
From World War I we posted coverage of the patrol boats Artmar
III (SP-408), Sans
Souci II (SP-301) and San
Toy II (SP-996). Our Civil War contribution is the gunboat
Isonomia.
Two World War II era civilian-operated troopships were also added:
the "Liberty" ship Carlos
Carrillo and the larger C3-type Sea
Sturgeon.
Our new Japanese Navy offerings include the heavy cruiser Haguro, minelayer
Itsukushima
and escort vessel/cruiser Yasoshima.
24 March 2003
This page features the Online Library's March, April and May 2003 "What's New?" entries.
For the more recent entries, and links to previous years'
entries, see:
For earlier entries from the year 2003, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions. |
Page made 30 May 2003