• There's further progress on the World War II era WAVES front. Just posted are several pages on WAVES in Aviation-related Occupations. More coverage of WWII WAVES on the job will follow.
  The week's U.S. Navy ships include the aircraft carrier Lexington (CV-16), submarine chaser PC-1594, the World War I "decoy ship" Helvetia (SP-249) and the Civil War gunboats Katahdin, Mahaska and Maratanza.
  We also launched significant coverage on the historic British battleship Dreadnought of 1906 and the previous ship of the same name, HMS Dreadnought (launched in 1875). Our final new addition is the civilian yacht Helenita, which served in the World War I Navy under that name.
  26 February 2001
  
  
  

  

• The week's output has continued our World War II era WAVES project with the posting of dozens of photographs of Quarters and Meals, Recreation, Leisure and Good Deeds, Ship and Aviation Orientation and Transportation. Next week we'll start putting up views of wartime WAVES at work.
  The year's second aircraft presentation was also completed, covering the Douglas TBD-1 "Devastator" torpedo plane, a semi-obsolete type that saw extensive carrier service during the Pacific War's first half-year, but which suffered overwhelming losses in the June 1942 Battle of Midway and was soon after retired from combat duty.
  Newly added ships include the battleship Michigan (BB-27), motor torpedo boat tender Mobjack (AGP-7), submarine chasers PCS-1424 and PCS-1445, the World War I patrol yacht Hauoli (SP-249) and sailing craft Eliza Hayward (SP-1414), the Civil War gunboat Kanawha and the 1870s gunboat Huron, whose loss on the North Carolina coast in 1877 is one of the Navy's great navigational tragedies.
  19 February 2001
  
  
  

  

• Freshly posted are our first (and still somewhat incomplete, as they lack text) pages expanding the Online Library's coverage of World War II era WAVES to include pictures of Recruiting and Training. There is plenty more to come.
  There are also lots of new ships. World War II vessels include the aircraft carrier Randolph (CV-15, later CVA & CVS-15), small seaplane tender Half Moon (AVP-26), motor torpedo boat tender Oyster Bay (AGP-6), small escort ship PCE-893 and submarine chaser SC-1062.
  World War I gained the cargo vessel Hatteras and the patrol yacht Harvard (SP-209); while the Civil War now features the Confederate cruiser Sumter, and another pair of Federal gunboats, Conemaugh and Huron.
  We also launched our first sailing ship of the line, HMS Asia, and added a 19th Century Medal of Honor winner, Seaman James Carey.
  12 February 2001
  
  
  

  

• The past week featured plenty of as-yet invisible "behind the scenes" preparation, plus a modest amount of work our viewers can actually see. The latter category is dominated by several newly-added ships, some from the Second World War, some from the First and some from the Civil War.
  The fortnightly battleship is USS Delaware (BB-28), the U.S. Navy's first true "Dreadnought", as well as a page on the battleships of her class.
  We also added another WWII submarine chaser, USS SC-757, the small WWII minesweper Condor (AMc-14) and the "Great War" freighter Santa Olivia (ID # 3125).
  New Civil War offerings include a page on last August's raising of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, plus two Federal gunboats, USS Agawam and USS Itasca.
  The last of the week's new items is the trawler Georgetown, which served in the Navy as the minesweeper Linnet (AM-76) during World War II.
  5 February 2001
  
  
  

  

• We have just posted the still somewhat tentative introductory page on World War II era WAVES. Over the next few weeks this will expand into a fairly large presentation, featuring a significant number of quite nice contemporary color photographs.
  While the preliminary work on WAVES pictures were being prepared, we also added a quantity of new ships, both U.S. Navy and others. Our major USN ship of the week is the aircraft carrier Ticonderoga (CV/CVA/CVS-14). Pages on a pair each of small seaplane tenders, submarine chasers, and Civil War gunboats were posted, along with a few World War I & World War II minor acquired vessels. Specifically, these are Chincoteague (AVP-24), Coos Bay (AVP-25), SC-508 (1942-1944), SC-669 (1942-1947), Chippewa (1861-1865), Genesee (1862-1867), I.J. Merritt (ID # 3780, of 1919), Harriet N. Eldridge (which became the coastal minesweeper Flamingo in 1941) and Isaac L. Rice (which had brief Navy service in 1918).
  Rounding out the week's endeavours are a trio of British capital ships of the two World Wars. They include the battlecruiser Renown (1916-1948), and battleships Valiant (1916-1948) and Barham (1915-1941).
  29 January 2001
  
  
  

  

• After a long absence, we have returned to our previously rather small category of U.S. Navy Aircraft, posting the first of what we hope will be regular submissions. The initial aircraft type is the World War II Grumman F4F "Wildcat" fighter, including its final version, the General Motors FM-2.
  U.S. Navy ships added to the "Online Library" during the week include the pre-World War I battleship North Dakota (BB-29), and the Civil War gunboats Cimarron and Frolic. The latter gets double representation, as we also posted a page covering her days as the Confederate blockade runner Advance (or A.D. Vance.
  New World War I vessels include the cargo ships Howick Hall and West Maximus, and the tugs Howard Greene and Tavernilla. All but West Maximus had active U.S. Navy service during the "Great War".
  22 January 2001
  
  
  

  

• We have now moved to within about one page of finishing our Pearl Harbor attack coverage, as the past week saw the addition of pages on the Remembrance of the "Day that shall live in Infamy" and Damage ashore at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. We also added new images to several existing Pearl Harbor pages and posted a small sheet on the 1950-vintage USS Utah memorial.
  New World War II and later ships added during the week include the aircraft carrier Franklin (CV-13), the technical research ship Liberty (AGTR-5) (including views related to the attack on her by Israeli forces in June 1967) and the escort ship Varian (DE-798).
  World War I vessels joining the "Online Library" include the minelayer Roanoke (formerly the civilian steamer El Dia) and the patrol craft Pilgrim and Hopkins. Our new Civil War ships are the gunboats Cayuga and Iosco.
  New people include two officers who were awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism aboad the carrier Franklin in March 1945: Chaplain (Captain) Joseph T. O'Callahan and Commander Donald A. Gary. A third officer, awarded the Medal of Honor for his conduct as Commanding Officer of USS Liberty when she was attacked, is Captain William L. McGonagle.
  Regular viewers may also notice a major change in our People -- United States "front" page. With more than two-hundred names listed, it had gotten a bit unwieldy, so we rearranged it into individual alphabetical subsections, rather like the structure that U.S. Navy Ships has had all along.
  16 January 2001
  
  
  

  

• The new year brings further progress toward completion of our big Pearl Harbor attack project, with the posting of a page on the raid's Aftermath.
  Coverage was added on two officers who are relevant to the Pearl Harbor story, Admiral James O. Richardson, who commanded the Pacific Fleet in the first months of its fateful 1940-41 deployment to Pearl Harbor, and Chaplain Howell M. Forgy, who originated the famous wartime slogan "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition".
  Several new ships joined the "Online Library" this week, including the battleship Florida (BB-30) and seaplane tenders Absecon (AVP-23) and Tangier (AV-8). We also began making new additions to the ranks of Civil War ships and minor vessels of World War I. First of these are the Civil War-era gunboats Algonquin, Aroostook and Eutaw and two little vessels of "The Great War": the patrol boat Margo and tug Mariner.
  8 January 2001
  
  
  

This page features January & February 2001 entries from the Online Library's "What's New?" section.

For the more recent entries, and earlier entries, see:

What's New in the Online Library of Selected Images;

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

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Page completed 4 March 2001
Coding updated 7 April 2001