• Despite the diversions offered by Olympic action and a more-than-normal amount of attention paid to the old AR-15 and M1911, the Online Library grew notably during the last seven days. The usual haul of World War II ships was posted, providing new presentations on the heavy cruiser Louisville (CA-28); destroyers McKean (DD-90, later APD-5), Conyngham (DD-371), Fletcher (DD-445) and Strong (DD-467); and the transports President Adams (AP-38, later APA-19) and Crescent City (AP-40, later APA-21).
  Our new World War I offerings include the patrol boats Minerva (SP-425) and Minnemac II (SP-202). The Civil War is represented by the never-completed monitor Puritan and by the notable Confederate cruiser Shenandoah and her Commanding Officer, James Iredell Waddell.
  25 February 2002
  
  
  

  

• The week just past was a bit quieter than the previous one, but generated a number of new ship presentations, as well as a second installment in our ongoing Washington Navy Yard project. Those new pages provide overall views of the Navy Yard from the 1860s into the 1990s.
  Our new ships are (from the Second World War): the heavy cruiser Minneapolis (CA-36), destroyers Laffey (DD-459) and Barton (DD-599), submarine S-38 (SS-143), transports Hunter Liggett (AP-27, later APA-14) and Windsor (APA-55), and the cargo ship Betelgeuse (AK-28, later AKA-11). All but Windsor saw action during the Guadalcanal Campaign, with Laffey and Barton sunk in the battle of 13 November 1942.
  Ships predating World War II include two World War I era vessels, the harbor passenger ship Merchant (ID # 2313) and the patrol boat Mikawe (SP-309), and the Civil War's only triple-turret ironclad (and former steam frigate), USS Roanoke.
  18 February 2002
  
  
  

  

• A quite hefty push this week generated lots of new ship and people pages, including our first submarines in a while. These are the World War II "boats" Wahoo (SS-238) and Tang (SS-306), which, with their Commanding Officers, Dudley W. ("Mush") Morton and Richard H. O'Kane, were among the most important U.S. Navy undersea warriors of the Pacific War.
  Other World War II ships added this week include the heavy cruiser New Orleans (CA-32), destroyers Cushing (DD-376) and Henley (DD-391), transport Barnett (AP-11, later APA-5), cargo ship Libra (AK-53, later AKA-12) and tank landing ship LST-1. All but the last-named were involved in the Guadalcanal Campaign of 1942-43.
  We also posted two World War I era cargo ships, Merauke (ID # 2498) and Mercer (ID # 3837), plus another Civil War era ironclad, the big casemate ram Dunderberg.
  11 February 2002
  
  
  

  

• We begin February with the small beginnings of what will gradually become a major presentation on the Washington Navy Yard, in Washington, D.C. The initial offering provides a brief introductory selection of views. More pages will be added regularly to "flesh out" our coverage on the subject.
  Our new ships this week include the heavy cruiser Pensacola (CA-24), destroyers Mugford (DD-389) and Sterett (DD-407), transport Fuller (AP-14, later APA-7), and cargo ship Bellatrix(AK-20, later AKA-3) , all of which were involved in the Guadalcanal Campaign of 1942-43. Two other World War II ships were also added: the small seaplane tender Rehoboth (AVP-50, later AGS-50), mainly known for her postwar work as a surveying ship; and the submarine tender Euryale (AS-22).
  Earlier ships include the big Civil War era monitor Dictator, and World War I tugs SP-1078 (ex-Melville) and Menhaden (SP-847).
  4 February 2002
  
  
  

  

• We can finally announce some direct progress on our Guadalcanal Campaign project, with the opening of a multi-page presentation on the Guadalcanal-Tulagi Invasion of 7-9 August 1942. This section of the overall campaign coverage should be completed in another week or so, after which there will still be plenty more to do before the project is completed.
  New ships added this week are the heavy cruiser Portland (CA-33), destroyers Anderson (DD-411) and Mustin (DD-413), transport President Hayes (AP-39), and cargo ships Alchiba (AK-23, later AKA-6) and Alhena (AK-26, later AKA-9), all of which were involved with the Guadalcanal Campaign.
  New First World War subjects are the cargo ship Santa Malta (ID # 3125-A), patrol vessels Maysie (SP-930) and May (SP-164), as well as a page on Ensign Tedford H. Cann, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for "courageous conduct" on board the May in November 1917.
  Finally, another Civil War monitor joined the Online Library, this one the USS Onondaga, a twin-turret type that was later sold to France and served in their navy for many years, retaining the name Onondaga.
  28 January 2002
  
  
  

  

• January's output continues to stress ships related to Guadalcanal Campaign. This week's efforts include the light cruiser San Diego (CL-53), U.S. Navy destroyers McFarland (DD-237, later AVD-14), Mahan (DD-364) and Benham (DD-397), the transport American Legion (AP-35, later APA-14), the oiler Cimarron (AO-22) and the Japanese heavy cruiser Chikuma.
  World War I and Civil War subjects added are the transport Maui (ID # 1514), patrol boat Mauna Loa (SP-28) the monitor Agamenticus (later renamed Terror), the civilian schooner S.J. Waring and the man who recaptured that vessel from a Confederate prize crew, William Tilghman.
  21 January 2002
  
  
  

  

• New presentations posted in January's second week include still more ships related to Gualalcanal Campaign, including the U.S. Navy light cruiser San Juan (CL-54), U.S. Navy destroyer Smith (DD-378) and the Japanese battleship Hiei.
  Our latest representatives from "The Great War" of 1914-1918 are the transport Matsonia (ID # 1589) and patrol boat Maud (SP-1009). From the Civil War era come the monitor Miantonomoh and side-wheel cruiser Augusta (both U.S. Navy) and some indirect coverage on the Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis (also known as Jeff Davis).
  14 January 2002
  
  
  

  

• The Online Library begins the new year with a modest number of new presentations, some related to the Gualalcanal Campaign and some of earlier vintage. Among the former are the heavy cruiser Northampton (CA-26), light cruiser Atlanta (CL-51), and destroyers Monssen (DD-436) and Aaron Ward (DD-483). The first three were lost during the campaign, and Aaron Ward soon afterwards. The remains of all four ships were examined by deep-sea equipment or divers during the 1990s.
  The remaining ships added during week are the World War II coastal minesweeper Waxbill (AMc-15); World War I patrol vessel Kwasind (SP-1233) and the Civil War era monitor Monadnock.
  7 January 2002
  
  
  

This page features the Online Library's January and February 2002 "What's New?" entries.

For the more recent entries, and links to previous years' 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 made 3 March 2002