Frequently Asked Questions


  1. Abbreviations, Glossary of U.S. Naval Abbreviations, 1949
  2. Abbreviations Used for Navy Enlisted Ratings, 1970
  3. Aces, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
  4. African Americans and the U. S. Navy
  5. Aircraft Carriers, historical data
  6. Aircraft in current Naval Aviation Inventory; photos, data and drawings
  7. Aircraft in current Naval Aviation Inventory; squadrons that fly them
  8. Aircraft Drawings
  9. Aircraft Markings, U.S. Navy
  10. Alabama, CSS
  11. Alligator, USS
  12. Alcohol in the Navy
  13. Alphabet, Phonetic, and Signal Flags
  14. The U.S. Navy and the Amistad
  15. Armed Guard, Naval
  16. Astronauts, Chronology of Space Mission involving Navy and Marine Corps, 1961- April 1981
  17. Aviation Insignia, Places that Sell Aviation Patches
  18. Aviation Records: Crew and Passenger Flight Manifests
  19. Aviation Squadron Lineages
  20. Awards and Medals


  21. Ball Caps
  22. Battle Streamers, U.S. Navy
  23. Bells on Ships
  24. Bermuda Triangle
  25. Bibliography Series
  26. Biographies of Navy personnel
  27. Birthday of the U.S. Navy
  28. Birthplace of the U.S. Navy
  29. Book Dealers
  30. Boxer Rebellion, China 1900-1901
  31. Brashear, Carl, Master Chief Boatswain's Mate
  32. "Brass Monkey"
  33. "Bravo Zulu"
  34. Budget of the US Navy: 1794-2004
  35. Burial at Sea


  36. Casualties: U.S. Navy, Coast Guard Vessels, Sunk or Damaged Beyond Repair in War
  37. Casualties: U.S. Navy Ships Lost in Selected Storm/Weather Related Incidents
  38. Casualties: U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Personnel Killed and Wounded in wars, conflicts and incidents with hostile forces 1775-present
  39. Casualties, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Personnel, World War II
  40. Certificates for Crossing the Line, Plank Owners,and Other Unoffical Ceremonies
  41. Chief of Naval Operations, list of officers serving as
  42. Chief Petty Officer
  43. Christening, Launching, and Commissioning of U. S. Navy Ships
  44. Code Talkers, World War II
  45. Code Words, World War II
  46. Combat Demolition Units
  47. Commissioning Pennant
  48. Conflicts involving U.S. Navy
  49. Constitution, USS
  50. Construction Battalions
  51. Crew Member Information
  52. Crossing the Line, Certificates, Documents, Eyewitness Accounts
  53. Crossroads, Atomic Tests at Bikini in 1946
  54. Cruise Books
  55. Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
  56. Customs and Traditions: a bibliography
  57. D-Day, the Normandy Invasion, 6-25 June 1944
  58. Dates in Naval History
  59. Decatur, Stephen
  60. Deck Logs of Navy Ships
  61. Destroyers Transferred to Great Britain under Destroyer for Bases Agreement
  62. Dining In/Dining Out
  63. Disestablishing, Deactivating, and Decommissioning Commands, Guidance for
  64. Diving in the U.S. Navy; a Brief History
  65. Documents, Historic, Relating to U.S. Navy
  66. "Dog Tags," Personal Indentification Tags


  67. Earhart, Amelia
  68. Emancipation Proclamation, U.S. Navy General Order No. 4
  69. Exercise Tiger, Normandy Training Exercise
  70. Exploration/Expeditions


  71. Family Members Serving Together at Sea
  72. Father of the U.S. Navy
  73. Flag, U.S. Navy
  74. Flag Sizes
  75. Flags and Pennants, Information on U.S. Navy Use of
  76. Fleet Admirals
  77. Flight 19, Loss of
  78. Flogging
  79. "Frocking" of Naval Personnel


  80. German Espionage and Sabotage Against the U.S. During World War II
  81. Grenada, Operation Urgent Fury, Oct-Nov 1983
  82. Great White Fleet


  83. Honors to President George Washington
  84. Humanitarian
  85. H.L. Hunley, submerged wreck of
  86. Hurricanes and Typhoons: The Effect of Cyclonic Winds on U.S. Naval Operations.
  87. Hymn, Navy, "Eternal Father, Strong to Save,"


  88. Influenza of 1918 and the U.S. Navy
  89. Iwo Jima Flag Raising
  90. Indianapolis, USS, (CA-35); Loss of, 30 July 1945


  91. Jones, John Paul


  92. Kosovo: U.S. Navy Lessons Learned During Operation Allied Force, 1999


  93. Lagarto, USS, Loss of, May 1945


  94. Maine, USS, Sinking of, 1898
  95. Manila Bay, Battle of, 1 May 1898
  96. Marine Corps Historical Center
  97. Medals, Campaign and Service
  98. Medal of Honor, Navy & Marine Corps Recipients
  99. Merchant Ships and Merchant Mariners during World War II -Research Sources
  100. Merchant Ship Photography
  101. Midway, Battle of, 4-7 June 1942
  102. Military Goods Dealers
  103. Miller, Doris "Dorie" Pearl Harbor hero
  104. Motion Picture Information


  105. National Security and Military History: Research Guide
  106. Native Americans and the U.S. Navy
  107. Navy Cross
  108. Navy Department, Establishment of the
  109. Navy Numbers (FPO) World War II to disguise mail addresses
  110. NC-4, The First Flight Across the Atlantic
  111. Normandy Invasion, 6-25 June 1944
  112. Nuclear Testing
  113. Nurses in the U.S. Navy


  114. Officers, Famous in the U.S. Navy, 1794-1815, Select Reading List
  115. Official Service and Medical Records
  116. Operation Tiger, Normandy Training Exercise
  117. Oral History: A Guide for Conducting Naval Historical Foundation Interviews (under revision)
  118. Oral History: Creating a Personal Memoir of Your Naval Service
  119. Oral History: Recollections of World War II Experiences


  120. Patches, Navy: A Select Bibliography
  121. Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941
  122. Persian Gulf, U.S. Navy and the
  123. Personal Indentification Tags, "Dog Tags"
  124. Personal Memoir, How to Create
  125. Personnel Records: Service and Medical
  126. Personnel Strength of the Navy 1775-present
  127. Philadelphia Experiment
  128. Photography, U.S. Navy
  129. Photographers, Commercial
  130. Point Honda, Disaster in 1923
  131. Plank Owners
  132. Pirate, USS, (AM-275); Loss of, 12 Oct 1950
  133. Port Chicago Naval Magazine Explosion, 17 July 1944
  134. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Claims
  135. Precedence of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps
  136. Presidents who Served in the U.S. Navy
  137. Presidential Ship Visits
  138. Prisoners of War, World War II
  139. Proximity Fuse
  140. PT Boats: Information and a Select Bibliography


  141. Q-Ships (anti-submarine vessels disguised as merchant ships)
  142. Quonset Huts


  143. Ratings (Jobs) of Enlisted Personnel in the U.S. Navy
  144. Recipes, Navy
  145. Regulations, historic naval
  146. Researchers, Commercial
  147. Reunion Sources
  148. Reunion-Veteran Organizations
  149. Riverine Warfare: The U.S. Navy's Operations on Inland Waters
  150. "Rocks and Shoals"


  151. USS Scorpion, USS, (SSN-589); Lost on 22 May 1968
  152. S-33, USS, (SS-138)
  153. Seabees, History of Naval Construction Battalions
  154. Seal, U.S. Navy
  155. Secretary of the Navy, Individuals serving as
  156. Ship's Bell
  157. Shipboard Life in the 19th Century
  158. Ship Force Levels, 1886-present
  159. Ships: Launching and Commissioning
  160. Ships, U.S. Navy: Histories
  161. Ships, U.S. Navy: Lost and Damaged in Action during Wars
  162. Ships: U.S. Navy: Lost in Selected Storm/Weather Related Incidents
  163. Ships, U.S. Navy and Coast Guard: Lost or Damaged Beyond Repair during World War II
  164. Ship Naming in the United States Navy
  165. Ship Plans
  166. Ship Study, Sources
  167. Ships' Deck Logs
  168. Ships' Patches
  169. Signal Flags
  170. Somers, brig, 1842
  171. Squalus, USS (SS-192): The Sinking, Rescue of Survivors, and Subsequent Salvage, 1939
  172. Submarine Battle Flags of World War II
  173. Submarines, U.S. Navy: Losses, Selected Accidents, and Selected Incidents of Damage Resulting from Enemy Action
  174. Submerged Aircraft and Ships; Navy Department Policy
  175. Sullivan Brothers
  176. 21-gun Salute


  177. Tecumseh, USS
  178. Terrorism, Research Guide
  179. Thresher, USS, (SSN-593); lost on 10 April 1963
  180. Titanic, RMS
  181. Tokyo Bay Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945
  182. Tonkin Gulf, Crisis, August 1964
  183. Tsunami (Tidal Wave) Disasters and the U.S. Navy
  184. Tulip, USS
  185. Typhoons and Hurricanes: The Effect of Cyclonic Winds on U.S. Naval Operations


  186. U-2 and Aircraft Carrier Deployment
  187. U-505, Capture of
  188. U-571
  189. U-1105, submerged wreck of
  190. UFO Research Guide
  191. Uniforms, naval


  192. VT Fuze or Radio Proximity Fuze


  193. Wars and Conflicts of the U.S. Navy
  194. Washington, George, Honors to the President
  195. Washington Navy Yard history
  196. Weather Related Incidents
  197. Women in the U.S. Navy


  198. Z-Grams
  199. Zumwalt, Elmo Jr., Admiral

30 May 2009



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