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 USS John F. Kennedy, Flagship of Adm. Mixson, Commander Red Sea Task Force during Desert Storm U.S. Navy Photo        USS Theodore Roosevelt U.S. Navy Photo       U.S. Navy Photo           USS McClusky (FFG 41) Named after One of the Principal Heroes of the battle of Midway. U.S. Navy Photo
 1950: Sam on Graduation Day at MCRD, San Diego. He was High Scoreman on the Rifle Range.Click For Inspiring Marine Message and Music!Click For Submarine Links1970: Sam and Peppy with Daughters Kitty and Denise in front of Bancroft Hall!   Bob/Jack 
 USS McCain     Click Dolphins for Submarine Links.   USS Cook    Amazing Grace  Captain Ripley
               
 
Background MIDI sequence(s) from the Classical MIDI Archives - by permission 

U.S. Navy Welcome Aboard:   "Forward Deployed, Fully Engaged!!"
Navy OnLine:  Alphabetical Listing.  
Blue Angels:    Click for Navy Air Links! Click WINGS for Navy Air Links. 
Three's In:  VietNam POW Home Page! Real Heroes who Returned With Honor!
Women's Viet Nam Memorial: A Special Tribute by Pam Young.
Northwest Veterans Newsletter:   Hosted by Roger (Bear) Young, Pam's husband.
   Featuring a special tribute to Colonel Ted Guy who passed away 23 April 1999.
The Virtual Wall: Salute to Viet Nam Veterans!
Where are The Carriers?:    Status and Location of the Navy's 14 CV/CVN's.
Surface Navy Association: Naval Surface Warfare Community.
Arctic Research Commission:  Captain George Newton, USN (Retired) Commissioner.
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CINCLANTFLT:  
CINCPACFLT:
Naval War College  Navy War College: Home of the NWDC and Center for Naval Warfare Studies.
 Naval Postgraduate School: Monterey, California.
Arlington National Cemetary: U.S. Navy Personnel Burial Information.
The Navy's Littoral Strategy:  In contradistinction to the Cold War Maritime Strategy.
The Navy's Littoral Strategy, Part II: Read Adm. Mixson's remarks regarding the Navy's "core competency".
USS MIDWAY: All about efforts to establish the MIDWAY Museum in San Diego.
Pacific World War II Naval Battles:   Statistics and Narratives.
Battle of Midway:  The most decisive battle in history!!
Battle of Midway:   National Geographics Coverage of search for Ships sunk at Midway. Links!
Wade McClusky's Story: Click on "RADM McClusky" for his Midway experience. USS McClusky (FFG-41), named after this great naval hero, may be seen at top right. The U.S. Navy Welcome Aboard site (first above) has more details about the ship. Click on "Digital Images". Read "Miracle At Midway" by Gordon Prange.
More on Pacific Battles: Stories of the pivotal struggles for Guadalcanal are very enlightening.
Nihon Kaigun: Imperial Japanese Navy. CombinedFleet.Com.
 Korean War The Korean War:  Read the Overview of the Korean War. Orders of battle for all services.   
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Department of Professional Development
Seapower Forum
Nimitz Library
Department of Seamanship and Navigation.  Bowditch: American Practical Navigator   
Department of History

    Navy Careers
U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School:  Where a lot of us started.
Naval Historical Foundation:  You could spend a whole day here and at its links!
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation:   Honoring America's Enduring Naval Heritage.
U.S. Naval Institute:  Information on Proceedings and Naval History. How to join.
U.S. Naval Institute:  Periscope DataBases. Requires subscription.
USCG Navigation Home Page: For those of us still sailing. Rules of the Road.
Johns Hopkins APL:  Does a lot of work for the Navy with very high caliber people. Never call them Beltway Bandits. Recommended surfing: Joint Warfare Analysis and Modeling & Simulation for starters.
Office of Naval Research:  
ONR Research Centers: Includes NRL, NAWC (Patuxent,Lakehurst), NSWC, SPAWAR, NUWC
U.S. Navy Fact Sheet: Details on Navy Ships, Aircraft, Submarines, Weapons.
Warships of the World: Including Marine Forces and Orders of Battle.
AEGIS:     AEGIS Weapons System Alliance.      AEGIS Destroyers:

USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51):    Official Home Page.          USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) U.S. Navy Photo  
   Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, U.S. Navy                     
Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, U.S. Navy Inventor of Flow-Matic and Co-Inventor of COBOL!
 Inventor Grace Murray Hopper: Biography of the woman who developed the first compiler!
 Grace Murray Hopper: First Woman to have a ship named after her. See below.
 The Amazing Grace: All about the Lady and the Ship!
 Sail Out To Sea and Do New Things: A tribute to the great American Inventor!
 The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper: "Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems."
 

        USS Waldron named after another Midway hero U.S. Navy Photo           The Amazing Grace: USS Hopper named after RADM Grace Hopper who co-invented COBOL U.S. Navy Photo           USS John S. McCain: Named after two 4-Star Admirals. The Father was a WWII Fast Carrier Task Force Commander. The son was a WWII Submarine Captain and later CINCPAC.                 USS Nimitz (CVN 68), USS Port Royal (CG 73), and USS Annapolis (SSN 760) steam in formation during Operation Southern Watch in Arabian Gulf. U.S. Navy Photo  
USS John S. McCain (DDG-56):  The Namesakes of this Arleigh Burke Class DDG are unique: John Sidney McCain, Sr. (Slew), the very distinguished WWII Fast Carrier Task Force Commander, and John S. McCain, Jr. (Jack) who commanded 2 Submarines in WWII and ended his career as CINCPAC, in command of U.S. Pacific  Forces during the Viet Nam era. They are the only Father/Son 4-Star Admiral combination in history. Click on the Ship's Crest, then "Fortune Favors The Brave", for outstanding biographies by Joe McCain.     
Click to enter Home Page of USS John S. McCain (DDG-56)Home PageUSS John S. McCain: Named after two 4-Star Admirals. The Father was a WWII Fast Carrier Task Force Commander. The son was a WWII Submarine Captain and later CINCPAC. U.S. Navy Photo. December 1944: Admirals "Bull" Halsey and "Slew" McCain confer aboard USS New Jersey (BB 62). About Adm McCain, Secretary of the Navy Forrestal wrote: "His conception of the aggressive use of fast carriers as the principal instrument for bringing about the quick reduction of Japanese defensive capabilities was one of the basic forces in the evolution of Naval Strategy in the Pacific War."  Admiral John S. (Jack) McCain, Jr., whose career as a WWII Submarine Commander and later as CINCPAC during the Viet Nam Era is as remarkable as that of his Father, Admiral John S. (Sidney) McCain the WWII Fast Carrier Task Force Commander. Photo courtesy of Pam Young who served on his Staff. Pam has this to say about the Admiral: "Admiral John S. McCain was CINCPAC when I came on board. He believed strongly that it was our responsibility and duty to render full and complete support to our troops in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, no matter what the cost. We all believed in his sense of duty and endeavored never to lose sight of what our mission was."  

USS Cook (FF-1083):  Ship's Namesake: CDR Wilmer Paul Cook.
USS Wilmer P. Cook (FF 1083). Its namesake was CDR Wilmer (Bill) Cook of the Naval Academy Class of 1956. U.S, Navy Photo. Click for a photo of Wilmer with his story.     Third Company  56crest.jpg (3852 bytes) Wilmer P. "Bill" Cook of USNA-56. To see an enlarged photo of USS Cook (FF 1083), click the thumbnail of the ship at left. Bill was awarded 3 DFC's plus a host of other decorations for his service in Viet Nam.

USS Ramage (DDG-61): Ship's Namesake: VADM Lawson "Red" Ramage.
Click for the Home Page of USS Ramage (DDG 61).      USS Ramage (DDG 61) Another AEGIS Arleigh Burke DDG. Named for Lawson "Red" Ramage who commanded USS Parche (SS 384) in one of the singular feats of heroism performed by a submarine and its crew in WWII. Read about this exploit by clicking the ship's crest at left, then "Learn about Ramage", then "Namesake".          VADM Lawson "Red" Ramage who was awarded the Congressional Medal Of Honor for the attack of USS Parche (SS 384) against an entire Japanese Convoy in July, 1944. Read about the exploit by clicking on the ship's crest and going to the Home Page of USS Ramage (DDG 61)   

USS O'Kane (DDG-77): Ship's Namesake: RADM Richard H. O'Kane.
Click to access the Home Page of USS O'Kane (DDG 77).   USS O'Kane (DDG 77) Another AEGIS Arleigh Burke Class DDG. Named for Richard H. O'Kane who commanded USS Tang (SS 306) in one of the most spectacular exploits by a submarine and her crew in Naval History. Read about this exploit by clicking the ship's crest at left, then "Namesake".      Richard H. O'Kane who commanded USS Tang (SS 306) in one of the most spectacular episodes in Naval History. Read about this exploit by clicking the ship's crest at left, then "Namesakes". Already highly decorated for his role as Executive Officer of USS Wahoo (SS 238), RADM O'Kane was awarded the Congressional Medal Of Honor for his bold leadership of Tang.

Banner obtained from Gene Bales' Web Site at http://www.hurricane.net/~gbales/usncsa Photos of Cruisers!USS Newport News (CA-148) Photo Courtesy G. Bales  

Captain Robert K. Ripley: Coming Home to USS Newport News!!

 Daisy With Frank Markvart May 1957! Return to home pge  Daisy With Unidentified Marine May 1957!
 Stanley Pilot's Taped Message: Taped Shortly before the 1972 Explosion off Viet Nam that killed 20 Crew Members of USS Newport News (CA-148)
 

Civil War Ships:   Here are three cruisers named after Civil War Battles.

               USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) Web Site. The ship is the "Stonewall" of the Seventh Fleet!              Web Site of USS Vicksburg. Superb documentary of the battle along with information about the ship!                Web Site of USS Gettysburg (CG 64). This fine ship is equipped with the AEGIS Weapon System

The three battles are Chancellorsville, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg. The first was the masterpiece of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, two of the nation’s greatest soldiers. The second was Ulysses S. Grant’s brilliant strategical victory at Vicksburg. The third was the high-water mark of the Confederacy, and could have ended quite differently had General Jackson not been killed at Chancellorsvillell The battles are very well documented at the ship’s sites. Click on the crests to access. Superb!!!
 Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum
 


Medal of Honor Museum at Patriot's Point
 

USS Yorktown:       "Smart-ship" Initiatives!

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