Apr 22, 2023 | Sonar Echo
Book Review | Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man Vincent, Lynn and Sara Vladic. Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the...
Dec 14, 2022 | Sonar Echo
Book Review | Unsinkable: Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett Sullivan, James. Unsinkable: Five Men and the Indomitable Run of the USS Plunkett. Scribner. New York City, 2020. Reviewed by retired Commander Darlene Iskra, museum volunteer As a Navy...
Sep 23, 2022 | Sonar Echo
We have been working with our NAVFAC Facility Management Specialist (FMS), Keith Moss, on several facility projects since he came into the position a couple years ago. It always takes time to establish a relationship with our FMS and to build understanding of our...
Jul 25, 2022 | Sonar Echo
At the Naval Undersea Museum is a classroom named the Mary Bonnin Room. Mary Bonnin was the first (and currently ONLY) woman who achieved the designation of Navy Master Diver. But few know her full history. Mary Bonnin joined the Navy in 1976, and eventually completed...
Jun 26, 2022 | Sonar Echo
Book Review | Total Undersea War: The Evolutionary Role of the Snorkel in Dönitz’s U-Boat Fleet, 1944 – 1945 Hamilton, Aaron S. Total Undersea War: The Evolutionary Role of the Snorkel in Dönitz’s U-Boat Fleet, 1944 – 1945. Seaforth Publishing, 2020. Reviewed by...
Apr 24, 2022 | Sonar Echo
Book Review | Author Rick Campbell: an exciting writer of naval and unconventional warfare Campbell, Rick. The Trident Deception. New York, St. Martin’s Press, 2014. —. Empire Rising. New York, St. Martin’s Press, 2015. —. Ice Station Nautilus....