Book Review by Charles Gundersen: Indianapolis

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...

Unsinkable Review by Darlene Iskra

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...

October 2022 Facilities Projects

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...

Meet Mary Bonnin

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...

Book Review: Total Undersea War

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...

Book Review: Rick Campbell Series

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....