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1 day ago · 2024 New Year’s Day Deck Log Contest Winners Announced. June 5, 2024. The tradition of the Midnight New Year’s Day Poem allows Sailors to write the first deck log entry of the New Year in verse. Naval History and Heritage Command encourages the preservation of this tradition through an annual New Year’s Day Deck Log Contest.
19 hours ago · NORFOLK, Va. — The 48th annual Norfolk Harborfest kicks off Friday at Town Point Park along the Downtown Norfolk waterfront, the city's annual celebration of the maritime and Naval community ...
1 day ago · The HMS Warrior, launched in 1860, was the world's first iron-hulled warship. Its design revolutionized naval architecture and rendered wooden warships obsolete. The Battle of Hampton Roads in 1862 was the first clash between ironclad warships, the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia. This battle marked the end of the era of wooden warships.
2 days ago · Also in downtown Norfolk and inside Nauticus is the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, an official U.S. Navy museum that focuses on the 220 plus year history of the Navy within the region. The Children's Museum of Virginia in Portsmouth has one of the largest collection of model electric trains and other toys.
2 days ago · A “living beach” is also a component of the Navy SEALs Monument in Virginia Beach, which Clark Nexsen completed in 2017 for the Florida-based Navy SEAL Museum. Horton and Pearson, then with Clark Nexsen, worked on the Virginia Beach monument together. “The museum thinks it’s a very powerful piece that they wanted to incorporate into ...
3 days ago · OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — A brief timeline of events on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Shortly after midnight: More than 2,200 Allied aircraft begin bombing German defenses and other targets in Normandy.
3 days ago · Upcoming Exhibits. Faces of the Deep. Opening June 3. What is the secret behind successful undersea operations? Hardworking, high-achieving Sailors and civilians from the Navy’s undersea communities! Explore some of their stories in a new exhibit, Faces of the Deep, that opens June 3, 2024.
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