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Archive of Older "What's New in the Online Library of
Selected Images?" --
Entries posted in May & June 2001
This page features May & June 2001 entries from the Online
Library's "What's New?" section.
For the more recent entries, and links to previous years' entries,
see:
What's New in the Online Library
of Selected Images;
For earlier entries from the year 2001, see:
What's New in the Online Library
of Selected Images? -- Entries posted in March & April 2001;
and
What's New in the Online Library
of Selected Images? -- Entries posted in January & February 2001.
- We complete the first half of the Online Library's fourth
year with comprehensive picture coverage on one of the Nineteenth
Century's great technologists, John
Ericsson, who introduced the screw propeller and ironclad
warship to the U.S. Navy. Other people added last week are three
officers who served in the 8
March 1862 battle in which CSS Virginia destroyed the Federal
warships Cumberland and Congress: Lieutenant
Joseph B. Smith;
Chaplain John L. Lenhart
and Lieutenant (later Commander) George
U. Morris. The first two lost their lives in that action.
As might be expected, several new ships have also entered the
Online Library's offerings, including the Confederate steamship
Jamestown
and the U.S. Navy "Double-ender" gunboats Winooski
and Monocacy.
The latter had a career spanning nearly four decades, virtually
all of it in Asian waters, and provides an opportunity for a
photographic reminder that today's warm weather sports will quite
soon enough be replaced by activities of another sort. There
are also two more War I vessels, the cargo ship Maartensdijk
(ID # 2497) and yacht Malay
(SP-735).
30 June 2001
- This week's big addition is a massive upgrading of our presentation
on the Civil War Navy's pioneer ironclad, USS Monitor
and her Commanding Officer during the historic battle
with CSS Virginia, Lieutenant (later Rear Admiral)
John L. Worden. The
"Online Library" now includes virtually everything
we have on Monitor and Worden.
Several Confederate ships and officers were also posted, all
of them related to events in the Hampton Roads area at the time
of the Monitor and Virginia's fight. The ships
are CSS Patrick
Henry and Teaser,
while the officers include Captain John
Randolph Tucker, Commander William
A. Webb and First Lieutenant William
H. Parker
Other new items include Civil War era U.S. Navy gunboats Winnipec and Jacob Bell; World
War I craft Kestrel
II (SP-529) and Killarney
(SP-219); and fishing boats John
G. Murley and Julia
Eleanor. The latter two served as the World War II coastal
minesweepers Canary (AMc-25) and Egret
(AMc-24).
25 June 2001
- Our latest report covers the past two weeks' work. During
this time two new major ships, some minor ones and several Civil
War officers have been added.
The largest ships are the battleship Louisiana
(Battleship # 19) and aircraft carrier Midway
(CVB-41, later CVA-41 and CV-41). Other "new" ships
include the civil war era gunboat Wateree
and World War I vessels Katrina
(SP-1144), Katie
(SP-660), Kerlew
(ID # 1325) and Keresapa
(ID # 1484).
The people added are all Confederate Navy officers who where
involved in the creation and operation of the ironclad Virginia.
They include: Captains Josiah
Tattnall and John
Taylor Wood; Commanders Catesby
ap R. Jones, Hunter
Davidson and John
M. Brooke; First Lieutenants Charles
Carroll Simms and Walter
R. Butt; and Chief Naval Constructor John
L. Porter.
17 June 2001
- This week offers relatively limited offerings, consisting
of two aircraft carriers completed shortly after World War II,
three World War I small craft and a Civil War gunboat. The carriers
are USS Saipan (CVL-48)
and USS Wright (CVL-49).
Both were converted to other uses in the 1960s, with Saipan
becoming the major communications relay ship Arlington
(AGMR-2) and her sister becoming the command ship Wright
(CC-2).
Our World War I vessels include the patrol boats Kanised
(SP-439) and Karibou
(SP-200) and the harbor tug Katherine
K (SP-220). A page on USS Shamokin
brings our series on Civil War "Double-ender" gunboats
a little closer to completion. After being sold by the Navy,
that ship became the civilian steamship Georgia.
4 June 2001
- Our presentation on the Confederate ironclad Virginia
has made considerable progress, and now includes coverage of
her battles, including the destruction
of USS Cumberland and USS Congress on 8 March
1862, the following day's action
with USS Monitor, and Virginia's
other activities & actions in March-May 1862.
Also augmenting the Online Library during the week were new presentations
on the battleship Vermont
(BB-20), World War II vintage small seaplane tender Corson
(AVP-37), World War I patrol vessels Joyance
(SP-72) and Kajeruna
(SP-913), the contemporary tug Joseph
M. Clark (SP-1244) and the Civil War "Double-enders"
Port Royal and
Sonoma.
29 May 2001
- Steady, if slow, plugging away at new Online Library entries
has produced an initial (and still incomplete) presentation on
the Confederate ironclad Virginia
and coverage on the two victims of her famous 8 March 1862 attack,
the U.S. sailing frigate Congress
and sloop of war Cumberland.
Next week we should be able to add material on their battle.
Other ship presentations prepared during the past week include
the heavy cruiser Salem
(CA-139), Civil War "Double-ender" gunboat Tioga and a flock of
small World War I craft: Jimetta
(SP-878); Joanna
(SP-1963); John
G. Olsen (ID # 2377) and three different patrol boats
named Josephine, namely (SP-913);
(SP-1243); and (SP-3295).
21 May 2001
- It's been a rather quiet week at the Online Library factory,
with new additions for only seven ships. Largest is the "Great
White Fleet" era battleship Kansas
(BB-21). For World War II, we have upped the ship population
by two small seaplane tenders, Castle
Rock (AVP-35) and Cook
Inlet (AVP-36). New vessels from the "Great War"
include Jessamine
(SP-438); Josephus
(ID # 3065) and Sea
Hawk (SP-2365). Our latest Civil War "Double-ender"
gunboat is USS Sebago.
13 May 2001
- The month of May opens with a variety of ships from four
eras. The Cold War is represented by the aircraft carrier Tarawa (CV-40), commissioned
soon after the end of World War II and actively employed Worldwide
during most of the next fifteen years. The small seaplane tender
Bering Strait (AVP-34)
is the week's World War II ship, while the First World War has
five small vessels taken over from civilian owners: Isle
of Surry (SP-1860); Itasca
(SP-810); Itty E
(SP-952); Jaydee
III (SP-692) and Machigonne
(SP-507).
For the War between the States, we offer the steam frigate Merrimack, which was
scuttled at the Norfolk Navy Yard at the start of the conflict
and reappeared in early 1862 as the Confederate ironclad Virginia.
Much more on that subject will be appearing soon. Since the Virginia
is frequently, and quite incorrectly, called Merrimack,
and, to compound the error, has that name often spelled "Merrimac",
we are also providing what little we have on that era's real
USS Merrimac,
a small iron side-wheeler that served in 1864-65. Completing
the Civil War listings are two more "Double-ender"
gunboats, USS Pontoosuc
and USS Tallahoma.
7 May 2001
This page features May & June 2001 entries from the Online
Library's "What's New?" section.
For the more recent entries, and links to previous years' entries,
see:
What's New in the Online Library
of Selected Images;
For earlier entries from the year 2001, see:
What's New in the Online Library
of Selected Images? -- Entries posted in March & April 2001;
and
What's New in the Online Library
of Selected Images? -- Entries posted in January & February 2001.
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