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Archive of Older "What's New in the Online Library of
Selected Images?" --
Entries posted in January & February 1999
This page features older entries from the Online Library's
"What's New?" section.
For the more recent entries, see What's
New in the Online Library of Selected Images?
For entries older than those seen here, see What's
New in the Online Library of Selected Images? -- Entries posted
in October - December 1998
- The Online Library exits February 1999 with two new U.S.
Navy ships, an additional person and four more Japanese Navy
ships.
The U.S. Navy ships are the World War II submarines USS
Dace (SS-247) and
USS Archerfish (SS-311).
Accompanying them is a presentation on the officer who commanded
them both: Captain Joseph
F. Enright, USN
The Japanese ships include the submarine I-68,
which was renamed I-168 in 1942 and sank USS Yorktown
(CV-5) and USS Hammann (DD-412) during the Battle of Midway;
the destroyer Shimakaze,
one of the fastest warships in the World when she completed in
May 1943;
the hospital ship Takasago
Maru, a Second World War survivor which later returned
to her pre-war occupation as a civilian passenger ship;
and the very large aircraft carrier Shinano,
sunk on her maiden voyage in late November 1944 by USS Archerfish.
28 February 1999
- Two new ships, one American and one Japanese, were added
to the Online Library during the last week, as preparation of
our major presentation on the surrender of Japan continues. This
will be opened soon.
The U.S. Navy ship is the destroyer USS
Twining (DD-540).
The Japanese ship is the destroyer Hatsuzakura.
Both ships were involved in the entry of the U.S. and British
fleets into Japanese waters in late August 1945.
21 February 1999
- The past week added significantly to our USS Missouri
(BB-63) coverage, with the posting of six pages (featuring 43
images) of On Board Views
taken in 1944-45.
Most of the photographs in this batch are in color, representing
what is probably the finest series of color photography showing
World War II era U.S. Navy shipboard life and activities. The
original transparencies were 4"x5" Kodachromes. Like
most of the unfortunately rather small population of Wartime
Kodachromes, these have retained their color quality to a remarkable
degree.
14 February 1999
- February 1999 begins with a comprehensive presentation on
the early 1900s-vintage battleship USS
Kentucky (BB-6). Despite featuring one of the U.S.
Navy's more curious battleship designs, she had a long and busy
career that included steaming around the World with the "Great
White Fleet" and service training new sailors during the
First World War.
5 February 1999
- During January's final week, a large section on the Formal
Surrender of Japan, 2 September 1945 was added to our coverage
of USS Missouri (BB-63).
Over the next month, we plan to expand the Surrender of Japan
selection to include pictures of all related events from 15 August
through 2 September 1945, and will make that our initial World
War II campaign presentation.
A few more ships also joined the Online Library during the week,
including:
Kentucky (BB-66),
a never-completed World War II Program battleship;
USS Kentuckian (ID
# 1544), a transport that served briefly during 1919, and
the famous bathyscaphe Trieste,
which served in the U.S. Navy in 1958-63 and is now exhibited
at the Navy Museum in the Washington Navy Yard, DC. In January
1960, Trieste dove to the bottom of the deepest part of
the Pacific Ocean.
In addition, cross-referencing of a Kentucky (BB-66) photograph
allowed the posting of pages on two Navy harbor tugs:
Alamingo (YTB-227,
later YTM-227), 1945-1964, and
Apohola (YTB-502,
later YTM-768), 1946-1987.
31 January 1999
- The past week saw another ship added to the Online Library,
plus the continuation of two major ongoing projects.
The "new" ship is the "Great White Fleet"
era battleship USS Missouri
(BB-11). Over thirty photos and other pictorial items have
been posted on this ship, covering its active career from its
1903 beginning to its end in 1919.
Posting of additional picture coverage of USS Missouri
(BB-63) continued, with the addition of seven more pages:
USS Missouri at the
New York Fleet Review, 27 October 1945;
USS Missouri, Mediterranean
Cruise, April 1946;
USS Missouri, Grounding,
January 1950;
USS Missouri, Activities
& Actions, 1954-55;
USS Missouri, In
Reserve, 1955-1985;
USS Missouri, Construction
and Commissioning, 1941-1944 and
USS Missouri, Launching,
29 January 1944.
In addition, three more pages of U.S.
Navy World War I Recruiting Posters were posted, including:
U.S. Navy World War I
Recruiting Posters with Themes of Duty and Patriotism, Part I;
U.S. Navy World War I
Recruiting Posters with Themes of Duty and Patriotism, Part II
and
U.S. Navy World War I
Era Recruiting Posters with Themes of Travel, Training and Opportunity;
23 January 1999
- The Online Library has just opened initial coverage of what
will soon be a very large presentation on USS
Missouri (BB-63).
Images posted now include overall views of the ship from her
completion in 1944 into the 1980s, photos of her guns in action
and pictures of her in Sagami Wan, Japan, in late August 1945.
Missouri's coverage will grow rapidly over the next several
weeks. Still to come is coverage of the Japanese surrender on
2 September 1945, which took place on her decks, views of her
launching and commissioning, plus a wide variety of views taken
on board the ship.
The Missouri work also spawned a page on Itara
(YTB-391, later YTM-391), a harbor tug that served for nearly
four decades after her completion in 1944.
We also expanded last week's U.S.
Navy Recruiting Posters section to begin presentation of
the many interesting posters produced during the First World
War.
17 January 1999
- A new picture category and a "new" U.S. Navy ship
lead 1999's Online Library additions:
U.S. Navy Recruiting
Posters introduces a colorful subject area that is sure to
be interesting. Initial offerings include posters and similar
forms of recruiting advertising issued prior to U.S. entry into
World War I, plus a page already posted of 1970s era Posters
Featuring African-Americans. New pages will be added regularly
to fill in the Online Library's coverage of this topic.
The "new" ship is:
USS Missouri (1842-1843),
one of the Navy's earliest steam warships, which was lost by
accident during her first overseas cruise.
There also has been a great deal of "behind the scenes"
work preparing extensive coverage of one of the Navy's most famous
ships, USS Missouri (BB-63), on whose deck the Second
World War was formally ended. The first pages will be opened
next week, with more following rapidly thereafter.
(10 January 1999)
This page features older entries from the Online Library's
"What's New?" section.
For the more recent entries, see What's
New in the Online Library of Selected Images?
For entries older than those seen here, see What's
New in the Online Library of Selected Images? -- Entries posted
in October - December 1998
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Page completed 4 April 1999
Coding updated 8 April 2001