No. 12
FALL 1978
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE WORLD SHIP TRUST PROJECT 2 PRESIDENT'S REPORT 6 LETTERS 9 IN CLIO'S CAUSE, by Joseph Persico 13 JOHN LYMAN: THE HUB OF OUR WHEEL, by Karl Kortum 16 COME SAIL WITH ME, by ADM. Arleigh Burke, USN (ret.) 17 THE SHIPS OF JOHN PAUL JONES, by Wm. Gilkerson 22 THE PROVIDENCE SAILS AGAIN, by RADM. John R. Wadleigh, USN (ret.) and Charles W. Wittholz, NA 25 THE SEARCH FOR THE BONHOMME RICHARD, by Eric Berryman with Norman Rubin and Sidney Wignall 27 HISTORIC WARSHIPS OF THE WORLD, by Norman Brouwer 30 THE SL-7: SEA-LAND's CLIPPER SHIP, by Peter Stanford 33 THE U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE, by Wm. Ray Heitzmann, Ph.D. 35 SHIP NOTES, SEAPORT & MUSEUM NEWS 35
PROGRESS IN THE DEFENCE DIG, by David C. Switzer
36
A SEAPORT MUSEUM FOR LIVERPOOL, by Michael Stammers
37
CHANTEY FESTIVAL IN SEATTLE, by John Townley
38
DOWN EAST NOTES, by Charles R. Sayle, Sr.
39
NEW JERSEY'S MARITIME HERITAGE, by Glenn Gordinier
40
NEW HELP FOR THE ERNESTINA/MORRISSEY, by Michael Platzer
44 MARINE ART: BRITISH SEASCAPES, by Malcolm Cormack 49
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MARINE ARTISTS NEWS, by Charles Lundgren
50 BOOKS 54 SAILING BACKWARD INTO THE AZORES, by Capt. Samuel Samuels SEA HISTORY is the journal of the National Maritime Historical Society, an educational, tax-exempt membership organization devoted to furthering the understanding of our maritime heritage. Copyright © 1978 by the National Maritime Historical Society. OFFICES are at 2 Fulton St., Brooklyn, NY 11201; at the San Francisco Maritime Museum, Foot of Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109; and suite 643, 1511 K Street, Washington, D.C. 20005. MEMBERSHIP is invited and should be sent to the Brooklyn office: Sponsor, $1,000; Patron, $100; Family, $15; Regular, $10; Student or Retired, $5. CONTRIBUTIONS may be made for any recognized project. Make out checks"NMHSShip Trust," indicating on the check the project to which you wish support to be directed. OFFICES & TRUSTEES are Chairman: Admiral John M. Will, USN (ret.); President: Peter Stanford; Vice Presidents:Karl Kortum, John Thurman; Secretary: Alan G. Choate; Trustees: Frank 0 . Braynard, Nor-
man J. Brouwer, Robert Carl, Alan G. Choate, F. Briggs Dalzell, Harold D. Huyck e, Barbara Johnson, Karl Kortum, Edward J. Pierson, Kenneth D. Reynard, Walter F. Schlech, Jr. , Howard Slotnick, Peter Stanford, John N. Thurman, Shannon Wall, Barclay H. Warburton III, John M. Will, Charles Wittholz; President Emeritus: Alan D. Hutch inson. ADVISORY COUNCIL: Chairman: Frank 0 . Braynard, New York Harbor Festival; George Campbell, American Museum of Natural History; Frank G. G. Carr, Cutty Sark Society; Harry Dring, National Maritime Museum at San Francisco; Richard Goold-Adams, Great Britain Restoration; Robert G. Herbert; Melvin H . Jackson, Smithsonian Institution; R. C. Jefferson; John Kemble, Pomona College; Rick Miller; Conrad Milster, Pratt Institute, NY; Robert Murphy; John Noble, artist; Capt. David E. Perkins, USCG (ret.); Ralph L. Snow , Bath Marine Museum; John Stobart, artist,: Albert Swanson, Commonwealth of Massachusetts;
Peter Throckmorton; Alan Villiers, seaman author; Alen York, Antique Boat & Yacht Club. SEA HISTORY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Timothy G. Foote, Time, Inc., Oliver Jensen, American Heritage, Karl Kortum, National Maritime Museum at San Francisco; Clifford Lord, New Jersey Historical Society; J . Roy McKechnie, Ogilvy & Mather; Robert A. Weinstein. SEA HISTORY STAFF Editor, Peter Stanford; Managing Editor, Norma Stanford; Associate Editors, Norman J. Brouwer, Francis J. Duffy, Beth Haskell, Maryanne Murphy, Albert Swanson; Advertising Sales, David 0. Durrell; Circulation, Jo Meisner; Membership, Marie Lore. COVER: Ranger vs. Drake, in the English Channel, April 24, 1778, by Wm. Gilkerson. See John Paul Jones articles, beginning page 16. Fine prints of this painting, done for SEA HISTORY, may be ordered from the advertisement on page 49.
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