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Guam and Hawaii are lobbying to be the Pacific homeport for a Navy aircraft carrier, eyeing che chousands oflocal jobs and millions of dollars ic could bring co one of che islands' econom ies. The Pencagon is considering moving one ofics twelve carriers co eicher Guam or Hawaii co be closer co pocencial flash poinrs in Asia. The pending decision pies two cropical economies, each heavily dependenr on courism
SPUN YARN nacive American culcures chriving along ics shores. Smich's 1612 map resulcing from chese exploracions was che firsc accurace depiccion of che Chesapeake and served as che definicive map of che region for nearly a cenrury. His noces describing che indigenous people and che Chesapeake Bay ecosyscem are scill widely scudied by hiscorians, environmenral scienciscs, and anchropologiscs. The Caprain John Smich Four-Hundred Projecc is an educacional iniciacive of Sulrana Projeccs, Inc., undercaken co commemorace che four-hundredch anniversary of chis imporcanc evenr. In che meamime, Sul ran a Projeccs, Inc. is building a reproduccion of John Smich's shallop in Chescenown, MD, co panicipace in che inauguracion ofche new John Smich Chesapeake National Wacer Trail during the summer of 2007 . ... The Hiscoric American Engineering Record (HAER) of che Nacional Park Service is seeking black & whice phocos of SS United States for documenracion of che ship for che Library of Congress. If you have large formac B&W phocos of che ship, please comacc che SS Uniced Scaces Foundacion ac: rhwescover@ssunicedsraces. org; Ph. 703 625-3037. For more informacion abouc HAER, visic cheir web sice ac: www.cr.nps.gov . . . Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia was presented with a 7-foot scale model of USS Monterey (CVL-26) during a ceremony in May. Ray Guyecce, who builc che model, donaced ic co che museum in che
and che milicary, in direcc compecicion for more defense dollars. The US cerricory of Guam, che largesc of che Norchern Mariana Islands, is a mosdy rural island of 160,000 people. Locaced jusc a few hours by plane from che Korean peninsula and che Taiwan Scraics, Navy and Air Force land covers a chird of che island. This year, che Air Force srarced roracing F- l 5s co Guam from Idaho and B-2s co che island from Missouri. 1hree accack submarines have been based here in che pasc chree years. Hawaii is headquarcers for che US Pacific Command, whose cerricory spreads from che Wesc Coasc co che Indian Ocean. . .. This summer, Congress passed legUSS Moncerey model and former crewmembers. islation authorizing a feasibility study for the establishment of a National Historic Trail on the Chesapeake Bay chac would crace che roures of John Smich's 1608 expedicion. This is a significam seep forward in che effon co escablish che John Smich Chesapeake Nacional Wacer Trail, a cencral goal of che Capcain John Smich Four Hundred Projecc. In 1608, Caprain name of a former crewmember of che ship, John Smich and fourceen English colonises William Terheun (2nd row, 3rd from lefc sec ouc on a journey co explore and map in phoco). A wreach-laying ceremony also che Chesapeake Bay. Covering more chan cook place co commemorace che sai lors 1,700 miles in jusc over chree monchs, who served aboard che ship. • . • A new Smich and his men saw a Chesapeake Bay e-publicacion produced by S. Daniel chac is scarcely imaginable coday, wich ics Smich, war Stories journal, requests ecosyscem incacc and wich a mulcicude of stories from current and former mem-
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bers of the armed forces. Firsc person narracives and phocos will depicc warcime and peacecime accivicies. (S. Daniel Smich, 12201 Mara Lynn Rd. #7204, Licde Rock, AR 722 11 ; Ph. 501 217-9004; e-mai l: sdansmich@gmail.com) ••• The Praeger Explorations in World Maritime History series is looking for maritime historians to author individual volumes in the series. The books are inrended co be narracive surveys chac serve as praccical incroduccions or handbooks co cheir copies. The books will be marketed coward general readers and advanced high school and college-level scudems. Individual cides may be wriccen by one or more auchors. Concacc series edicor, Lincoln Paine ac LPainel@maine.rr.com. Mr. Paine is an edicor and hiscorian whose books include
Ships ofthe World: An Historical Encyclopedia and Down East: A Maritime History of Maine. • . . The Historic Naval Ships Association has a new address. Please updace your informacion co: (HNSA, 409 Main Sc., Smichfield, VA 23430-1375; Ph. 757 356-9422; Fax: 757 356-9433; email: info@hnsa.org) ... In March, che DeTour Reef Light in Lake Huron was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Two months later, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm named the DeTour Reef Light Preservation Society (DRLPS) as a recipient of the Governor's Award for Historic Preservation. Creaced in 2003, che awa rd recognizes individuals, developers, corporacio ns, academic insricucions, and unics of governmenr chac have undenaken rehabiliracion of hiscoric resources or archaeological excavacions, or implemenred sound public policy co promoce preservacion. DRLPS has worked si nce 1998 co rescore and preserve che DeTour Reef Lighc locaced a mile offshore in norchern Lake Huron. Builc in 1931 , che lighchouse is a scracegic and hiscoric landmark chat marks a reef endangering ship craffic between Lake Huron and Lake Superior via che Sc. Mary's River. Rescoracion was compleced in 2004 and public cours began this pasc summer. (DFLPS, POB 307, Drummond Island, MI 49726; www. SEA HISTORY 112, AUTUMN 2005