DECK LOG From the Chairman's Desk... A NEW PRESIDENT ... On behalf of the board of trustees, I am extremely pleased to announce that we have elected Burchenal Green the new president of the National Maritime Historical Society. Burchie joined the Society eleven years ago. Working for Norma and Peter Stanford, she learned the importance of the Society's work as a national voice for the maritime heritage. Following the retirements of Peter Stanford and Patrick Garvey, she has run the organization since 2002 as Executive Vice President. Under Burchie's leadership, we have advanced the Society's priorities and goals by furthering the excellence of Sea H istory, developing a web site with important maritime resources, working in close cooperation with organizations involved in promoting and preserving our seafaring heritage, bringing the resource of our 7,000 volume library to the NMHS President Burchenal Green public, and publishing more educational materials. Working closely with the NMHS board, Burchie has established a sound financial basis for the Society and has increased our membership to give us a more powerful voice. AND A NEW"WEB SITE ... We are also pleased to announce that the NMHS web sire at www.seahistory.org has been expanded and given a thoroughly new design, and we hope you will promote it to friends, schools and organizations. NMHS's Janet Miller and Julia Church spearheaded this project, working with webmaster Brigham Pendleton, ofBrigham Pendleton D esigns. You will find a wealth Burchie climbs aboard the USCG barque of information on the Society, historic Eagle from a Coast Guard cutter as Assistant ships that need preservation, a calendar Parade M arshall in the I 998 Parade of Sail of maritime-related events, and wonthe Society organized on the Hudson River. d er fiu1 items ¡ c th e h ol"d to b uy wr 1 ays. Encourage young people yo u know to visit the "Sea History for Kids" section for both play and study. WALTER R. BROWN, Chairman
CVS Demolishes New York Central No. 16 It is with a heavy heart I report that CVS Pharmacy destroyed New York Central No. I 6, the 1924 steam rug featured in our previous issue. No one could have worked harder than Charles Schneider to save the tug. The C ity of Bayonne had committed to preserving and displaying it in a park overlooking the harbor where it had toiled so long; McAllister Towing agreed to move it from Cape Cod to Bayonne; Gladsky Marine of New York offered to move it from the McAllister tow and place it in the Bayonne park. Thousands of dollars were pledged and checks arrived here at headquarters to pay for the one final part of the process-the move from the parking lot CVS had purchased for a new store in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, to the dock, just one mile down the road. In the week before the deadline, CVS allowed parts to be stripped and demolished the boar. We were sadly dismayed by this callous disregard of any effort to preserve our nation's heritage by one of America's well-known retailers. Not that anyone cared, but I took my CVS card and threw it unceremoniously into the garbage pail. The priorities of those who could have helped so easily are an outrage, but they will make us stronger in our resolve to win the next battle. BuRCHENAL GREEN, President
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OFFICERS & TRUSTEES: Chairman, Walter R. Brown; Vice Chairman, Richardo R. Lopes; President, Burchenal Green; Treasurer, Ronald L. Oswald; Secretary, Thomas F. Daly; Trustees, Paul F. Balser, David S. Fowler, Virginia Steele Grubb, Rodney N. Houghton, Steven W Jones, Robert Kamm, Richard M. Larrabee, Warren Leback, Guy E. C. Maitland, Karen Markoe, John R. McDonald Jr., Michael McKay, James J. McNamara, Howard Slotnick, Bradford D. Smith, H. C. Bowen Smith, Philip J. Webster, William H. White; Trustees Elect, Daniel Green, Philip ]. Shapiro, Captain Cesare Sario; Chairmen Emeriti, Alan G. Choate, Guy E. C. Maitland, Craig A. C. Reynolds, Howard Slotnick; President Emeritus, Peter Stanford FOUNDER: Karl Kortum (191 7-1996) OVERSEERS: Chairman, RADM David C. Brown; Walter Cronkite, Clive Cussler, Richard du Moulin, Alan D. Hutchison, Jakob Isbrandtsen, John Lehman, Warren Marr, II, Brian A. McAllister, John Stobart, W illiam G. W in terer NMHS ADVISORS: Co-Chairmen, Frank 0. Braynard, Melbourne Smith; D. K. Abbass, George F. Bass, Francis E. Bowker, Oswald L. Brett, RADM Joseph F. Callo, Francis J. Duffy, John W. Ewald, Timothy Foote, William Gi lkerson, Thomas Gillmer, Walter J. Handelman, Steven A. Hyman, Hajo Knuttel, Gunna r Lundeberg, Joseph A. Maggio, Co nrad Mi lste r, W illiam G. Muller, David E. Perkins, Nancy Hughes Richardson, Shannon J. Wall SEA HISTORY EDITOIUAL ADVISORY BOARD: Chairman, Timothy J. Runyan; Norman ]. Brouwer, Robert Browning, William S. Dudley, Daniel Finamore, Kevin Foster, John 0. Jensen, Joseph F. Meany, Lisa No rling, Ca rla Rahn Phillips, Walter Rybka, Quentin Snediker, William H. White
NMHS STAFF: Executive Director, Burchenal Green; Membership Director, Nancy Schnaars; Director of Marketing, Steve Lovass-Nagy; Marketing & Executive Assistant, Julia Church; Accounting, Jill Romeo; Membership Assistant, Jan e Maurice SEA HISTORY Editor, Deirdre E. O 'Regan; Advertising Representative, Wendy Paggiotta; Editor-at-Large, Peter Stanford; "Sea History for Kids" is edited by Deirdre E. O ' Regan
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