Deck Log Research and Discovery Await You on Our Newly Designed Website “Can you see anything?” Lord Carnarvon, his patron, asked English archaeologist Howard Carter when he first peered into the tomb he had just discovered of King Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. “Yes,” he answered, “Wonderful things.” And that is what you will find on our website, www.seahistory.org, which we’ve expanded and given a whole new look. The Resources section, for example, has been vastly enhanced, with a searchable index covering every issue of Sea History and links to relevant sites for research and extensive online image galleries. This section also has a link directly to Peter McCracken’s website, ShipIndex.org, which boasts information on more than 150,000 ships—and counting. For more than a decade now, research librarian and maritime historian Peter McCracken has written Sea History’s Maritime History on the Internet feature, highlighting helpful internet research resources and innovative search strategies. In addition to his columns hyperlinked in Sea History’s searchable index (under the heading “Maritime History on the Internet”), you can also find summaries and additional resources on our website at www.seahistory.org/maritime-history-on-the-internet. Students will want to check out the new Sea History for Kids section for researching their history or marine science projects, or simply to browse around and learn about maritime careers, marine animals, ships in history, and more. “Animals in Sea History,” written and illustrated by Richard King in each issue of Sea History, now has its own easy-tofind section on the website as well. Even if you’re not a student, you might want to give this section a look; a lot of adult Sea History readers tell us that Rich’s fun and informative feature on animals is one of their favorite parts of the magazine! Thanks to a matching grant by the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area/Heritage Development Grant Program, we have updated Sea History’s Guide to Maritime Programs and Cultural Sites: New York Region print edition with a user-friendly online guide. This was first published in 2004 with funding from the Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation, Inc., the James A. Macdonald Foundation, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The Museum Finder link is particularly useful, since you can search for maritime museums and institutions across the country using various criteria— region, ships, historic sites, Council of American Maritime Museums (CAMM) affiliation, etc. Unlike the golden treasures of King Tut’s tomb, the wonderful resources in the NMHS website will continue to expand and grow, and there will be constant new marvels for you to discover. —Burchenal Green, NMHS President 4
NATIONAL MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLISHER’S CIRCLE: Peter Aron, Guy E. C. Maitland, Ronald L. Oswald OFFICERS & TRUSTEES: Chairman, Ronald L. Oswald; Vice Chairman, Richardo R. Lopes; President, Burchenal Green; Vice Presidents: Deirdre O’Regan, Wendy Paggiotta, Nancy Schnaars; Treasurer, Howard Slotnick; Secretary, Jean Wort; Trustees: Charles B. Anderson; Walter R. Brown; Christopher J. Culver; William S. Dudley; David S. Fowler; William Jackson Green; Karen Helmerson; Richard M. Larrabee; Guy E. C. Maitland; Capt. Brian McAllister; CAPT Sally Chin McElwreath, USN (Ret.); Michael W. Morrow; CAPT James A. Noone, USN (Ret.); Richard Patrick O’Leary; Erik K. Olstein; ADM Robert J. Papp Jr., USCG (Ret.); Timothy J. Runyan; Richard Scarano; Philip J. Shapiro; Capt. Cesare Sorio; William H. White; TrusteeElect, Denise Krepp; Chairmen Emeriti: Walter R. Brown, Alan G. Choate, Guy E. C. Maitland, Howard Slotnick FOUNDER: Karl Kortum (1917–1996) PRESIDENT EMERITUS: Peter Stanford (1927–2016) OVERSEERS: Chairman, RADM David C. Brown, USMS (Ret.); RADM Joseph F. Callo, USN (Ret.); George W. Carmany III; James J. Coleman Jr.; Clive Cussler; Richard du Moulin; Alan D. Hutchison; Gary Jobson; Sir Robin Knox-Johnston; John Lehman; Capt. James J. McNamara; H. C. Bowen Smith; John Stobart; Philip J. Webster; Roberta Weisbrod NMHS ADVISORS: George Bass, Francis Duffy, John Ewald, Timothy Foote, Steven A. Hyman, J. Russell Jinishian, Gunnar Lundeberg, Conrad Milster, William G. Muller, Stuart Parnes, Nancy Hughes Richardson, Bert Rogers, Joyce Huber SEA HISTORY EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Chairman, Timothy Runyan; Norman Brouwer, Robert Browning, William Dudley, Daniel Finamore, Kevin Foster, John Jensen, Joseph Meany, Carla Rahn Phillips, Walter Rybka, Quentin Snediker, William H. White NMHS STAFF: Executive Director, Burchenal Green; Membership Director, Nancy Schnaars; Membership Coordinator, Jean Marie Trick; Marketing Director, Steve Lovass-Nagy; Comptroller, Anjoeline Osuyah; Staff Writer, Shelley Reid; Director of Development, Jessica MacFarlane; Membership Assistant, Irene Eisenfeld; Executive Administrator, Janis Nieves SEA HISTORY: Editor, Deirdre O’Regan; Advertising, Wendy Paggiotta Sea History is printed by The Lane Press, South Burlington, Vermont, USA.
SEA HISTORY 164, AUTUMN 2018