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	Naval History-related Web Sites Within this page: Official Naval and Military History Programs U.S. Navy, Merchant Marine, and Coast Guard Museums Navy Web Sites U.S. Navy Ships Department of Defense Government Web Sites for History Naval Aviation Underwater Archaeology History by significant periods: Early Civil War World War I World War II Korean War Vietnam War The Cold War Naval and Maritime Museums Historic Ships Veterans Organizations Newsgroups Official Naval and Military History Programs Naval Historical Center - Washington Navy Yard. Marine Corps Historical Center Naval War College Naval War College Museum, Newport, RI Air Force Historical Research Agency American Battle Monuments Commission Army Center of Military History Army Institute of Heraldry Coast Guard Historian's Office Home for Heroes The Armed Forces Retirement Home features profiles of some of the residents of the homes in Washington, D.C. and Biloxi, MS. These veterans share the stories of their military service. Military History Institute, U.S. Army War College U.S. Navy Hospital Corps and Dental Technician History Page Includes histories of corps and names of medical personnel killed in action U.S. Navy, Merchant Marine, and Coast Guard Museums American Merchant Marine Museum, Kings Point, NY Curator of Ship Models, Carderock, MD National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL Naval Academy Museum , Annapolis, MD Naval Undersea Museum, Keyport, Washington Seabee Museum, Port Hueneme, CA Submarine Force Museum/USS Nautilus, Groton, CT U.S. Coast Guard Museum, New London, CT USS Constitution, Boston, MA, oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world Return to Top of Page Navy Web Sites Naval Research Laboratory Naval Web Sites Navy Online's list of Navy web site by category Navnews This week in Navy news Navy Fact File Information on the aircraft, ships, ordnance and people of the U.S. Navy Navy OnLine Introduction to the Navy's online services Navy Recruiting for Navy Jobs U.S. Naval Academy Return to Top of Page U.S. Navy Ships Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Home Pages for active U.S. Navy ships List of U.S. Navy Ships List of all active duty Navy ships, with their homeports Naval Vessel Register Official inventory of U.S. Navy ships and service craft National Maritime Initiative List of Publicly Accessible Large Historic Vessels Submarine Centennial Website Marking the 100th Anniversary of the submarine in 2000 Return to Top of Page Department of Defense BosniaLINK What's the latest with the Navy and the other services in the Adriatic and ashore in Bosnia? Coast Guard Home Page Defense Almanac 1999 Information and statistical material about the Department of Defense - its people, organization, equipment and funding DefenseLINK Umbrella page for the Department of Defense DENIX: Defense Environmental Network & Information Exchange Environmental, conservation and preservation issues Directorate for Information Operations and Reports DOD source for official statistics for World War II to the present Joint Electronic Library Naval Reserve Secretary of Defense United States Army Home Page Index United States Marine Corps Home page Return to Top of Page Government Web Sites for History Government Printing Office Naval History publications Library of Congress National Archives National Park Service National Personnel Records Center Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum National Museum of American History Non-Government Sites The following web sites are NOT DoD-operated and are NOT ENDORSED BY DoD. While we make no promises about the reliability of the information or operation, these web sites contain information on the U. S. Navy and are provided as starting points. Naval and Military History Sites: General Military History from the University of Kansas Naval Historical Foundation a private, non-profit organization that supports the Naval Historical Center USS Salem by Andrew Toppan Includes excerpts from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships online U.S. Commission on Military History U.S. Naval Institute U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation Washington, DC World Wide Web Virtual Library: Naval and Maritime Return to Top of Page Naval Aviation U.S. Navy Airship Picture Book "Vulture's Row" Naval Aviation information. VPNavy U.S. Navy Patrol Squadrons Return to Top of Page Underwater Archaeology Underwater Archaeology: Related Web Sites Return to Top of Page Naval History by Periods or Wars Early History John Paul Jones Articles and resources The Captain's Clerk History and documents on USS Constitution War of 1812 Website Includes articles on Canada in the War of 1812 1906 San Francisco earthquake Naval operations during the earthquake, from the Museum of the City of San Francisco Return to Top of Page Civil War The American Civil War Washington College site Matthew Fontaine Maury Father of Naval Oceanography and Meteorology Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion Cornell University is starting to put these volumes online as part of their "Making of American" digital library series U.S. Civil War Center Louisana State University's index to Civil War sites Return to Top of Page World War I The World War I Document Archive Return to Top of Page World War II U.S. Naval Armed Guard U.S. Naval Armed Guard Veterans Organization Site contains much information on the Naval Armed Guard, their training, as well as Liberty, Victory ships, and troopships Hypertext History of the Second World War A comprehensive project to place major documents and service histories online Iwo Jima Home Page Patrol Craft Sailors Association Pearl Harbor Remembered Pearl Harbor Site Purdue University's site includes text of investigations of the Pearl Harbor attack PT Boat Page Return to Midway National Geographic Society Exhibit Troop Ship Crossings U.S. Merchant Marine World War II experiences of Naval Armed Guard, merchant ships, and the men who manned these vessels. The United States Navy in World War II Primary source documents VP Navy U.S. Navy Patrol Squadrons in World War II Return to Top of Page Korean War Korean War Project Includes database of casualties and reunions Korean War Veterans National Museum & Library Return to Top of Page Vietnam Mobile Riverine Forces Vietnam Mobile Riverine Force Association Provides photographs, unit awards citations, and other historical information relating to the ships, boats, and support bases of the Mobile Riverine Force Brown Water Navy, 1969 Troop deployments, photographs, medical evacuation histories, and other information on Mobile Riverine Boats, support ships and bases. No Quarter: The Vietnam Casualty Search Page Index to names on the Vietnam Veteram's Memorial Wall The Swift Boat Home page Dedicated to the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard members of Operation Market Time-Task Force 115 from 1965-70 Vietnam Veterans Home Page Return to Top of Page Cold War Era USS Liberty Memorial Page A survivor of the 1967 attack runs this site USS Scorpion Includes Court of Inquiry on loss of vessel Desert Storm Willie Victor Roster: Roster and personnel of the Navy's Lockheed "Warning Star" aircraft from 1949 to 1982 Return to Top of Page Naval and Maritime Museums Council of American Maritime MuseumsList of American maritime museums Decatur House Home of Stephen Decatur, Washington, DC Robert Smith's Master Index to World Wide Maritime Museum Internet Resources (Includes list of maritime museums with web sites) U.S. Maritime Museum Association Site for USS Pampanito, San Francisco U.S.S. Constitution Museum Boston, MA Return to Top of Page Historic Ships Historic Naval Ships Association Lists historic naval ships by location and name. Individual Ship's Home Pages USS Bonhomme Richard (CVA31) USS Bowfin (SS-287) USS Charles Ausburne, flagship of "31-Knot" Burke USS Constellation, in Baltimore harbor USS Hoga (YT-146), only Pearl Harbor survivor afloat USS North Carolina USS Oakland (CL-95) USS Washington Return to Top of Page Veteran's Organizations American Veteran and Military Links Guide to veteran's associations and benefits Military Network Information for members of the Armed Services, including reunions The War Library List of online military and veteran's home pages Return to Top of Page Newsgroups H-War: Military History Network Subscribe to history discussion groups on a variety of topics Several Internet newsgroups offer discussion of U.S. Navy and general naval topics. If your Internet Service Provider allows links to newsgroups, here are some addresses to get you started: alt.military.sci alt.folklore.military sci.military.naval sci.military.moderated soc.history.war.misc soc.history.war.us-revolution soc.history.war.vietnam soc.history.war.world-war-ii soc.veterans Return to Top of Page