Ahoy, There's a meeting planned for this Saturday (January the 5th at 9:30 am 'til about 11 or so) for next years 1906 Steam Tug BALTIMORE activities. If you...
It has been pointed out that Navy uniforms and leather gear was turned out at the shipyards or in the case of uniforms sometimes while underway. Who made these...
Mike: There were nine Navy shipyards at: Sackett's Harbor, NY Mare Island, Vallejo, CA Portsmouth, NH (/Kittery, ME) Charlestown, MA Brooklyn, NY Philadelphia,...
... Mike, He runs his business through his website at http://www.crchilds.com/index.htm On the website is his contact information, which I have copied over ...
Mike, Add the following to the Confederate yards: Halifax Navy Yard at Halifax, NC Rocketts Navy Yard, Richmond, VA Charlotte Navy Yard, Charlotte, NC If I...
Thanks, Chris! I knew there had to be some holes in that list. Regards, Chuck Veit President, Navy & Marine Living History Association www.navyandmarine.org...
There was another Confederate Naval yard across the river from Rocketts Navy Yard and attached to the Richmond and Danville Railroad, and is shown on a map on...
Mike and Chris, I believe that the yards in Carondelet, Mo, where J. Eads constructed half of the City Class Ironclads qualify for the list, the other half ...
Tom, Thanks! As you say, it depends on who you read. The yards I listed were all of the Federal Navy Yards at the start of the war, plus Cairo. I do think that...
Everything I have read about the dress jacket for CW enlisted says medium sized buttons. Looking at the Waterbury site the Navy buttons come in four or five...
Correct me, if I am wrong, but I think that they were about the same size as the Buttons on the Army's or Marine's jackets. So, I want to say that was roughly ...
... jacket are 1 inch. The Army and MC buttons are 1 1/4. Waterburry will not sell them in units of less than a gross. If you would loke some, I have them...
You can buy the large and small "M" type buttons at www.twoflagssutlery.com tell him RD sent you, maybe a discount I remain; Your Brother in Christ Robert E....
I have seen several references to a"hair mattress" being issued during the war. Would this mattress be what some sutlers call mattress ticking? Would this...
I am looking for digital images of a number of naval officers from the Civil War. If anyone on this forum has any idea of any that exist please send them to...
Mike, I'm thinking the term applies more to the stuffing of the mattress being horse hair. I've seen some canvas mattress shells ("fart sacks" from my navy...
Andrew: If you find a pic of Loyall, PLEASE let me know. I am currently finishing a small book on Constellation veterans who "went south", and Loyall served...
... exactly what they sound like. They were made of ticking material which is a light cotton canvas that is blue and white striped, very fine stripe. They...
Steve, I have a feeling that will be the hardest to find (except maybe A.S. Worth). David Sullivan told me he's been looking for a photo of Loyall for 15...
Hello all, I remember reading about the Savannah River Squadron (CSA) and their sailors were issued hammocks and matts. I am not sure what sort of matt or...
Hello Steve, That is interestng about the issue and change thereof in WWII. My mother and uncle served in the Navy during WWII. She was in some sort of Naval...
Hey Mike, It is intersting to say the least. They were dressed up in some strange costumes also. My uncle explained it all to me. I went into the army at 17 in...
Hey y'all, I have mentioned before that my mom and uncle served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and their father (all were Rodgers) in WWI (served aboard the USS...
USS Coral Sea CVA-43 10 May 1975..............shellback :)In fact we crossed the line 4 times that cruise. Only time in 7 voyages. We were on our way to Perth,...
Hello again George, I know this is not about the CW, but yep, I trtied to get in on all that in South East Asia. I joined the Army in June of '72 at age of 17....
Dave, Towed targets for Marine Air Group-32 that were stationed In MCAS Beaufort in 1970. geo -- In cwnavyandmarineforum@yahoogroups.com, "David Middleton...
