News & Events
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Das Boot Event At Patriots Point, 17-19 July
Posted: Jun 29, 2011As part of the “do Deutsch” series of events on German culture and language organized by the German missions and the Goethe-Institut locations in the United States, the film Das […]
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Naval Aviator #3, John Henry Towers 1911
Posted: Jun 27, 2011On 27 June 1911 Lieutenant Junior Grade John Henry Towers reported for duty and instruction in flying at the Curtiss School, Hammondsport, New York. LTJG Towers would become Naval Aviator […]
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Rough Seas – Video Thursday 6.23.11
Posted: Jun 23, 2011It’s Video Thursday and today’s theme is rough seas…our first video is of a cruise ship in heavy seas, I don’t think any of the passengers will be looking for […]
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Cold War Shootdown 1955
Posted: Jun 22, 2011On 22 June 1955 a P2V Neptune from Navy Patrol Squadron Nine (VP-9) was flying a routine maritime patrol in the Bering Strait. The aircraft was at 8000 feet altitude […]
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PBY's Fly Non-stop 3,292 Miles In 1937
Posted: Jun 21, 2011Twelve PBY-1 Catalina aircraft from Patrol Squadron 3 (VP-3) flew 3,292 miles nonstop from San Diego, California, to Coco Solo in the Canal Zone on 21 June 1937. Under the […]
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Ensign Devotie Billingsley, First Naval Aviator Casualty 1913
Posted: Jun 20, 2011On 20 June 1913 Naval Aviation lost its first aviator when Ensign Devotie Billingsley fell from his aircraft. In the early days of Naval Aviation, aviators wore no torso harness […]
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Naval Aviator Richard Byrd Departs On His First Polar Expedition 1925
Posted: Jun 17, 2011Lieutenant Commander Richard Byrd departed Boston 17 June 1925 onboard the SS Peary, a former minesweeper, with three Loening amphibian aircraft on loan from the Navy. He was headed to […]
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Blue Angels and Bearcats Video Thursday 6.16.11
Posted: Jun 16, 2011Enjoy these two awesome videos showing the Blues and Bearcats…the beginning of amazing Blue Angel history! I love the sounds of those radial engines!!!
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Everyday Is Flag Day At Patriots Point!
Posted: Jun 14, 2011On 14 June 1777, the Continental Congress passed a resolution which stated: Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union […]
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USS Yorktown Rescues Fifty-three Merchant Sailors 1960
Posted: Jun 10, 2011On 10 June 1960, seven helicopters from HS-4 flying from the USS Yorktown (CV-10) rescued 53 merchant sailors from the British freighter Shun Lee which had run aground on Pratas […]