Keywords: U.S. Navy
Item 102276
Young men wanted for U.S. Navy World War I poster, ca. 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Media: Ink on board
Item 149062
Three sailors on the U.S. Navy docks, seen from overhead, Portland, ca. 1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1944 Location: Portland Media: Film negative
Item 110183
US Naval Receiving Station additions and alterations, Portland, 1940-1944
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1940–1944 Location: Portland Client: Public Works Office Architect: United States Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks
Exhibit
Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island
Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.
Exhibit
George Henry Preble of Portland, nephew of Edward Preble who was known as the father of the U.S. Navy, temporarily lost his command during the Civil War when he was charged with failing to stop a Confederate ship from getting through the Union blockade at Mobile.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford
"U.S. Flagship Hartford A recreation of a possible piece of correspondence of a shipman: Gunboat Kennebec Off Thomaston Maine April 23,1862 Dear…"
Site Page
"In 1996, the U.S. Navy named a Roll-on/Roll-off cargo ship U.S.N.S. Gordon in honor of Gary Gordon. He received many awards after he died, but the…"
Story
How 20 years in the Navy turned me into an active volunteer
by Joy Asuncion
My service didn't end when I retired from the Navy
Story
Moving from Washington to Maine with the Navy
by Tom Jarvis
Maine's forests, mill history, and volunteer work keep me here