Wright's picks for Cool Naval Web sites

United States Navy: Firepower for Freedom

Cool Naval Web sites that are worth a look

Navy ship Quick Find: Can't find it? Try here.

http://www.history.navy.mil/ - The home page for the Naval Historical Center in Washington D.C.

USS Constitution

The senior combantant of the US Navy. Severing America with honor for 202 years.
My you continue to serve America with Honor and Distinction.

USS CONSTITUTION

OldIronsides

http://www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org

http://www.USSconstitution.navy.mil/gallaryx.htm - Large collection of photos of Old Iron sides.

USS Monitor

USS Monitor - The first "modern warship" which revolutionized the world navals forever.

Battleships

www.Battleships.com. One word says it all, the armored fist of the fleet!

U.S. Battleship development - Naval architecture development from USS Monitor to the USS Indiana to the mighty USS Iowa class battleships.

http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/history/marshall/military/USN/battleships/ - large directory of battleship info in text form.

USS Arizona USS Arizona (BB-39) USS Arizona Memorial - Operated by the National Park Services. Pearl Harbor Remembered website Pearl Harbor extended webpage
USS Iowa USS IOWA(BB-61) Veterans Association - New address Iowa Class Preservation Association USS Iowa Memorial http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/history/marshall/military/USN/battleships/bb61.txt
USS Indiana USS Indiana BB-58 Home Port USS Massachusetts USS Massachusetts (BB-59)
USS Missouri Home Page USS Missouri (BB-63) http://www.battleship.org/bremerton.htm USS Missouri underway to Pearl Habor and really good photos of her. http://warship.simplenet.com/Missouri.htm
USS Nevada USS Nevada (BB-36)
USS New Jersey
Battleship New Jersey Historical Museum Society Links Page (BB-62) USS North Carolina USS North Carolina (BB-55) USS Pennsylvania USS Pennsylvania (BB -38) - Her proud history and combat record
USS South Carolina USS South Carolina (BB-26)
USS South Dakota USS SOUTH DAKOTA (BB-57) - The proud Battlship "X" http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/history/marshall/military/USN/battleships/bb57.txt
USS Texas Battleship Texas (BB35) America's Oldest Surviving Battleship, and the only true Dreadnought existing. USS Texas D-day +50 http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/history/marshall/military/USN/battleships/bb35.txt http://www.spanamwar.com/texas.htm - The Spanish-American war veteran - Updated location.
USS Wisconsin USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) Association BATTLESHIP WISCONSIN INTERNET ASSOCIATION USS Washington
USS Washington BB56 Home Port - The only US Battleship to destroy an enemy battleship in a gunnery duel.
During the third Naval Battle of Guadalcanal USS Washington and USS South Dakota engaged a larger Japanese battlegroup, and blew away the IJN Kirishima in a slugfest of epic proportion.
The Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal was also a slugfest of legendary porportions.
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/academic/history/marshall/military/USN/battleships/bb56.txt

IJN Yamato
Watch this space

The Maginficent Yamato, largest battleship ever built is now being studied on the bottom of the south China Sea for preservation by the people of Kure, Japan where Yamato was constructed.

CLICK here for USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) recient contact with the research ship Ocean Voyager during her exploration of IJN Yamato's grave.
3D Modeling Yamato website -

HMS Hood and DKM Bismarck

Battle Cruiser Hood- The H.M.S. Hood On-Line Resource. Pride of the Royal Navy, and for twenty years the largest warship in the world.
British Navy Ships -- HMS Hood ( 1920 - 1941 ) More information about Her great history and proud name.
The Hunt for the Battle Cruiser Hood
DKM Bismarck Homepage - Now in a new location
DKM Tirpitz Homepage- Now in a new location

Hunt for the DKM Bismarck
DKM Scharnhorst: The Crew Photo Album.
http://www.warships1.com/GERbb08_Bismarck.htm

HMS Rodney
H.M.S Rodney Home page- The guns that sank the Bismarck.

General Battleship sites
U.S. World War II Battleships and Battlecruisers - Really cool site.
The Battleship Page
Battleships, Carriers And All Other Warships - Great web site of a large number of ship and aircraft. A virtual "www.all worlds Battleships.kaboom.com" on one place. Check out his favorite links page - Great sourse of websites

US Naval Fire Support Association - Convencing argument for reactivation of unique Battleship firepower. No other weapon system ever created has been usefull for 50 years plus.

Navy & Military Affairs page of Chuck Hawks - Good essays on battleship and battlecruiser designs

Battle of Jutland (Skagerrak) - The Grandady of all battleship gunfights.

British Battleships of World War 2

British Dreadnoughts

Comprehensive Battleship Lists Discovery Channel Online- Battleships

Imperial Japanese Navy Page - Nihon Kaigun This is one of my all time favorite naval webpages - (Outstanding page!)

IJN Mikasa: Admiral Togo's Flagship at the Battle of Tsushima.

WARSHIPS OF WWII

ASSOCIATION OF GUNNER'S MATES A Sight for all Gunner's Mates and my rating in the Navy.

Naval Discussion Groups brought to you by John Schultz, webmaster of NavShips History ring.

Carriers

USS Enterprise (CVN-65)

USS Enterprise home page

History of Ships named Enterprise - Probabily the most famous ship name of all time

The search for the USS Yorktown (CV-5) is complete!
Join Dr. Robert Ballard onboard the research ship Laney Chouest at: nationalgeographic.com

HMS Ark Royal

USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3)

USS Carl Vinson - good site.

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower - Because we like Ike.

USS Essex - the LHD that is.

USS George Washington

USS Harry S. Truman Homepage - The ship that should be the USS United States but isn't.

USS Hornet - The Historic Aircraft Carrier USS HORNET CV-12, CVA-12, CVS-12 Foundation Home Page.

USS Indpendence

USS Lexington ( CV-16)

USS Theodore Roosevelt - Named for my favorite President.

Cruisers (CA, CGN, CG)

Heavy Cruisers

Jeff Newell's webpage for his ship: USS Albany (CG-10)

USS Indianapolis (CA-35)

The Tragedy of the USS Indianapolis

USS Indianapolis Records 1898-1991

Pensacola boy to clear skipper's name - From the headlines of the Northwest Florida Daily News. Saturday, 4 April 1998.

USS Salem (CA -139)

USS Salem (CA-139) heavy cruiser- One of only two Heavy Cruisers left in the world :-(

USS Salem picture gallery

USS Canberra (CA-70, CAG-2)

USS Columbus (CA-74, CG-12) "The Tall Lady"

Nuclear Cruisers

USS Arkansas (CGN-41) - Last of the excellent Virginia class cruisers.

USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) Homepage

USS Long Beach (CGN-9) - The first surface Nuclear warship, and now prime scrap metal

USS South Carolina (CG-37) Web Page

Aegis Cruisers

USS Ticonderoga (CG47) - Class ship of Aegis Cruisers.

USS Yorktown (CG48) - The "Smart cruiser"

USS San Jacinto (CG56)

USS Philippine Sea (CG58)

USS Princeton (CG 59) Homepage

USS Normandy (CG60)

USS Cowpens (CG-63)

USS Gettysburg (CG64)

USS Chosin CG-65 homepage

USS Hue City (CG66)

USS Shiloh (CG 67) Homepage

USS VICKSBURG (CG 69) homepage

Destroyers

USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692)

The Greyhound Navy: Spruance-Class Destroyers

USS Spruance (DD 963) - Class ship

USS Hewitt (DD 966) Homepage

USS John Rodgers (DD 983)

USS FIFE (DD-991)

USS Arthur W. Radford (DD 968)

USS Thorn (DD988) Quarterdeck

Commander, Destroyer Squadron 23

Commander, Destroyer Squadron SEVEN (COMDESRON 7)

Official USS SCOTT (DDG-995) Homepage

USS Chandler DDG-996

USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) Home Page

USS John S. McCain (DDG-56)

USS Mitscher (DDG-57)

USS Laboon (DDG 58)

USS Ramage (DDG-61) Homepage

USS Milius (DDG-69)

USS McFaul (DDG-74)

USS ROSS DDG71

USS STETHEM (DDG 63)

USS DECATUR (DDG 73) HOMEPAGE

PCU Donald Cook (DDG 75)

USS (PCU) O'KANE (DDG 77)

SC-21

HMS Exeter - wonderful Quicktime QTVR sight.

Submarines

Subnet: Cyberspace Association of U.S. Submariners (CAUSS) - large listing of US submarines

Navy Images - Submarines

Pacific Submarine Force

The USS Albany (SSN-753) Home Page

U.S. Navy - The Submarines

General naval and history sites

International Shellback website

warship.simplenet.com/ Modeling site, with links to other naval websites.

http://naval-station.norfolk.va.us/sage.html. The Museum Sage in Norfolk.

American Ships in the Spanish-American War

World War II Plus 55

The Hiroshima Project: Guided Tour by Carey Sublette. One of my brother's website.

The High Energy Weapons Archive - A Guide to Nuclear Weapons by my brother.

Menu Page USS AUSTIN LPD-4

HATS OFF MILITARY HATS, MUGS, PATCHES

Air and Space Smithonian Magazine

CINCPACFLT: Home Page. (love that acronym!)

Commander Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet ships

Aircraft

F-4 Phantom II Society Home Page - Celebrating 30 years of Fabulous Phantoms

Joe Baugher's Homepage - Aircraft Serials numbers for Air Force, Navy, and USMC.

Confederate Air Force Homepage

French Naval, Marine nationale

Garrett's SkyHole - A Marine Diary: Experiences on Guadalcanal by J. R. Garrett

General History page - huge listing of history related sites

The Battle Off Samar Home Page - One of most tragic and the finest moments in American Naval history

Navy web sites - Huge list of DOD Navy websites

NAVAL HISTORY Web Site - A Publication of the U.S. Naval Institute

Naval History - offical Naval Historical center

Newport News Ship Building: The only place on earth that can build supercarriers, submarines, or anything else for that matter. Both carriers to bare the honored name USS Enterprise were built here.

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard: Grave yard for the nukes.

SS United States - America's superliner and the fastest oceanliner ever built.(42 knts!) Built at Newport News shipbuilding.

Titanic sites

RMS Titanic: Her Passengers and Crew

Titanic Historical Society

RMS Titanic, Inc.

Titanic Online - Discovery channel site

The Titanic Information Site - Huge database of information on the great ship.

Titanic Information Site: Links - Links from the above site.

RMS Titanic - Fabulous movie of the ill fated ship, if you haven't seen it yet go and check it out. I feel like I've really been aboard the great ship after seeing this movie.