2023 HNSA Conference Aboard Slater This Year
The 2023 HNSA conference will be aboard USS Slater (Destroyer Escort Historical Museum) from 18-21 September 2023. Stay tuned for more details! read more
The 2023 HNSA conference will be aboard USS Slater (Destroyer Escort Historical Museum) from 18-21 September 2023. Stay tuned for more details! read more
The Louisiana Naval War Memorial Commission, which operates the USS KIDD Veterans Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, seeks an Executive Director to provide leadership and to execute the goals and objectives of the Commission. This position is full-time and salaried. You must be able climb shipbo...read more
We are excited to announce that the 2022 Historic Naval Ships Association (HNSA) Conference will be held in Hawai‘i and hosted by the Battleship Missouri Memorial! Mark your calendars, the conference will take place from Tuesday, September 13 through Friday, September 16 in the heart of ...read more
The pandemic’s been hard on a lot of us, whether we’re students, professionals, parents, or floating museums. In that last category, we have the USS Lexington, a storied American aircraft carrier that saw significant action in World War II and was later converted into a museum, station...read more
[caption id="attachment_4440" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Tom Hanks takes on Nazi U-boats in his new World War II drama Greyhound. (Photo from SONY)[/caption]Tom Hanks is back in a charismatic World War II role as Navy Capt. Ernest Krause in the film Greyhound. The movie, based on C.S. Forester...read more
Battleship North Carolina recently received a $7,000 CAP grant for collections assessment. The Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program is a joint effort of the Institute of Museum and Library Services - an independent Federal agency, and the Foundation for Advancement in Conservation t...read more
On Friday, 20 May 2020, several HNSA organizations around the country sounded their ship whistles as an honor to all healthcare workers and first responders on the front lines battling COVID-19. The initiative began as an idea of Kevin Osgood and his team at the Door County Maritime Museum in Sturge...read more
[caption id="attachment_4433" align="aligncenter" width="567"] Mariners’ Museum conservation staff watch as one of the USS Monitor’s Dahlgren guns is hoisted out of a tank Tuesday February 25, 2020. The conservators cleared out the gun’s barrel using a custom made boring machine and the event ...read more
[caption id="attachment_4429" align="aligncenter" width="465"] CDR John A. Benda, USN (U.S. Navy Photo)[/caption]On 29 Feb 2020, CDR John A. Benda, USN, relieved CDR Nathaniel R. Shick as commanding officer of the USS Constitution at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Charlestown, MA. CDR Benda, becomes t...read more
[caption id="attachment_4419" align="aligncenter" width="535"] Photo of the Check Presentation to HNSA (Chuck Merkel, HNSA)[/caption]The National Association of Destroyer Veterans ("Tin Can Sailors") is a long-time Associate Member of Historic Naval Ships Association and its Executive Director, Terr...read more