The Navy Art Collection reflects on "The Battle of Midway". This episode showcases various works of art depicting the Battle of Midway that took place between June 4th and June 7th, 1942. The battle resulted in a significant victory for the U.S. and is often referred to as the turning point of the War in the Pacific during World War II. Navy Art Reflects is a video series intended to showcase and educate the public on events, people, and time frames from U.S. Naval history through the various art works held in the Navy Art Collection.
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), aboard the Office of Naval Research (ONR)-owned research vessel (R/V) Atlantis, visited and documented the final resting places of two U.S. Navy sunken military craft off San Diego with the human-occupied vehicle (HOV) Alvin in late February 2025.
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Naval History and Heritage Command announced a logo competition for the new National Museum of the United States Navy, April 30, 2025.
Since 2017, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) has conducted an essay-writing contest that focuses on understanding how lessons from naval history can inform today’s leadership
Within the buildings that make up Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), there are corridors of archives. The long aisles of documents, located on the Washington Navy Yard, are home to one of the Navy’s most comprehensive documentation of naval operations, the Command Operations Reports (COR).
For over two centuries the U.S. Navy has operated across the globe, each ship documenting its every move. The meticulous time keeping and tracking of a ship’s events and movements provide the Navy with detailed records for historical safekeeping. Entries made 24 hours a day, seven days a week without fail can get rather repetitive so in keeping with the holiday spirit the Navy has a time-honored tradition – the New Year’s Deck Log poem...
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Naval History and Heritage Command released its newest publication, Best Beloved: The Wartime Letters of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to His Wife, Catherine, online, Nov. 19, 2024.
