A team of scientists and explorers aboard Exploration Vessel Nautilus located and imaged the lost bow of USS New Orleans (CA 32) for the first time, July 7, 2025.
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...
