A History of the Navy in 100 Objects: Recent Episodes
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The U.S. Naval Academy Museum, the Nimitz Library Special Collections, and Archives Department and their partners proudly present "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects."
Video 100 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on the bridge between the past and the future in the US Navy and Marine Corps and the experiences of past and present leaders in the Navy and Marines.
Video 99 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on the US Marine expeditionary force in Tianjin, China in the 1920s.
Video 98 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on the history of Submarines.
Video 97 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on the birth of the US Navy.
Video 96 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on James Ward, the first commandant of Midshipmen and the impact of the civil war on USNA.
Video 95 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on the development of aviation.
Video 94 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on the history of aircraft carriers in the United States.
Video 93 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on a comparison of the Imperial Japanese Battleship Yamato and the American USS Missouri, and models of the two.
Video 92 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on the sinking of the USS Maine, and naval officers as diplomatic figures.
Video 91 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on ADM Farragut, the USS Hartford and Mobile Bay.
Video 90 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on the 1952 Navy Olympic Crew team.
Video 89 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on the US flag that was present at the opening of Japan in 1853 as well as the WWII surrender.
Video 88 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on the Lend Lease Act.
Video 87 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on Michael Hodge's Navigation Book.
Video 86 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on Commodore Charles Stewart.
Video 85 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on the reflections of CAPT John McCain (ret), USNA Class of 1958.
Video 84 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about a 12-foot-long, 1:12 scale, model of the USS Forrestal.
Video 83 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the Missile from Attack on USS Stark during the Tanker War in the 1980s.
Video 81 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about General Douglas MacArthur.
Video 82 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the 1992 movie Patriot Games.
Video 80 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the Vietnam POWs.
Video 79 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the Commodore Preble.
Video 78 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the Somers Mutiny.
Video 77 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about Philo McGiffins.
Video 76 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the a 19th century letterbook.
Video 75 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the Iwo Jima Memorial.
Video 74 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the WWII surrender table.
Video 73 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about ironclads.
Video 72 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about ADM Crowes Medals hat.
Video 71 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about Charles Wilkes bicorn hat.
Video 70 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about Charles Zimmerman.
Video 69 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about Robert Reem's Medal of Honor.
Video 68 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about Vietnam POW Memorabilia from CAPT McGrath.
Video 67 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about Decking Wood from the USS Franklin.
Video 66 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the the ship model.
Video 65 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the the Saturn 5 rocket.
Video 64 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the south pole book.
Video 63 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about a wax seal.
Video 62 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the south pole book.
Video 61 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about a model of the Bonhomme Richard.
Video 60 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about a model of the Bonhomme Richard.
Video 59 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about captured British flags from the war of 1812.
Video 58 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the USS Panay Incident.
Video 57 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the Mexican-American War.
Video 56 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about Worden Field.
Video 55 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on a sword made by tiffany co that was stolen in 1930 and it's recovery over 70s years later.
Video 54 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about a Operation Torch during WWII.
Video 53 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about a photo album made by a Seabee.
Video 52 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about a German war diary from U505.
Video 51 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the Enigma Machine.
Video 50 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about Admiral Marc Mitscher.
Video 49 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about a Japanese Bomb Arming Vane from WWII.
Video 48 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about ship models.
Video 47 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about British and American ship models.
Video 46 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about a WWII Japanese Radio Headset.
Video 45 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about Charles Lindberghs book We.
Video 44 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about Charles Lindberghs book We.
Video 43 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the Momsen Lung.
Video 42 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the Medal of Honor awarded to Cassin Young.
Video 41 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about fabric and metal pieces from NC-4, which was the first airplane to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
Video 40 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about a Bronze Bust of Admiral Richard Byrd
Video 39 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the Greenbury Point Radio Towers.
Video 38 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about a replica of Wright Brothers Model B Airplane.
Video 37 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the Marine Doughboy Helmet from WWI.
Video 36 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about a Mine Buoy From the WWI North Sea Mine Barrage.
Video 35 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about Albert Michelsons Light Experiments.
Video 34 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This episode focuses on the voyage of the Great White Fleet, and what better way to remember a long trip than through a scrapbook. Today's object is the scrapbook of a crew member who was a part of this famous voyage, and it helps tell the story of what it was like to sail around the world as part of the one of the most powerful naval surface fleets ever assembled.
Video 33 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the Atlantic Fleets cruise around the world.
Video 32 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about Commodore George Dewey.
Video 31 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about electricity on naval ships.
Video 30 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about U.S. territories.
Video 29 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about polar exploration and the Jeannette Expedition Monument.
Video 28 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the Corean Incident of 1871.
Video 27 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses naval punishments.
Video 26 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses the epaulettes belonging to John Dahlgren.
Video 25 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses the pay stubs of David Bushnell, the inventor of the submarine.
Video 24 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses a wooden letter opener from the wood of the CSS Shenandoah.
Video 23 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses the technological innovations such as the Engine Order Bell and the Telegraph aboard the USS Kearsarge.
Video 22 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses the model ships for the USS Constitution and the HMS Guerriere.
Video 21 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses the steam engines and the Model of Demologos.
Video 20 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses the Cyanne Journal.
Video 19 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses souvenirs brought back by early Navy Squadrons.
Video 18 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses the Tripoli Monument.
Video 17 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses the Mameluke Sword from the Assault on Derna, Tripoli, 1805.
Video 16 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses Naval Academy Class Rings.
Video 15 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses the Herndon Monument.
Video 14 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses a Midshipman's Training Journal.
Video 13 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses a Midshipman's dirk belonging to Stephen Decatur.
Video 12 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses a dented Cannon captured from the HMS Confiance.
Video 11 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses the famous Dont Give Up The Ship Flag.
Video 10 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses a turreted gunboat model designed by Commodore Preble.
Video 9 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses a sextant used in the Battle of Lake Eerie in 1813.
Video 8 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses an anchor from the USS Constitution.
Video 7 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is part 1 about women in the Navy.
Video 6 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the USS Constitution.
Video 5 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about ironclad ships.
Video 4 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about a wooden model of the HMS Minerva.
Video 3 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about bone ship models.
Video 2 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about political cartoons.
Video 1 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the father of the U.S. Navy.