Preble Hall

Sea of Thunder by Evan Thomas Spirit of the Sammy B by Robert Copeland The Making of the Deep Submergence Vehicle Limiting Factor :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb5j9oeZCm0&t=46s Caladan Oceanic Samar Battlefield Expedition:  https://caladanoceanic.com/expeditions/samar/ Caladan Oceanic Press Release:  https://caladanoceanic.com/expeditions/samar/pressrelease/ Parks Stephenson Explorations...

Abby talks to Evan Wilson of the U.S. Naval War College about Napoleon and his escape from Elba. The article we discuss can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2021.1940517. Evan's website is http://evanwilson.org/.

Dr. Kate Epstein of Rutgers University-Camden discusses her work on early 20th century relations between the US and the UK, their navies, and the development of the torpedo.

Link to Dead in the Water on Amazon.com

What happened to strategic planning in the Navy after the end of the Cold War? Associate Professor Marcus O. Jones  and Dr. Tyler Pitrof (US Naval Academy) interview Captain Peter M. Swartz, USN (Ret.) on his unusual career and unique insight into strategic planning in the US Navy in the late- and immediate post-Cold War periods. This is a continuation of episode 140.

Astronaut Wendy Lawrence –Celebrating STS-86 – The Story of “Too Tall & Too Short” - & Missions to Mir: https://youtu.be/qnFIOAmy8tY AstraFemina: https://astrafemina.org/  

What was it like to be at NATO headquarters during the collapse of the Eastern Bloc? Associate Professor Marcus O. Jones  and Dr. Tyler Pitrof (US Naval Academy) interview Captain Peter M. Swartz, USN (Ret.) on his unusual career and unique insight into strategic planning in the US Navy in the late- and immediate post-Cold War periods. This is a continuation of the story begun in episode 124.

The Surface Navy Association lecture / discussion mentioned in this episode can be found via the SNA facebook page.  It was entitled - Naval Heritage Program: The Mining and Saving of USS Princeton and USS Tripoli During Desert Storm: https://www.facebook.com/navysna/videos/230965752544249

Sea Trials have become a major event at the end of every academic year at the Naval Academy. What are they and how did they start? In this episode Major Robert Shea, USMC, talks about today's sea trials while CAPT Shiho Rybski and CAPT Mike Wisecup recall how a few midshipmen kicked them off in the mid 1990s.

Find   Underwriters of the United States: How Insurance Shaped the American Founding here.

The play, "A Close Call," is read through by midshipmen volunteers at the Museum known as the "Monuments Mids." They provide countless support to the preservation and education mission of the Naval Academy Museum.

Dr. Claude Berube, Director of the USNA Museum, and Dr. Jerry Hendrix, a retired Navy Captain and former Director of the Naval History and Heritage Command, interview Captain James Lovell, USN (Ret), USNA Class of 1952 and NASA Astronaut

How did the Navy end up with one fighter to rule them all-- the F/A-18E/F? Associate Professor Marcus O. Jones and Tyler Pitrof (US Naval Academy) interview Vice Admiral Joseph Dyer, USN (Ret.) on his role as chief test pilot of the United States Navy and in the birth of the true "strike fighter." Due to recording in the Naval Academy's wargaming lab, there is some electronic interference in this...

LCDR Tony Nahitchevansky, USN-Ret, joins Stephen Phillips to discuss responding to and rendering safe an Exocet missile aboard USS Stark (FFG-31) during "The Tanker War" after the ship was mistaken by an Iraqi Air Force aircraft as an Iranian Tanker on the night of May 17, 1987.

This interview was conducted in November of 2021 following Dr. Jones' special lecture on his book at the United States Naval Academy.

Long-time listeners will note new music for the intro. The piece was composed and recorded by Greg Mutersbaugh for The Joint Geeks of Staff podcast, which is also hosted by the US Naval Academy Museum

Abby talks to Dr. Laura June Davis about maritime sabotage in the Civil War: Confederate boat burners.

Army Week 2020 Preble Hall Podcast:  The Class of 1992's Great Mule Caper

Website for Stan Haynes:  www.stanhaynes.com Stan Haynes on facebook: HERE . Amazon book page for And Tyler No More :   HERE          

What was the "Maritime Strategy"? Associate Professor Marcus O. Jones (US Naval Academy) interviews Captain Peter M. Swartz, USN (Ret.) on his unusual career and unique insight into strategic planning in the US Navy in the late- and immediate post-Cold War periods. This is a continuation of the interview begun in episode 124.

Read more and subscribe to Consolation Prize at https://consolationprize.rrchnm.org/. Preble Hall is a podcast of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum.

Naval History and Heritage Command Publications can be found at: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/publications.html The U.S. Air Force History Books can be found at: https://www.afhistory.af.mil/Books/Titles.aspx Flight of the Intruder by Stephen Coonts: Flight of the Intruder on Amazon.com In Love and War by James and Cybil Stockdale: In Love and War on Amazon.com    

What did it take to join those responsible for US naval strategic planning during the Cold War? Associate Professor Marcus O. Jones (US Naval Academy) interviews Captain Peter M. Swartz, USN (Ret.) on his unusual career and unique insight into strategic planning in the US Navy in the late- and immediate post-Cold War periods. Preble Hall is produced by the United States Naval Academy Museum http:/...

Guy's piece on Operation Neptune: https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1944/overlord/operation-neptune.html   America's First Frogman: https://www.amazon.com/Americas-First-Frogman-Draper-Kauffman/dp/1591140986/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Preble Hall is a podcast of the United States Naval Academy Museum.

Abby talks to Ben Schaffer, whose paper "The Sloop Mary: How One 17th-century Massachusetts Naval Vessel Navigated the Golden Age of Piracy, the Glorious Revolution, the Salem Witchcraft Trials, and Imperial War" won the Clark G. Reynolds Student Paper Award from the North American Society for Oceanic History.    Uncorrected transcript of this episode available here .   Preble Hall is a podcast of...