Scuttlebutt: Official Podcast of the National Museum of the Surface Navy

Emmy-winning aerial cinematographer DAVID ALAN ARNOLD shares the wild reality of flying in the Bering Sea, how he built a career from nothing, and why he looks forward to LA Fleet Week year after year. 👇 Follow David Website: https://davidalanarnold.com/ Instagram: ‪@airbornecamera‬ Facebook: ‪@DavidAlanArnold‬ YouTube: ‪@DavidAlanArnold‬   * * * * Want to ❤️ Support the ship? https://www.pacific...

"The people we're rescuing are trying to kill us." Because we're driven by curiosity and we know both an MH-60 S ("God's chariot") pilot and an aviation rescue swimmer, we thought we should get them together to talk shop.  Kevin Borough and Brian Dickinson share behind-the-scenes insights and hair-raising tales in this fascinating glimpse into the world of Navy s...

We went off-roading for this episode. We're off the ship and on the dock, exploring the space that's about to become the Freedom of the Seas pavilion. Curious about anything? Drop your questions in the comments and we'll answer them in the next episode! For visuals check out the YouTube version of this podcast. * * * * Want to ❤️ Support the ship? https://www.pacificbattleship.com/d...

Command Master Chief Octavia Harris , USN (Ret.) is one of those amazing humans you feel blessed to have a conversation with. A fortuitous meeting with a savvy hull technician recruiter led to her ground-breaking 30+-year career in the Navy. She sits down with us to talk about what it's like to rise from a 17 year-old recruit to a command master chief. It's a brief masterclass in leaders...

You want behind the scenes? Boy do we have it for you in this episode. Buckle up and join Kyle Aube, Mike Nguyen, Hall Roosevelt, and Marann Fengler for a bumpy ride! Curious about anything? Drop your questions in the comments and we'll answer them in the next episode! * * * * Want to ❤️ Support the ship? https://www.pacificbattleship.com/donate/donate-online ⚓ Come aboard for a tour? https:...

Meet PBC's newest board members, Phil Bloom, founder and president of American Scenic Design, and Joshua Wexler, CEO of Fun at Pure Imagination Studios. These two heavy hitters in the worlds of entertainment and amusement park experience design lead the teams bringing the National Museum of the Surface Navy to life aboard Battleship IOWA. They graciously took time out of their busy schedules...

We decided you don't have enough chances to hang out with our team and find out what life aboard the battleship is really like, so we're bringing you behind the scenes. Curious about anything? Drop your questions in the comments and we'll answer them in the next episode! * * * * Want to ❤️ Support the ship? https://www.pacificbattleship.com/donate/donate-online ⚓ Come aboard for a...

Our 2025 Freedom of the Seas Award recipient, CDR Victor Vescovo, USNR (Ret.) is epic and remarkable. His list of accomplishments reads like an adventure novel: he's climbed Everest, flown in space, been to the bottoms of all five oceans, found the deepest shipwrecks ever located, and more. What's his WHY? What drives him to push boundaries and take the risks he does? Find out as we retu...

Meet Navy flyers Kevin Borough and Jack Tribolet. Neither dreamed of being a pilot - one, in fact, actively avoided it, but both ended up driving rescue helos for the Navy.  Buckle up for some hair-raising tales of scary weather in this episode of Scuttlebutt! Find the first half of this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md7m3fmyKM4 * * * * Want to ❤️ Support the ship? https://www.paci...

We just talked to a rescue swimmer (https://youtu.be/2d_uQT1fHEU?si=R1iF0wvPyeBHfOMm). We figured we ought to talk to his taxi drivers, too. Meet Navy flyers Kevin Borough and Jack Tribolet. Neither dreamed of being a pilot - one, in fact, actively avoided it, but both ended up driving rescue helos for the Navy.  How did their journeys take them to the MH-60 Sierra? Find out in this episode of Scu...

Brian Dickinson has been a part of an elite unit in the US Navy: he's a retired Navy aviation rescue swimmer. That not adventurous enough for you? He's also one of two people to have stood on the roof of the world completely by himself. Join us for his incredible story. For more, check out his website and his new book Calm In The Chaos comes out TODAY - Tuesday, Oct 29. You can find it a...

Brian Dickinson has had been a part of an elite unit in the US Navy: he's a retired Navy aviation rescue swimmer. That not adventurous enough for you? He's also one of two people to have stood on the roof of the world completely by himself. Join us for his incredible story. For more, check out his website and his new book Calm In The Chaos comes out next Tuesday, Oct 29. https://www.bria...

Battleship IOWA Museum's first chairman of the board and former Iowa state senator Jeff Lamberti joins the gang to reminisce about the adventure of saving the ship from the mothball fleet. Prepare for some laughs as we share previously untold stories from Suisun Bay and Richmond, and the days when the budget was so tight, we had to ration generator hours. * * * * Want to ❤️ Support the ship?...

Former Iowa state senator and the first chairman of Battleship IOWA's Board, Jeff Lamberti was there for the pins-and-needles moments back in 2011 when saving the ship was still a huge question mark. He jumped into a Scuttlebutt recording earlier this year to reminisce about those crazy times and how it's really a miracle we're here! * * * * Want to ❤️ Support the ship? https://www....

Here's Part 2 of our conversation with Travis Davis, Vice President of Ship Operations for Battleship TEXAS. In this podcast he shares behind the scenes info on the recent drydocking and restoration of the world's oldest battleship. * * * * Want to ❤️ Support the ship? https://www.pacificbattleship.com/donate/donate-online ⚓ Come aboard for a tour? https://www.pacificbattleship.com/muse...

We've been trying to get this guy on the podcast for a while. He's Travis Davis, Vice President of Ship Operations for Battleship TEXAS and he's had an interesting few years. In this podcast he shares behind the scenes info on the recent drydocking and restoration of the world's oldest battleship. Part 2 coming soon. * * * * Want to ❤️ Support the ship? https://www.pacificbattl...

We're excited to introduce the latest restored and working space aboard Battleship IOWA. It's the new home for our podcast: IOWA's 1980s TV studio. Welcome to NEPM Studio 61A! In this episode we sit down with IOWA's Innovation Engineering & Technology (IE&T) Team manager Gary Lopes for a chat about what it was like to restore the ship's 1980s television studio to i...

Out of the blue a few months ago, we got an email from a young man from the Philadelphia area. Aydin Diaby is 19 and a self-taught model maker. When he and his brother visited Battleship IOWA in April 2023, Aydin was so inspired, he went home, literally made a 4-foot model of the ship on his own, then reached out to let us know what he'd done. We were intrigued, and our communications team -...

Vice Admiral Nora Tyson, USN (Ret) is a woman of many firsts: - First woman to be navigator on a carrier - First woman to the first woman to command a carrier strike group in 2010 (She embarked with USS GEORGE H. W. BUSH (CVN 77) in the Mediterranean Sea on its maiden deployment in support of operations in both U.S. 6th and 5th Fleets)  - First woman to command the forward-deployed Singapore-based...

Vice Admiral Nora Tyson, USN (Ret) is a woman of many firsts: First woman to be navigator on a carrier (USS Lexington ) First woman to the first woman to command a carrier strike group in 2010 (She embarked with USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Mediterranean Sea on its maiden deployment in support of operations in both U.S. 6th and 5th Fleets)  First woman to command the forward-deployed Sing...

We're back for another season of SCUTTLEBUTT and we're starting off by sharing a new YouTube channel addiction: What's Going On In Shipping (https://www.youtube.com/@wgowshipping). Dr. Sal Mercogliano is a retired merchant mariner and chairman of the history department at Campbell University. In his spare time,  he likes to talk about what's going on in the world of shipping. W...

We're back for another season of SCUTTLEBUTT and we're starting off by sharing a new YouTube channel addiction: What's Going On In Shipping (https://www.youtube.com/@wgowshipping). Dr. Sal Mercogliano is a retired merchant mariner and chairman of the history department at Campbell University. In his spare time,  he likes to talk about what's going on in the world of shipping. W...

Los Angeles Port Police Community Relations Officers Stacey Creech and Aldo Morales are near and dear to our hearts here at Battleship IOWA. They have our backs during any event we have that involves the public, most notably LA Fleet Week , and they do everything with kindness and unending good humor. We decided to show them off on our podcast and let you get to know why we love them.  PS Did you...

Los Angeles Port Police Community Relations Officers Stacey Creech and Aldo Morales are near and dear to our hearts here at Battleship IOWA. They have our backs during any event we have that involves the public, most notably LA Fleet Week , and they do everything with kindness and unending good humor. We decided to show them off on our podcast and let you get to know why we love them.  So what&apo...

Joe Sienkiewicz from NOAA's Ocean Predictions Center (otherwise known as our favorite "weather guesser") is our ace in the hole when it comes to inclement weather that's headed our way. He's been instrumental in helping us stay on top of how to prepare for events like Tropical Storm Hilary. This former tug boat operator sat down with us for a fascinating (did you know the...