History

The seventh U.S. Navy ship named Hornet was an early aircraft carrier commissioned in October 1941. USS Hornet...

1943 January The Navy’s aircraft carrier hull number 12 was originally slated to be commissioned as the USS Kearsarge....

Apollo Splashdown This exhibition explores the space programs that flourished after WWII during America’s Space Race with the...

The R.E. Richey Collection (Accession No.: 2009.009)Robert Richey of Munhall, Pennsylvania served as a Photographer’s Mate aboard USS...

Dean "Diz" Laird Diz was born on February 7, 1921 in Loomis, California. He enlisted in the Navy...