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War College (NWC) staff members move ships during a wargame reenactment of the Battle of Jutland at NWC in Newport, Rhode Island

War College (NWC) staff members move ships during a wargame reenactmen...

NEWPORT, R.I. (May. 10, 2016) U.S. Naval War College (NWC) staff members move ships during a wargame reenactment of the Battle of Jutland at NWC in Newport, Rhode Island. The historical World War I naval battle... More

Building H9, located aboard Naval Station Norfolk,

Building H9, located aboard Naval Station Norfolk,

Building H9, located aboard Naval Station Norfolk, houses the special collections, artifact storage and processing areas, and archives for the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. The facility is located across the stre... More

Kate Morrand, an artifact conservator at Naval History and Heritage Command, inspects a piece of pottery recovered from the wreck of the sloop-of-war USS Scorpion.

Kate Morrand, an artifact conservator at Naval History and Heritage Co...

WASHINGTON (Aug. 20, 2010) Kate Morrand, an artifact conservator at Naval History and Heritage Command, inspects a piece of pottery recovered from the wreck of the sloop-of-war USS Scorpion. The ship was scuttl... More

Members of the CSS Georgia salvage project watch as a 17,000-pound guillotine, used to break up pieces of CSS Georgia, is raised from the Savannah River.

Members of the CSS Georgia salvage project watch as a 17,000-pound gui...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (Aug. 17, 2015) Members of the CSS Georgia salvage project watch as a 17,000-pound guillotine, used to break up pieces of CSS Georgia, is raised from the Savannah River. Navy divers assigned to MD... More

A piece of casemate which served as an outer layer of armor for the Confederate navy ironclad CSS Georgia is raised from the Savannah River.

A piece of casemate which served as an outer layer of armor for the Co...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (Aug. 23, 2015) A piece of casemate which served as an outer layer of armor for the Confederate navy ironclad CSS Georgia is raised from the Savannah River. Navy divers assigned to Mobile Diving a... More

Submitted photo by Clay Farrington. Service members

Submitted photo by Clay Farrington. Service members

Submitted photo by Clay Farrington. Service members from Naval Support Activity-Hampton Roads polish a ceremonial quarterdeck bell in preparation for a Vietnam War Veterans Day Commemoration ceremony aboard Joi... More

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CASABLANCA, MOROCCO (April 6, 2019)

190406-N-PM781-005 CASABLANCA, MOROCCO (April 6, 2019)

190406-N-PM781-005 CASABLANCA, MOROCCO (April 6, 2019) Rear Adm. Matthew A. Zirkle, chief of staff, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, and Inspector General of the Royal Moroccan navy Rear Adm. Mostapha El Alami,... More

Katherine Renfrew, registrar with the Hampton Roads

Katherine Renfrew, registrar with the Hampton Roads

Katherine Renfrew, registrar with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, shows some of the artifacts that are stored at the Special Collections and Museum annex aboard Naval Station Norfolk. The tour of the facility f... More

Staff members from the Hampton Roads Naval Museum inscribe

Staff members from the Hampton Roads Naval Museum inscribe

Staff members from the Hampton Roads Naval Museum inscribe their signatures and words of wisdom on a portion of their new exhibit which chronicles the US Navy’s role during the Vietnam War. The exhibit is slate... More

CS1(SW/AW) Robert P. Gabales, assigned to Naval Weapons

CS1(SW/AW) Robert P. Gabales, assigned to Naval Weapons

CS1(SW/AW) Robert P. Gabales, assigned to Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, re-enlisted this morning in-front of members of his command and family with the iconic turret #1 as a backdrop. The Wisconsin is moored ... More

Elijah Palmer, Deputy Director of Education at the

Elijah Palmer, Deputy Director of Education at the

Elijah Palmer, Deputy Director of Education at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, leads a tour of the new exhibit spaces under construction at the naval museum for museum volunteers. The museum’s new exhibit “The ... More

Members of the Tidewater Officers Spouses Association

Members of the Tidewater Officers Spouses Association

Members of the Tidewater Officers Spouses Association (TOSA) visited the Hampton Roads Naval Museum on the opening day of their new exhibit. The immersive new exhibit, “The Ten Thousand-Day War at Sea: the US N... More

191205-N-WZ681-1056 - A group of men standing next to each other holding a framed picture

191205-N-WZ681-1056 - A group of men standing next to each other holdi...

WASHINGTON (Dec. 5, 2019) Retired Adm. John Harvey (left) applauds following the presentation of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Thomas Evert Petri (center) and Lou Podolske (right) during an awards cermony a... More

Rick Brown, a volunteer docent with the Hampton Roads

Rick Brown, a volunteer docent with the Hampton Roads

Rick Brown, a volunteer docent with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, leads a tour for a group of Sailors assigned to the USS Wasp (LHD-1) of the museum’s gallery. During the tour, sailors had the opportunity to ... More

GSE1(SW/EXW) Ali Saleh talks candidly before his

GSE1(SW/EXW) Ali Saleh talks candidly before his

GSE1(SW/EXW) Ali Saleh talks candidly before his re-enlistment ceremony aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64). The USS Wisconsin is an Iowa-Class battleship that is moored permanently as a museum ship next to the Ha... More

IT2(SW) Jefferson Cocohoba, from the USS Arleigh Burke

IT2(SW) Jefferson Cocohoba, from the USS Arleigh Burke

IT2(SW) Jefferson Cocohoba, from the USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) re-enlisted today aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64). The Wisconsin is an Iowa-Class Battleship that is moored permanently next to the Hampton Roads... More

Museum Educators Zach Smyers and Alicia Pullen with

Museum Educators Zach Smyers and Alicia Pullen with

Museum Educators Zach Smyers and Alicia Pullen with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, take a self-guided tour of the USS Wisconsin (BB 64). The tour started on the main decks and went through some of the spaces a... More

A view from the fantail of the USS Wisconsin (BB 64)

A view from the fantail of the USS Wisconsin (BB 64)

A view from the fantail of the USS Wisconsin (BB 64) overlooking the Elizabeth River. The Wisconsin is an Iowa-Class Battleship that is moored permanently next to the Hampton Roads Naval Museum and Nauticus in ... More

190507-N-YG104-0002 NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (May 7, 2019)

190507-N-YG104-0002 NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (May 7, 2019)

190507-N-YG104-0002 NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (May 7, 2019) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Russell Smith signs his command cruise book at the Naval Heritage and History Command exhibit during Sea-Air... More

Jim Leuci, MCPO, USN (Ret.), a volunteer at the Hampton

Jim Leuci, MCPO, USN (Ret.), a volunteer at the Hampton

Jim Leuci, MCPO, USN (Ret.), a volunteer at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, shows sailors some of the artifacts stored at the museum’s special collections and archives facility aboard Naval Station Norfolk. The... More

Hand sanitizing stations and signage encouraging visitors

Hand sanitizing stations and signage encouraging visitors

Hand sanitizing stations and signage encouraging visitors about on-going COVID-19 mitigations are pictured in the empty gallery of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, located in Norfolk. The museum’s gallery has be... More

MA1(SW) Mark Bruce from VAW-124 re-enlisted today on-board

MA1(SW) Mark Bruce from VAW-124 re-enlisted today on-board

MA1(SW) Mark Bruce from VAW-124 re-enlisted today on-board the USS Wisconsin (BB-64). The Wisconsin is a museum ship moored permanently next to the Hampton Roads Naval Museum in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia. The... More

Service members with the UK Royal Navy are pictured

Service members with the UK Royal Navy are pictured

Service members with the UK Royal Navy are pictured in-front of turret #1 aboard the USS Wisconsin during a promotion ceremony. They are assigned to the Naval Ocean Processing Facility, Dam Neck; located in Vir... More

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WASHINGTON (October 12, 2018) The

181012-N-HP188-0112 WASHINGTON (October 12, 2018) The

181012-N-HP188-0112 WASHINGTON (October 12, 2018) The Navy's birthday cake on display during a visit of Honor Flight Bay Area (California) to the National Museum of the U.S. Navy. Naval History and Heritage Com... More

Submitted photo by Frank Chagnon, from the Virginia

Submitted photo by Frank Chagnon, from the Virginia

Submitted photo by Frank Chagnon, from the Virginia Beach Photo Fanatics; a photography club. Candid scenes from the 8th Annual LEGO Brick by Brick Shipbuilding Event, held on Saturday, February 2, 2019. The ev... More

A portion of the on-site archives at the Hampton Roads

A portion of the on-site archives at the Hampton Roads

A portion of the on-site archives at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. (US Navy Photo by Max Lonzanida/Released).

ABF3 Stephanie K. Starley, assigned to the US Navy

ABF3 Stephanie K. Starley, assigned to the US Navy

ABF3 Stephanie K. Starley, assigned to the US Navy Air Mobility Command Terminal in Norfolk, re-enlisted this morning in-front of members of her command and family with the iconic turret #1 as a backdrop. The W... More

Crewmembers assigned to the Whidbey Island-Class Dock

Crewmembers assigned to the Whidbey Island-Class Dock

Crewmembers assigned to the Whidbey Island-Class Dock Landing Ship USS Tortuga (LSD-46) pose for group pictures aboard the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64). (US Navy Photo by Max Lonza... More

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted a dual promotion

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted a dual promotion

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted a dual promotion ceremony aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) this afternoon. LT Leonard Deprisco and LT Fitzgerald, both from the Naval Network Warfare Center in Suffolk, Vir... More

LEGO models of the CSS Virginia and USS Monitor are

LEGO models of the CSS Virginia and USS Monitor are

LEGO models of the CSS Virginia and USS Monitor are pictured in the Civil War Gallery of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. Both represent two of the over 200+ LEGO models of varying difficulty that visitors can b... More

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CASABLANCA, MOROCCO (April 6, 2019)

190406-N-PM781-001 CASABLANCA, MOROCCO (April 6, 2019)

190406-N-PM781-001 CASABLANCA, MOROCCO (April 6, 2019) Rear Adm. Matthew A. Zirkle, chief of staff, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa, and Inspector General of the Royal Moroccan navy Rear Adm. Mostapha El Alami,... More

Representative Bobby Scott, of Virginia’s 3rd Congressional

Representative Bobby Scott, of Virginia’s 3rd Congressional

Representative Bobby Scott, of Virginia’s 3rd Congressional District boards the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) in preparation for the battleship’s 75th Commissioning Anniversary. (US... More

HM2(SW/IW/AW) Tyler Page re-enlisted aboard the

HM2(SW/IW/AW) Tyler Page re-enlisted aboard the

HM2(SW/IW/AW) Tyler Page re-enlisted aboard the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship, USS Wisconsin (BB-64) this afternoon. The ceremony was hosted by the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, one of ten museums under th... More

Museum Director, John Pentangelo (left) visits with

Museum Director, John Pentangelo (left) visits with

Museum Director, John Pentangelo (left) visits with Capt. Jerome Hinson, CHP, USN, Fleet Chaplain with US Fleet Forces Command (center) and Capt. Gordon Paulson, CHP, USN (Ret.) during an evening moderated pane... More

Visitors to the Historic Pennsylvania House are greeted

Visitors to the Historic Pennsylvania House are greeted

Visitors to the Historic Pennsylvania House are greeted by members of the Tidewater Officer’s Spouses Association’s (TOSA) Holiday Homes Tour aboard Naval Station Norfolk. Pennsylvania House was originally an e... More

Courtesy photo by Emma Hummer. The Hampton Roads Naval

Courtesy photo by Emma Hummer. The Hampton Roads Naval

Courtesy photo by Emma Hummer. The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted a re-enlistment aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB 64). BM3(SW) Douglas McLain proudly held up his right hand and re-enlisted today in front of mem... More

The first guided engine room tour aboard the USS Wisconsin

The first guided engine room tour aboard the USS Wisconsin

The first guided engine room tour aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB 64) of 2019. This below deck tour is offered through Nauticus, and takes visitors through compartments and engineering spaces that are generally cl... More

ET2(SW/AW) Christina Moreno, assigned to the Nimitz-Class

ET2(SW/AW) Christina Moreno, assigned to the Nimitz-Class

ET2(SW/AW) Christina Moreno, assigned to the Nimitz-Class Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) re-enlisted aboard the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB 64) on April... More

Mayor Kenneth C. Alexander, of the City of Norfolk,

Mayor Kenneth C. Alexander, of the City of Norfolk,

Mayor Kenneth C. Alexander, of the City of Norfolk, boards the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) to participate the battleship’s 75th Commissioning Anniversary. He is greeted at the qua... More

HT1(SW/AW) Devyann E. Wilder, assigned to the San-Antonio

HT1(SW/AW) Devyann E. Wilder, assigned to the San-Antonio

HT1(SW/AW) Devyann E. Wilder, assigned to the San-Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) re-enlisted this afternoon aboard the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64)... More

HM2(SW/IW/AW) Tyler Page re-enlisted aboard the

HM2(SW/IW/AW) Tyler Page re-enlisted aboard the

HM2(SW/IW/AW) Tyler Page re-enlisted aboard the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship, USS Wisconsin (BB-64) this afternoon. The ceremony was hosted by the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, one of ten museums under th... More

Keith Nitka, Operations Manager aboard the Battleship

Keith Nitka, Operations Manager aboard the Battleship

Keith Nitka, Operations Manager aboard the Battleship Wisconsin conducts a bried shout out in support of Navy Week Madison. Capturing the video is MC2 Livingston and MC3 Llanos, both assigned to Navy Public Aff... More

Retired Rear Admiral Samuel Cox, Director, Naval History

Retired Rear Admiral Samuel Cox, Director, Naval History

Retired Rear Admiral Samuel Cox, Director, Naval History and Heritage Command, speaks to Sailors aboard the USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51) during a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sink... More

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum proudly hosted a

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum proudly hosted a

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum proudly hosted a re-enlistment in their Great White Fleet exhibit for EN1(SW) Anthony Hailey, Jr, from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. The museum hosts militar... More

Museum Educators Zach Smyers and Alicia Pullen with

Museum Educators Zach Smyers and Alicia Pullen with

Museum Educators Zach Smyers and Alicia Pullen with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, take a self-guided tour of the USS Wisconsin (BB 64). The tour started on the main decks and went through some of the spaces a... More

Museum Educators Zach Smyers and Alicia Pullen with

Museum Educators Zach Smyers and Alicia Pullen with

Museum Educators Zach Smyers and Alicia Pullen with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, take a self-guided tour of the USS Wisconsin (BB 64). The tour started on the main decks and went through some of the spaces a... More

The Carnival Sunrise, docked at the Decker Half Moone

The Carnival Sunrise, docked at the Decker Half Moone

The Carnival Sunrise, docked at the Decker Half Moone Cruise Terminal and Celebration Center located in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia. The cruise terminal is located next to the Hampton Roads Naval Museum and the ... More

CS1(SW/AW) Robert P. Gabales, assigned to Naval Weapons

CS1(SW/AW) Robert P. Gabales, assigned to Naval Weapons

CS1(SW/AW) Robert P. Gabales, assigned to Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, re-enlisted this morning in-front of members of his command and family with the iconic turret #1 as a backdrop. The Wisconsin is moored ... More

Volunteers and staff members with the Hampton Roads

Volunteers and staff members with the Hampton Roads

Volunteers and staff members with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum are pictured touring building one aboard Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. The original building opened in 1830 and is on the National Register of... More

Lieutenant Erica Diamond, from the Naval Medical

Lieutenant Erica Diamond, from the Naval Medical

Lieutenant Erica Diamond, from the Naval Medical Center-Portsmouth, was promoted to Lieutenant Commander aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) in-front of turret #1. The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted the promoti... More

BM2(AW) Javaun M. Harvey re-enlisted aboard the

BM2(AW) Javaun M. Harvey re-enlisted aboard the

BM2(AW) Javaun M. Harvey re-enlisted aboard the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB 64). Harvey is assigned to the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). The ceremony was hosted by the Hampton Roads Na... More

Students from area public schools visit a booth staffed

Students from area public schools visit a booth staffed

Students from area public schools visit a booth staffed by Museum Educators with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum and Naval History and Heritage Command during the NAS Oceana 2019 Air Show’s Annual STEM Day. Acco... More

The ship’s wheel from the USS West Virginia (BB 48)

The ship’s wheel from the USS West Virginia (BB 48)

The ship’s wheel from the USS West Virginia (BB 48) is on display in the gallery of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. It is one of the larger artifacts that is scheduled to be returned to the curator branch of th... More

The Civil War gallery at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum,

The Civil War gallery at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum,

The Civil War gallery at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, contains a detailed model of the USS Cayuga. She was an Unadilla-class screw gunboat commissioned in 1862. The Unadilla-class of gunboats were constructe... More

Sailors from tenant commands at Naval Station Norfolk

Sailors from tenant commands at Naval Station Norfolk

Sailors from tenant commands at Naval Station Norfolk converged on the Hampton Roads Naval Museum’s H9 annex building earlier this week for a historical presentation about the Great White Fleet. The fleet, whic... More

ABF3(AW) Shamiya Jackson, assigned to the USS Gerald

ABF3(AW) Shamiya Jackson, assigned to the USS Gerald

ABF3(AW) Shamiya Jackson, assigned to the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) re-enlisted aboard the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) in-front of members of her division and family. The ceremo... More

Lieutenant Commander Brian Ellis, USN, was promoted

Lieutenant Commander Brian Ellis, USN, was promoted

Lieutenant Commander Brian Ellis, USN, was promoted to the rank of Commander today aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) in front of members of his command and his family. The Wisconsin is one of four Iowa-Class Bat... More

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted a re-enlistment

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted a re-enlistment

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted a re-enlistment ceremony last week aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB 64). CTR1(IW/EXW/SE) Maxwell T. Crews re-enlisted in-front of members of his command and family, in front of... More

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted a re-enlistment

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted a re-enlistment

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted a re-enlistment ceremony this afternoon in their Great White Fleet Gallery. HM3(SW/AW/IW) Rachel E. Folwell, from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The museum’s galler... More

Mayor Kenneth C. Alexander, of the City of Norfolk,

Mayor Kenneth C. Alexander, of the City of Norfolk,

Mayor Kenneth C. Alexander, of the City of Norfolk, boards the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) to participate the battleship’s 75th Commissioning Anniversary. He is greeted at the qua... More

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ALBORAN SEA (April 1, 2019) The

190401-N-PM781-001 ALBORAN SEA (April 1, 2019) The

190401-N-PM781-001 ALBORAN SEA (April 1, 2019) The Canadian navy ship Shawinigan is underway during exercise Phoenix Express 2019 (As seen from the bridge aboard the Spanish navy ship Meteoro). Sponsored by U.S... More

CPO Selectees compete for the title of the Best Mess

CPO Selectees compete for the title of the Best Mess

CPO Selectees compete for the title of the Best Mess during a cadence and guidon competition during the 18th Annual CPO Heritage Days. This annual event is hosted by the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, in conjuncti... More

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum, in proud partnership

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum, in proud partnership

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum, in proud partnership with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the City of Norfolk and Nauticus hosted a massive naturalization ceremony aboard the USS... More

Museum Educators Zach Smyers and Alicia Pullen with

Museum Educators Zach Smyers and Alicia Pullen with

Museum Educators Zach Smyers and Alicia Pullen with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, take a self-guided tour of the USS Wisconsin (BB 64). The tour started on the main decks and went through some of the spaces a... More

A massive model train exhibit featuring S gauge trains,

A massive model train exhibit featuring S gauge trains,

A massive model train exhibit featuring S gauge trains, was on display inside the building located at 150 West Main Street in Downtown Norfolk; across the street from the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. The free ex... More

Pictured is one of the LEGO Shipmodel entries submitted

Pictured is one of the LEGO Shipmodel entries submitted

Pictured is one of the LEGO Shipmodel entries submitted during the 8th Annual LEGO Brick by Brick shipbuilding event. During the event, visitors enjoyed a host of STEM related activities on Saturday, February 2... More

Scenes from a commissioning ceremony on the fantail

Scenes from a commissioning ceremony on the fantail

Scenes from a commissioning ceremony on the fantail of the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64). Second Lieutenant Parker, a recent Virginia Wesleyan University graduate, was commissioned ... More

Museum educators Zach Smyers and Joseph Miechle are

Museum educators Zach Smyers and Joseph Miechle are

Museum educators Zach Smyers and Joseph Miechle are pictured delivering a walk up hands on history exhibit at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum. Their exhibit showcased the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency S... More

Museum Educators Zach Smyers and Alicia Pullen with

Museum Educators Zach Smyers and Alicia Pullen with

Museum Educators Zach Smyers and Alicia Pullen with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, take a self-guided tour of the USS Wisconsin (BB 64). The tour started on the main decks and went through some of the spaces a... More

Volunteers and staff members from the Hampton Roads

Volunteers and staff members from the Hampton Roads

Volunteers and staff members from the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, converged at the Aberdeen Barn restaurant in Virginia Beach, Virginia for a volunteer appreciation luncheon. The luncheon and awards ceremony wa... More

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum proudly hosted a

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum proudly hosted a

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum proudly hosted a re-enlistment in their Great White Fleet exhibit for EN1(SW) Anthony Hailey, Jr, from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. The museum hosts militar... More

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum (HRNM) hosted its first

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum (HRNM) hosted its first

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum (HRNM) hosted its first military ceremony of 2019 aboard the retired Iowa-Class Battleship, USS Wisconsin (BB 64) on Wednesday, January 2, 2019. Lt.j.g. Zappa, assigned to the Amp... More

Museum Educators Joseph Miechle and Zach Smyers from

Museum Educators Joseph Miechle and Zach Smyers from

Museum Educators Joseph Miechle and Zach Smyers from the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, visited Salem Middle School in Virginia Beach, Virginia to deliver an engaging educational program about explorers and naviga... More

FCA(SW) Joshua Chase Strickland, from the USS Gonzalez

FCA(SW) Joshua Chase Strickland, from the USS Gonzalez

FCA(SW) Joshua Chase Strickland, from the USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) re-enlisted today aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB 64). The ceremony was hosted by the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, which is part of the Naval History ... More

AO2(AW/SW/IW) Jessica Hawkins, assigned to the USS

AO2(AW/SW/IW) Jessica Hawkins, assigned to the USS

AO2(AW/SW/IW) Jessica Hawkins, assigned to the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) re-enlisted today in-front of members of her command. The ceremony took place in-front of the iconic turret #1 aboard the USS Wiscons... More

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted a re-enlistment

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted a re-enlistment

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted a re-enlistment ceremony today aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB 64). HT3 Geesling, from the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) proudly re-enlisted today in front of members of his com... More

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum (HRNM) hosted its first

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum (HRNM) hosted its first

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum (HRNM) hosted its first military ceremony of 2019 aboard the retired Iowa-Class Battleship, USS Wisconsin (BB 64) on Wednesday, January 2, 2019. Lt.j.g. Zappa, assigned to the Amp... More

The first guided engine room tour aboard the USS Wisconsin

The first guided engine room tour aboard the USS Wisconsin

The first guided engine room tour aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB 64) of 2019. This below deck tour is offered through Nauticus, and takes visitors through compartments and engineering spaces that are generally cl... More

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted a re-enlistment

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted a re-enlistment

The Hampton Roads Naval Museum hosted a re-enlistment ceremony last week aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB 64). CTR1(IW/EXW/SE) Maxwell T. Crews re-enlisted in-front of members of his command and family, in front of... More

CS1(SW/AW) Robert P. Gabales, assigned to Naval Weapons

CS1(SW/AW) Robert P. Gabales, assigned to Naval Weapons

CS1(SW/AW) Robert P. Gabales, assigned to Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, re-enlisted this morning in-front of members of his command and family with the iconic turret #1 as a backdrop. The Wisconsin is moored ... More

Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer

Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer

Submitted Photo by Matthew Bodenner. Chief Petty Officer Selects from area commands present their guidon for judging during the 19th Annual CPO Heritage Days Event. Judging the event this year was Laura Orr (le... More

Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. Staff members from

Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. Staff members from

Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. Staff members from the Curator of Navy Ship Models, within the Office of the Curator of Models at the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Carderock Division in Bethesda, Maryland ... More

The immersive Ship Experience Access Room (SEAR Room)

The immersive Ship Experience Access Room (SEAR Room)

The immersive Ship Experience Access Room (SEAR Room) was opened to the public on December 7, 2018 during a brief ceremony aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB 64). The space transforms a once vacant space to an area t... More

Zach Smyers, a Museum Educator with the Hampton Roads

Zach Smyers, a Museum Educator with the Hampton Roads

Zach Smyers, a Museum Educator with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, conducts a guided an interpreted historical tour of the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) for a contingent of sailors... More

Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. Chief Petty Officer

Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. Chief Petty Officer

Submitted Photo by Clay Farrington. Chief Petty Officer Selects from area commands in the Hampton Roads Area pose for group pictures aboard the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) as part... More

FCA(SW) Joshua Chase Strickland, from the USS Gonzalez

FCA(SW) Joshua Chase Strickland, from the USS Gonzalez

FCA(SW) Joshua Chase Strickland, from the USS Gonzalez (DDG 66) re-enlisted today aboard the USS Wisconsin (BB 64). The ceremony was hosted by the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, which is part of the Naval History ... More

Nearly 200 USS Wisconsin (BB-64) veterans from WWII,

Nearly 200 USS Wisconsin (BB-64) veterans from WWII,

Nearly 200 USS Wisconsin (BB-64) veterans from WWII, the Korean War and the Gulf War and their families and friends were in Norfolk to attend the 19th USS Wisconsin Association Reunion. Re-visiting the iconic I... More

Zach Smyers, a Museum Educator with the Hampton Roads

Zach Smyers, a Museum Educator with the Hampton Roads

Zach Smyers, a Museum Educator with the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, conducts a guided an interpreted historical tour of the decommissioned Iowa-Class Battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) for a contingent of sailors... More

USS Monitor during American Civil War NH 42240 (26807078134)

USS Monitor during American Civil War NH 42240 (26807078134)

NH 42240: Fort Fisher operation, December 1864 -- January 1865. 19th-Century painting, by an unidentified artist, depicting U.S. Navy ironclads bombarding Fort Fisher during one of the two assaults that ended... More

Confederate States of America Naval Ship NH 61876 (27167859972)

Confederate States of America Naval Ship NH 61876 (27167859972)

NH 61876: USS Eutaw (1863-1867). Lithograph published by Endicott & Co., New York, circa 1865. This image was used in Endicott & Co. prints to represent many, if not all, of the Sassacus class "double-ender" ... More

NH 63478 (25353190986) - Public domain image of a steam boat

NH 63478 (25353190986) - Public domain image of a steam boat

NH 63478: USS Little (DD-79). Running trials in icy waters, 4 March 1918. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. (2016/02/29).

NHHC WNY Box 6 Folder 3 1 (27419822580)

NHHC WNY Box 6 Folder 3 1 (27419822580)

Naval Gun Factory, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. U.S. Navy Band, Marines, and Sailors rendering honor to President Miguel Aleman Valdes of Mexico upon his visit to the Naval Gun Factory. Building 76 (n... More

La Diligente (ship, 1803) - NH 136 - cropped

La Diligente (ship, 1803) - NH 136 - cropped

The French corvette La Diligente. Print from the collections of Le Musée de Marine du Louvre. Cropped by uploader.

Bretagne (ship, 1915) - NH 42845 - cropped

Bretagne (ship, 1915) - NH 42845 - cropped

" After turrets photographed at Toulon, France, circa 1919 by Robert W. Neeser. Note the life rafts on deck."

USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) off the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 17 January 1944 (NH 43506)

USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) off the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on 17 Jan...

The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) off the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania (USA), on 17 January 1944. She is painted in camouflage Measure 33, Design 7a.

Launch of USS Francovich (APD-116) at the Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard on 5 June 1945 (1518546877980)

Launch of USS Francovich (APD-116) at the Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard o...

Launch of the U.S. Navy high-speed transport USS Francovich (APD-116) at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts (USA), on 5 June 1945.

USS Illinois - 19-N-1-8-26

USS Illinois - 19-N-1-8-26

(Battleship # 7) View in a torpedo compartment, showing a trainable torpedo tube and a 18-inch torpedo, 1902. Note the overhead rail for moving torpedos from their stowage position to the tube. Photograph from ... More

Submarine Plunger - 19-N-11812

Submarine Plunger - 19-N-11812

General arrangement plans, dated 4 September 1895. Constructed under an 1895 contract with the Holland Torpedo Boat Company, this steam-powered submarine was not accepted for Naval service. Photograph from the ... More

USS Cyclops (1910-1918) - 19-N-13451

USS Cyclops (1910-1918) - 19-N-13451

USS Cyclops (1910-1918) Public domain image of a American navy warship of World War One time, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

USS Gwin - 19-N-14-29-2

USS Gwin - 19-N-14-29-2

(Torpedo Boat # 16) Under construction at the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1897. USS Talbot (Torpedo Boat # 15) in the right center background, also under construction. Photograph... More

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