News & Updates
From across the HNSA fleet and beyond, here's the latest in naval preservation, fleet news and association updates.
The Midwatch, Vol 01, No. 05
We’d like to give a strong shout-out to our growing number of sponsors for the symposium in Evansville!Their participation in the event helps make everything […]
Anchor Watch, July 2025
Covers the 2024 HNSA Symposium at USS Midway in San Diego with photos and awards, an interview with new Executive Director Mike Getscher, and fleet […]
Anchor Watch, May 2024
Covers the 2023 HNSA Conference summary and photos hosted by USS Slater in Albany, NY, along with special features, fleet news, and a nautical challenge.
Fleet News Vol. 9, No. 1
The National Maritime Historical Society (NMHS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Cathy Green as its new executivedirector. With more than 25 years of […]
Fleet News Vol. 8, No. 8
The Battleship New Jersey, the Navy’s biggest, fastest, and most decorated battleship, will be on the move next spring for the first time since 2001.
Fleet News Vol. 8, No. 7
Berthed at Victoria Dock, HMS Unicorn is the oldest ship in Scotland and third oldest in the world.
Anchor Watch, August 2023
We are resilient. The HNSA fleet took the punch of COVID-19, dealt with breathtaking revenue declines, and outright closures. Boards and staffs reassessed. Business systems […]
Fleet News Vol. 8, No. 6
Patriots Point opens photo exhibit.
Fleet News Vol. 8, No. 5
The 145-year-old vessel Falls of Clyde will be scrapped or scuttled after years of neglect.
Fleet News Vol. 8, No. 4
Longtime volunteers at Freedom Park in Omaha are frustrated with vandals taking aim at historical pieces in the park.
Anchor Watch, April 2023
Covers the 2022 HNSA Conference in Honolulu, technical discussions on ship preservation, fleet news, and a nautical challenge, with a focus on weather-related preservation challenges.
Fleet News Vol. 8, No. 3
King Charles has penned a letter to the crew of his old ship, HMS Bronington, on the day of his coronation.
Fleet News Vol. 8, No. 2
Almost 82 years ago, Charles House Morgan Sr., U.S. commander of harbor defense at Pearl Harbor, was walking to his headquarters at Diamond Head with […]
Fleet News Vol. 8, No. 1
Now that the ice and snow has melted following last month's blizzard teams were able to assess the damage at Buffalo's Naval Park.USS The Sullivans […]
Fleet News Vol. 7, No. 8
The Battleship Missouri Memorial hosted its 4th annual “Operation Santa,” an overnight encampment for keiki of deployed and active-duty military families stationed at Joint Base […]
Fleet News Vol. 7, No. 7
Known as one of the world’s best preserved Balao-class World War II submarines, the USS Bowfin underwent four weeks of drydock maintenance work at Pacific […]
Fleet News Vol. 7, No. 6
Welcome back from the 2022 HNSA conference everyone. It was great seeing all the work going on at USS Missouri, our host, and at the […]
Anchor Watch, August 2022
Covers the 2022 HNSA Conference, an interview with Fred Klink of Red Sea Victory, the Two More Queens Research Project, and a volunteer spotlight, with […]
Fleet News Vol. 7, No. 5
I hope you are all excited for the annual conference in Honolulu hosted by USS Missouri. It is set to run from Tuesday, September 13 […]
Fleet News Vol. 7, No. 4
More help is on the way to save USS The Sullivans. Local lawmakers joined officials from the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park […]
Fleet News Vol. 7, No. 3
We are excited to announce that the 2022 Historic Naval Ships Association (HNSA) Conference will be held in Hawai'i and hosted by the Battleship Missouri […]
Fleet News Vol. 7, No. 2
The USS Lexington is commemorating 79 years since the historic ship was commissioned on 17 February 1943. Steve Banta, the Executive Director for the USS […]
Fleet News Vol. 7, No. 1
National Museum of the Surface Navy and Battleship Iowa Museum President and CEO Jonathan Williams was recently awarded the Distinguished Public Service Award by the […]
Fleet News Vol. 6, No. 5
A $36 million preservation project is underway to restore USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine, based in Groton, Connecticut.
Fleet News Vol. 6, No. 4
I wanted to give you all a quick recap of this year’s conference. The folks at Battleship Alabama Memorial Park put on a fantastic show […]
Fleet News Vol. 6, No. 3
Justin Weakland is ecstatic because the one-of-a-kind Jacksonville Naval Museum could be off the St. Johns River before the end of the year. Weakland, the […]
Fleet News Vol. 6, No. 2
A $20 million, 12,000-square-foot USS Bowfin submarine museum opened Monday with a new name and striking look that charts the course of Navy undersea duty, […]
Fleet News Vol. 6, No. 1
On October 13, 2020, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to back a congressional bill that would establish the USS Iowa in San […]
Fleet News Vol. 5, No. 4
The 75th WWII Commemoration Ceremony was held on the fantail of the Battleship Missouri Memorial on September 2, 2020, the very ship that on September […]
Fleet News Vol. 5, No. 3
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum received an $11,000 Bridge Grant from South Carolina Humanities (www.schumanities.org). Funding for Bridge Grants has been provided by the […]
Fleet News Vol. 5, No. 2
The National Association of Destroyer Veterans ("Tin Can Sailors") is a long-time Associate Member of Historic NavalShips Association and its Executive Director, Terry Miller, is […]
Fleet News Vol. 5, No. 1
The National Museum of the U.S. Navy commemorated the 60th anniversary of the U.S. Navy’s bathyscaphe Trieste’s historic dive to the Mariana Trench, Jan. 23, […]
Fleet News Vol. 4, No. 5
Admiral James L. Holloway - 23 February 1922–26 November 2019
Fleet News Vol. 4, No. 4
The 2019 HNSA Conference saw our Members gather this year in the nation’s heartland. The meeting took place on 24-27 September in Manitowoc, WI, and […]
Fleet News Vol. 4, No. 2
The USS Yorktown Foundation is proud to receive a $25,000 grant from American Airlines to continue funding Patriots Point Naval &Maritime Museum’s newest Flight Academy […]
Fleet News Vol. 4, No. 1
Battleship Iowa Museum announces expansion of its services and exhibition space to include the National Museum of the SurfaceNavy (NMSN). The NMSN will be located […]
Fleet News Vol. 3, No. 8
This year’s Conference in Bremerton, WA, and hosted by the USS Turner Joy (DD-951), the Navy Undersea Museum, and the Puget Sound Naval Museum, was […]
Fleet News Vol. 3, No. 7
The beautiful Pacific Northwest is the venue for this year’s HNSA Conference, hosted by the USS Turner Joy (DD-951) and supported by the U.S. Naval […]
Fleet News Vol. 3, No. 6
Constitution Museum Awards: A Salute to Maritime Heritage for Two Recipients
Fleet News Vol. 3, No. 5
The beautiful Pacific Northwest is the venue for this year’s HNSA Conference, hosted by the USS Turner Joy (DD-951) and supported by the U.S. Naval […]
Fleet News Vol. 3, No. 4
The U.S. Naval Undersea Museum at Keyport has a new addition to its archives — the salvaged control room of the legendary, one-of-a-kind Cold War-era […]
Fleet News Vol. 3, No. 2
HMCS Sackville, Canada’s oldest warship and the sole remaining Flower-class corvette, is set to undergo much needed reparations after a CAD$3.5 million contract was announced […]
Fleet News Vol. 4, No. 3
HNSA 2019 Conference - Our 53rd will take place from 17-20 September at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Fleet News Vol. 3, No. 1
Australia’s first submarine HMAS AE1 has been found, ending a 103 year maritime mystery.
Anchor Watch, Winter 2013
Features the Cutty Sark's unique preservation solution—encasing the ship in glass—with fleet news from USS Missouri, USS LST-325, USS Cassin Young, USCGC Eagle, and USS […]
Anchor Watch, Fall 2013
Features USCGC Mohawk being sunk as an artificial reef and underwater art gallery off Florida, with fleet news from USS Hazard, USS Silversides, USS Cod, […]
Anchor Watch, Summer 2013
Features USS Iowa (BB-61) becoming the first West Coast battleship museum in San Pedro, CA, with fleet news from USS Razorback, USS North Carolina, USS […]
Anchor Watch, Winter 2012
Features new additions to Turkey's Rahmi M Koç Museum in Istanbul, with fleet news from USS Chicago, USS Cairo, USS Alabama, USS Midway, USS Albacore, […]
Anchor Watch, Fall 2012
Explores whether USS Oregon may have been the first ship of the Historic Naval Ships Association, with fleet news from USS New Jersey, USS Midway, […]
Anchor Watch, Summer 2012
Features Chatham Historic Dockyard celebrating over 400 years of shipbuilding history, with fleet news from HMS Gannet, USS Wisconsin, Pearl Harbor Historic Sites, USS Cod, […]
Anchor Watch, Winter 2011
Features the USS Olympia preservation crisis and temporary reprieve on the cover, with fleet news from USS Texas, USS Ling, AHS Centaur, HMS Invincible, and […]
Anchor Watch, Fall 2011
Features 'Guns, Missiles, and Opera' with performers rehearsing aboard USS The Sullivans, with fleet news from USS Constitution, USS Cassin Young, HMCS Ojibwa, USS Hornet, […]
Anchor Watch, Summer 2011
Features the Centennial of Naval Aviation celebration beginning in San Diego, with fleet news from USS Midway, USS Olympia, USS Edson, USS Intrepid, USS North […]
Anchor Watch, Winter 2010
Features CSS Neuse ironclad slated to get a new home on the cover, with fleet news from USS Kidd, USS Bowfin, USS Missouri, USS Olympia, […]
Anchor Watch, Fall 2010
The conference is being hosted by the Historic Ships in Baltimore from September 15-19, 2010. It promises to be a conference with something for everyone. […]
Anchor Watch, Summer 2010
Features the rescue of Dutch submarine O-19 by USS Cod during WWII, with fleet news from USS Missouri, USS Olympia, AHS Centaur, and the debut […]
Anchor Watch, Winter 2009
Celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Navy Ship Donation Program, featuring Battleship Texas, with fleet news from USS Texas, LST-325, USS Hornet, USS New Jersey, […]
Anchor Watch, Fall 2009
Features the delivery of the Snoopy capsule to USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. at Battleship Cove, with fleet news from USS Intrepid, USS Ling, USS […]
Anchor Watch, Summer 2009
Features a WWII LCVP from Normandy finding a new home at the Cantigny First Division Museum in Illinois, with fleet news from USS New Jersey, […]
Anchor Watch, Spring 2009
Features USS Slater volunteers preparing for move day on the cover, with fleet news from USS Slater, USS New Jersey, USS Zuni, USS Hornet, USS […]
Anchor Watch, Fall 2008
Features the Battleship New Jersey Museum's new 'City at Sea' tour on the cover, with fleet news from USS Intrepid, USS Constellation, USS Missouri, USS […]
Anchor Watch, Summer 2008
Features the birth of USS Constitution 'Old Ironsides' on the cover, with fleet news from USS New Jersey, USS Constellation, USS North Carolina, and the […]
Anchor Watch, Spring 2008
Features USS Alabama's recovery from Hurricane Katrina on the cover, with fleet news from HMS Victory, USS Constitution, USS Missouri, and USS New Jersey.
Anchor Watch, Winter 2007
Features HMS Victory, hero of the Battle of Trafalgar, as a new HNSA fleet member, with news from USS New Jersey, USS Olympia, HMCS Haida, […]
Anchor Watch, Winter 2006
Features the Royal Swedish Navy torpedo boat T121 Spica as a new HNSA member, along with news from HMAS Diamantina, USS Cobia, USS Slater, and […]
Anchor Watch, Fall 2006
Features the Submarine Force Museum's USS Nautilus—the world's first nuclear-powered ship—on the cover, with fleet news from USS PT-658, HMCS Haida, USS Constellation, and SS […]
Anchor Watch, Summer 2006
Features the National Liberty Ship Memorial's SS Jeremiah O'Brien on the cover, with fleet news from USS Little Rock, USS Cairo, USS Hornet, and a […]
Anchor Watch, Spring 2006
Features the Queensland Maritime Museum's steam tug HMAS Forceful on the cover, with fleet news from USS Slater, SS Jeremiah O'Brien, USS Alabama, and a […]
Anchor Watch, Winter 2005
HNSA quarterly journal covering historic naval ship preservation and fleet member news; text not extractable from this image-based PDF.
Anchor Watch, Fall 2005
Features news from numerous fleet members including USS Slater, USS Alabama, USS LST-325, USS Olympia, USS Texas, and USS New Jersey, plus fleet photos of […]
Anchor Watch, Spring 2005
Features the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. as the HNSA Member in the Spotlight, along with fleet news and membership updates.
Anchor Watch, February 1984
Early issue of the HNSA journal covering historic naval ship preservation news.