This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Hand torch saves Navy ships and lives in dire peril
Naval history credits pocket flashlights with saving seven million dollars in property and many lives across 1921 to 1924. Cases include Woolsey near Balboa, Stoddert Paul Hamilton near California, Honda Head wrecks, Tacoma hurricane damage, Mississippi gunnery gas incident, and Ensign Donald Smith's rescue actions aboard the Mississippi and condenser repairs aboard other ships.
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Bluejackets
Honda Reef
Navy
Vera Cruz
Tacoma
Naval Service
Woolsey
Mexican
Donald Smith
Mississippi
Pacific Fleet
Balboa
Woodsey
Jacob Jones
California
Stoddert
Paul Hamilton
Naval Air Forces
Lower
Fmen
Delphy
Young
Chauncey
Fuller
Ensign Smith
Prac