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

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.* * * * Come aboard for a tour: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/museum_visit Volunteer with us: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/volunteer National Museum of the ...

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 its full glory (working Betamax camera included)... only to see our podcast team move in and get goofy.* * * * Come aboard ...

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 - in the person of volunteer Ron Ploof, reached out to get Aydin's story. Turns out model-making is...

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 Task Force 73- First woman to command a battle fleet- First woman to serve as Commander, 3rd F...

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 Singapore-based Task Force 73First woman to command a battle fleetFirst woman to serve as Commander,...

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.We had discovered him and reached out to invite him to our podcast so we could talk about shipping and its relation...