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US Navy’s Chesapeake Flotilla was a collection of 16 gunboats assembled under the direction of Joshua Barney to defend the Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812. The Flotilla engaged the Royal Navy in several skirmishes along the Patuxent River but was forced to scuttle the vessels in August of 1814. In 2010-11 Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) and state of Maryland partners excavated sections of the flotilla’s probable flagship, USS Scorpion. Diagnostic artifacts, such as surgical...
Conservation, Preservation and Curation Issues Resulting from Unauthorized Recovery of Archaeological Material from US Navy Sunken Military Craft (2016)
The Naval History & Heritage Command (NHHC) Archaeology & Conservation Laboratory, part of the NHHC Underwater Archaeology Branch, supports the Command's mission through the conservation, preservation and curation of archaeological material recovered from US Navy sunken military craft (SMC). More than 7% of the Navy's archaeological artifact collection was returned to NHHC for treatment and management following unauthorized removal from US Navy SMC. Unsanctioned and uncontrolled removal of...
Evaluating a Cooperative Approach to the Management of Digital Archaeological Records (2014)
The Department of Defense (DoD) needs efficient access to data from past archaeological investigations at its installations in order to avoid sudden, unpredicted site discoveries that delay mission-oriented activities, programs, and projects. The ECAMDAR project is a test case designed to evaluate whether and how an online repository for digital archaeological and cultural resource management (CRM) data and information developed and managed by the Center for Digital Antiquity (Digital Antiquity)...
Howell Mark I Torpedo No. 24: Discovery, History, Research and Conservation (2015)
As one of its many functions, the Naval History & Heritage Command (NHHC) Underwater Archaeology Branch operates the Archaeology & Conservation Laboratory in order to conserve, document, research and curate US Navy's archaeological artifacts. The Archaeology & Conservation Lab also conducts scientific and historical research to better inform conservation treatments, contribute data to archaeological research questions and help interpret the US Navy's submerged cultural heritage. NHHC's...
Making the Call: Identifying U.S. Navy Wrecks from Third-Party Data (2022)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. With widening access to remote sensing technology, more people are dedicating their efforts to locating lost ships and aircraft, many of which are U.S. Navy sites. Discoveries of suspected Navy ships by such independent operators are reported to NHHC, often accompanied by sidescan sonar images, video, or video stills. The...
The Power Of Government Interagency And External Partnerships (2023)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Applying the Power of Partnerships to the Search for America's Missing in Action", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. A Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer was conducting an unarmed reconnaissance mission when the aircraft was brought down by foreign aircraft. Ten crew members manning the Privateer are still unaccounted for. In March 2020, a cooperative investigation between Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Naval History &...
Sunken US Navy Submarines: Archaeological Sites And War Graves of the World Wars (2015)
This presentation discusses the quantity and context of the US Navy's submarine losses during World War I, World War II and the Cold War. The wrecks include losses due to combat, misadventure, and intentional scuttling. Submarine wrecks representing war graves are given special consideration since they represent more than wreck sites for research, but also places that should be respected. The locations and causes of sinking of many submarines have been documented, however the final resting...
Things That Go Boom: A Conservation Challenge (2023)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) Underwater Archaeology (UA) Branch has overseen and treated thousands of artifacts from Navy’s sunken and terrestrial military craft (SMC) these past 25 years. With the firepower that U.S. Navy has been known for, it is not uncommon for various types of weapons, arms, and ordnance to enter...
Toe the Line: An Overview of the Revised Permitting Program for Research of U.S. Navy’s Sunken and Terrestrial Military Craft (2017)
The Naval History and Heritage Command established an archaeological research permitting program in 2000 by federal regulation 32 CFR 767 and in 2015, revised that program pursuant to the Sunken Military Craft Act. The U.S. Navy’s sunken military craft, in addition to their historical value, are often considered war graves, may carry classified information or materials, or contain environmental or public safety hazards. Accordingly, the Department of the Navy prefers non-intrusive research on...
Twenty Years of Navy Shipwrecks--1996 to 2016! (2016)
Underwater archaeology was officially incorporated into the US Navy with the creation of a dedicated Branch (UAB) at Naval Historical Center, now Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) in 1996. This presentation discusses the reasons that led to the creation of the Branch, the hurdles that had to be overcome and unique problems posed by Navy ship and aircraft wrecks, the UAB program's development and growth, and major achievements, as well as the outlook for the future. Prominent ship and...
USS Indianapolis Discovered! Now What? (2019)
This is an abstract from the "Developing Standard Methods, Public Interpretation, and Management Strategies on Submerged Military Archaeology Sites" session, at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The 2017 discovery of USS Indianapolis, one of the Navy’s most storied ships and sought-after wrecksites, propelled the vessel back into the public eye and highlighted a string of deep-water WWII shipwreck investigations. After the media hype subsided, the Naval...
USS Wolverine and USS Sable: Uses and Overall Impact on WWII (2022)
This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. During World War II, over thirty US aircraft carriers supported the war effort but none were more unique than USS Wolverine and USS Sable. Converted from the luxurious Great Lakes passenger steamships, SS Seeandbee and SS Greater Buffalo, into aircraft training carriers, the ships underwent remarkable transformations at a time when America was facing material shortages and desperately...