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January 1998 ~ January 2008 MidwaySailor.com has now been on active duty for ten years!
March 30, 2008
Memorabilia - Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles in the USS Midway section - added two newspaper articles.
Memorabilia - Patch Collection in the USS Midway section - added nine new patches.
Memorabilia - Souvenirs & Miscellaneous in the USS Midway section - added eight new items:
Memorabilia - Museum Souvenirs in the USS Midway section - added five new items:
RAF Brawdy - Added two new photos & two new items in the Memorabilia gallery.
USS Independence - added a January 10, 1959 commissioning ashtray.
USS Pampanito - Added a March 15, 1943 launching tag.
My Patch Collection - added nine new patches in the USS Midway gallery.
My Zap Sticker Collection - added one new zap.
London Central H.S. - added four new photos.
USS Midway, VAQ-136 & LCHS guest books - added new entries, bringing them up to date.
March 03, 2008
Memorabilia - Ship's Newspapers & Newsletters in the USS Midway section - added an October 1965 issue of Midway West, courtesy of Buzz Nau.
Memorabilia - Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles in the USS Midway section - added three newspaper articles, courtesy of Buzz Nau. in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added five new videos:
R. Clinton Griffin Collection in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added 20 photos of the Anchor Windlass in a new gallery.
USS Midway guest book - added new entries, bringing it up to date
February 22, 2008 in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added a 1985 Photo Lab Christmas card, courtesy of Buzz Nau.
Flight Deck Messages in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added one new photo, courtesy of Buzz Nau.
R. Clinton Griffin Collection in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added a new gallery of 28 photos showing the newly opened Bulk Storage Elevator Exhibit in Midway's hangar bay, where visitors can stand on a plexiglass cover & look straight down four decks to where a jet engine is being prepped to come up the elevator.
February 20, 2008
Al Rosko Collection in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added 16 new photos. in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added one new photo of an HC-1 Sea King.
Dry Dock 1980's in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added 12 new photos.
EISRA-86 in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added six new photos. in the Photo Gallery section - a new collection of 306 photos. - added six new photos of the "Unconditional Surrender" statue & two new photos of "The Greatest Generation Memorial", courtesy of Al Rosko.
February 09, 2008 in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - a new collection of 600 photos showing Midway's liberty ports from 1954 to 1991.
Sayonara Japan 1991 in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added an August 11, 1991 Tampa Tribune-Times article about Midway leaving Japan for retirement, courtesy of Bill Martin.
R. Clinton Griffin Collection in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added six new photos in the Ready Rooms gallery showing the soon-to-be-opened A-6 Intruder exhibit in Ready Room Five.
February 03, 2008 in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added three new photos, courtesy of my father, T. E. Prince.
R. Clinton Griffin Collection in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added 725 new photos in the following galleries:
Aft Mess Deck & Galley - added two new photos of the aft scullery. Aircraft On-Load (May 26, 2006) - a new gallery of 55 photos showing the loading of the EKA-3B Skywarrior & HSS-1 Seabat. Aircraft On-Load (May 29, 2007) - a new gallery of 66 photos showing the loading of the F9F-8P Cougar & SBD-5 Dauntless. Brig - added 27 new photos showing the brig after restoration. Captain's Quarters - a new gallery of 54 photos. Chaplain - added ten new photos. CIC & Communications - a new gallery of 88 photos. CMC's Quarters - a new gallery of three photos. CPO Mess - a new gallery of 50 photos. CPO Galley - a new gallery of 47 photos. CPO Spaces - a new gallery of 27 photos. Display Aircraft - added 69 new photos: A-7B Corsair II (1), F-8K Crusader (2), HSS-1 Seabat (9), SH-2F Seasprite (36),SH-3H Sea King (1), T-2C Buckeye (7) & views of the flight deck from Pri-Fly (13). Electrical Transformer Room - a new gallery of eight photos. Forward Boiler Room - a new gallery of 14 photos. Forward Mess Deck & Galley - added 12 new photos of the forward bakery. Hangar Bay - added three new photos of aircraft fuel tanks. Laundry - a new gallery of 13 photos. Machine Shop - added two new photos. Miscellaneous Photos - added one new photo. Print Shop - added 18 new photos. Ready Rooms - added six new photos of Ready Room Two. Tactical Flag Command Center - added 58 new photos showing this space being restored. Views from the Pier - added five new photos. Wardroom - added 25 new photos. - added three new photos of the "Unconditional Surrender" statue, courtesy of my father, T. E. Prince. - added a new Renaissance Festival gallery with 31 photos.
USS Midway, VAQ-136 & LCHS guest books - added new entries, bringing them up to date.
January 27, 2008
A Brief Note: In October 2007, I was informed that the museum had officially changed its name. Instead of San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum, the new name for the museum is: USS Midway Museum.
George Duncan's July 23, 1951 F9F-2 Panther Crash in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added one new video.in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added one new video. in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added two new videos. in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added two new videos.
Crossing San Diego Bay on January 10, 2004 in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - added one new video.in the USS Midway Photo Gallery section - a new gallery of 20 videos showing Midway after she became a museum in San Diego, CA.
EA-6B Prowler Video Collection - added five new videos showing the Prowler in action.
NAF Misawa AIMD Mech's - added one new video showing NAF Misawa AD's working on Allison T-56-A-14 turboprop engines.
USS Midway guest book - added new entries, bringing it up to date
January 23, 2008 in the VAQ-136 Gauntlets section - a new gallery of 30 videos showing the squadron in action.
USS Midway guest book - added new entries, bringing it up to date.
January 20, 2008 in the VAQ-136 Gauntlets Photo Gallery section - added one new photo.
EA-6B Prowler Video Collection - added seven new videos showing the Prowler in action.
USS Oriskany - added three videos showing the sinking of the USS Oriskany on May 17, 2006.
USS Midway, VAQ-136 & LCHS guest books - added new entries, bringing them up to date.
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