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Research Sources
This is an on going page. The initial information was from a handout from the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation. Their website is http://www.lonesailor.org The Naval Heritage Center (701 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest) is located behind the U.S. Navy Memorial. The National Archives (Deck Logs/Muster Rolls before 1940) is located across the street. If anyone has information to add send it to Rich Hoffner at pauscg@gmail.com.
Ships’ History Information
| Ship’s Histories Naval Historical Center (NHC) Ships History Branch Washington Navy Yard Washington, DC 20374-0571 (202)433-3643 www.history.navy.mil |
Deck Logs/Muster Rolls (After 1974) NHC Ships History Branch Deck Log Section Washington Navy Yard Washington, DC 20374-0571 (202)433-0824 www.history.navy.mil |
| Deck Logs/Muster Rolls (1941-1973) National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6001 (301)837-3510 www.nara.gov |
Deck Logs/Muster Rolls (Before 1940) National Archives 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20004 (202)501-5385 www.nara.gov |
| Command Histories/Orders/Biographies NHCOperational Archives Washington Navy Yard Washington, DC 20374-0571 (202)433-3170 www.history.navy.mil |
Cruise Books Navy Department Library NHC Washington Navy Yard Washington, DC 20374-0571 (202)433-4132 http://www.history.navy.mil/ |
| Photographs US Naval InstitutePhoto Service 118 Maryland Avenue Annapolis, MD 21402-5035 (410)268-6110 Fax (410)269-7940 www.usni.org |
National Archives at College Park Still Pictures Branch 8601 Adelphi Rd. College Park, MD 20740-6001 (301) 713-6625, x234 www.nara.gov |
| Photographic Section, Curator Branch NHC Washington Navy Yard Washington, DC 20374-0571 (202) 433-2765 www.history.navy.mil |
U.S. Coast Guard Information Historian’s Office U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Room B-717 2100 Second Street, SW Mailstop 7362 Washington, DC 20593-7362 (202) 372-4651 Fax: (202) 372-4984 http://www.uscg.mil/history/aboutoffice.asp |
| Service Records National Personnel Records Center 1 Archives Drive St. Louis, MO 63138 http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/ |
Locating Shipmates and Reunion Groups Veterans National Archives http://www.archives.gov/veterans/ |
| Lost Records/Medals National Personnel Records Center 1 Archives Drive St. Louis, MO 63138 or http://www.archives.gov/veterans/replace-medals.html |
U.S. Maritime Administration (800) 996-2723 www.marad.dot.gov mailto:pao.marad@marad.dot.gov |
| The Sea Bee Record, 1940-1946: This listing includes difficult and elusive information seldom available to collectors of mail sent from Sea Bee’s during World War II. The listing shows a Sea Bee’s unit number and then the corresponding location. The information is public domain and was posted on the US Navy’s Hyperwar website. http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Building_Bases/bases-app.html |
Navy World-Wide Locator Naval Reserve Personnel Center 4400 Dauphine Street New Orleans, LA 70149 (will forward mail to retired members of the Navy) |
| U.S. Search (310) 734-0644 www.1800ussearch.com |
