There is only one Admiral of the Navy and it was Admiral George Dewey.

Is of French origin and goes back to the use of horses in battle. The Generals Aide carried a loop of cord to tie up the Generals horse when he dismounted. As a practical approach the aides would loop [..]

This old traditional greeting for hailing other vessels was originally a Viking battle cry.

First and Only Sunk in Atlantic - Block Island (CVE 21) date: 29 May 1944. Sunken Carriers - CC 3/CV 3 Saratoga - Used as troopship postwar. Final wartime displacement well over 52,000 tons. Unfit for [..]

Music written by Bandmaster Lieut. Zimmerman. In 1906, Lieut. Zimmerman was approached by Midshipman First Class Alfred Hart Miles with a request for a new march. As a member of the Class of 1907, Mil [..]

The term august (o gust') means inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic. The term August Chief Petty Officer is a description of any CPO; inspiring reverenc [..]

In SEP 1917 the Forestry Green uniform of the U.S. Marine Corps was authorized for aviation officers as a winter working uniform. The earliest use of the uniform by enlisted men came in 1941 when chie [..]

In today's Navy, when you intentionally deceive someone, usually as a joke, you are said to have bamboozled them. The word was used in the days of sail also, but the intent was not hilarity. B [..]

Commonly believed that the trouser were introduced in 1817 to permit men to roll them above the knee when washing down the decks, and to make it easier to remove them in a hurry when forced to abandon [..]

In wooden ships, the devil was the longest seam of the ship. It ran from the bow to the stern. When at sea and the devil; had to be caulked, the sailor sat in a bosuns chair to do so. He was suspended [..]