Bill Kelly

Bill Kelly

02
Jan
Lloyd Symington

Lloyd Symington

Photos submitted by Laurie Ann Flatley.
02
Jan
Personnel records and names

Personnel records and names

From the commissioning of the Boston, navy clerks typed the records of each enlisted sailor coming on or off the
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29
Dec
Crew Records are back!

Crew Records are back!

Steve and I started this project 15 years ago, and I just reconstructed the records. We have over 3,000
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19
Dec
Relaunching the website

Relaunching the website

I have just re-launched the website, converted from Wordpress which has gotten old, slow, and painful to a new website
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26
May
Stephen McGrath

Stephen McGrath

I was contacted by Stephen’s grandson who sent me this picture.
11
Nov
Honoring Veteran's Day

Honoring Veteran's Day

Remembering my Dad, and the Signal Crew and all who served on this Veterans Day
06
Dec
Remembering Pearl Harbor

Remembering Pearl Harbor

On December 6th 1943, the USS Boston Steamed into Pearl Harbor.  We’ve heard from sailors that this was a
15
Jul
Replacement of the Aviation Unit

Replacement of the Aviation Unit

I was surprised when I was working on newly found records of the USS Boston Aviation unit, that when the
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11
Dec
Radar and The USS Boston

Radar and The USS Boston

I came across this picture when I was looking at Photographs from NARA.   Obviously this was censored because it showed
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20
Jun
Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher

Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher

I came across this at the Smithsonian Aerospace Museum in Washington DC. This is the type of seaplane which saw