This is an on going page. The initial information was from a handout from the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation. Their website is 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 Karl Zurn at kzurn@aol.com.
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Ships' History Information |
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Ship's Histories |
Deck Logs/Muster Rolls (After 1974) |
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Naval Historical Center (NHC) |
NHC |
| Ships History Branch | Ships History Branch |
| Washington Navy Yard | Deck Log Section |
| Washington, DC 20374-0571 | Washington Navy Yard |
| (202)433-3643 | Washington, DC 20374-0571 |
| www.history.navy.mil | (202)433-0824 |
| www.history.navy.mil | |
| Deck Logs/Muster Rolls (1941-1973) | |
| National Archives at College Park | Deck Logs/Muster Rolls (Before 1940) |
| 8601 Adelphi Road | National Archives |
| College Park, MD 20740-6001 | 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW |
| (301)837-3510 | Washington, DC 20004 |
| www.nara.gov | (202)501-5385 |
| www.nara.gov | |
| Command Histories/Orders/Biographies | |
| NHC | Cruise Books |
| Operational Archives | Navy Department Library |
| Washington Navy Yard | NHC |
| Washington, DC 20374-0571 | Washington Navy Yard |
| (202)433-3170 | Washington, DC 20374-0571 |
| www.history.navy.mil | (202)433-4132 |
| www.history.navy.mil | |
| Photographs | |
| US Naval Institute | National Archives at College Park |
| Photo Service | Still Pictures Branch |
| 118 Maryland Avenue | 8601 Adelphi Rd. |
| Annapolis, MD 21402-5035 | College Park, MD 20740-6001 |
| (410)268-6110 | (301) 713-6625, x234 |
| Fax (410)269-7940 | www.nara.gov |
| www.usni.org | |
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Photographic Section, Curator Branch |
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| NHC | |
| Washington Navy Yard | |
| Washington, DC 20374-0571 | |
| (202) 433-2765 | |
| www.history.navy.mil | |
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Service Records |
U.S. Coast Guard Information |
| National Personnel Records Center | Robert M. Browning Jr., Ph.D. |
| 9700 Page Boulevard | U.S. Coast Guard Historian |
| St. Louis, MO 63132-5100 | Historian's Office |
| www.nara.gov/regional/mpr.html | 2100 Second Street SW |
| Washington, DC 20593 | |
| Lost Records/Medals | (202) 267-2596 |
| Navy Liaison Officer | (202) 267-0948 |
| Room 3475 | www.dot.gov/dotinfo/uscg/welcome.html |
| N-314 | |
| Military Personnel Records | U.S. Maritime Administration |
| National Personnel Records Center | (800) 996-2723 |
| 9700 Page Boulevard | www.marad.dot.gov |
| St. Louis, MO 63132 | pao.marad@marad.dot.gov |
| www.nara.gov/regional/mpr | |
| Locating Shipmates and Reunion Groups | |
| (Before 1890) | Veterans National Archives |
| Military Records | www.vets.org/homepage/htm |
| NARA | |
| Washington, DC 20408 | Navy World-Wide Locator |
| www.nara.gov | Naval Reserve Personnel Center |
| 4400 Dauphine Street | |
| New Orleans, LA 70149 | |
| (will forward mail to retired members of the Navy) | |
| 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. | |
| www.ibiblio.org | |
| U.S. Search | |
| (310) 734-0644 | |
| www.1800ussearch.com |