Hampton Roads Naval Museum

In this week's blog, HRNM Volunteer Brenda Hale reviews the 1959 movie Operation Petticoat. The movie is based (loosely) on a real event, when USS Spearfish (SS 190) rescued stranded nurses from Corregidor in 1942.

USS Constellation served as flagship of the U.S. Navy's Africa Squadron from 1859-1861. Constellation captured two slave ships, and worked with the British Royal Navy to capture a third.

HRNM Volunteer Capt. Alexander Monroe, USN (Ret.) takes a closer look at the former USS President Warfield (IX 169), the Haganah Ship Exodus and how this ship attempted to play a role in resettling Jewish refugees after WWII.