• Nicholas (DD 311) — Clemson-class destroyer lost in the Point Pedernales disaster, 1923.
• The Coast Guard’s first loss of World War II — Gwin rescues survivors of cutter Alexander Hamilton, sunk off Iceland in January 1942.

April 2008

• Battle of Vella Gulf 65th Anniversary celebration,

  The Destroyer History Foundation has acquired the rights to republish Capt. Russell S. Crenshaw, Jr.’s study of the battle. Watch this page in 2008 for announcements regarding availability. November 2007–April 2008 — The Battle of Tassafaronga: • First-person perspective of RAdm. Raizo Tanaka, commander of the Japanese forces engaged. • Action reports of Drayton (DD 366) and Minneapolis (CA 36) • Overview. • Introduction. • The van destroyers. • The cruisers. • The Japanese destroyers. • Reconciliation. • Combat narrative from the Office of Naval Intelligence, 1944. • A first-person account by then-Lt. Russell S. Crenshaw, Jr., gunnery officer in Maury during the battle.

  7–10 August, Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia.
• The Sullivans — Fletcher-class destroyer in DesRon 52 during World War II.
• Destroyer Squadron 52 — escorting fast carriers in the Pacific in 1944 and ’45.
• Gosselin — Rudderow-class destroyer escort converted as a fast transport, which played a prominent role at Tokyo Bay.
• Fiske — Edsall-class destroyer escort torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic in 1944.

November 2007

• All fifty-nine conventional frigates of the cold war in color photographs:
  • Bronstein and McCloy; all 10 Garcia class; all 46 Knox class; Glover.
• Flush-deckers today — Color photos of remains of the former Thompson and Corry in California.
• US Navy flush-deckers before World War II:
  

  Best since Morison: re-presentations of all US Navy World War II surface actions by Vince O’Hara plus a similar study of the Kriegsmarine.

  • Construction: 1916–1922.
  • Between the wars: highlights of 1920–1939.

October 2007

• US Navy flush-deckers in World War II:
  • Overview with a quarter-by-quarter analysis by type.
  • Squadron organization of the 72 initially-unconverted ships.
• Asiatic Fleet Destroyers — the thirteen flush-deckers of Destroyer Squadron 29, on station in the Far East from 1922 to the first months of the Pacific war.
• Destroyer weekend at Lake George — the Destoyer History Foundation’s October event.

• Donations to the Destroyer History Foundation will be gratefully received and used to support the purposes of the foundation. DESTROYER HISTORY FOUNDATION PO Box 1695 Bolton Landing, NY 12814-1695

  Sterett, DLG 31 and CG 31 — Shipmates’ history—text prepared as a revised and extended version of DANFS.

September 2007

• Allen M. Sumner-class squadrons in World War II — initial organization of the first three squadrons.
• USS Hank, DD 702 — Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer and her namesake, Laffey’s CO LCdr. William E. Hank, missing in the Battle of Guadalcanal.
• USS Peary, DD 226 — Flush-deck destroyer sunk during the Java Sea campaign, including Andy Wilde’s latest history.