Nimitz Library Digital Collections

Shell-Canopy Protects Invasion Fleet off Luzon
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines; World War, 1939-1945 -- Philippines; Antiaircraft artillery; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American;
Thousands of black and gray puffs, denoting the explosion of anti-aircraft missiles, blanket the sky over Lingayen Gulf as ships of the U.S. invasion armada which moved in to the vital Philippines stronghold go about the manifold tasks of an...
World War II - Combat Photographs

Aboard the U.S.S. HONOLULU - (CL-48). Night gunnery in the battle of Kula Gulf.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Solomon Islands; Kula Gulf, Battle of, 1943; Antiaircraft artillery; Honolulu (Light cruiser : CL-48);
Slide#253: Solomons Campaign: Battle of Kula Gulf, 6 July 1943. With Guadalcanal secured, Admiral Halsey moved " up the Solomon ladder" to bring Fortress Rabaul under aerial besiegement. This brought hard fighting and airfield sites in New...
World War II - Combat Photographs

Box 2, Item 04: [Map Showing Clifton and Squadron at Pass L'Outre, Depicting Clifton's Route Through the Gulf of Mississippi], undated
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Pictorial works; United States. Navy. West Gulf Blockading Squadron;
The Civil War - Daniel D. T. Nestell Papers

Gambier Bay under Attack
Gambier Bay (Escort aircraft carrier : CVE-73); World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Leyte; Aircraft carriers -- United States;
Shells from a Japanese cruiser fall around the U.S. escort carrier GAMBIER BAY during the battle of October 25, 1944. Note Jap cruiser on horizon (circled). The most spectacular phase of the Leyte Gulf battle took place off Samar, sister island to...
World War II - Combat Photographs

Jap Raiders Meet Disaster in Mid-day Raid on U.S. Warships
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines -- Leyte; Antiaircraft artillery;
Black puffs of anit-aircraft fire cluster in the sky over Leyte Gulf on November 27, 1944, as U.S. warships throw up a deadly curtain of shells against Jap torpedo and dive bombers which launched a sudden raid out of the clouds at noon. Some...
World War II - Combat Photographs

End of Jap Bomber
Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944; Antiaircraft artillery; World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, Japanese; World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American;
A Japanese dive bomber (in circle) flies through a flak-pocked sky to attack U.S. Navy ships in Leyte Gulf. The heavy black smoke is from a burning U.S. destroyer, one of the inevitable losses of a major naval campaign. (First of a series of three...
World War II - Combat Photographs

Charles H. Ball Diaries, 1861-1865
Ball, Charles H.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Blockades; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations; United States. Navy. West Gulf Squadron; Manuscripts; Diaries;
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Andrew Boyd Cummings Papers, 1847-1863, 1913, 1935
Cummings, Andrew Boyd, 1830-1863; Slave trade -- Africa; Africa -- Social life and customs; South America -- Social life and customs; United States Naval Academy -- Students -- Correspondence; Gadsden, James, 1788-1858; Dale (Sloop-of-war); Fulton...
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Oliver Ambrose Batcheller Letters, 1859-1898
Batcheller, Oliver Ambrose., 1842-1893; United States. Navy. West Gulf Squadron; United States Naval Academy -- Students -- Correspondence; Concord (Patrol gunboat PG-3); Mobile Bay, Battle of, Ala.,1864; United States -- History -- Civil War,...
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Report on the Navies of Europe, 1839
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858; Austria. Kriegsmarine; Denmark. Søvænet; France. Marine; Great Britain. Royal Navy; Naples (Kingdom). Marina; Netherlands. Koninklijke Marine; Russia. Voennyĭ flot; Sardinia (Kingdom). Marina; Sweden....
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Correspondence, 1843: Popham, William [Letter] 1843 January 3, New York [to] Commander Mackenzie
Somers (Brig : 1842-1846); Somers Mutiny, 1842; Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell, 1803-1848; Popham, William, 1752-1847
New York Jany 3rd 1843 Commander Mackensie Sir Although a personal stranger to you, I cannot restrain the expression of my feelings to you, in this moment of universal excitement—I am a very old soldier of the Revolution, and was present at Head...
The Somers Affair

Box 2, Item 08: The Fleet Engaging the Two Forts [at] 3 1/2 AM, April 24, 1862
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Pictorial works; New Orleans (La.) -- History -- Capture, 1862; United States. Navy. West Gulf Blockading Squadron; Fort...
The Civil War - Daniel D. T. Nestell Papers

Box 2, Item 09: Running of the Forts by Commd. Farragut's Fleet, April 24, 1862
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Pictorial works; New Orleans (La.) -- History -- Capture, 1862; United States. Navy. West Gulf Blockading Squadron; Fort...
The Civil War - Daniel D. T. Nestell Papers

Box 2, Item 32: Off Forts Morgan and Gains, May 30, 1862
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Naval operations; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Pictorial works; United States. Navy. West Gulf Blockading Squadron;
The Civil War - Daniel D. T. Nestell Papers