Meet Navy flyers Kevin Borough and Jack Tribolet. Neither dreamed of being a pilot - one, in fact, actively avoided it, but both ended up driving rescue helos for the Navy. Buckle up for some hair-raising tales of scary weather in this episode of Scuttlebutt! Find the first half of this podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md7m3fmyKM4 * * * * Come aboard for a tour: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/museum_visit Volunteer with us: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/get-inv...

We just talked to a rescue swimmer (https://youtu.be/2d_uQT1fHEU?si=R1iF0wvPyeBHfOMm). We figured we ought to talk to his taxi drivers, too. Meet Navy flyers Kevin Borough and Jack Tribolet. Neither dreamed of being a pilot - one, in fact, actively avoided it, but both ended up driving rescue helos for the Navy. How did their journeys take them to the MH-60 Sierra? Find out in this episode of Scuttlebutt! * * * * Come aboard for a tour: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/museum_visi...

Brian Dickinson has been a part of an elite unit in the US Navy: he's a retired Navy aviation rescue swimmer. That not adventurous enough for you? He's also one of two people to have stood on the roof of the world completely by himself. Join us for his incredible story. For more, check out his website and his new book Calm In The Chaos comes out TODAY - Tuesday, Oct 29. You can find it at all the usual booksellers. https://www.briandickinson.net/ * * * * Come aboard for a tour: https://w...

Brian Dickinson has had been a part of an elite unit in the US Navy: he's a retired Navy aviation rescue swimmer. That not adventurous enough for you? He's also one of two people to have stood on the roof of the world completely by himself. Join us for his incredible story. For more, check out his website and his new book Calm In The Chaos comes out next Tuesday, Oct 29. https://www.briandickinson.net/ https://youtu.be/tHrEdZqV4FI?si=qWoXEB0LUDTbL0eP * * * * Come aboard for a tour: http...

Battleship IOWA Museum's first chairman of the board and former Iowa state senator Jeff Lamberti joins the gang to reminisce about the adventure of saving the ship from the mothball fleet. Prepare for some laughs as we share previously untold stories from Suisun Bay and Richmond, and the days when the budget was so tight, we had to ration generator hours. * * * * Come aboard for a tour: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/museum_visit Volunteer with us: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/ge...

Former Iowa state senator and the first chairman of Battleship IOWA's Board, Jeff Lamberti was there for the pins-and-needles moments back in 2011 when saving the ship was still a huge question mark. He jumped into a Scuttlebutt recording earlier this year to reminisce about those crazy times and how it's really a miracle we're here! * * * * Come aboard for a tour: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/museum_visit Volunteer with us: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/volunteer ...

Here's Part 2 of our conversation with Travis Davis, Vice President of Ship Operations for Battleship TEXAS. In this podcast he shares behind the scenes info on the recent drydocking and restoration of the world's oldest battleship. * * * * Come aboard for a tour: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/museum_visit Volunteer with us: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/volunteer National Museum of the Surface Navy: https://www.surfacenavymuseum.org/donate Become a Plank Owner:...

We've been trying to get this guy on the podcast for a while. He's Travis Davis, Vice President of Ship Operations for Battleship TEXAS and he's had an interesting few years. In this podcast he shares behind the scenes info on the recent drydocking and restoration of the world's oldest battleship. Part 2 coming soon. * * * * Come aboard for a tour: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/museum_visit Volunteer with us: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/volunteer National Museum ...

We're excited to introduce the latest restored and working space aboard Battleship IOWA. It's the new home for our podcast: IOWA's 1980s TV studio. Welcome to NEPM Studio 61A! In this episode we sit down with IOWA's Innovation Engineering & Technology (IE&T) Team manager Gary Lopes for a chat about what it was like to restore the ship's 1980s television studio to its full glory (working Betamax camera included)... only to see our podcast team move in and get goofy. * * * * Come...

Out of the blue a few months ago, we got an email from a young man from the Philadelphia area. Aydin Diaby is 19 and a self-taught model maker. When he and his brother visited Battleship IOWA in April 2023, Aydin was so inspired, he went home, literally made a 4-foot model of the ship on his own, then reached out to let us know what he'd done. We were intrigued, and our communications team - in the person of volunteer Ron Ploof, reached out to get Aydin's story. Turns out model-making ...

Vice Admiral Nora Tyson, USN (Ret) is a woman of many firsts: - First woman to be navigator on a carrier - First woman to the first woman to command a carrier strike group in 2010 (She embarked with USS GEORGE H. W. BUSH (CVN 77) in the Mediterranean Sea on its maiden deployment in support of operations in both U.S. 6th and 5th Fleets) - First woman to command the forward-deployed Singapore-based Task Force 73 - First woman to command a battle fleet - First woman to serve as Commander,...

Vice Admiral Nora Tyson, USN (Ret) is a woman of many firsts: First woman to be navigator on a carrier (USS Lexington)First woman to the first woman to command a carrier strike group in 2010 (She embarked with USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) in the Mediterranean Sea on its maiden deployment in support of operations in both U.S. 6th and 5th Fleets) First woman to command the forward-deployed Singapore-based Task Force 73First woman to command a battle fleetFirst woman to serve as Commander...

We're back for another season of SCUTTLEBUTT and we're starting off by sharing a new YouTube channel addiction: What's Going On In Shipping (https://www.youtube.com/@wgowshipping). Dr. Sal Mercogliano is a retired merchant mariner and chairman of the history department at Campbell University. In his spare time, he likes to talk about what's going on in the world of shipping. We had discovered him and reached out to invite him to our podcast so we could talk about shipping and its rela...

We're back for another season of SCUTTLEBUTT and we're starting off by sharing a new YouTube channel addiction: What's Going On In Shipping (https://www.youtube.com/@wgowshipping). Dr. Sal Mercogliano is a retired merchant mariner and chairman of the history department at Campbell University. In his spare time, he likes to talk about what's going on in the world of shipping. We had discovered him and reached out to invite him to our podcast so we could talk about shipping and its re...

Los Angeles Port Police Community Relations Officers Stacey Creech and Aldo Morales are near and dear to our hearts here at Battleship IOWA. They have our backs during any event we have that involves the public, most notably LA Fleet Week, and they do everything with kindness and unending good humor. We decided to show them off on our podcast and let you get to know why we love them. PS Did you catch our bad joke? Community Relations Officers - CROs...? A group of crows is called a "m...

Los Angeles Port Police Community Relations Officers Stacey Creech and Aldo Morales are near and dear to our hearts here at Battleship IOWA. They have our backs during any event we have that involves the public, most notably LA Fleet Week, and they do everything with kindness and unending good humor. We decided to show them off on our podcast and let you get to know why we love them. So what's this about murder...? You'll just have to listen to find out! * * * * Come aboard for a t...

Joe Sienkiewicz from NOAA's Ocean Predictions Center (otherwise known as our favorite "weather guesser") is our ace in the hole when it comes to inclement weather that's headed our way. He's been instrumental in helping us stay on top of how to prepare for events like Tropical Storm Hilary. This former tug boat operator sat down with us for a fascinating (did you know the buoys offshore can read the sizes of waves that refract off our breakwater?) conversation about the way weather works in ...

Joe Sienkiewicz from NOAA's Ocean Predictions Center (otherwise known as our favorite "weather guesser") is our ace in the hole when it comes to inclement weather that's headed our way. He's been instrumental in helping us stay on top of how to prepare for events like Tropical Storm Hilary. This former tug boat operator sat down with us for a fascinating (did you know the buoys offshore can read the sizes of waves that refract off our breakwater?) conversation about the way weather works in ...

Picture it: April 1975. Saigon has fallen. Thousands are frantic to get out. They take to the roof of an apartment building and fly off in the largest helicopter evacuation in history. But where do they go? At least 17 head out to sea and attempt to land aboard USS KIRK, the destroyer-escort where a young Dick McKenna is the executive officer. In this podcast Dick shares his experience over those harrowing days in late April, and describes what it was like when "Operation Frequent Wind" sud...

Short answer to that one is an emphatic NO. In this video we're setting the record straight on a few of the inaccurate rumors we've been heard floating around lately. Things such as: - Are we cutting a hole in our hull? - Are we gutting and completely restructuring compartments to make room for the national museum? Find out what we're actually considering and why in this episode of SCUTTLEBUTT. * * * * Come aboard for a tour: https://www.pacificbattleship.com/museum_visit Volunte...