Titanic survivors
After colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean, R.M.S. Titanic sank on April 15, 1912. The Titanic only had enough lifeboats to carry 1,178 of the...
Japan surrenders
This log from the U.S.S. Missouri records preparations for the September 2, 1945, surrender of Japan to the Allied powers, which ended World War II. The...
Landing on the U.S.S. Princeton
A helicopter, possibly a Sikorsky H-5, lands on the deck of the U.S.S. Princeton on December 5, 1947. The aircraft is painted in the colors of the Sikorsky...
Lifeboat
John Macintosh submitted an application for his invention of a new and improved lifeboat in 1837. In his patent application, he claimed that, “this life-boat may be...
Manning the Olympia
During the battle of Manila Bay in the Spanish American War, the USS Olympia was the Admiral Dewey's flagship. It also transported the body of the Unknown...
Monster of the deep
This painting, made on one continuous piece of paper 21 feet 9 inches long, depicts the 1922-23 restoration of the ship that was advertised as “the largest ship in...
Name? Age? Number of wives?
This manifest contains the names of immigrants who arrived on the S.S. Brasilia from Hamburg, Germany, on January 31, 1899. In addition to standard information...