About Mystic Seaport Museum – Rosenfeld Collection
Nowhere else is the power, drama, and beauty of wind, sail, and sea captured so brilliantly as in the Rosenfeld Collection at Mystic Seaport Museum – the largest single collection of maritime photography in the world. These stunning works of art, caught in time by two generations of the Rosenfeld family, capture the essence of the maritime experience. The collection includes steam yachts, naval vessels, powerboat races, leisure activities and every America’s Cup race from 1885 to 1992. Visit the Rosenfeld Collection online store at www.rosenfeldcollection.org for research or to purchase fine art decorative prints, posters, notecards and books.
Mystic Seaport Museum is the nation’s leading maritime museum. Located in historic Mystic, Connecticut, the Museum is home to four National Historic Landmark vessels including the Charles W. Morgan, the last wooden whaleship in the world. It also features a re-created 19th-century seafaring village,
a working preservation shipyard, formal exhibit galleries and a planetarium.
Mystic Seaport Museum also offers a large educational component, with preschool to college programs and beyond, including such classes as open-hearth cooking, sailing, and traditional boatbuilding. The Museum has an acclaimed Collections Research Center and is recognized for its book-publishing program. For more information about
Mystic Seaport Museum, visit www.mysticseaport.org.
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Navy 2023 Wall Calendar
$15.95The Navy calendar is a tribute to the men and women who have fought to protect our nation, to deter aggression, and to maintain freedom of the seas. Navy and Marine Corps action over the past 248 years is represented here in full-color paintings. Significant events in naval history are listed in every month. Sales of the calendar benefit the Naval Historical Foundation. Anchor’s aweigh!
This 2023 monthly wall calendar features: Large blocks for notes | Superb printing quality | Heavy 100-pound paper | Deluxe 11- by 14-inch size
Images featured in this edition include:
• A Fine Evening on the USS Mustin
Named to honor three generations of Mustins who served in the U.S. Navy through most of the 20th century, the guided missile destroyer Mustin continues to serve with the Pacific fleet
• USS Dallas at Dock
The nuclear attack submarine USS Dallas (SSN 700) at dock in Toulon Harbor, France
• USS Saratoga (CV-3)
Commissioned in November 1927, USS Saratoga (CV-3) was the Navy’s first fast large deck carrier
• River Boat #117 Under Attack at Night
During the Vietnam War, river patrol boats (PBRs), maintained a constant watch on inland waterways, such as the Mekong Delta, to combat enemy
forces, insert SEAL teams for special missions, and search river traffic for contraband
• Steam Beast
An F/A-18 Hornet strike-fighter prepares to leave the deck of USS Enterprise (CVN 65), with steam building up to catapult the pilot and aircraft into the air
• U.S. Steamers Scorpion, Spitfire, Vixen, Scourge with 40 Barges at Tabasco, 14 June 1847
During the war with Mexico, Commodore Matthew C. Perry led this “mosquito fleet” up the Tabasco River in order to capture the present day city of Villahermosa on the eastern coast of Mexico
• Helicopter
To provide overhead support in the Mekong Delta, the Navy created a light-attack helicopter squadron, HA(L)-3, known as the Seawolves, which flew • UH-1B Huey helicopters acquired by the Army
• Naval Battle of 1812
U.S. Frigate Constitution earns her nickname “Old Ironsides,” as enemy cannon balls appear to bounce off her well-constructed oak hull
• USS Indiana and USS Brooklyn at New York City after Victory at Santiago
As part of the naval review in honor of Adm. George Dewey in New York City celebrating the end of the Spanish American War, the battleship USS Indiana and the cruiser USS Brooklyn pass by the Statue of Liberty
• Battleship Flotilla, 1941
Battleships at the beginning of World War II were regarded as the backbone of the U.S. Navy and were the main targets of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941
• Fajardo Incident, USF John Adams
War of 1812 naval hero Commodore David Porter, embarked in frigate John Adams, arrived at Fajardo, Puerto Rico on November 14, 1824, to respond to the jailing of schooner Beagle’s commanding officer by the local Spanish authorities
• The Agerholm in Winter, Bow View
USS Agerholm (DD 826) takes a much-needed break from Vietnam War combat operations in January 1969 while undergoing repairs in Yokosuka, Japan
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