International Journal of Naval History

 NASOH Conference

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

St. Michaels, Maryland

May 5-May 8, 2004

Schedule of Events:

Wednesday, 5 May

16:00 – 18:00   Conference Registration – St. Michaels Best Western

20:00 – 21:30   Conference Registration – St. Michaels Best Western

Thursday, 6 May

08:00 – 08:45   Registration at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

09:00 – 09:15   Welcoming Remarks

                        John Hattendorf, President, North American Society for Oceanic History

                        John Valliant, Director, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

                        Donald G. Shomette, Program Chair, Cultural Resource Management

Session 1 – The Revolutionary War

Gene A. Smith, Texas Christian University, Moderator

09:30 – 10:00 – Captain Samuel Nicholson of Chestertown, Maryland and the Continential Navy, Paul Brawley, University of Connecticut Foundation

10:00 – 10:30 – Littoral Warfare in the Chesapeake Bay, 1777-1778, Mark Hayes, Naval Historical Center

10:30 – 10:45 – Break

10:45 – 11:15 – Neutral Port and Prizes of the War during the American Revolution, Michael J. Crawford, Naval Historical Center

11:15 – 12:00 – Discussion

12:00 – 13:00 – Lunch at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

Session 2 – Beneath the Waters of Time: Underwater Archaeology in the Chesapeake Bay and Beyond

Robert Browning, U.S. Coast Guard, Moderator

13:00 – 13:30 – The Chesapeake Historic Inventory Project (CHIP), Susan B. S. Langley, Maryland Historical Trust

13:30 – 14:00 – The Pamunkey River Historic Shipwreck Inventor, Bruce G. Terrell, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and David Howe, Maritime Archaeological and Historic Society

14:00 – 14:30 – Iron in the Deep: Current Fieldwork at the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, Tane Casserley, NOAA, Monitor National Marine Sanctuary

14:30 – 14:45 – Break

14:45 – 15:15 – Where’s Barney?: Or the Influence of Marine Transgressions in the Chesapeake Tidewater on the Flow of Maritime History and Vise Versa, Donald G. Shomette, Cultural Resource Management

15:15 – 16:00 - Discussion

Session 3 – Panel Discussion

Robert “Bud” Foulke, Moderator

16:00 – 17:00 – Words of the Sea: Contemporary Maritime Literature, David Poyner, William White, and Dean King, Authors and Panelists

17:00 – Dinner on your own

Friday, 7 May

Session 4 – The Chesapeake and South America

Dan Masterson, U.S. Naval Academy, Moderator

09:00 – 09:30 – For Profit and Freedom: Baltimore Privateers in the Wars of Mexican and South American Independence, 1816-1821, Fred W. Hopkins, Jr., University of Baltimore

0930 – 10:00 – Some Court Cases Stemming from Baltimore Privateer Activities in South American Waters, 1816 – 1819, Charles R. Schultz, Texas A & M University

10:00 – 10:15 – Break

Session 5 – Digging Deeper: Archives and the Sea Virginia

Steele Wood, Library of Congress, Moderator

10:15 – 10:45 – The NOAA Library System: An Overlooked Resource for Conducting Research on Oceanic and Maritime History, Kenneth Hollingshead, NOAA

10:45 – 11:15 – To Be Announced

11:15 – 12:00 – Walking Tour of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

12:00 – 13:00 - Lunch

Session 6 – Shipyards, Ports, and Pleasures

Joseph Meany, New York State Historian, Emeritus, Moderator

13:00 – 13:30 – The Washington Navy Yard: An Illustrated History, Edward Marolda, Naval Historical Center

13:30 – 14:00 – The U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md: Sailing the Bay, William B. Cogar, Mystic Seaport

14:00 – 14:30 – The Solomons Relief Station: A rare Survivor of Maryland’s Maritime Past, Richard J. S. Dodds, Calvert Marine Museum

14:30 – 14:45 – Break

14:45 – 15:15 – Newport News Shipbuilding: Defensive Ploy to Shipbuilding Giant, James M. Morris, Christopher Newport University

15:15 – 15:45 – A Wheelbarrow and a Tool Kit: Capitalization and Financial Backing in the Late Nineteenth Century Maryland Wooden Shipbuilding Yards, Pete Lesher, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

15:45 – 16:15 – Recreational Sailing on Chesapeake Bay, William S. Dudley, Naval Historical Center

16:15 – 1645 – Discussion

16:45 – Dinner on your own

20:00               NASOH Executive Council Meeting

Saturday, 8 May

Session 7 – A Star Spangled Banner Trail

Scott Sheeds, Fort McHenry National Historic Landmark, Moderator

09:00 – 09:30 – In the Wake of Crisis: The Jeffersonian Embargo and the Development of New London’s Trade with the Chesapeake, Glenn S. Gordnier, Mystic Seaport

09:30 – 10:00 – Who Designed the U.S.S. Hornet? Geoffrey M. Footner

10:00 – 10:30 – Break

10:30 – 11:00 – The Star Spangled Banner Trail: A National Maritime Legacy of the War of 1812, Ralph E. Eshelman, Eshelman and Associates

11:00 – 12:00 – Discussion

12:00 – 13:00 – Lunch

13:00 – 14:00 – Annual NASOH Members Meeting

14:00 – 16:30 – Cruise the Miles River aboard the Patriot

18:00 -           - Cash Bar, Dinner at Harbor Towns, John Lyman Awards

Sunday, 9 May

0800 – 1100 – Optional cruise of the Wye River aboard the National Register listed historic skipjack Rebecca T. Ruark

Note:

The North Atlantic Society for Oceanic History was founded in 1973 to provide a forum for maritime history and remains actively devoted to the study and promotion of naval and maritime history.  The society's objectives are to promote the exchange of information among its members and others interested in the history of the seas, lakes, and inland waterways; to call attention to books, articles, and documents pertinent to naval and maritime history; and to work with local, regional, national, international, and government organizations toward the goal of fostering a more general awareness and appreciation for North America's naval and maritime heritage.  NASOH also houses the U.S. Commission on Maritime History which is a constituent member of the International Commission on Maritime History.

This year's conference will be May 6 - May 8, 2004. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St Michaels, MD.  For information on registration, see the following web site.

http://www.ecu.edu/nasoh/