October 2022: Made the site usable on mobile devices, in hopes of reaching more users. On a smartphone, Landscape mode works best. In Portrait, swipe tables R/L to scroll them. August 2022: Changed the site email contact address. The old one was not forwarding reliably. July 2021: Began building a 1946-1979 supplement to the auxiliary vessels portion of the site and added a link to it to the front page of the site. July 2021: Added Cochrane collection and restructured portions of the site including the front page. June 30, 2021: Completed book French Warships in the Age of Steam, 1859-1914. Published 16 November 2021. April 2021: Links to the 1912 and 1914 Alaskan Radio Expeditions added to the top page of the site and three pages of photos added. April 2021: Replaced the oldest and smallest photos in the original auxiliary vessels portion of this site with larger ones sized to fit in a modern browser on a 1920 x 1080 pixel desktop monitor. On a smaller screen or for a vertical photo, click on the displayed photo to enlarge it (with scroll bars), and click again to return to the original view. Smartphones are not affected. March 2021: Added ship name index to the auxiliary vessels portion of this site. 2018-2021: Wrote book French Warships in the Age of Steam, 1859-1914. 2015-2017: With Rif Winfield wrote book French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1626-1786. April 2015: Added U.S. Navy "Spring Styles" section. 2013-2015: With Rif Winfield wrote book French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1786-1861. June-July 2013: Completed the auxiliary vessels portion of this site back to the construction of the Navy's first purpose-built auxiliary vessel, USS Relief, in 1835-1836. from June 2000 to July 2013 click here. |