Scuttlebutt: Official Podcast of the National Museum of the Surface Navy

This episode finds our team sleep-deprived, sun-burned, and hours away from the finish of LA Fleet Week 2022. Despite the lack of coherence, they managed to coordinate a visit with Brian O'Rourke. Since 2017, as media relations officer for Navy Region Southwest, Brian has been heavily involved in the planning of LA Fleet Week from the Navy side of the equation.

Get more of the behind-the-scenes details that happen both before and during this annual celebration of the sea services.

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We're back with more of a look at what goes on behind the scenes with LA Fleet Week. From ordering beverages for 50,000 to the logistics of wrangling ships, entertainers, and displays to coordinating receptions, meetings, and events to handling the whirlwind of crazy, last-minute changes to golf cart shenanigans, this celebration of our nation's sea services and military in general is a total team effort.

It's a lot of work and a lot of fun!

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Jenny Sova joined our team in 2017 as director of planning for LA Fleet Week. Currently, she's Battleship IOWA's chief of staff. 

We dragged this wonderful, fun  lady away from her crazy-busy schedule to chat about what it's like to stage an event as large as LA Fleet Week.

Warning: we're a few weeks from the start of this first major public event since Covid, and we've hit the point where we're a little goofy.

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🎖️ Get involved in our veterans' programs? https://pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/veteran


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Battleship IOWA's crew is full of unique individuals who've come together to create a rather extraordinary team. That team is full of interesting characters... like our electrician, George Musulin.

He's been around for years, and we'd like to put in a pithy description of him, but really you just have to experience him.

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If you've been following this podcast, you know that April 19 is an important date for our organization. It is our time to celebrate the lives of 47 sailors lost on that day in 1989.

For the last two years, Covid forced us to hold the ceremony as a mainly virtual event. This year we were happy to be able to open it to in-person attendance again. Crew members who survived that day in '89 came back to their ship and we took the opportunity to invite them to talk about their lives on IOWA when she was an active vessel, as well as their experiences on April 19th.

Mike Meldrum and Ed Cella took us up on the offer. Join us for a fun and insightful journey down memory lane with these two sailors and some of our usual crew.

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The museum ship industry was saddened recently to see heartbreaking images of the Fletcher-class destroyer USS THE SULLIVANS (DD-537) with a starboard list so significant, her decks were awash almost to the ship's centerline. 

No armchair quarterbacking here. For this episode we assembled a panel of professional mariners to discuss the challenges of maintaining the hulls of these legacy vessels and potential ways of righting THE SULLIVANS.

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On April 19, 1989 at 9:55 AM local time, the center gun on USS Iowa's Turret II suffered an open breech explosion (technically a deflagration). 47 sailors working within the turret perished.

Vice President and Chief Information Officer David Canfield was a nineteen-year-old 3rd class engineman serving aboard Iowa that day. In this episode we talk about his experiences then, his ongoing healing process, and how he has learned that both his story and Iowa's reach far beyond one horrible day.


For more information on the Turret II tragedy, please refer to the following videos:

• We Remember Turret II - a video that debunks several of the persistent false rumors about the tragedy
• Turret II Lecture - an in-depth look at the technical investigations into the incident

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🙋 Volunteer with us? https://www.pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/volunteer
🎖️ Get involved in our veterans' programs? https://pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/veteran


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Welcome to the official podcast for the National Museum of the Surface Navy! Our first episode will introduce you to our regular panelists and set the stage for conversations to come. 

• President & CEO Jonathan Williams
• Vice President & COO Mike Getscher
• Vice President & CIO David Canfield
• Development Manager Kyle Aube
• Executive Assistant Marann Fengler 

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Want to

❤️ Support the ship? https://www.pacificbattleship.com/donate/donate-online
⚓ Come aboard for a tour? https://www.pacificbattleship.com/museum_visit
🙋 Volunteer with us? https://www.pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/volunteer
🎖️ Get involved in our veterans' programs? https://pacificbattleship.com/get-involved/veteran


You can also

⭐ Contribute to the National Museum of the Surface Navy https://www.surfacenavymuseum.org/donate


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