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• 1/23/98 - A transcription of the famous publication "USS Augusta - Her Story" has been posted to the website
• 1/6/98 - The USS Augusta Association has announced that this year's reunion will take place May 11-14 at the Sands Regency Casino in Reno, Nevada. Check our reunion page for complete details
• 12/6/97 - New webpage created for Capt. James H. Foskett, USN
• 12/3/97 - Photo of Captain James H. Foskett, USN reading orders of detachment to the assembled crew before being relieved of command October 1945 by Capt. Jesse Wallace
• 12/2/97 - A photo of gun splashes from the Vichy French battleship Jean Bart straddling the Augusta during Operation Torch (North African invasion) has been posted
• 12/1/97 - an aerial photo of the ship dated October 1945 has been added
• 11/22/97 - the ship's crew roster for 23 November 1936 (crossing the Equator) has been posted courtesy of information provided by George Nelson
• 11/17/97 - we received an e-mail from the Festival of Flags, a Placentia, Newfoundland, based regional development committee regarding the establishment of a museum exhibit near the former U.S. naval base at Argentia. As part of the visual component they wish to acquire material pertaining to the August 1941 Atlantic Conference between PM Churchill and President Roosevelt. Of particular interest at present are charts indicating the exact location of the principle ships involved (HMS Prince of Wales and USS Augusta), and artifacts (i.e., commemorative items acquired at the time, or for that matter anything that has some connection to this important event). Anyone who can assist them in this endeavor should contact:
  Darrell Hillier <dhillier@thezone.net>
  191 Freshwater Rd.
  St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
  A1C 2P1
  (709) 754-2954
• 11/11/97 - a new inter-active discussion group (a.k.a. "bulletin board") has been created to serve as a medium of cross-communication for visitors to our website
• 11/10/97 - an additional crew roster is being created and all are invited to e-mail us information to make it as complete as possible (a comprehensive crew roster as of Thanksgiving Day '42 already exists on this website)
• 11/9/97 - a parchment map (b&w 220K) depicting the Augusta's cruises in the Orient 1939-40 has been posted courtesy of George Nelson
• 11/5/97 - two very interesting photos (the basketball team and a dance in the Orient with the crew in attendance) were received from George Nelson whose father, GM1c Henry S.Nelson, served aboard the ship from 1939 until after WWII
• 9/3/97 - This website has been linked from the Hyper War page, which is a comprehensive archive of US naval ships
• 9/2/97 - a photo of Pres. Harry S. Truman in the enlisted men's mess while in transit to the Potsdam Conference in 1945 has been added to the history and Truman pages courtesy of Charles La Bounty
• 8/29/97 - this website has been selected for inclusion in the Yahoo database of historic naval ships
• 8/27/97 - this website has been awarded the Mariner Gold Cruiser Award
• 8/24/97 - we have just created a Search Page for the website that allows our visitors to find what they want by simply searching keywords
• 8/22/97 - photo of the boxing squad posted to the site
• 8/16/97 - many new ship photos have been added to the site courtesy of Chuck McPartlin <macpuzl@west.net>
• 8/15/97 - a photo of the ship's officers circa 1934 when she was flagship of the Pacific Fleet (Capt. Nimitz in command) has been added to the site
• 8/12/97 - a copy of the Orders for the Day for D-Day has been posted
• 8/3/97 - ****An excellent assortment of photos of the Augusta, with captions, during its pre-war duty as flagship of the Pacific Fleet can be found at the website of Chuck McPartlin (macpuzl@west.net) whose father served onboard with the Marine Detachment from 1933-38. We thank Chuck for contacting us and letting us know about his private collection.7/5/97 - E-mail received from Thomas Dixon's grandchildren requesting info about their grandfather who served aboard the Augusta in 1937
• 6/20/97 - An e-mail received from Ken Williams who was aboard the USS Ludlow (DD-438) during Operation Torch who reports on his ship's bombardment of El Hank and his view of the Augusta passing to port with guns ablazin'.
• 6/10/97 - This website received a four star award for excellence from the American War Library