Preble Hall
A naval history podcast from Preble Hall - the United States Naval Academy Museum in Annapolis, Maryland. Preble Hall will interview historians, practitioners, military personnel, and other experts on a variety of naval history topics from ancient history to recent history.
Latest episodes
Mar 21, 2023 • 1h
A Conversation on Naval History with Dr. Jerry Hendrix
Dr. Jerry Hendrix is a retired Navy captain and former Director of the Naval History & Heritage Command. He is the author of a book on Theodore Roosevelt's Navy and is a fellow with the Sagamore Institute. During this episode he and the Director of the US Naval Academy Museum discuss naval history ranging from the War of 1812, the Spanish-American War, and the benefits of reading, researching, and writing naval history.
Mar 19, 2023 • 35min
On the Roof Gang: Early Navy Cryptologists
Matt Zullo's "On the Roof Gang" historical novels can be found: Amazon.com: The US Navy's On-the-Roof Gang: Volume I - Prelude to War eBook : Zullo, Matt: Kindle StoreandAmazon.com: The US Navy's On-the-Roof Gang: Volume 2 - War in the Pacific: 9781735152790: Zullo, Matt: Books
Mar 8, 2023 • 31min
Question Time: By Gettysburg College Students
Students from Gettysburg College and the Eisenhower Institute are working on a project to understand museums. Their team has switched seats with our director and interview Dr. Claude Berube, Director of the US Naval Academy Museum and host of the Preble Hall podcast.
Feb 24, 2023 • 44min
Royal Navy Officers in the Early Eighteenth Century: CDR Ryan Mewett
Abby talks to CDR Ryan Mewett, an assistant professor in the USNA history department, about his dissertation research about the Royal Navy of the eighteenth century.
Feb 15, 2023 • 56min
Remembering the Maine: 125 Years
Preble Hall is a production of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum in Annapolis, Maryland.
Feb 12, 2023 • 35min
The 70th Secretary of the Navy, John Dalton, USNA '64
Secretary Dalton's book is At the Helm: My Journey with Family, Faith, and Friends to Calm the Storms of Life
Feb 5, 2023 • 1h 17min
Admiral Hyman Rickover: Engineer of Power
Mark Wortman's webpage: Mark Wortman Books
Jan 29, 2023 • 47min
Mao's Army Goes to Sea
During the interview, Dr. Yoshihara mentioned another piece he wrote recently about what the Chinese learned from the Pacific War during World War II. That report can be found here The Preble Hall naval history podcast is a production of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum , the oldest Navy museum in the country.Website: Museum Home :: Museum :: USNATwitter: @usnamuseumFacebook: U.S. Naval Academy Museum | Annapolis MD | Facebook
Jan 22, 2023 • 52min
Small Boats and the Yom Kippur War
This episode mentions a 2004 article in the Naval War College Review by Lyle Goldstein and Yuri Zhukov, "A Tale of Two Fleets—A Russian Perspective on the 1973 Naval Standoff in the Mediterranean." That article is available here.Lyle Goldstein can be found on Twitter @lylegoldstein
Jan 15, 2023 • 1h 18min
Admiral Mike Mullen, Part V - The late 1990s
Naval History & Heritage Command historians John Sherwood and Tyler Pitrof continue their series with retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen, USNA Class of '68. In this episode they discuss the late 1990s.
