Dale Jenkins will offer a detailed description of the Battle of Midway, including the strategies of both the United States and Japan.

Captain Steiner will offer a “Sea Mine Primer” that will discuss mine laying, including the strategic impact on global maritime, the history of mine laying, and the technology used in mine laying.

Built in 1960 in a Nova Scotia shipyard, the 180-foot Bounty was designed – using actual plans from the British Admiralty archives – as a doppelganger for the historic ship captained by William Bligh for an excursion to the South Seas in 1789.

A short history of the US Coast Guard Beach Patrol which was active during WWII

Private docent lead tour of Tampa’s own SS AMERICAN VICTORY

We have located a restaurant suitable for a Naval Order Holiday Dinner, with a Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony, in a private room.

When the Navy and the Coast Guard patrolled the South Vietnam coastline.

Join us for the bi-monthly meetings of the Tampa Bay Commandery.

David A. “Scotty” Dawson, Command Historian CIV CENTCOM HQ (USA), discusses one of the most significant land USMC battles of WWII

Speaker - CAPT Bob Whitkop, NOUS Commander General; followed by election of 2023 Tampa Bay Commandery Officers and Change of Command.

Join us in October for the bi-monthly meeting.

Celebrate the birthday of the US Coast Guard at the new Tampa Bay Commandery’s luncheon.

LCDR Andy Pray will present “Battle of Midway” at the new Tampa Bay Commandry luncheon.

The chartering of the new Tampa Bay Commandry will take place with a ceremony luncheon.

The final organizational meeting before chartering of the new Tampa Bay Commandry will take place on April 20.

The Tampa Bay Commandery is in the process of becoming the next new Commandery in the Naval Order. Hopefully we will be chartered in the next few months. We are having a 3rd organizational meeting in March.

We are a small group anxious to bring this new Commandery to life and come together to recognize our maritime history. We encourage anyone in the Tampa Bay area to contact us and see if this could be a fit for you.