To learn more about NHHC’s loan program, visit. Naval History and Heritage Command will continue to connect the public to Navy history as its Curator Branch works to lend important artifacts for study, exhibition, and research, just like the one presented to Del Toro. The Navy is working towards a milestone construction event for the new museum by October 2025. “Command leadership felt presenting the sword to SECNAV at this event was appropriate as part of the Navy’s birthday celebrations, connecting past and present.”ĭuring the ceremony, Del Toro also thanked the Navy Museum Development Foundation for its kind offer to lead a national campaign to raise funds for the future NMUSN. “We were informed that the Secretary of the Navy has a particular interest in Farragut,” said Stephanie Loden, Associate Registrar for Loans at NHHC. The command also has a loan program, organized by NHHC’s Curator Branch, which identifies which artifacts would be appropriate to loan out to certain individuals or organizations.
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5, 1864, when he captured two Confederate ships and was quoted saying, “Damn the Torpedoes! Four Bells! Go ahead! Full speed!” Sometime later his quote was abridged to the more commonly used, “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!”Īlong with the Farragut sword, NHHC has a wide variety of artifacts from the Navy’s history in its collection. Two years after declaring his allegiance to the Union, he experienced his most brilliant victory during the Battle of Mobile Bay on Aug. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was called to choose between his native state and the federal government. Starting his career off as a midshipman, he climbed the naval ranks serving initially as executive officer on various ships before being called upon to command.
Born in Knoxville, Tennessee July 5, 1801, Farragut gave 59 years of naval service from 1810 to 1869.
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