The process of creating the database of records now housed at the museum began in 1990, when Frances Carey Kamakawiwoole Harriman, a former WAVE saw a notice in the American Legion Magazine that the "Eltoro WAVES were having a reunion. After making contact, and deciding to find the remainder of the 12 WAVES, she began an expensive and extensive records search, Following the purchase of the roster from BNRTC, by1992 she had found 35 BNRTC WAVES and decided to start this database. In 2000, after the extensive effort and hard work, the database with the primary goal of aiding the connection between former ship and service mates was completed.
Digitization efforts began in 2014, when the paper records were copied and collected as PDF files, and then later individual records. A 2017 visit to the National Archives and Records Administration yielded many leads, and preservation continued with Microfilm processing, and diving into many different pathways to find records.
Community Partnerships with ARCHSCAN INC, Anscestry.com, Fold3 and the Navy Log have produced an extensive collection of records, which will be available for your viewing.
Please be aware that the data here has not been edited or formatted extensively, in order to preserve its integrity. If there are issues with any part of the data, please feel free to present these to the webmaster via the contact form.
Use of any part or portion of these records is prohibited without explicit written permission from the museum. The fact that this data has not been extensively edited may mean that there will be duplicated or records with fundamental errors. We do our best to format them, but do not want to harm data integrity. These records are held securely, and access is limited to read only for website guest security. Forward all concerns to the webmaster and they will be addressed. Thank you for visiting.
The types of records below:
NAVY - Records used with permission from the U.S. Navy Memorial
PERM - Records from the museums own paper collection reflecting the roster of Permanent Duty Personnel
DUTY - Records from the museums own paper collection reflecting the roster of Assigned Duty Personnel
WAVE - Records from the museums own paper collection reflecting the roster of WAVES Personnel
MICROB - Records obtained through partnership with ArchScan Inc., originating from the museums own collection
MICRO Records used with permission from Fold 3 & Ancestry.com pertaining to service at USNTC Bainbridge or on the USS BAINBRIDGE
Due to an extremely large data volume; database is under maintenance frequently.