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Welcome to the New York Commandery of the Naval Order of the United States. The New York Commandery hosts a number of educational and social events throughout the year, and builds comradery between its companions in support of the naval services. Membership in the Naval Order is by invitation only. If you have an interest, join us at one of our events.

MISSION STATEMENT

To encourage research and writing on naval and maritime subjects, preserve documents, portraits and other records of prominent figures deeds and memories of our naval and maritime history, and through fellowship of our members advance the Naval Order's unselfish service and worthy aims for the security and enduring well-being of our country. To foster, among all American citizens, informed interest in the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine, with the understanding that their efficiency is essential to national security and that readiness to make victory in war certain and speedy will deter aggression and minimize dangers to world peace.

Katherine C. Epstein is a professor of history at Rutgers-Camden, where she teaches courses in US history, military and diplomatic history, and historical methods. Her research focuses on the intersection of defense contracting, intellectual property, and government secrecy in Great Britain and the United States, as well as the “hegemonic transition” from the Pax Britannica to the Pax Americana. In addition to numerous scholarly articles, she has written two books: Analog Superpowers: How Twentieth-Century Technology Theft Built the National-Security State (University of Chicago Press, 2024) and Torpedo: Inventing the Military-Industrial Complex in the United States and Great Britain (Harvard University Press, 2014).

Notably, she served four years on the Board of the Naval Historical Foundation.

In addition to her historical work, she also writes essays and op-eds about politics and academia. That work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Liberties, and American Purpose.

"A gripping history that spans law, international affairs, and top-secret technology to unmask the tension between intellectual property rights and national security."

Naval Order of the United States New York Commandery

WELCOME ABOARD

MISSION STATEMENT

RADM SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD DINNER

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