Awards

2016: North American Society for Oceanic History, won the John Lyman Book Award for Best book published in 2015 in “Naval Biography and Autobiography” category for The Sailor’s Homer: The Life and Times of Richard McKenna, Author of The Sand Pebbles.

September 2014. Naval History Essay Contest
United States Naval Institute
2nd Prize.

U.S. Maritime Literature Award for 2010
United States Maritime Literature Award Committee

Vice Admiral Edwin B. Hooper Research Grant 2008
U.S. Naval Historical Center

Research Grant 2008
U.S. Marine Corps Foundation

Research Grant 2007
Foundation for Coast Guard History

Research Grant 2005
Foundation for Coast Guard History

Fellow of Maritime History 2003
Columbia River Maritime Museum

Second Honorable Mention–Coast Guard Essay Contest 2001
U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings

Best Book on U.S. Coast Guard History for years 1998-2000
Foundation for Coast Guard History

Best Book on Lighthouses and Aids to Navigation for years 1996-1997
Foundation for Coast Guard History

Notable Naval Book of 1994
U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings

Vice Admiral Edwin B. Hooper Research Grand 1990
U.S. Naval Historical Center