Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature

For other similarly named awards, see Samuel Eliot Morison Award (disambiguation).

The Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature is for literature about the United States Navy. The award was planned in 1982 and first issued the next year by the New York Commandery of the Naval Order of the United States, who administers and chooses the winner which is a significant book on naval history from the prior year.[1]

The prize is named for Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison, a military historian.[2]

  1. ^ William A. Pencak (15 October 2009). Encyclopedia of the Veteran in America. ABC-CLIO. p. 303. ISBN 9780313087592. Retrieved December 23, 2017. The New York Commandery created the Samuel Eliot Morison Award in 1982, giving it each year to an author who published a significant book on naval history.. The first award went to its namesake posthumously..
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