In 1977 Gottfried Wiwod and René Hieronymus met for the first time during a modelshow in Salzburg and realized that they both shared the same hobby. Few month later some more people joined and decided to establish a little Group which is known today as Interessengemeinschaft US.Navy Salzburg. Meanwhile our group has become even more bigger and we have been able to meet several other peoples from all over the world with the same dedication to our hobby. We are having a meeting on every first wednesday in a month at a certain place here in Salzburg. Additional we are making trips to several locations like museums, airbases or historical sites and events, like modelshows, airshows and so on. Even so our main interest is the United States Navy, we are also very interested in other similar organizations and history related things. Our main goal is simply to live our hobby and have fun with it. Due to the fact that we are not a club or restricted group, anyone who is interested in these things is welcomed and can join us.
It may sound strange that we call our self US Navy Salzburg but the reason behind this name is the fact that some years ago a few man met and realized their common dedication for almost the same hobby. As our name says our main goal and interest is the United States Navy, the history, the technical development of ships and aircrafts, the political ramifications and off course the people which work in this service. To learn more about this, we study books, magazines, videos and other publications. Additional we have several contacts here in Austria as well as in other countries all over the world. We have made several trips to visit particular interesting places here in Europe as well as in the United States. During this trips we made quite some friends and were able to intensify our contacts and off course our knowledge about the things we are so interested in.
Every month we are having a small meeting here in Salzburg to exchange our ideas and thoughts. Anyone who is interested in this hobby can join us and become a part of our group. With this website we are finally able to show off some of our work in form of several models which some of our members have built and are still doing so and by posting them here in our gallery we might be able to get in contact with even more other people who share the same hobby.