The Salty Dips Committee of the Naval Association of Canada - Ottawa Branch has published eleven volumes on the history of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Navy. The first volume, When We Were Young and in Our Prime, was published in 1983. Since then, the Salty Dips committee has catalogued the Navy's peacekeeping and humanitarian operations, its role in modern wars, and the memories of those who have chosen to serve their country through a life at sea.