A quarter-century ago, the U.S. Naval Institute recommitted itself to one of its core missions—preserving and celebrating the history of America’s sea services—by launching Naval...
After a major overhaul, the Naval Academy Museum reopened its doors to a grateful public; now more than ever, it’s a place where U.S. naval history lives.
The perseverance of an American ambassador to France paid off when the remains of early America’s iconic Navy hero were located in Paris, positively identified, and transported to the U.S....
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Lieutenant Commander Robert Bernier, USNR (Ret.), served as a pilot and patrol-plane commander with VP-65 from 1979 to 1991. He finished his 35-year flying career as an international airline...
A digital edition of the February issue of Naval History is available for current USNI members to view. The magazine image below is a link to the online magazine and will take you outside the USNI...
For about four decades, the top ship commands for Coast Guard captains were “the big white ones,” the high-endurance cutter Hamilton (WHEC-715) and her 11 sisters. Ships of the class...
U.S. Navy’s Multicarrier Experience
Norman Polmar
I take issue with the contention of Jonathan Parshall and Michael Wenger in “Pearl Harbor’s Overlooked Answer” (...
Drake’s Final Resting Place Found?
As befits one of the most legendary ship captains of all time, Sir Francis Drake was buried at sea. At the age of 55, after a lifetime of privateering,...
The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King with its many progeny and variants ranks as one of aviation history’s most successful and numerous naval helicopters. Originally designated HSS-2, the aircraft was...
By the flickering light of a globe lantern, Coal-heaver John Sutton, earning his $18 a month (as much as a ship’s cook or a coxswain), entered the starboard-side engineer’s storeroom on...
By Lieutenant Commander Robert Bernier, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired)
For these reservists, it wasn’t the typical active-duty stint—but a desperate search for plane-wreck survivors adrift in the Pacific expanse.
Already hot and muggy in the predawn...
A spur-of-the-moment purchase included an unexpected historical treasure: a copy of an unpublished letter describing HMS Invincible at the 1914 Battle of the Falklands, written by the battlecruiser...
Is an image of the British battlecruiser blowing up at Jutland an authentic photograph, or is it an expertly executed fake?
One of the most recognized World War I photographs—HMS Invincible...
Sealab: America’s Forgotten Quest to Live and Work on the Ocean Floor
Ben Hellwarth. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012. 400 pp. Illus. Notes. Bibliog. Appendices. $28.
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By Colonel Charles A. Jones, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Retired)
When a Japanese shell interrupted a corpsman tending to a wounded Marine, it also put a Purple Heart award on hold for half a century.
Every Marine and sailor who fought in the hell that was the...
The Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia, holds one of the largest private collections of World War II flying aircraft, including a number of naval planes.
Open since May 2008, it...
