Naval History Magazine - August 1999 Volume 13 Number 4

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Last of the Sailing Corvettes
Issue: Naval History Magazine - August 1999 Volume 13 Number 4
By: John D. Barnard


A controversy over whether today's Constellation is one of the U.S. Navy's first sail frigates or its last sail corvette stemmed from the Navy's inexplicable...

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Last of the Sailing Corvettes


A controversy over whether today's Constellation is one of the U.S. Navy's first sail frigates or its last sail...

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The Secret Side of the Tonkin Gulf Incident


A firewall existed between covert patrol-boat attacks on North Vietnamese positions and Desoto patrols eavesdropping on...

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