According to the official version, Marine Major General Charles Barrett accidently fell to his death after meetings at Vice Admiral "Bull" Halsey's headquarters to discuss the upcoming...
When considering the War of 1812, many Americans focus on the U.S. Navy's stirring victories over the Royal Navy in frigate duels. The British, however, emerged from the conflict with total command...
By Norman Polmar Author, Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet
Flying Whales Part 1: Over the Sea
Edward "Ed" Heinemann must be recognized as history's outstanding designer of carrier-based aircraft. After participating in or directing the...
In this issue of Naval History we're commemorating the anniversaries of two significant events in U.S. Navy history—the first a voyage that made world headlines 50 years ago, and the...
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Fifty years ago, the U.S. Navy one-upped the Soviet Union after the launch of Sputnik 1—the first artificial satellite in history—by doing the "impossible": sending the...
Throughout 1942 the U.S. Navy had taken heavy hits from the Japanese, but by mid-1943 fortunes began to change. The Battle of Vella Gulf would be the first Pacific encounter on American terms.
Three captains—one a scoundrel and two heroes—commanded the last commissioned warship in the Continental Navy, a frigate named in honor of the Franco-American coalition of the...
Midway: Dauntless Victory-Fresh Perspectives on America's Seminal Naval Victory of World War II
Peter C. Smith. Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK: Pen and Sword Books, Ltd., 2007. 378 pp. Illus. Appens....
When Union Sailors, Soldiers, and Marines converged on tiny Pitch Landing, North Carolina, in late 1864 they helped strike a blow against the hungry and cold Confederate Army of Northern Virginia...
Fixer and Fighter
"Service to other vessels," the USS Medusa's commanding officer asserted in 1939, "is the only justification for [this ship's] existence." History validates the...
1968—From a Distance
As we look back 40 years, books and documentaries tell us that 1968 was one of the most divisive years in the United States in the 20th century. Anniversaries of events...
Where All the Residents Were Called Captain
Just a short ride from the ferry on the north shore of Staten Island, New York, along the Kill Van Kull, lies the Snug Harbor Cultural Center—a...
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