Naval History Magazine - October 2008 Volume 22, Number 5

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Bouncy But Dry Ride to Safety
Issue: Naval History Magazine - October 2008 Volume 22, Number 5
During a ferocious 1850 nor'easter, volunteers on a New Jersey beach used a well-aimed shot and an innovative boat to rescue passengers and crew from an offshore shipwreck.
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  • Book Reviews

    If By Sea: The Forging of the American Navy—From the Revolution to the War of 1812

    George C....

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  • 'I Was a Navy Misfit'
    After causing a series of minor catastrophes, a World War II motor machinist's mate found himself manning a 200-foot emergency...

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Historic Aircraft

Flying Whales Part II: Vietnam

Edward "Ed" Heinemann's Douglas A3D Skywarrior had its genesis as a 68,000-pound carrier...

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Courage in the Face of Terror
On the 25th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of the U.S. Marines' Beirut barracks, a veteran of the 1983 U.S. military mission...
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'Wallowin' in a Typhoon Before Morning
As the Great White Fleet steamed out on its round-the-world voyage, the only stormy seas projected seemed political and military in...
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On Our Scope

 

Admiral Chester Nimitz called it the worst loss the U.S. Navy had suffered in the Pacific "without compensatory return"...

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Battling the Pacific's Most Deadly Force
During Halsey's Typhoon, the barometer was dropping like a rock, mountains of water were slamming into the escort carrier, and the...
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Bouncy But Dry Ride to Safety
During a ferocious 1850 nor'easter, volunteers on a New Jersey beach used a well-aimed shot and an innovative boat to rescue...
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Book Reviews

If By Sea: The Forging of the American Navy—From the Revolution to the War of 1812

George C....

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'I Was a Navy Misfit'
After causing a series of minor catastrophes, a World War II motor machinist's mate found himself manning a 200-foot emergency...
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Historic Fleets

First of Her Breed

As technological change transformed submarines from novelty to weapon of war, it naturally followed that more...

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The Cruise Missile Comes of Age
Sailors on the deck of the Israeli destroyer first noticed a green flash on the horizon. Less than two minutes later, naval history...
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In Contact

'Halsey Knows the Straight Story'

(See A. P. Rems, pp. 40-46, August 2008 Naval History)

Lieutenant Commander Neil G....

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How Civil War Sailors Lived

 

Faber-Castell, Lea & Perrins, E. R. Squibb, and Goodyear Rubber. What do these companies have in common? In existence since at...

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Looking Back

A Warrior in Autumn

One of the fascinating aspects of interviewing retired Navy men and women is discovering what sorts of personalities...

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Museum Report

Florida's Fort under Six Flags

"I will take St. Augustine or leave my bones before its walls," claimed British General James...

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Naval History News

Fitting Way to Finish

Thunder and lightning heralded the Navy's unique NR-1 as she pulled into port at the New London, Connecticut,...

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The Ship that Couldn't be Built
At the start of the Civil War, the futuristic Stevens Battery warship had been on the building ways for seven years. Despite her...
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Those Stout Manitowoc Boats
Inside a submarine at test depth in the predawn Bering Sea is no place to be wondering what just hit you. Fortunately, the USS ...
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