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Naval History Magazine - February 2009 Volume 23, Number 1

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Raphael Semmes' Long Flight Home
Issue: Naval History Magazine - February 2009 Volume 23, Number 1
After dodging Japanese Zero floatplanes, a Navy aviator with a famous name turned his SOC Seagull eastward and set out on a daring two-day flight over the cold North Pacific and...
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  • One-Ship Fleet-in-Being
    The mere presence of the frigate USS Constellation kept British ships distracted—and mostly in check—in the...

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  • The Commodore's Fateful Command
    A high-seas collision between 45,000 tons of steel moving at 15 knots and 2,900 tons travelling at 27 knots can't be good. A...

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A-7 Punch Out over Laos
The strike mission began going bad for the Navy lieutenant when the plane ahead of his A-7 Corsair II came off-target with hung...
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Flying the Early-Early
Launched from a solitary aircraft carrier off the west coast of Korea, a flight of four Corsairs set off in the predawn darkness...
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Bonded in Battle
Letters two World War I Navy aviators wrote home convey the excitement and hardships each enjoyed and endured as well as the close...
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Letters to Iwo Jima
"Undazzled by brass, the American public regarded a general at the front almost as a member of the family, to be praised,...
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Photo Gallery - 3d Marine Division on Iwo Jima

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On Our Scope

 

One of the best things about working on Naval History is that with each issue we editors get to indulge our love of history...

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Marine Corps Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak, 1913-2008 (web exclusive)

 

The U. S. Naval Institute mourns the passing of Navy Cross recipient, strategic visionary and Naval...

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Raphael Semmes' Long Flight Home
After dodging Japanese Zero floatplanes, a Navy aviator with a famous name turned his SOC Seagull eastward and set out on a daring...
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One-Ship Fleet-in-Being
The mere presence of the frigate USS Constellation kept British ships distracted—and mostly in check—in the...
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The Commodore's Fateful Command
A high-seas collision between 45,000 tons of steel moving at 15 knots and 2,900 tons travelling at 27 knots can't be good. A...
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America's Amazon Adventure
Three U.S. naval officers had designs on scouting out the untamed Amazon River basin, but ultimately not for the scientific reasons...
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Photo Gallery - The U.S. Navy "Over There",","Please see our Web Exclusive Photo Gallery - Photographs taken by Irving Sheely and collected by his nephew Lawr
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Looking Back

 A Smashing Breakthrough

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'Battle for Tarawa'

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The French Did It

The string of theories explaining the sinking of Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose on 19 July 1545 has grown by...

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Historic Fleets

 

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The Navy's "Heavies"

When the subject of big naval aircraft is raised, one usually thinks of the A3D Skywarrior, the largest...

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Book Reviews

The Ice Diaries: The Untold Story of the USS Nautilus and the Cold War's Most Daring Mission

Captain William R. Anderson, USN,...

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French-Canadian Fortress Returns to Life

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