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Naval History Magazine - August 2010 Volume 24, Number 4

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The Trouble with Treasure
Issue: Naval History Magazine - August 2010 Volume 24, Number 4
By: James P. Delgado
Against the backdrop of a contentious case to decide ownership of one of the world's most valuable undersea discoveries, a noted maritime archaeologist presents his arguments...
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  • 'I was born into the Navy. . . East Asia was a part of my life'
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The Innovative, Mysterious Alligator
Four months after the Monitor sank there, the Graveyard of the Atlantic pulled another victim down into its murky depths—the...
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A Pearl of a Discovery
The author's vacation to Panama's Pearl Islands resulted in his identification of a historic American boat from the 1860s...
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Missouri Endgame
Taking on the enemy and often each other, Navy and Marine commanders under a remarkable leader—Fleet Admiral Chester W....
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Disaster at Lady Franklin Bay
Brutal Arctic elements, bureaucracy, and half-baked resupply attempts doomed the men of the ill-fated Greely Expedition—until...
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'To Do My Duty'
What motivated American servicemen to put their lives on the line in distant World War II battles...
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On Our Scope

 

Despite the best efforts of builders, captains, and crews, a nautical fact of life is that ships sometimes sink. What later happens...

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Contributors

 

James P. Delgado is the president and CEO of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology. He has led or participated in...

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Members Only Stories

The Trouble with Treasure
Against the backdrop of a contentious case to decide ownership of one of the world's most valuable undersea discoveries, a noted...
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'I was born into the Navy. . . East Asia was a part of my life'
The bestselling author of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors and Ship of Ghosts interviews one of the...
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Naval History Digital Edition

A digital edition of the August issue of Naval...

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Looking Back

Designing the Arleigh Burke's Hull

For many of the men and women who form the crews of the Navy's warships, the process generally...

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In Contact

Naval Aviation Firsts

Tom Phillips

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Naval History News

A Revolutionary War Ship Reappears

She guarded Boston Harbor on the eve of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, and provided fire support...

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Historic Fleets

'No Ship Has Been Fought So Obstinately'

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Historic Aircraft

The Flying Banana

The Piasecki HRP Rescuer—usually called the "flying banana"—was the first U.S. helicopter...

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Book Reviews

Four Years on the Great Lakes, 1813-1816: The Journal of Lieutenant David Wingfield, Royal Navy

Edited by Don Bamford and Paul...

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Museum Report

Lake Huron's British Naval Base after the War of 1812

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