Naval History Magazine - June 2012 Volume 26, Number 3

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    Charles E. Brodine Jr. is a historian with the Naval History and Heritage Command and associate editor of the Command’s...

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  • Looking Back - Ignominious Ends

    Sometimes it’s the little things that have enormous consequences. An old proverb has it that for want of a nail—and intermediate steps...

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That Other Air Service Centennial
The Marine Corps trailed the Navy in acquiring wings. But in their first 100 years, flying Leathernecks doggedly made their...
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Building on a 200-Year Legacy
Three bedrock lessons from the War of 1812 remain the basis for U.S. Navy operations in the 21st century.
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On Our Scope

On paper—and on water—it was a lopsided fight 200 years ago: the United States’ 20-odd warships versus Great Britain’s...

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The War's Pervasive Naval Dimensions
Viewing the War of 1812 through a wide-angle lens reveals that few aspects of the conflict were unaffected by naval and...
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The Constitution's Great Escape
Through her captain and crew’s creativity and determination, the big frigate demonstrated U.S. seamanship early in...
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Mitscher and the Mystery of Midway
Compelling evidence suggests the Hornet CO deliberately filed a misleading report after the puzzling ‘flight...
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Naval History Digital Edition

A digital edition of the June issue of Naval History...

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Contributors

Charles E. Brodine Jr. is a historian with the Naval History and Heritage Command and associate editor of the Command’s...

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Looking Back - Ignominious Ends

Sometimes it’s the little things that have enormous consequences. An old proverb has it that for want of a nail—and intermediate steps...

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In Contact

SEALs’ Weapon of Choice

Colonel Charles A. Jones U.S. Marine Corps Reserve (Retired)

The February 2012 issue of...

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Naval History News

Monitor Faces Revealed

Haunting. Eerie. Poignant. These are just three of the words whispered to describe what those assembled...

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Historic Aircraft - Great but Impractical Aircraft

After World War II, aeronautical engineers in several countries sought to combine a very new aviation technology with a very old one. The former...

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Historic Fleets - ‘As Fine a Sea-Boat as We Have in the Service’

As the U.S. sloop Hornet skirted the Corobana Bank to approach the British brig-of-war Espiegle at 1530 on 24 February 1813,...

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Contesting the Four Oceans
On the high seas during the War of 1812, the outgunned U.S. Navy gained an early upper hand only to be gradually worn down...
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America's Frigate Triumphs
During the first seven months of the War of 1812, the U.S. Navy scored three stirring victories at sea that caused the...
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Voyage to Tsushima
A Russian squadron traversed the globe in 1904–5 to turn the tide of war in the Pacific, but when its bedraggled...
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Book Reviews

1812: The Navy’s War

George C. Daughan. New York: Basic Books, 2011. 491 pp. Illus. Maps. Bibliog. Index. $32.50.

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Museum Report - Shipbuilding History Wrought in Wood and Iron

As visitors stroll between buildings on a beautiful summer morning, heads turn to find the source of a rhythmic tap-tap-tapping. The sound of...

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