Naval History Magazine - December 2012 Volume 26, Number 6

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Saving Lives During America's Deadliest Disaster
Issue: Naval History Magazine - December 2012 Volume 26, Number 6
Men of the U.S. Revenue Cutter, Life-Saving, and Lighthouse services were pushed to the edge of endurance when the Great Galveston Hurricane hit in 1900.

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    The lone battle honor on the Royal Marines’ crest recalls early 18th-century exploits that secured a future anchor of...

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    The U.S. Naval Institute lost a good friend in mid-August with the passing of Rear Admiral Robert W. McNitt at age 97. Tall, slender, friendly,...

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Close Air Support: The Pioneering Years
Marine aviators’ commitment to deliver support to ground forces—a tactic once deemed too dangerous—grew...
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A Vital Concept Refined
The helicopter revealed its potential in Korea. As the Marine Corps honed close air support in the years since, it has...
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Climax of Isolationism, Countdown to World War
The United States got a foretaste of what would befall its forces at Pearl Harbor when Japanese aircraft sank the USS ...
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The Constitution's Victorious Captains
Hull, Bainbridge, Stewart—the roll call of Old Ironsides’ commanders during the War of 1812 conjures a series...
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Appointment with Destiny in the North Atlantic
In 1943, the author’s uncle boarded his Liberty ship in Nova Scotia with a strong sense of foreboding....
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Saving Lives During America's Deadliest Disaster
Men of the U.S. Revenue Cutter, Life-Saving, and Lighthouse services were pushed to the edge of endurance when the Great...
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Grabbing and Holding 'the Rock'
The lone battle honor on the Royal Marines’ crest recalls early 18th-century exploits that secured a future anchor of...
Read More
Looking Back - ‘The Finest Naval Officer I Ever Met’

The U.S. Naval Institute lost a good friend in mid-August with the passing of Rear Admiral Robert W. McNitt at age 97. Tall, slender, friendly,...

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In Contact

Enterprise’s Long History

Captain Charles T. Creekman, U.S. Navy (Retired), executive director, Naval Historical...

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Naval History News

Archaeologists Document Civil War Shipwreck in Gulf of Mexico

A team of marine archaeologists and technicians assembled by the National...

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Contributors

Colonel Joseph H. Alexander, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired), the 2010 Naval History Author of the Year, served 29 years as...

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On Our Scope

The late 1940s was a tumultuous time for the U.S. Marine Corps. Amid interservice feuding and postwar budget tightening, funding for the Corps was...

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Historic Aircraft - A Dart from the Sea

From the 1920s into World War II several nations developed high-performance floatplane aircraft. Indeed, some were among the fastest aircraft of...

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Historic Fleets - The Saga of the Williebee

Shortly before the end of the midwatch on 8 December 1941, a radioman on board the destroyer-seaplane tender USS William B. Preston (AVD-...

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Book Reviews

Misadventures of a Civil War Submarine: Iron, Guns, and Pearls

James P. Delgado. College Station: Texas A&M University Press...

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Museum Report - Reliving the War of 1812 at Nancy Island Historic Site

Among its many battles and skirmishes, the War of 1812 brought a sharp contest at Wasaga Beach, Ontario, along the sandy shores of Lake Huron...

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