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Naval History Magazine

Current Issue: August 2009 Volume 23, Number 4
Contents Previous Issues

On a windless sea, Constitution Sailors pull hard on oars as they tow the frigate ahead of a pursuing British squadron in July 1812 during one of naval history’s most dramatic chases. Charles E. Brodine Jr.’s account of Sailor life in the U.S. Navy’s earliest frigates begins on page 14.


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Naval History Digital Edition (Members Only)
Looking Back
By Paul Stillwell
On Our Scope
In Contact (Members Only)
Historic Fleets (Members Only)
By Robert J. Cressman
Historic Aircraft (Members Only)
Norman Polmar, Author, Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet
'Children of the Storm' Life at Sea in the First Six Frigates
By Charles E. Brodine Jr.
For an early 19th-century Sailor, one of the choicest assignments available was service in one of the U.S. Navy's fast, powerful frigates.
The Butcher's Bill (Members Only)
By Commander Tyrone G. Martin, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Wounded by musket balls, round shot, langrage, and a splinter, Old Ironside's Guerriere casualties received treatment ranging from enemas to amputation.
Getting the Feel of Frigate Sailor Life (Members Only)
By Sarah H. Watkins
A new exhibit at the USS Constitution Museum gives visiting recruits a chance to experience life on board a man-o-war in 1812.
Death on the River
By Noah Andre Trudeau
Packed on board the riverboat Sultana when her boilers blew, recently freed Union POWs faced being consumed by flames or drowning in the Mississippi.
Ship to Stateside in a Dozen Days (Members Only)
By Commander Edward P. Stafford, U.S. Navy (Retired)
For a Naval Reserve lieutenant (j.g.), the trip home from World War II's Mediterranean theater had more than a few twists and turns.
Lessons Unlearned: The Camarioca Boatlift (Members Only)
By Senior Chief Marine Science Technician Dennis L. Noble, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)

A 1965 refugee exodus from Cuba stretched U.S. Coast Guard resources thin.
Complementary Keys to Naval Victory (Members Only)
By Heidi Holz
A tactical genius, Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin used his innovative turtle ships to best advantage against Japanese fleets during the late-16th-century Imjin War.
Nothing Like First-Hand History
By Paul Stillwell
For 40 years, the Naval Institutes Oral History program has been preserving reminiscences of key Navy and Coast Guard personnel.
What Went Wrong at Koro?
By William H. Bartsch
Although the 7 August 1942 U.S. landings on Guadalcanal and nearby islands were successful, the rehearsals for them in the Fijis were a complete bust.
Naval History News (Members Only)
Book Reviews (Members Only)
Museum Report (Members Only)
By William S. Dudley








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