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By Jim Barber Publisher

February 1996

To kick off our tenth volume, we determined to make a splash. And what better way to do so than with vividly detailed naval images of the Civil War composed ...

The Royal Navy Lost the Revolution

By David L. Preston

February 1996

The British failure to contain the French fleet in European waters resulted in a worldwide struggle for supremacy.

Hornet’s Farewell

Text and Photography By Robert L. Lawson

February 1996

Hornet supporters have mobilized to save their ship.

Fighting to Save The Hornet

By Rich Pedroncelli

February 1996

“There is something about being on a ship, that becomes part of you,”

Espionage or Negligence? A Sinking Mystery

By Captain Peter A. Huchthausen, U.S. Navy (Retired)

February 1996

A former U.S. naval attaché in Moscow sheds light on the mysterious sinking of the Novorossiysk.

Diving by Design With the Tsarist Navy

By Norman Polmar

February 1996

“Rubin” was founded formally in 1962 by Ivan Grigor’evich Bubnov.

Navy Comes First for Arleigh Burke

By Admiral J. M. Boorda, U.S. Navy

February 1996

No individual in our Navy’s history has earned more respect, affection, and admiration from his shipmates than Admiral Arleigh Burke.

It Really Did Carry the Kitchen Sink

By Frederick A. Johnsen

February 1996

Newer versions of the AD-4 Skyraiders aircraft flew in Vietnam 20 years later.

Facing the Enemy

By Colonel Thomas Campbell, U. S. Marine Corps (Retired)

February 1996

The author tells how he, as a U.S. Marine in Vietnam, learned to see his former enemy at face value.

Easter’45: Incoming

By Rear Admiral Robert H. Spiro, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired)

February 1996

A junior officer on board the USS Morris (DD-417) recounts a dramatic Japanese attack in spring 1945.

Looking Back

By Paul Stillwell

February 1996

We have now passed several anniversaries of a period between 1945 and 1946 when the battleship Missouri (BB-63) was unquestionably the most famous and popular ship in the world. When ...

In Contact

February 1996

“The Trouble With Admiral Sampson” (See M. G. Netsky and E. L. Beach, pp. 8- 16, November-December 1995 Naval History) Martin G. Netsky, M.D., coauthor, “The Trouble With Admiral Sampson” ...

The USS Cairo Museum

By Louvina T. Smith

February 1996

A gunboat exhibit in Vicksburg, Mississippi, provides a glimpse of combat on the western rivers during the Civil War.

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Robert J. Schneller, Jr., Captain Kenneth J. Hagan, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired), & Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler, U.S. Navy (Retired)

February 1996

Divided Waters: The Naval History of the Civil War Ivan Musicant. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. 473 pp. Maps. Photos. Illus. Sources. Bibliography. Index. $30.00 ($27). Reviewed by Robert J. Schneller ...

Naval History News

Edited by Bert Hubinger

February 1996

Rare Aircraft Recovered Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless dive bomber BuNo 2106 survived the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Battle of Midway (4-6 June 1942)—where it sustained 219 holes during the ...

Salty Talk

By Commander Ty Martin, U.S. Navy (Retired)

February 1996

Many have heard the term “posh,” used to mean something fancy or luxurious—swanky. The word has its origin in the operations of the Pacific and Orient Steamship Company of nearly ...

Historic Fleets

By A. D. Baker III, Editor, Combat Fleets of the World

February 1996

The World War Il-era PC-series submarine chasers—with the exception of a handful of converted yachts and one-off prototypes—all were built to one basic design and were intended to provide coastal ...