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Movie Review: ‘Devotion’ Delivers the Goods

By Barrett Tillman

December 2022

The big-screen adaptation of the bestselling book is a cinematic winner for naval aviation devotees.

A Fatal Encounter in the Fog: The USS Chicago and SS Silverpalm Collision

By Thomas C. Hone

December 2022

As the Silverpalm bore down on the Chicago, Cox could only order his crew to prepare for a crash.

When Dissent was a Common Virtue

By Albert S. Kyle

December 2022

“The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost of the front pages of the New York Times, or on the college campuses. It was ...

How Clare and Henry Luce Helped Save England from Hitler

By Captain Michael A. Lilly, U.S. Navy (Retired)

December 2022

Before U.S. entry into World War II, a deal was made to avail England of U.S. destroyers then in mothballs—but it took some crafty manipulation of the famous Time-Life publisher ...

Air Battle Of The Philippine Sea by John Hamilton

Marianas Turkey Shoot—Plus Seventy-Five

By Barrett Tillman

December 2022

It was those U.S. Navy airmen who won that the penultimate fleet engagement in world history.

The Devil is in the Details

By Lieutenant Commander Larry Parker, U.S. Navy (Retired)

December 2022

The fate of Memphis, Vicksburg, and the ironclad CSS Arkansas in the Civil War offer a classic example of the ‘for want of a nail’ proverb.

Midget Submarines at Guadalcanal

By Aryeh Wetherhorn

December 2022

The employment of the Type A Hyoteki midget submarines at Guadalcanal has to be one of high expectations, and disappointing results.

On Our Scope

December 2022

Editor-in-Chief Eric Mills shares highlights from the November/December issue of Naval History.

WWII German Warships Revealed in Drought-Sapped Danube

December 2022

The mighty Danube’s waters have been reduced to their lowest level in nearly a hundred years—resulting in the exposure of a ghost fleet of sunken World War II–era German warships ...

Naval Historical Foundation Announces 2022 Knox Medal Honorees

December 2022

The Naval Historical Foundation has announced that Dr. Norman Friedman and Dr. Donald F. Bittner are the 2022 Commodore Dudley W. Knox Medal recipients.

History in Lego: Yearly Expo Highlights Unique Ship-Modeling Subculture

December 2022

Lego isn’t only for kids anymore.

In Contact

December 2022

Readers respond to stories from recent issues of Naval History.

The Sad Frigate

By J. M. Caiella

December 2022

The new frigate was somewhat unusual: “ornate” and “profusely carved” and of “uncommon length.”

A British Connection . . . Part 2

December 2022

The second major U.S. Navy encounter with the Spitfire occurred during preparations for D-Day—the invasion of the Normandy coast of German-held France on 6 June 1944.

A History of the Ship’s Compass

By Philip K. Allan

December 2022

Mechanical gyroscopes are beginning to be replaced by ring-laser or hemispherical-resonator ones, but most ships retain a traditional magnetic compass as a backup—just in case.

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Movie Review: ‘Devotion’ Delivers the Goods

Tough Race to Tunisia

History’s First Torpedo Strike

The Battle That Scuttled Hitler’s Surface Fleet

Movie Review: ‘Devotion’ Delivers the Goods

A Fatal Encounter in the Fog: The USS Chicago and SS Silverpalm Collision

When Dissent was a Common Virtue

How Clare and Henry Luce Helped Save England from Hitler

Marianas Turkey Shoot—Plus Seventy-Five

The Devil is in the Details

Midget Submarines at Guadalcanal

On Our Scope

WWII German Warships Revealed in Drought-Sapped Danube

Naval Historical Foundation Announces 2022 Knox Medal Honorees

History in Lego: Yearly Expo Highlights Unique Ship-Modeling Subculture

In Contact

The Sad Frigate

A British Connection . . . Part 2

A History of the Ship’s Compass

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