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The Coast Guard’s long-sought heavy icebreaker, the Polar Security Cutter, was among the programs to receive funding when Congress passed a spending...
Noted for his eccentricities and blunt judgments, Gideon Welles proved to be a surprisingly adept chief administrator of the Navy during the Civil War.
During the Civil War, the U.S. Navy harnessed revolutionary technologies and designs—and pioneered extensive joint operations with the Army—along the Confederacy’s shores and on its rivers.
On his first day in office, President Abraham Lincoln faced one of his most vexing problems: Should he dispatch a naval expedition to resupply the besieged garrison at Fort Sumter, or simply withdraw the force?
Naval History has been fortunate to have top historians contribute to its biannual “fold-out” issues, and this one, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, is no exception. Craig L. Symonds, professor emeritus...
Shortly before Christmas, President Barack Obama signed into law a repeal of the controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prohibited gay and...
Archaeologists working on a shipwreck off the North Carolina coast announced in January that they may have discovered a truly iconic relic of pirate lore: the sword of Blackbeard.
Noted for his eccentricities and blunt judgments, Gideon Welles proved to be a surprisingly adept chief administrator of the Navy during the Civil War.
Gideon Welles was an important political figure in Connecticut,...
The wooden steam sloop Pawnee pounded toward the South Carolina coast through heavy seas and gale-force winds in the early hours of 12 April 1861. The weather and darkness made it...
The letters exchanged in 1861–62 between Mongkut, king of Siam, and President Abraham Lincoln are among the most curious in the White House files. Mongkut’s offer to ship breeding...