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Having earned command of the sloop-of-war Peacock, Captain Warrington put to sea in March 1814. A month later, while ...

On 31 October 1803, the USS Philadelphia came under fire by Tripolitan gunboats. She had been on a blockading mission ...

James Jonas Madison had been a merchant mariner for most of his life, having first gone to sea in his ...

In many ways the Princeton was emblematic of the age. Despite her wood-burning boilers belowdecks, she was crowned by a ...

It is understandable why William S. Sims was seen by many in his day as a troublemaker. As a lieutenant ...

On a dark night in 1971, the aircraft carrier USS Independence (CV-62) was operating independently in Caribbean waters on a ...

On the night of 27 August 1972, four U.S. ships—the USS Newport News (CA-148), Providence (CLG-6), Robison (DDG-12), and Rowan ...

Our rundown of the previous year’s 20 top books of note for Sea Service professionals covers the literary waterfront.