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The Explosion of Mount Hood

by Steven Trent Smith3/19/20242/12/2024

One minute this 460-foot-long munition ship was there, then it wasn’t.

Photo of Sir Julian Stafford Corbett. British naval historian and geostrategist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, whose works helped shape the Royal Navy's reforms of that era. C.1920

This British Strategist Lacked Military Experience, But His Theories Were Borne Out During Both World Wars

by David T. Zabecki2/16/20242/13/2024

Photo of a LCS fairly bristled with guns, including the twin Bofors 40 mm L/60 antiaircraft guns and Mark 22 3-inch/50-caliber bow gun shown here in action off the Philippines in 1945.

These Fighting ‘Mighty Midgets’ Packed Big Guns

by Ron Soodalter12/29/20231/12/2024

Illustration of a Mark VII Mod 2 SDV, with labels.

This Underwater Vehicle Was Used by Navy SEALs in Vietnam

by Carl O. Schuster12/14/202312/14/2023

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How Mutiny Aboard the USS Somers Helped Birth the US Naval Academy

by Diana Stancy Correll12/4/20233/15/2024

Painting of Aerial view of Fort McHenry, c1814: Artist's conception of the dawn bombardment of Fort McHenry on September 13, 1814 by the British Navy under the command of Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane.

Bombs Burst in Air Over This Famed War of 1812 Fort

by William John Shepherd12/1/202311/2/2023

Illustration of a Landing Craft Support Mark 3.

A Closer Look at the U.S. Navy’s ‘Mighty Midget’

by Jon Guttman11/24/202311/2/2023

Interview: David Sears / Destroyer vs. U-boat in a Fight to the Death

by Tom Huntington11/17/20235/5/2024

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Using Tiny Submarines, These Men Sneaked Onto the Normandy Beaches Before the 1944 Invasion

by Gavin Mortimer10/24/202310/24/2023

Painting of the Battle of Lake Maracaibo Colombian Navy Bombarding Castle, 1823.

Amid the Spanish American Wars of Independence, These Rival Naval Commanders Met to Decide Venezuela’s Fate

by Jerome Long9/29/20238/2/2023