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America's Civil War
August 11, 2004
John D. Pelzer |
Desperate Ironclad Assault at Trent's Reach With Confederate forces strangled at Petersburg, the Southern Navy prepared to assault the enemy's supply depot at City Point. But first, Rebel ships had to get past Trent's Reach.   |
Civil War Times
Michael Morgan |
CSS Albemarle: Confederate Ironclad in the American Civil War An unstoppable confederate war machine -- CSS Albemarle -- finally meets its match against Union raiders. |
AskMen.com
Aaron Broverman |
Top 10: Warships The warships on our top 10 list either helped define a country's naval superiority over another or they meant a technological milestone in the very way modern wars are fought. |
Civil War Times
December 2007
Mark K. Ragan |
Singer's Secret Service Corps: Causing Chaos During the Civil War A group of Texas friends led by Edgar Singer raised havoc with their torpedoes and helped finance CSS Hunley. |
Civil War Times
February 2008
Eric Ethier |
USS Galena: De-Evolution of a Warship USS Galena failed as an ironclad, but a tight-fisted U.S. Navy returned the ship to the age of sail, stripping the technological lemon of its armor and sending it back into the fray. |
America's Civil War
July 19, 2004
William C. Lowe |
Big Gun Bombardment of Port Royal As Union warships steamed past the Confederate defenses near Port Royal, Flag Officer Samuel Du Pont proudly noted that army officers aboard his ship looked on 'with wonder and admiration.' A revolution in naval tactics had begun. |
World War II
August 25, 2004
William B. Allmon |
USS Liscome Bay As the escort carrier Liscome Bay turned to launch its aircraft off Makin Atoll on November 24, 1943, Lt. Cmdr. Sunao Tabata of I-175 found himself presented with a target that submariners dream of. |
National Defense
June 2004
Sandra I. Erwin |
Shipbuilders Should Worry About Second-Hand Ship Supply, Study Says As more nations continue to downsize their navies, experts predict that surplus ships will inundate the world market, likely at the expense of new ship construction. |
Popular Mechanics
September 29, 2008
David Axe |
4 Fronts for Pirate-Navy Battle as U.S. Descends on Captured Ship The U.S. Navy's response to a pirated small arms cargo vessel may signal a new stage in the cat-and-mouse game of modern-day piracy. |
National Defense
August 2007
Sandra I. Erwin |
Inefficient Shipbuilding Jeopardizes Navy's Expansion Goals The Navy owns 277 ships, but somehow manages to keep 551 different engines in its inventory. Such inefficients partly explain why the cost of buying and maintaining ships has spiraled out of control. |
National Defense
March 2009
Grace V. Jean |
Greater Demand for 'Soft Power' Reveals Shortfalls in The Navy They seek naval expertise in nontraditional missions such as training foreign navies to protect their coastlines. |
