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ON THE COVER:
Women Ordnance Workers (WOW) at Dahlgren Proving Grounds do a final inspection of a 3-inch/50-caliber DP that they test-fired in this August 1943 Kodachrome photograph. Note the other weapons awaiting testing. (USN)

OTHER FEATURES:

THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE PANOCEANIC FAITH
Was this transport fit for sea or did she sink because of the neglect of her owner? / by Michael D. White

“SINK EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!”
Operation Hailstone and the shipwrecks of Truk Lagoon / by Nicholas A. Veronico

RAISING OKLAHOMA
In one of the greatest salvage operations ever conducted, the mighty battleship Oklahoma was raised from her grave at Ford Island, but her new life was shortened — seemingly through her own will / by Gene T. Zimmerman

REVENGE OF PIRATE BILL
Those perfidious Canadians had burned an American ship — now it was payback time / by Tony Keene

HELL SHIPS!
From the River Thames to the California Gold Rush days, floating hulks were pressed into duty as prison ships and more often than not, earned the reputation and title of “Hell Ships” / by Leo Rosenhouse

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