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Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) conducts routine operations in the Atlantic on 4 March 2021. Iwo Jima is undergoing training with Amphibious Squadron 4 and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. (USN/Brenton Poyser)

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SUPER-STEAMERS: EXTENDING THE WOODEN WARSHIPS
The Civil War saw the introduction of Iron Clads but current historians too often ignore the continuing development of the wooden screw steamer — the zenith of the wooden warship had yet to be reached / by Gene T. Zimmerman

SAGA OF THE FORGOTTEN FRIGATES
Seemingly falling through the cracks in the pages of history, the 77 Patrol Frigates of the Ashville/Tacoma-class receive scant mention in any account of the WWII naval war, and few other than those that served aboard recall they even existed / by Rod Redman

DEATH OF A GERMAN WARRIOR
Just a couple months into the start of the Second World War, the magnificent German “pocket battleship” Admiral Graf Spee was a smoking ruin in a South American harbor. What were the facts behind the demise of this great warship and the strange death of its captain? / by Kim Hill and Marje Blood

CAUGHT IN THE OPEN
As Japan expanded its hold over the Far East, a bumbling British administration did not seem to know how to fight the enemy. With absolutely no air cover and facing an enemy superior in all forms of warfare, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battle cruiser Repulse steamed toward Singapore — and certain destruction / by Nicholas A. Veronico

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