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ON THE COVER:
Magnificent view of USS Missouri(BB-63) fresh from Victory over Japan as the battleship steams toward New York City during October 1945. The crewmen are paraded at quarters as the huge warrior prepares to participate in the Navy Day Fleet Review. (USN)

OTHER FEATURES:

WHEN THE NAVY RAN A RAILROAD
During the Great War, the US Navy deployed a fearsome weapon mounted on a railway carriage / by Gregory Bereiter

“THEATER OF HORRORS”
The tragic destruction of the coastal liner SS Valencia and how the wreck has spawned a legend of ghost stories / by Marshall Wainwright

NO-NAME TIN CAN
The strange career of USS Stewart and how it came to operate with the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII / by Ken Sayers

100-DAY MIRACLE
The creation of the USS Monitor and how it became the US Navy’s first “total system” weapon design / by Rosalyn O. Barry

USCG MORRIS: ALIVE AND WELL!
This vintage Coast Guard vessel has just crossed the Panama Canal on its way to a new home / by Roger Cain

MUSEUM NEWS
Latest nautical preservation updates

INTEL FILE
News from the global navies

LOST AT SEA
Ships whose sailing days are over / by Susan Duprey

YOUR NAVY
Expanded section of the best images from the Navy’s top photojournalists / by Howard Carter

CAPTAIN’S LOCKER
Latest in maritime literature / by Nicholas A. Veronico