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ON THE COVER:
USS Constitution fires its cannon while underway in Boston Harbor in celebration of Independence Day. USS Constitution is the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat. (USN/Alec Krameer)

FEATURES:

SHIP ASHORE!
The very unusual story of how a Roaring Twenties yacht became a WWII armed patrol craft and then one of the odder American roadside attractions / by Nicholas A. Veronico

STRANGE CASE OF THE SS WARATAH
On what would seem to be a completely normal second voyage, the Blue Anchor Line’s new ocean liner SS Waratah completely disappeared without a trace. Today, it is still a confounding mystery of the sea / by Rob McGregor

CHICAGO DIED HARD
Attempting to stave off what seemed to unstoppable Japanese attacks, the valiant crew of USS Chicago was doomed by a series of incompetent naval officers / by John Laudermilk

UNDERHILL VERSUS THE KAITENS
How a destroyer escort fought off Kaiten suicide torpedoes whose pilots were bent on death. The destruction of the USS Underhill would be the last destroyer escort loss of WWII / by Ray Armaund

DECISIVE VICTORY
Through careful planning, George Dewey was able to build his Asiatic Squadron into a formidable fighting unit that handily defeated the Spanish at the Battle of Manila Bay / by Rob Greenwald

DEPARTMENTS:

MUSEUM NEWS
A historic British Coastal Patrol Boat is saved

INTEL FILE
Latest military reports from around the globe

LOST AT SEA
More ships whose sailing days are definitely over / by Susan Duprey

YOUR NAVY
Newest images from the Navy’s top photojournalists / by Howard Carter

CAPTAIN’S LOCKER
Latest in nautical literature