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ON THE COVER:
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) deployed in the Mediterranean Sea on 20 December 2021. (USN/Gabriela Chambers)

FEATURES:

TRIPLETS OF THE GREAT LAKES
The long history of the Great Lakes Transit Company and its battle to survive while also operating three famed passenger steamers that plied the Lakes for decades / by William F. Levins

SHE DIED SO OTHERS COULD LIVE
Sleek and modern, the USS Quincy immediately went to work protecting freedom as the threat of war built in Europe and the Far East. Following Pearl Harbor, the cruiser would become involved in the vicious fighting that became known as the Battle of Savo Island / by Robert J. Cressman

THE NAVY VS. THE HURRICANE
After the draining Civil War, the US Navy fell into a state of obsolescence. Underpowered wooden ships set forth to protect American interests in the Samoan Islands against an expansionist Germany. However, the Great Samoan Hurricane of 1889 would forever change the ships and men of the US Navy / by Gene T. Zimmerman

LOSS OF THE TAMPA
Rushed into service to protect vital convoys and fight the newly-emerging terror of Germany’s U-Boats, the United States Coast Guard Cutter Tampa would fall victim to an undersea warrior, resulting in the USCG’s worst loss of life during the Great War / by Bernard C. Nalty and Truman Strobridge

SOULS OF THREE SHIPS
A Sailor reflects upon the three carriers on which he and his brothers served / by Ronald L. Liston

DEPARTMENTS:

MUSEUM NEWS
Latest updates from maritime museums

INTEL FILE
With increasing global tensions, the US Navy is keeping a firm eye on America’s enemies

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

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