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Gunner aboard the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS-6) fires a .50-caliber weapon during Maritime Training Activity Malaysia 2021 in the Strait of Malacca on 28 November. (USN/ Devin Langer)

FEATURES:

ODYSSEY OF THE CENTENNIAL
Created by master shipbuilders, the Centinnial was one of the last great sailing ships. However, her life would end as a movie prop, gambling barge, and pirate galleon / by JoAnn Semones

“DESTROY NEW YORK!”
How a high-ranking US Navy admiral terrified Americans with his predictions of a rocket attack launched on the country’s biggest city from a fleet of Nazi U-Boats / by Owen Gault

GHOST SHIP OF CAPE HATTERAS
A century ago, one of the last large sailing ships created a lasting maritime mystery when it appeared off the coast of North Carolina — minus its entire crew / by Howard Carter

DISASTER ON CHRISTMAS EVE
One of the great American military tragedies took place when the SS Leopoldville was sunk by a U-Boat. Why was the sinking covered up by two governments? / by Jim Hillford

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 maritime museum updates from around the globe

INTEL FILE
Naval news of interest to Sea Classics readers

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

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