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Guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG-92) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) in the Arabian Sea on 3 May. (USN/Lily Gebauer)

FEATURES:

THE ORMOC BAY GUNFIGHT
A daring attack to destroy Japanese shipping in this important harbor turned into one of WWII’s biggest gun battles when three USN destroyers encountered a virtual Japanese fleet / by Gene Anderson

LAST LOSS TO FRIENDLY FIRE
Tragic sinking of USS Extractor would be the last such sinking of WWII / by James Thompson

MYSTERY OF THE STEAMSHIP PORTLAND
The Great Portland Gale would destroy dozens of ships, but the loss of the S/S Portland would puzzle researchers for decades / by Roger Freeman

THE FORGOTTEN INVASION
Eclipsed by Operation Overlord — D-Day — Operation Dragoon and the invasion of southern France would be one of WWII’s most import battles / by Randall Brooks

A SHORT AND BLOODY MUTINYHOW THE JAPANESE ATTACKED EMIDIO
Coming days after Pearl Harbor, this Japanese submarine attack struck fear in the hearts of the American public living on the West Coast / by Nicholas A. Veronico

TANG’S WAR
SS-306, its heroic crew and daring commander, would establish one of WWII’s great combat records — yet it would come at a heavy price / by Tom Goodall

DEPARTMENTS:

MUSEUM NEWS
Global nautical museum updates

INTEL FILE
Items of interest to the readers of Sea Classics

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

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