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ON THE COVER:
The sad sight of the USS The Sullivans sunk at its dock forms questions on the viability of museum ships

FEATURES:

HAIL COLUMBIA!
Rushed into action just days after Pearl Harbor, this light cruiser would fight through the war and even survive kamikaze attacks / by Rod Redman

“MEN IN THE WATER!”
The Coast Guard Cutter Icarus tackled one of the most difficult of targets — a marauding U-Boat / by Homer H. Hickman Jr.

SWAN OF THE EAST AT WAR
SMS Emden brought terror to Allied shipping during the Great War / by Gene T. Zimmerman

FIRST TO DIE
Before Pearl Harbor, the four-stacker destroyer USS Reuben James would fall victim to a U-Boat’s torpedoes / by William B. Mueller

A SHORT AND BLOODY MUTINY
Like aboard a 19th Century brigantine was anything but easy and there was always the threat of mutiny / by Irvin Anthony

DEPARTMENTS:

MUSEUM NEWS
Updates from global maritime museums

MESSAGE FROM THE PUBLISHER
Examining the current status of Sea Classics

INTEL FILE
Sinking of the USS The Sullivans forms questions about the preservation of museum ships

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

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

CAPTAIN’S LOCKER
Latest in maritime literature