ON THE COVER:
The USS New Jersey’s 5-inch guns blast communist targets
in Korea. (USN)

FEATURES:

FULL STEAM AHEAD!
Attending the SS John W. Brown Steam School / by Dick Sterne

BATTLE OF GLOUCESTER POINT
Obscure naval battle of the Civil War / by Fred Roberts

NEW YEAR’S COLLISION
What caused a Victory Ship and a freighter to collide? /
by Nicholas A. Veronico

HMS DAEDALUS AND THE SEA MONSTER
An 1848 encounter between a Royal Navy corvette and a strange creature / by A.C. Cook

LOSS OF THE SS HENRY BACON
Last ship sunk by WWII German torpedo-bombers / by Samuel J. Cox

THEIR GUNS WERE ALWAYS READY
Continuing the history of the USS New Jersey / by James Thompson

WARRIOR FROM PEARL HARBOR
After escaping Pearl Harbor, the USS Phoenix began its war against the Japanese / by Mark L. Evans

DEPARTMENTS:

MUSEUM NEWS
Latest updates from the world’s nautical museums

INTEL FILE
Moving a German U-Boat

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

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