ON THE COVER:
Forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6) sailing through the Coral Sea on 20 July. (USN/Thomas B. Contant)

OTHER FEATURES:

REMEMBERING THE MAINE
Recalling the controversial sinking of an American ship in Cuba on the 125th anniversary of the incident / by Samuel J. Cox

CHARGE OF THE “IRISH” DESTROYERS
Fierce fighting off the Komandorski Islands would see an heroic trio
of American destroyers attack a much larger enemy force / by Mark Evans

CURSE OF THE TITANIC?
Reflecting on the loss of the submersible Titan and whether the wreck of the Titanic should be off-limits for undersea tourism / by Willis Freeman

AUSTRALIA’S GHOST SHIP
What happened to the crew of the sailing catamaran Kaz II? / by Thomas Fitzgerald

THEIR GUNS WERE ALWAYS READY
Continuing our history of the Iowa-class destroyers, the USS New Jersey sets off for a new war in Vietnam / by James Thompson

MUSEUM NEWS
Ships of the National Museum of the Great Lakes

INTEL FILE
Chinese grave robbers are destroying the historic relics of WWII

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

CAPTAIN’S LOCKER
Latest in nautical literature