ON THE COVER:
Dramatic painting depicts the last days of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration when rugged men in wooden ships would do their best to defeat what nature threw at them.

FEATURES:

ATTACK OF THE ARCHERFISH
After four frustrating war patrols that missed any sort of action with Japanese ships, USS Archerfish came in for the biggest target of all — Japan’s massive new carrier that was on its fatal maiden voyage / by Larry Bell

TIN CAN’S TALE
One of 175 Fletcher-class destroyers, USS Haraden (DD-585) headed out to war in late 1943. The biggest and most powerful US Navy destroyers up to this point, the Fletchers were ready to wreck havoc on the Japanese navy. However, some would fall victim to the new kamikazes / by Greg Sweatt

SEARCH FOR QUEST
Increased interest in the famed explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton
following the discovery of his ill-fated Endurance led researchers to
hunt for the last missing Shackleton boat — the Quest / by Willis Nyeford

THEIR GUNS WERE ALWAYS READY
Continuing the history of the Mighty Mo as the battleship prepares for
an entirely new form of warfare / by James Thompson

DEPARTMENTS

MUSEUM NEWS
Big victory for the USS Iowa

INTEL FILE
Nautical news of interest from around the world

LOST AT SEA
Expanded department of ships whose sailing days are forever over / by Susan Duprey

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

SEA MAIL
News and views from the readers of Sea Classics