ON THE COVER:
This 1942 Kodachrome image captures a convoy beginning to set out across the U-Boat-infested North Atlantic. (USN)

FEATURES:

HERO OF THE
NORTHWEST PASSAGE
How the little St. Roch of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police did the impossible / by E.R. Yarham

VOYAGES OF THE VENOMOUS VIXEN
The combat patrols of the USS Rasher during World War Two / by Kelly Bell

IRANIAN NAVY’S BLACKEST DAY
Operation Praying Mantis would teach the Iranians a lesson they would never forget / by Myles Robertson

END OF A QUEEN
How the big plans to convert the famed Queen Elizabeth into a floating university ended in flaming disaster / by Robert T. Smith

AWAKING A SLEEPING GIANT
The US Navy strikes back in the Pacific following Pearl Harbor / by Lee Remington

FATHER OF THE ROYAL NAVY
How one man helped create the world’s most powerful naval force / by Randall Bates

DEPARTMENTS

MUSEUM NEWS
USS Cobia will head to dry dock for preservation work

INTEL FILE
Two historic ships prepare to be scrapped

LOST AT SEA
Ships whose sailing days are definitely over / by Howard Carter

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