ON THE COVER:
Crew of a Dutch K XIV-class submarine prepares for anti-aircraft practice during the early days of the Second World War in the Dutch East Indies. Gun armament consisted of one 88mm deck gun and two 40mm anti-aircraft weapons. Five subs of this class were built and three were lost during the war.

FEATURES:

LOST… AND FOUND
Through multiple errors, the early submarine F-1 was rammed off the coast of California and sank within minutes. Today, modern
technology has found its final resting place / by Adam Stanton

UNIMANGINABLE DISASTER
Forgotten today, the 1987 collision and sinking of the overcrowded Philippine ferry M/V Dona Pez resulted in the largest peacetime maritime loss of life / by Colman Anders

STRANGE MYSTERY OF THE AWA MARU
How a deal made with the Japanese to get Red Cross supplies to POWs backfired and resulted in the sinking of the transport / by Raymond Oliver

ROYAL NAVY TO EXPAND SUB FORCE
Will this ambitious plan be a case of too little, too late? / by Colin Banksworth

JAPAN’S GOLDEN SUBMARINE
In one of the most daring voyages of WWII, a massive Japanese cargo sub attempts to get to Nazi Europe to receive a horde of deadly new technology in return for a massive amount of gold / by Kelly Bell

DEPARTMENTS

MUSEUM NEWS
US Army WWII tug is preserved in France / by Roger Cain

INTEL FILE
This month, we examine a series of nautical mishaps

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

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