ON THE COVER:
The USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) is the first ship of the three-ship Zumwalt-class of guided missile destroyers that were to provide fire support for ground forces along with normal destroyer missions. As with most current Navy ships, the class has been plagued with problems. The main guns for the ship were a pair of Advanced Gun Systems (AGS) 6.1-inch weapons but the Navy cancelled the ammunition procurement program for the weapon as the cost spiraled out of control to $1 million per round and this was the only type of ammunition the weapon could utilize. This means the AGS cannot provide naval gunfire support and the class has been repurposed for surface warfare. The Zumwalt-class was originally to consist of 32 ships but this has now been cut to just three and the program, unfortunately, has to be branded a failure. (USN)

FEATURES:

IT’S FLEET WEEK
The US Navy sails into San Francisco Bay / by Roger Cain

DISCOVERY OF A FORGOTTEN HERO
Eight decades after it went missing, a dedicated Greek ocean explorer has found the remains of a lost Royal Navy T-class submarine / by Adam Stanton

FIRST ALOFT
Theodore Ellyson became the US Navy’s “Air pilot No. 1“ / by Marshall Wainwright

STILL EARNING HER KEEP
This veteran LCM-6 is working daily some eight decades after she was built / by Roger Cain

TERROR ON THE HIGH SEAS
Looking back at the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama and how the Somali pirates are beginning to surface once again / by Kelly Bell

DEPARTMENTS

MUSEUM NEWS
Remembering the loss of the Carl D. Bradley

INTEL FILE
Fat Leonard is finally sentenced to prison

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

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

CATAIN’S LOCKER
New books for the nautical enthusiast