ON THE COVER:
True end of an era. SS United States departs its long-time berth in Philadelphia to be tugged to Alabama to be prepared for sinking as an artificial reef off of Florida.

FEATURES:

DEATH AND DESTRUCTION ON THE DELTA
Unproven and untried, the US Navy’s force of River Patrol Boats would devastate the enemy during the Vietnam War / by Kelly Bell

COLLISION ON THE SAINT LAWRENCE
A tragic mistake resulted in the loss of Empress of Ireland in Canada’s worst maritime accident / by Adam Stanton

PAINTING WAR
Welcome to our new feature on the US Navy’s Combat Artists / by Howard Carter

MYSTERY OF THE MISSING SWIFT BOAT
A strange and convoluted action during the Vietnam War resulted in the disappearance of a Swift Boat. Was the loss due to the North Vietnamese, USAF Phantoms, or UFOs? / by Samuel J. Cox

FINAL VOYAGE
In the end, the only new home that the SS United States could find was at the bottom of the sea / by David Nye

DEPARTMENTS

MUSEUM NEWS
Display honors the truth and fiction of the pirate life

INTEL FILE
Inside the USS Harry S. Truman collision

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