ON THE COVER:
Detail of the painting To the Attack! The full painting by Lawrence Beall-Smith can be found in our feature on WWII War Artists.

FEATURES:

SHIPS OF BARROW-IN-FURNESS
For over 70 years, the Sankey family recorded the comings and goings of the many vessels in this important maritime region of Britain. Today, their photographs and negatives form a very important archive of nautical history / by William Brookes

LOST AT MIDWAY
The Battle of Midway was a fight-to-the-death confrontation between America and Japan that would pave the way to the conclusion of the Pacific War. Into this terrible maelstrom sailed the USS Hammann and the Sims class destroyer would play an heroic role / by C.C. Hartigan

OPERATION JAYWICK
Major Ivan Lyon saw what the Japanese did during the invasion of Singapore. Their ruthless actions led Lyon to begin his own personal war to destroy the Imperial Japanese Navy and he did it in a most creative way / by Kelly Bell

ARTISTS AT WAR
As we approach the 250th anniversary of the US Navy, we will be presenting several features on the Navy’s official War Artists. In this segment, we look at some of the art created during the Second World War / by Rod Elmsdorf

DEPARTMENTS

MUSEUM NEWS
The National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico faces problems with a possible name change

INTEL FILE
Will the destruction of a drug cartel speed boat lead to a more proactive stance by the US Navy in destroying the flow of illegal drugs into America?

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

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

SEA MAIL
More News and views from the readers of Sea Classics.