ON THE COVER:
On 17 November 2025, the US Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Harvey C. Barnum, Jr. (DDG-124) from the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. (USN)

FEATURES:

SEARCH FOR SOLANO
We go looking for what was once the world’s largest railway ferry / by Roger Cain

BATTLEWAGON!
Book-length history of the USS California. The Japanese thought they destroyed BB-44 during the Pearl Harbor sneak attack. The enemy was in for a big surprise when the battleship returned as part of the “Pearl Harbor Payback”/ by Jerry Fields

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

THE PATENT THAT WON THE WAR
How the creative designs of Andrew Jackson Higgins helped overwhelm Axis forces and win the Second World War / by Adam Stanton

ARTISTS AT WAR
In this segment, we examine the works of Cmdr. Standish Backus during WWII / by Rod Elmsdorf