Sea Classics Back Issues 2026

Sea Classics September 2026

ON THE COVER:
Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD- 4) transits the Andaman Sea on 17 May. (USN/Aiden Williams)

FEATURES:
DEADLY COVER-UP

After over 1000 Americans were lost in the sinking of HMT Rohna, what were the real facts about the catastrophe? / by Adam Stanton

PRESERVATION ISN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE
How an historic ship wound up as a pile of lumber / by Ross Grayson

BATTLE OF DRUMMOND’S ISLAND
Little-known US Navy combat during the US Exploring Expedition / by Samuel Cox

MILLER’S WAR
After USS Strong was blown out from under him, Lt. Hugh Miller would go on to fight the enemy for an incredible 39 days / by Thomas Morse

ART OF THE COLDEST WAR
How Navy combat artists recorded events in the Aleutian Islands during WWII / by Rod Elmsdorf

DEPARTMENTS

MUSEUM NEWS
Disposing of an historic museum vessel

INTEL FILE
Examining a new generation of warships

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

YOUR NAVY
Latest photos from the

Sea Classics September 2026 magazine cover featuring a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier underway at sea with aircraft arranged on the flight deck, surrounded by headlines about Corsair drones destroying an Iranian submarine, the Battle of Drummond’s Island, the end of HMS Surprise, Cold War combat aviation, and the sinking of a historic ship.

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