USS Nautilus (SSN-571)
A story of nuclear propulsion, undersea endurance, and how one boat reshaped the Cold War at sea.
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Cassin Young
The first explosions rolled across Pearl Harbor like distant thunder, then slammed into the harbor with terrifying clarity. On the repair ship USS Vestal, moored outboard of the battleship USS Arizona, Commander Cassin Young felt his ship shudder as bombs found their mark up and down the fleet. Men sprinted for their battle stations, the air already thick with smoke, the rising whine of diving aircraft cutting throug
Monitor class
A radical low-freeboard ironclad built around a steam-powered rotating turret. The single ship gave its name to an entire family of later coastal and riverine warships.
New York class
The New York class introduced the 14-inch gun to American battleships and carried two ships from the dreadnought race through both world wars.
Pennsylvania class
A two-ship American dreadnought class that concentrated twelve 14-inch guns in four triple turrets and carried the Standard-type battleship concept into a heavier, more mature form.
Pusan Perimeter
A story of a shrinking beachhead, exhausted troops, and how their stand kept South Korea from collapsing in 1950.
Sadr City operations
A story of exposed convoys, hidden fighters, and the soldiers and medics who kept moving through an urban kill zone.