Mikasa
Mikasa served as Admiral Togo flagship in the Russo-Japanese War, survived battle and a magazine explosion, and became the only preserved pre-dreadnought battleship.
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Mikasa served as Admiral Togo flagship in the Russo-Japanese War, survived battle and a magazine explosion, and became the only preserved pre-dreadnought battleship.
A single-ship Japanese pre-dreadnought built in Britain for the Six-Six Fleet program and designed around the balanced heavy and secondary batteries of the late pre-dreadnought era.
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.
The New York class introduced the 14-inch gun to American battleships and carried two ships from the dreadnought race through both world wars.
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.
A surviving Type VIIC/41 submarine with German wartime service, a second career as the Norwegian Kaura, and preservation at Laboe.
A story of nuclear propulsion, undersea endurance, and how one boat reshaped the Cold War at sea.
Bernard James Ray — First Lieutenant U.S. Army World War II Hurtgen Forest, near Schevenhutte, Germany
Clayton Kirk Slack — Private U.S. Army World War I near Consenvoye, France
Henry Talmage Elrod — Captain U.S. Marine Corps World War II Wake Island
Herman C Wallace — Private First Class U.S. Army World War II near Prumzurley, Germany
James Buck — Quartermaster U.S. Navy U.S. Civil War Forts Jackson & St. Philip, Louisiana, USA
John Duncan Bulkeley — Lieutenant (citation renders Lieutenant Commander; highest rank Vice Admiral) U.S. Navy World War II Philippine Waters, Philippine Islands
Robert Milton McGovern — First Lieutenant U.S. Army Korean War near Kamyangjan-ni, Korea
Roy Mitchell Wheat — Lance Corporal U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam War along Liberty Road, Dien Ban District, Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam
Steven Logan Bennett — Captain U.S. Air Force Vietnam War Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam
Tony Stein — Corporal U.S. Marine Corps Reserve World War II Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands
A story of layered air defense and digital command told through the sailors and crises that made Aegis indispensable.