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USS Zumwalt

Introducing the USS Zumwalt, the Stealth Destroyer

Set to be christened in 2013, this new naval warship will amaze, leaving almost no wake in the open seas
October 2012 | By Mark Strauss

Gun crew on the USS West Virginia

Revisiting Samuel Eliot Morison's Landmark History

The famous historian's eyewitness accounts of the Navy during World War II—now being reissued—won't be surpassed
February 2011 | By James D. Hornfischer

Waldemar Semenov compass

A Compass Saves the Crew

A WWII sailor's memento recalls the harrowing ordeal when his ship, the SS Alcoa Guide, was struck by a German U-Boat
September 2009 | By Owen Edwards

Don Holcomb and Sandee Irwin Naval Academy

Up in Arms Over a Co-Ed Plebe Summer

The first women to attend the Naval Academy became seniors in 1979. Photographer Lucian Perkins was there as the old order changed
July 2009 | By Amanda Bensen

Home Is the Sailor

One hundred years ago this month, John Paul Jones was welcomed home with great fanfare at the U.S. Naval Academy. But was the body really his?
April 2006 | By Adam Goodheart


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