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USS Cleveland’s powerful guns and advanced radar helped secure Allied Pacific victories. usni.org/magazines/naval-his…
At the U.S. Embassy in Moscow in 1986, the author witnessed the effects of the Chernobyl disaster alongside Soviet citizens whose government seemed determined to keep them in the dark. usni.org/magazines/naval-his…
A scholar finds clues to the contents of Sir Walter Raleigh’s lost treatise on sea power in his seafaring exploits and surviving works. usni.org/magazines/naval-his…
Fleet Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey describes the October 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf as he saw it develop aboard the U.S.S. New Jersey (BB-62). usni.org/magazines/proceedin…
#OTD in 1944, the outgunned ships of Taffy 3 fought a powerful Japanese fleet off Samar. Their extraordinary courage became one of the U.S. Navy's most celebrated stories.
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Tomiji Koyanagi was chief of staff to Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita throughout the Battle for Leyte Gulf, always in good position to see what transpired. usni.org/magazines/proceedin…
#OTD in 1944, U.S. carrier aircraft struck Japanese warships in the Sibuyan Sea, sinking the battleship Musashi. But the Japanese fleet remained a threat.
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#OTD in 1944, the Battle of Leyte Gulf began as U.S. submarines attacked Japanese warships near the Philippines. Over four days, Allied forces fought one of history's largest naval battles.
Explore the battle in Naval History: usni.org/magazines/naval-his…
John Brown and his militant abolitionists threatened to seize a U.S. arsenal, until Marines commanded by Army Colonel Robert E. Lee intervened. usni.org/magazines/naval-his…
In October 1914, HMS Undaunted and four British destroyers intercepted four German torpedo boats attempting to mine the Thames approaches. usni.org/magazines/naval-his…
Twenty-one-year-old Edward Benfold received the Medal of Honor after making the ultimate sacrifice on a hill in Korea. usni.org/magazines/naval-his…
We mourn naval historian and Naval Academy professor emeritus Craig Symonds. His scholarship and teaching leave a lasting legacy. Remember him through his final Proceedings article, adapted from his remarks at our 2023 Annual Meeting: usni.org/magazines/proceedin…
For decades, one man’s face has been missing from the wall of portraits at III MEF Headquarters—and the reason why may lie in the circumstances surrounding his death. usni.org/magazines/naval-his…
Built amid wartime shortages, the Continental frigate Hancock proved fast, maneuverable, and formidable. usni.org/magazines/naval-his…
The Naval School opened at Annapolis on 10 October 1845 with 50 midshipmen and seven professors. 181 years later, revisit the Academy’s first century in Proceedings.
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#OTD #USNABirthday
On 9 October 1873, 15 officers gathered at the Naval Academy to found the U.S. Naval Institute. On our 153rd anniversary, meet the people who started the conversation in “Fifteen Founders.”
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How a miscommunication nearly triggered World War III.
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#OTD in 1884, the Navy founded the Naval War College at Newport, with Stephen B. Luce as its first president. A year earlier, Luce had made the case for it in Proceedings. Read his “War Schools” article.
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With an ad hoc fleet and soldiers-turned-sailors, Benedict Arnold stalled the British advance on Lake Champlain and set the stage for victory in the Revolutionary War. usni.org/magazines/naval-his…
The harrowing story of a near-disaster on board Soviet submarine K-219 in October 1986. usni.org/ChernobylAtSea
