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Highlights from Naval History

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Telling Sea Stories

Andrew Jampoler

October 2024

Lessons on telling sea stories from author Andrew Jampoler.

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Pearl Harbor, 1 February 1941: Admiral Husband Kimmel relieves Admiral James Richardson as Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet. War Plan Orange, written early in the 20th century, was the Navy’s strategy for defeating Japan in a naval war..

A Maritime Strategy for the United States: When Next?

By Captain Bernard D. Cole, U.S. Navy (Retired)

October 2024

Few words are more frequently heard in the Pentagon than “strategy.” In the Navy corridors, this becomes “maritime strategy.” However, it is arguable that the United States has had only...

Blues Skyhawks

Japanese prisoners from the Battle of Leyte Gulf are brought aboard the USS New Jersey (BB-62) for questioning by Third Fleet intelligence officers, 24 October 1944. (For more on the New Jersey, see "Naval History News," p. 6.)

On Our Scope

October 2024

Cool courage. Unselfish heroism. Self-sacrifice. The greatest naval battle in the history of the seas witnessed abundant examples of these inspiring qualities.

“Righting an historic wrong”: Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro makes it official, exonerating the African American sailors court-martialed in the wake of the 1944 Port Chicago explosion.

The Great White Fleet visits Sydney, Australia, in 1908 during its worldwide tour.

After three months of much-needed repairs and maintenance, the New Jersey approaches her home port of Camden.

With Captain Arthur H. Page on board A-7147, the Hawk is pushed to the water for the start of the 31 May 1930 Curtiss Marine Flying Trophy Race at Naval Air Station Anacostia, D.C.

Five Lives

By J. M. Caiella

October 2024

From 1923 to 1938, one aircraft defined U.S. military aviation during the so-called Golden Age of flight.

The second USS Panay (PR-5) on a standardization trial on 30 August 1928, off Woosung, China.

The Gunboats Panay

By BJ Armstrong

October 2024

At the outset of an occupation of the Philippines that would last for decades, U.S. personnel took control of the Spanish gunboat Panay.

Japanese depiction of a Portuguese carrack—the type of trading vessel that brought goods, guns, and Western religion to Japan and was at the center of the October 1565 Battle of Fukuda Bay.

Samurai Dawn at Fukuda Bay

By Eric Mills

October 2024

It was beneath an October sky that the swan song of the Imperial Japanese Navy could be heard at the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

The legendary Fletcher-class destroyer USS Johnston (DD-557) heads into the teeth of the superior Japanese force at the Battle off Samar, 25 October 1944.

Leyte’s Enduring Relevance

By Midshipman Pierre S. C. Briand, U.S. Navy Reserve

October 2024

CNO Naval History Essay Contest—Third Prize. Lessons from 1944 for 2024: “Forces must work in tandem, not against each other, with clear overarching mission objectives to achieve combat success.”

He’s got the whole world in his hands: Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, principal author of the Monroe Doctrine, studies the globe while President James Monroe (left) and fellow cabinet members look on. The doctrine “created a need for . . . a large, powerful navy.”

Like Father, Like Son

By Lieutenant (junior grade) Brennan J. Suffern, U.S. Coast Guard

October 2024

Sharing the ideals of John Adams, John Quincy Adams advocated for investment in U.S. naval power and, in multiple ways, helped cultivate America’s eventual maritime supremacy.

Several people on a U-boat in black and white.

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