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Karl Friedrich Max von Müller: Captain of the Emden During World War I

A daring German cruiser captain wreaked havoc on Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean during the early months of World War I.

Admiral Cunningham and HMS Illustrious in Malta During World War II

NAVAL BATTLES: AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

Admiral Porter's Ironclad Hoax During the American Civil War
After a botched Union naval effort on the Mississippi River, Rear Admiral David D. Porter resorted to trickery to prevent one of his captured ironclads from being used by the Confederates.

	America's Civil War: Desperate Ironclad Assault at Trent's Reach
	Siege of Port Hudson
	USS Indianola: Union Ironclad in the American Civil War
	USS Monitor: A Cheesebox on a Raft
	USS Constitution: The Legendary Survivor
	USS Monitor: The Crew Took Great Pride in Serving on the Famous Ship
	CSS Albemarle: Confederate Ironclad in the American Civil War

NAVAL BATTLES: WORLD WAR II

Admiral Cunningham and HMS Illustrious in Malta During World War II
A brilliant British tactician, Andrew Cunningham almost lost an aircraft carrier, Malta and control of the Mediterranean in a single dive-bomb attack.

	Battle of Guadalcanal: First Naval Battle in the Ironbottom Sound
	Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: Turning Point in the Pacific War
	Battle of Cape Matapan: World War II Italian Naval Massacre
	Battle of Badoeng Strait: World War II Naval Duel off Bali
	Battle of Balikpapan: Japanese Naval Nightmare
	USS Missouri: Served in World War II and Korean War
	Battle of Rennell Island: Setback in the Solomons

NAVAL BATTLES: KOREAN WAR

Korean War: CIA-Sponsored Secret Naval Raids
If you think the U.S. Navy's activities off Korea were limited to offshore bombardment and carrier strikes, you don't know CIA's front organization, Joint Advisory Commission, Korea (JACK).

NAVAL BATTLES: VIETNAM WAR

USS Frank E. Evans: Disaster in the South China Sea
On the morning of June 3, 1969, 74 American sailors died when the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans was cut in two by an Australian aircraft carrier in the South China Sea.

USS Westchester County: Attacked During the Vietnam War

MORE NAVAL BATTLES

Spanish-American War: Battle of Manila Bay -- Commodore Dewey's Victory
The Battle of Manila Bay went by a plan devised days earlier in Hong Kong. Commodore George Dewey anticipated the day, hour and position of the battle.

	U.S. Navy Captain Charles Gridley and the Battle of Manila Bay
	Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar
	Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar -- Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson Did His Duty
	Horatio Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar
	War of 1812: Battle of Lake Erie -- Oliver Perry Prevails
	War of 1812: Battle of Lake Erie -- Oliver Perry's Miraculous Victory
	Karl Friedrich Max von Müller: Captain of the Emden During World War I

INTERVIEWS

Interview with Donald Stratton: USS Arizona Survivor's Tale
Badly burned in the blast that killed more than a thousand of his shipmates, Donald Stratton lives every day with the physical and mental scars left from the attack on Pearl Harbor.

	Harry Popham Recalls the Attack of the USS Princeton During the Battle for Leyte Gulf
	World War II: Interview with U.S. Navy Yeoman Jack Adam
	World War II: Interview with Burdick Brittin

SHIPS & BOATS

USS Monitor: A Cheesebox on a Raft
The U.S. Navy bureaucracy wanted an ironclad "rigged with two masts" for sails. John Ericsson bucked orthodoxy to create a ship that changed the world.

	USS Constitution: The Legendary Survivor
	USS Laffey: Attacked Off Okinawa in World War II
	USS Indianola: Union Ironclad in the American Civil War
	USS Westchester County: Attacked During the Vietnam War
	USS Missouri: Served in World War II and Korean War
	USS Liscome Bay: Hit By a Torpedo Near Makin Atoll During World War II
	USS William D. Porter: The U.S. Navy Destroyer's Service in World War II
	USS Franklin: Struck by a Japanese Dive Bomber During World War II
	USS Constellation: Union Man-of-War in the American Civil War

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