History of the United States Navy

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1. Navy Nearly Got A Single-Seat A-6 Intruder Instead Of The A-7 Corsair II

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2. USS The Sullivans taking on water rapidly

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3. Anchors aweigh! Retired U.S. Navy destroyer headed for Jacksonville

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4. The battleship USS North Carolina is back in the water

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5. New Addition to USS Midway Museum: Restored Navy A-7 Corsair

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6. Navy Releases Seventh Round of USS Thresher Inquiry Documents

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7. Submarine veteran is haunted by fateful Navy orders issued decades ago

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8. USS The Sullivans is in danger of sinking at NY military park, needs emergency repairs

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9. USS Pueblo Crew Single Digit Pose

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10. Hitler was convinced that the real invasion would be at Calais rather than Normandy

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11. USS Swordfish Disappearance

    By Tony, January 20, 2021
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12. First Pilot to Land a Plane on a Warship

    By Tony, January 19, 2021
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13. The Sailor's White Hat

    By Tony, January 14, 2021
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14. Unidentifiable naval patch

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15. This Staggeringly Quiet Sub Changed the Navy Forever. Now, It's All Scrap

    By Tony, October 7, 2020
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16. “Damn the Torpedoes – Full Speed Ahead” Our Navy’s first Admiral was a Hispanic Hero

    By Tony, September 15, 2020
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17. ESWS Dipped In Saltwater

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18. The U.S. Navy Risked It All To Assassinate The Pearl Harbor Planners

    By Tony, February 20, 2020
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19. The History of Navy Rank (or Rate): Enlisted Personnel

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20. Submariners are Suing South Carolina to Save Cold War-Era Attack Boat

    By Tony, April 22, 2019
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21. The untold story of the men who died on the USS Saturn at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in World War II

    By Tony, April 20, 2019
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22. Class ring recovered from WWII crash scene in England is returned to gunner’s son

    By Tony, September 5, 2018
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23. Stern of US destroyer found near Alaska as researchers map little-known campaign of WWII

    By Tony, August 15, 2018
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24. 9 photos of the USS Wolverine, a strange WWII aircraft carrier that was originally a luxury paddlewheel steamer

    By Tony, July 27, 2018
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25. A Navy submarine with 99 sailors mysteriously disappeared 50 years ago

    By Tony, May 28, 2018
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