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Features the TC-4C Academe, a Navy plane that provided flight training for the bombardier-navigators in the U.S. Navy. Advantage of the plane; Design of its fuselage; Reputation of TC-4C.

Highlights the history of the airfield and military base built by the U.S. Navy in the island of Funafuti, a part of the British-owned Ellice Island in the central Pacific. Amphibious landing of sailors and Marines at Funafuti; Challenges faced by the Seebees in constructing an airfield in the island; Role of Funafuti on the invasion of Tarawa.

Profiles Retired Captain William C. Dixon of Keystone Heights, Florida, who belongs to a group of service members who fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Role of Dixon in the operations of the U.S. Navy; Experience of Dixon during a naval battle that used the Curtiss SOC Seagull biplane; Missions handled by Dixon; Award received by Dixon from flying the HO3S-1 helicopter in the Korean War.

Features the Bear sailing ship which was purchased in 1884 by the U.S. Navy for the purpose of rescuing the ill-fated scientific expedition led by Army Lieutenant Adolphus Greely in the Arctic region. Years spent by the Bear serving the U.S.; Use of the Bear by the Revenue Cutter Service from 1886-1926; Importance of the Bear's Overland Rescue under Captain Francis Tuttle in 1897; Year when the bear was decommissioned from the U.S. Navy service.

Provides information on the history of a boat-hulled aircraft used by the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard in the 1930s called Douglas RD built by Davis-Douglas Co. Number of Douglas RD planes manufactured by Douglas between 1930 and 1934; Features of the aircraft; Names allegedly given to all the planes owned by the Coast Guard.

Looks back at the role played by Jack H. Reid, U.S. Navy pilot of the PBY-5A, in the Battle of Midway in the Pacific during World War II. Impact of the warning issued by Reid on the outcome of the Battle of Midway; Career background of Reid.

Features the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star. Purpose of the jet; Name changes undergone by the jet; Number of T-33 planes bought by the U.S. Navy.

Profiles David E. Smith, retired U.S. Navy lieutenant commander and Navy civilian. Stint in the Navy as a fighter pilot; His personal background; His responsibilities as a Navy civilian.

Speculates that the U.S. Navy attacked and sunk a Soviet submarine in waters near North Korea on July 28, 1951, based on the claims of Korean War veterans aboard USS Renshaw. Comment from Fire Control Technician 2nd Class Donald C. McElfresh; Description of the incident given by Fire Control Technician 1st Class Allison E. March; Other ships in the task element that joined the attack against the Soviet submarine.

Features the landing craft utility (LCU) 1490 of the U.S. Navy. Origins of LCU; Functions of the LCU; Role of the LCU 1490 in the 1968 movie "Anzio"; Involvement of Kingston Dry Dock Construction Co. in the creation of the LCU 1490.

Profiles Lieutenant Vincent Dauro, former pilot of the U.S. Navy during the Cold War. Experience of Dauro in hunting Russian submarines; Personal information on Dauro; Career of Dauro as Navy pilot.

Focuses on the restoration of a saucer-shaped U.S. Navy plane by employees at Vought Corp. in Dallas, Texas. Background on the construction of the plane; Details of the plane's design; Information on several other U.S. Navy airplanes built by Vought that are being restored by the employees.

Highlights the history of the F-16 fighter planes of the U.S. Navy. Role of the F-16 owned by the Navy; Requirement created by the Navy for a fighter plane in 1973; Features of the Navy-version F-16.

Features U.S. Navy Seaman Apprentice Douglas B. Hegdahl, a prisoner of the Vietnam War. Information on his release; His contribution to families of other prisoners of war who were left in prison camps; Remarks from Retired Air Force Colonel John Stavast, on Hegdahl's role in the U.S. Navy.

Provides information on the roles played by the U.S. Ship Sphinx which was built as a tank-landing ship during World War II. Missions performed after the war; Ship design; Maintenance and upgrading costs.

Reports on the management problems suffered by the Brewster Buffalo fighter ordered by the U.S. Navy. Factors that affected the launching of the Navy's monoplane fighter; Efforts to improve the Buffalo's design; Maximum speed of the fighter.

Presents information on the U.S. Navy command cruiser Northampton CC-1. Features of the ship; Use of the ship during the Cold War; Details on the communication duty of ship.

Evaluates the performance of the A2D Skyshark combat aircraft of the U.S. Navy. Capabilities of the plane components; Criticisms on the warplane; Engine specifications.

Presents a historical background on the U.S. Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba. Guantanamo Bay as a possible base location in the Spanish-American War; Arrival of the first U.S. troops in Guantanamo; Use of the Platt Amendment to send troops for intervention in Cuba.

Pays tribute to U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Courtland R. Johnson, who died on May 23, 2003. Overview of his military career; Description of his military leadership capabilities. Fascination with collecting military uniforms.

Highlights the career of U.S. Navy commander Richard O'Kane, a submarine captain during the World War II. Survival of O'Kane to win the Medal of Honor. Military education of O'Kane; Submarine battles experience of O'Kane; Other military awards received by O'Kane.

Highlights the history of the icebreaking ships of the United States Navy. Partnership of the Navy and the Coast Guard in breaking the ice; Experience of sailors in serving in icebreaking ships; Ships for icebreaking owned by the Navy.

Highlights the history of handguns used by sailors of the U.S. Navy during the World War II. Standard handgun of the Navy; Approach in the procurement of the handguns; Demand for handguns in combat theaters.

Highlights the history of the warship Prinz Eugen used by the German in the World War II. Battles fought by the warship during the war; Commissioning of the warship by the U.S. Navy as war prize; Use of the warship in atomic bomb testing in the Pacific.

Highlights the history of the SBD Dauntless, a dive bomber airplane of the United States Navy. Restoration of the remaining airplane; Role of the warplane in the Battle of Midway during World War II ; Details on the remaining two flying SBD.

Highlights the history of the shooting down of a Beggar Shadow EC-121M Super Constellation reconnaissance aircraft of the United States Navy by North Korean fighter planes. Cold War reconnaissance program of the Navy; Details on the interception; Investigation on the incident.

Reports on the restoration of U.S. Navy's F-4 Phantom II war plane. Description of the plane; Role of the plane in Vietnam War.

Discusses the mystery behind a U. S. Navy blimp K-14 airship that crashed into the sea off the coast of Maine, on July 2, 1944. Information on the aircraft; Speculations on the cause of the aircraft accident; Casualties of the accident; Investigation on the accident.

Details the history of the A-7 fighter aircraft of the U.S. Navy. Description of the aircraft; Combat missions wherein the aircraft was used; Reason pilots love the aircraft.

Reports on the damage caused by Typhoon Cobra in the Philippine Sea on the fleet under the command of U.S. Navy Admiral William F. Halsey. Lessons learned by the Navy on the incident; Warships sunked by the typhoon.

Deals with the mathematics error that almost prevented the U.S. Navy from getting the Bofors guns, the anti-aircraft weapons of World War II. Way by which the Bofors company rectified its mathematics error; Features and capabilities of the Bofors guns; Opinion on the effectiveness of the weapons.

Describes the Sea Fox submarine of the U.S. Navy. History of the submarine; Key features; Significance of the submarine to the Turkish navy.

Focuses on the U.S. Navy ship Olympia which led several cruisers and gunboats in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War on May 1, 1898. Journey of Olympia; Year the ship was decommissioned.

Provides information on the F11F Tiger fighter planes used by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s. Engine used; Injuries incurred by test pilot Tom Attridge; Competition faced by the Tiger; Navy fighter squadrons which flew the Tiger.

Describes the rescue patrol escort ships of the U.S. Navy which was used during World War II. Size of the ship; Features and capabilities; Purpose of the ship; Activities of the ship in the Philippines; Information on other ships of similar classifications.

Talks about the U.S. Navy air station at Barbers Point, Hawaii that closed on July 1, 1999. Information on a museum operated by volunteers in the air base called Kalaeloa State Airport; Purpose of operating the Hawaiian Museum of Flying, Hawaii.

Presents information on the evacuation of Taiwanese soldiers and civilians from the Tachin Islands by the U.S. Navy in 1955. Discussion of the political tension between the communist government of mainland China and the nationalist regime in Taiwan; Details of the evacuation process; Actions taken by the U.S. government in response to the Tachin Island takeover by China.

Presents a brief history about the capture of the United States Navy intelligence ship Pueblo by North Koreans on January 23, 1968. Mission of the ship; Pentagon's reason for not classifying the ship's mission as hazardous; Details on the ordeal experienced by the ship's crew members.

Recounts the historical significance of the USS Missouri ship to the United States Navy. Wars in which the ship was commissioned; Key features of the ship.

The article focuses on the role of the seaplanes of the U.S. Navy near Okinawa, Japan in the final days of the World War II in 1945. It cites the establishment of a floating base for seaplanes in Kerama Islands by the service in advance of the invasion of Okinawa on April 5. It notes that the PMB Mariner bomber aircraft operated from the island until the end of the war. A Mariner was credited with shooting down a Japanese fighter on May 4.

The article focuses on the U.S. Navy ship Sea Shadow. The ship, also known as IX 529, did not earn a USS prefix as it was never commissioned and was only used as a research craft for testing stealth technologies. It recalls that the service worked with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. to construct and fit stealth technologies in the surface craft. It adds that the service intends to donate the ship to a museum that agrees to accept it and its accompanying costs.

The article presents a brief historical background of the U.S. Naval Aviation Observer (NAO) Badge, a set of wings intended for the uniform breast of an aircrew member. The wings were created for those who are neither pilots nor navigators, including the sailor functioning as an artillery spotter in the back seat of an SOC-1 Seagull observation plane launched from a battle ship during World War II. Rear Admiral William Moffett became the first person who received the wings on June 17, 1922. Changes made to the design of the badge are also discussed.

The article recalls the crash of the U.S. Navy's WV-2 Warning Star aircraft while on final approach for landing at Midway Island on January 22, 1961. The aircraft was developed from the Super Constellation airliner as a flying radar station, radio call sign 16 Checkpool. Three firefighters in a crash vehicle struck by the aircraft were killed, in addition to six of the 22 sailors aboard the WV-2. Navy veterans dedicated plaques at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C. on February 7, 2009 in honor of those who died.

The article recalls an event when the U.S. Navy's submarine Archerfish sank the 62,000 ton Japanese carrier Shinano on the waters south of Tokyo in November 1944. The Archerfish was a 310-foot diesel powered submarine with a crew of 10 officers and 70 enlistment and was commissioned in September 1943. The article details how the submarine was able to sink the Japanese carrier. As a result of such event, skipper Commander J.F. Enright received the Navy Cross while the Archerfish was recognized with the Presidential Unit Citation.

The article recounts the first U.S. expedition to Korea in 1871. The aggressive behavior of some crew of the U.S. merchant ship General Sherman in 1867 when it reached the Han River in Seoul, Korea allegedly provoke the Koreans to massacre all the crew. In April 1871, Rear Admiral John Rodgers led a U.S. Navy squadron and went on a diplomatic mission to Korea with minister to China, Frederick Low. Historical data at Ehwa University, South Korea indicate that the troops of Rodgers were there to retaliate and the Americans had colonial ambitions.

The article focuses on the destroyer escorts (DE) of the U.S. Navy which were used to carry weapons. It says that the Slater on the Hudson River in Albany, New York is the only DE currently afloat in the U.S., while another called Stewart is displayed on land in Galveston, Texas. According to the article, the Navy manned 37 of the DE in U.S. service during World War II and most of these were transferred to allied navies or quickly retired at war's end.

The article features Curtiss SBC Helldiver, the last biplane of the U.S. Navy. The aircraft served briefly in the 1930s but reportedly helped pioneer carrier-based dive bombing tactics and provided the Navy with a group of pilots that were ready for war. It was said that the SBC was still in the inventory during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The first aircraft in the SBC series made its initial flight on December 9, 1935. Memories on the SBC of former Aviation Radioman 1st Class Joseph Evon of Reston, Virginia were also cited.

The article features Husband E. Kimmel, the top U.S. naval officer in Hawaii when the Japanese attacked the Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, who remains a controversial figure in naval history. Initial investigations of the attack concluded that Kimmel had been derelict in not preparing a better defense. On the other hand, University of Florida history professor Michael Gannon wrote in "Pearl Harbor Betrayed" that inattention and dereliction of duty within the Navy and in Washington was the main reason for the lack of preparation.

The article features the post-World War II Martin AM-1 Mauler of the U.S. Navy. AM-1, which was manufactured by Lockhead Martin during the 1940s, is considered the heaviest single-engine warplane designed for carrier operations. According to the article, AM-1 models were used in sea service and Naval Air Reserve squadron. Douglas Aircraft Co., the competitor of Martin, eventually built 3,1180 Skyraiders which signaled the disappearance of AM-1, popularly known as Able Mabel.

The article traces the history of the U.S. Nay's deep diving program which occurred in 1912. The first Navy diving school in Newport, Rhode Island was opened after the Mark V (MK V) diving helmet created by Chief Gunner George D. Stillson was successfully used in rescuing a submarine at 304 feet below in 1915. In 1916, a battery-powered telephone was added to the helmet while the weight of the MK V was reduced in 1927.