Ship's Log
USS Enterprise CVN-65: The 1979-80 Iran Crisis Deployment
USS Enterprise CVN-65, the world's first nuclear carrier, held station in the Indian Ocean for months during the 1979-80 Iran hostage crisis, providing the naval presence behind Operation Eagle Claw.
USS Dallas SSN-700: Cold War Patrols and the Real Hunt...
USS Dallas SSN-700 inspired Tom Clancy's fictional submarine in The Hunt for Red October. The real Los Angeles-class boat hunted Soviet submarines in the North Atlantic for thirty Cold War years.
The Age of Sail: How Columbus Shaped the Navy That...
Columbus's 1492 voyages relied on dead reckoning navigation and shipboard discipline that trace directly into Navy tradition. How the Age of Sail shaped the service that came after.
Happy Birthday, Navy: 251 Years of Service on October 13
On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress founded what became the U.S. Navy. Celebrating 251 years of continuous naval service on this year's Navy Birthday.
USS John F. Kennedy CV-67: The Last Conventional Carrier in...
USS John F. Kennedy CV-67, commissioned in 1968, was the last conventionally powered carrier the Navy ever built, serving from Vietnam through Desert Storm to Iraqi Freedom before 2007 decommissioning.
The Watch: What It Means to Stand OOD on a...
Standing watch never stops at sea. The story of the Officer of the Deck, the watch bill, and what it means to keep a Navy ship running around the clock.