Ship's Log
USS Ranger CV-61: The Last Conventional Carrier to Fight in...
USS Ranger CV-61, an aging conventional carrier, flew CVW-2 combat strikes throughout Desert Storm from the Persian Gulf before decommissioning two years later in 1993.
USS Hornet CV-12: The Carrier That Won the Pacific and...
USS Hornet CV-12 fought the Pacific War's final campaigns, earning seven battle stars, then recovered the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 astronauts from splashdown in 1969.
Liberty Call: What Happens When the Brow Drops in a...
Liberty call sends the crew ashore after weeks at sea. The story of port calls, foreign cities, and the Navy tradition of the brow dropping in a new port.
Mid-Rats: The Midnight Meal That Every Sailor Remembers
Mid-rats is the midnight meal served to sailors coming off and going on watch. The story of the Navy tradition every veteran who stood the mid-watch remembers.
USS Spruance DD-963: The Destroyer They Said Was Underarmed —...
USS Spruance DD-963 was dismissed as underarmed at commissioning in 1975, but her oversized hull later accepted Tomahawk missiles and a 61-cell VLS, proving decisive in Desert Storm.
USS Elrod FFG-55: Escorting Tankers Through a War Zone in...
USS Elrod escorted reflagged Kuwaiti tankers through the Persian Gulf under Operation Earnest Will in 1987-88, standing constant watch against Iranian mines and gunboats in a live war zone.