HIDDEN WARSHIPS
AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET TO THE WORLD'S WARSHIP WRECKS WITHOUT
GETTING YOUR FEET WET
Sunk by enemy fire, scuttled, or run aground, the number of World War II-era battleships,
cruisers, submarines, and other warships that ended their service on the bottom of the
world's oceans and seas is enormous. In the decades since the conflict, wreck hunters
have pored over historical records and combed the world's oceans to find their remains.
In Hidden Warships, naval historian Nicholas A. Veronico details the history, recovery,
and preservation of these sunken combat ships--including accounts from the divers
and restorers who have worked with them. Beginning with the Japanese midget
submarines that attacked Pearl Harbor and continuing through into the modern era,
including the 2006 sinking of the postwar aircraft carrier USS Oriskany, Veronico
provides rich detail on each noteworthy vessel, including over 150 photographs, ship
specifications, geographic coordinates, and more.
ALSO AVAILABLE!
Author Nick Veronico has also written Hidden
Warbirds and Hidden Warbirds II — books that
explore the romantic era of World War Two
Warbirds and stories of some of the most
famous wrecks and how they have been
recovered from mountains, oceans, and jungles
to become museum pieces or, after extensive
restoration, to fly once again. We visit the B-17E Swamp Ghost in
New Guinea and learn how it is now on display at Pearl Harbor.
Travel through the ice to recover a P-38 Lightning of the “Lost
Squadron” and see how this rare fighter was returned to the sky.
Go along as a Luftwaffe Ju 88 is raised from the icy waters of
Norway while the sole surviving Brewster F3A Corsair is pulled
from a swamp. There are dozens of exciting tales of history
and recovery.
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CONTENTS
MAY 2017 • Vol. 50/No. 05
FEATURES
DEPARTMENTS
1 0 THE HEROIC STAND OF
THE FOUR- S TACKERS
4
SEA MAIL
5
MUSEUM NEWS
At an extremely critical time in the Second World War, the United
States rushed 50 obsolete four-stack Great War destroyers to
Britain under the new Lend-Lease program / by Robert Hucker
2 0 D E ATH OF AN EMPRE S S
This ship gained the unfortunate distinction of being the largest
ocean liner sunk during WWII / by Gordon Turner
2 6 THE CANOE CLUB NAVY
At war aboard the little 136-foot YMS minesweepers /
by Newton Davis
6
News and views from our readers
Fabulous Ocean Liner display / by Mike Samms
I N TEL FILE
Latest nautical updates
3 4 YOUR NAVY
Best current USN photos from the top photojournalists /
by Howard Carter
3 8 THOSE GALLANT CLEVELANDS
COVER: This detail from a Holland-America Line Nieuw Amsterdam poster
recalls the golden age of ocean liner travel.
5 2 THE SPOTLESS FLEET
THIS PAGE: Sailors and US Marines assigned to the Makin Island
Amphibious Ready Group and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit debark a
Landing Craft Air Cushion at Senoor Beach, Oman, during Exercise Sea
Soldier on 15 February. (USMC/Robert Brown)
These tough light cruisers saw heavy action in WWII, Korea, and
Vietnam / by Rod Redman
Holland-America Lines’ ocean liners in service during WWII /
by Frank Braynard