An avid reader of naval history since my father's service in World War II, I had been struck by the marked contrast between the touching personal depictions of

An avid reader of naval history since my father's service in World War II, I had been struck by the marked contrast between the touching personal depictions of

Given that enlisted personnel are the forgotten men of naval history, it is difficult to find intimate portraits of sailors as persons, and not just as crew mem

Frederick T. Wilson was an engineer who carried the rank of first-class petty officer and served in one of the US Navy's first modern battleships, the USS Orego

Genesis of the Grand Fleet: The Admiralty, Germany, and the Home Fleet, 1896-1914 tells the story of the prewar predecessor to the Royal Navy's war-winning Gran