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Photo of a LCS fairly bristled with guns, including the twin Bofors 40 mm L/60 antiaircraft guns and Mark 22 3-inch/50-caliber bow gun shown here in action off the Philippines in 1945.

These Fighting ‘Mighty Midgets’ Packed Big Guns

by Ron Soodalter12/29/20231/12/2024

American LCS gunboats were pound for pound the most heavily armed ships in the Pacific during World War II.

Illustration of a Landing Craft Support Mark 3.

A Closer Look at the U.S. Navy’s ‘Mighty Midget’

by Jon Guttman11/24/202311/2/2023

Photo of Crewmen on board the Monitor, a "battleship" of the U. S. Navy's River Assault Force, fires 40 mm shells toward enemy positions in a jungle during recent operations in the Mekong Delta. The concept of riverine operations dates back to the U. S. Civil War and was used to divide the South in that conflict. In Vietnam, the Monitor is part of a flotilla which provides support to U. S. ground combat troops.

All You Need to Know About Riverine Operations in Vietnam

by David T. Zabecki9/11/20239/11/2023

Illustrtion of a Monitor M-92-1 with labels.

The Technology Behind The Navy’s River Monitors In Vietnam

by Carl O. Schuster8/14/20239/8/2023

Photo of a crowded harbor scene with buildings and ships docked in slips or sailing around the harbor. San Francisco harbor from Telegraph Hill, Calif.

Of Crimes and Shanghaied Sailors

by Steven Wilson12/11/20192/21/2024

CWT Book Review: Naval Books

by Jon Guttman10/25/2019

Battle with No Name

by Vincent P. O’Hara with Enrico Cernuschi9/30/2019

Eyes of the Imperial Fleet

by Jon Guttman9/19/2019

Audacious Cruise of the Emden

by John M. Taylor5/21/20195/21/2019

USS Monitor photograph from Library of Congress

War List: Self-Inflicted Disasters at Sea

by Marc De Santis12/7/20184/26/2022