War at Sea

War at Sea is a new series of one-off specials where each issue delves deep into a particular subject; from aircraft carriers, warships, submarines, navies and naval battles. Every edition you can be assured of 100 pages of interesting and informative reading, accompanied by outstanding photography.

War at Sea

AMERICAN NAVAL MUSEUMS

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS • Some of the most popular tourist attractions in America are the retired Aircraft Carriers which can attract hundreds of thousands of visitors per year

BATTLESHIPS • America has built many hundreds of battleships since the Civil War through the First and Second World Wars and every war since, many were destroyed or scrapped, but a good number have made it to preservation

DESTROYERS • Built to defend larger vessels in a fleet, battle group or convoy against short range attack, destroyers were fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warships and some of America's finest have survived to become visitor attractions

CRUISERS • Not many cruisers have been preserved as American naval memorials, but here we have three dating from 1895-1947

SUBMARINES • Across the United States the most numerous type of warship to be found preserved as memorials are submarines with twenty-eight around the country including one of the earliest examples from the American Civil War

AUXILIARIES • From Liberty ships to tugs, landing craft and hydrofoils the United States have numerous unusual smaller naval vessels in preservation.