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The work is a comprehensive examination of naval warfare as revealed through maritime archaeology. The book spans a broad historical timeline, from the earliest naval conflicts in ancient civilizations to the complex battles of the Cold War. Organized chronologically, the book delves into key periods of naval history, including the Classic Age ...
This list of naval battles is a chronological list delineating important naval battles that have occurred throughout history, from the beginning of naval warfare with the Hittites in the 12th century BC to piracy off the coast of Somalia in the 21st century. If a battle has no commonly used name it is referred to as "Action of (date)" within ...
In Peace and War: Interpretations of American Naval History (2008), essays by scholars; Hendrix, Henry J. Theodore Roosevelt's Naval Diplomacy: The U.S. Navy and the Birth of the American Century (2009) excerpt; Isenberg, Michael T. Shield of the Republic: The United States Navy in an Era of Cold War and Violent Peace 1945–1962 (1993) McKee ...
1842 – The University of Notre Dame (building pictured) was founded by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross as an all-male institution in the U.S. state of Indiana.
1871: Korea: Shinmiyangyo – June 10 to 12, A U.S. naval force attacked and captured five forts to force stalled negotiations on trade agreements and to punish natives for depredations on Americans, particularly for executing the crew of the General Sherman and burning the schooner (which in turn happened because the crew had stolen food and ...
In general, labels for ships of a single class are aligned vertically with the topmost ship in a column carrying the class name. In an attempt to show the full timeline of the actual existence of each ship, the final dates on each bar may variously be the date struck, sold, scrapped, scuttled, sunk as a reef, etc., as appropriate to show last time it existed as a floating object.
1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis; a major naval confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union. 1977: Russian icebreaker Arktika makes the first surface voyage to the North Pole. 1982: Falklands War, one of the largest naval campaigns since World War II. 1985: The Sea Shadow (IX-529), an early stealth ship, is launched.
Naval construction, especially of battleships, was limited by the Washington Naval Conference of 1921–22, the first arms control conference in history. The aircraft carriers USS Saratoga (CV-3) and USS Lexington (CV-2) were built on the hulls of partially built battle cruisers that had been canceled by the treaty.