Fightin' Navy #102

Lt. Skip Hurd commands PC 711, a small patrol craft nicknamed "the Wooden Pigeon" for its dangerous station off the North Korean coast, where it faces constant threats from enemy destroyers, artillery, and MiG fighters. When wounded Marines cut off near the Chosin Reservoir manage to reach the beach, Hurd and his crew must navigate treacherous waters and hostile fire to bring them to safety. It's a high-stakes rescue mission where the tiny ship's only advantages are its shallow draft and a crew willing to risk everything for their comrades.

Captain Roger Leeds commands a destroyer tasked with secretly retrieving a mysterious briefcase containing vital Japanese defense plans from Major Lansdowne on a remote Pacific island—but when Japanese forces detect the ship, a desperate race against time and enemy fire unfolds. With his vessel burning and the enemy closing in, Leeds must find a way to protect the briefcase and his crew from an overwhelming assault. This 1962 war story captures the tension of a high-stakes naval mission when one wrong move could spell total defeat.

A submarine is nothing short of a living organism—and this wartime account breaks down how modern naval vessels think and move like the sailors who command them. From the periscope that serves as its eye to the engines that beat like a heart, witness the remarkable humanity built into one of the Navy's most formidable machines, complete with the devastating firepower to match its cunning design.

Captain L.G. Landis commands a Fletcher-class destroyer on a dangerous mission through enemy waters off the Norwegian coast in 1942, tasked with escorting a guerrilla team while evading Nazi air and naval superiority. When the crew spots a Nazi flotilla blocking their path through the Kattegat strait, Landis devises a daring plan—with help from a Norwegian naval officer—to slip past the enemy and break through to open water. It's a high-stakes game of timing, fog, and nerve as the destroyer races between impossible odds.