Fightin' Navy #106

Commander Harlow Cooke leads a U.S. Navy geodetic survey team north of the Arctic Circle in 1962, but their scientific mission turns into combat when Soviet fighters attack the ice-breaker U.S.S. Harmes. After reconnaissance photographs reveal a secret Russian missile base buried in the ice at Ellesmere Island, Cooke must decide whether to wait for air support or take direct action against the installation himself. What unfolds is a tense clash on the frozen frontier as the Commander and his men face off against Communist forces in one of the coldest corners of the world.

An inexperienced ensign fresh from Officers Candidate School takes command of a destroyer escort during a tense World War II convoy run, learning fast that ninety days of classroom training can't prepare a young officer for the split-second decisions that keep hundreds of lives in the balance. When a U-boat surfaces near the convoy and crisis strikes the ship, Ensign Murry must find the resolve within himself to act decisively—and discover that true command means more than just following orders.

When a Japanese bomber cripples an LST north of the Gilbert Islands, the damaged landing craft drifts onto an uncharted island—only to discover it's a heavily fortified Japanese supply base. With their ship's engines destroyed and thousands of enemy troops entrenched around them, the crew and their resourceful Seabee unit must use unconventional tactics and heavy equipment to survive what becomes one of the war's strangest battles. It's a tense fight for survival where ingenuity and machinery become weapons against overwhelming odds.

Lieutenant Mike Quillan commands PT 047 on a desperate mission through the South China Sea, delivering passengers to safety while evading enemy fire—but when the boat engages a Japanese light cruiser and takes critical damage, the crew discovers that some missions demand more than expendable men can give. Racing through enemy waters with wounded crew and vulnerable civilians aboard, Quillan and his team must push their fragile torpedo boat to its limits to reach port alive.

Born in Scotland, John Paul Jones rose to command American naval forces with distinction, piloting ships like the Alfred, Providence, and Ranger against the British Navy during the Revolutionary War. As commodore of a combined French and American fleet, he led his flagship the Bon Homme Richard in one of history's fiercest naval encounters against the heavily armed man-of-war Serapis off the British coast. When faced with surrender, Jones's defiant reply—"I have not yet begun to fight!"—proved prophetic as three hours of brutal combat ended with the enemy striking their colors.