Fightin' Navy #78

Aboard the submarine Dolphin, Lt. Comdr. Moreno faces a seemingly impossible assignment: infiltrate a heavily guarded Norwegian fjord to destroy a German ship equipped with buzz bomb launchers, using only a handful of men and explosives. With the vessel trapped in shallow waters where the Dolphin herself cannot approach, Moreno must rely on underwater demolition specialists to complete the perilous mission while his sub waits in mortal danger. It's a nail-biting race against depth charges and the clock in this taut 1957 war tale.

A homesick sailor named Billy finds solace in his electric trains while serving aboard a Navy minesweeper, only to discover that his love for home—and the ship's crew—becomes the key to a dangerous sabotage mission on Yang-Hoi Island. When a demolition team gets pinned down and can't set their charges on an enemy power station, Billy's unexpected solution proves that sometimes the skills we treasure most can save the day.

When enemy guns bottleneck the vital city of Keemoy, Destroyer Skipper Lt. Comdr. John Case and Chief Bennett devise an audacious plan: use an old junk as bait to draw out the concealed Red positions, then strike back from cover. What begins as a calculated gambit turns into a desperate beach assault when the ruse works too well—and Bennett's crew must fight their way off enemy-held ground with reinforcements closing in fast.

In 1825, Lieutenant Dana L. Briggs is dispatched to Algiers as a naval attaché tasked with stopping Turkish pirates who prey on American merchant vessels with the Sultan's tacit approval. When the pirate chief Mustapha Ben Lasha captures an American captain and his crew, Briggs must navigate a dangerous game of diplomacy and cunning in the Sultan's court to secure their freedom. With tension mounting and his cover about to be blown, Briggs discovers that help arrives from an unexpected quarter—and a bold stand changes everything.

Dr. William Beebe and Otis Barton descend into unexplored ocean depths in the specially engineered Bathysphere, a pressurized vessel designed to withstand the crushing forces miles below the surface. As they descend to record depths, the explorers use searchlights and cameras to document bizarre deep-sea creatures never before seen by science—from constellation fish to giant gulper eels. Though their journey is fraught with dangers, including a harrowing leak during a test dive, these intrepid explorers push the boundaries of marine discovery in pursuit of knowledge about life in the ocean's darkest corners.