March 9, 1862: Ironclads
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Two ungainly, cranky -- but heavily armored -- warships clash off the Virginia coast and naval warfare is changed forever. Compiled by Tony Long.
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US Navy came close to firing on 'attack craft' over weekend, CNN reports
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Attempts to keep the Mississippi contained have often had the opposite effect, but now the Army is counting on huge mats of concrete to do the job. Michelle Delio reports from Natchez, Mississippi.
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In its third game of the seaon, Navy displays a dominance that had not been present earlier in the season as they put together both a strong offensive and defensive performance.
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DANIEL ISLAND, SC - Patrick McEnroe, Andy Roddick and the rest of the United States Davis Cup team congregated on the deck of a battleship yesterday and prepared to do battle.
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The Navy task force overseeing John Kerry's swift boat squadron in Vietnam reported that his group of boats came under enemy fire during a March 13, 1969, incident that three decades later is being challenged by the Democratic presidential nominee's critics.
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By Delthia Ricks, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Jun.
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By JOHN FLESHER  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Margo Marks operates a ferry service on Lake Michigan and has nothing but respect for the Coast Guard. But she shudders at the thought of machine gun bullets whizzing over the water.
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WASHINGTON -- In what U.S. officials called a serious provocation, Iranian boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, threatening to explode the American vessels.
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Navy enters its game against Army having won eight in a row against the other service academies in large part because of the play of its fullbacks.
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By Peter Hull, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Feb. 9--The expansion of the Port of Charleston appears to be back on  course.
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How two ships went to sea to fight the whalers ... and ended up fighting each other
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By Kathy Plum, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.  Sep. 14--ALBRIGHT -- After more than a century and a half, the Virginia Iron Furnace still stands as sturdy as the pyramids of Eygpt, marred only by the red paint of vandals who felt inspired to add their names to its history.
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Five Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipping route off the Iranian coast, over the weekend, CNN reported on Monday.
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The capsized USS Oklahoma sinks next to the USS Maryland after being bombed and straffed by Japanese war planes during a sneak attack on American warships at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941.
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We made it back into the house last night. There were National Guardsmen at key checkpoints in Poway that were set up to protect neighborhoods from looters. These young men were carrying fully loaded M16s. For a quick second I thought I was in a war zone. That was incredibly intimidating for me.
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Union flag-bedecked Land Rovers of the Black Watch regiment stand ready for deployment. Photograph: Warrant Officer Giles Penfound/PA.