The fighting now begins! This is the story of a battle, of a disastrous retreat, and the conspiracy which followed. This was a naval disaster of epic scale. More than American forty warships and transport vessels were destroyed. Another America naval disaster of this scale would not be repeated until the Pearl Harbor attacks on December 7, 1941, more than 162 years later. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get the (free!) transcript, (free!) bonus content, and sign up for the (free!) newsletter here: www.usnavalhistory.com/the-penobscot-expedition-5/⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Financially support the show here: https://www.usnavalhisto ..read more

The fighting now begins! This is the story of a battle, of a disastrous retreat, and the conspiracy which followed. This was a naval disaster of epic scale. More than American forty warships and transport vessels were destroyed. Another America naval disaster of this scale would not be repeated until the Pearl Harbor attacks on December 7, 1941, more than 162 years later. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Get the (free!) transcript, (free!) bonus content, and sign up for the (free!) newsletter here: www.usnavalhistory.com/the-penobscot-expedition-4/⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show here: https://www.usnavalhistory.com/#/portal ..read more

The fighting now begins! This is the story of a battle, of a disastrous retreat, and the conspiracy which followed. This was a naval disaster of epic scale. More than American forty warships and transport vessels were destroyed. Another America naval disaster of this scale would not be repeated until the Pearl Harbor attacks on December 7, 1941, more than 162 years later. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Get the (free!) transcript, (free!) bonus content, and sign up for the (free!) newsletter here: www.usnavalhistory.com/the-penobscot-expedition-3/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Support the show here: https://www.usnavalhistory.com/#/portal/si ..read more

This is the story of a battle, of a disastrous retreat, and the conspiracy which followed. This was a naval disaster of epic scale. More than American forty warships and transport vessels were destroyed. Another America naval disaster of this scale would not be repeated until the Pearl Harbor attacks on December 7, 1941, more than 162 years later. ⁠⁠⁠Get the (free!) transcript, (free!) bonus content, and sign up for the (free!) newsletter here: www.usnavalhistory.com/the-penobscot-expedition-2/⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Support the show here: https://www.usnavalhistory.com/#/portal/signup⁠⁠⁠ Email me at: ⁠⁠⁠usn ..read more

This is the story of a battle, of a disastrous retreat, and the conspiracy which followed. This was a naval disaster of epic scale. More than American forty warships and transport vessels were destroyed. Another America naval disaster of this scale would not be repeated until the Pearl Harbor attacks on December 7, 1941, more than 162 years later. ⁠⁠Get the (free!) transcript, (free!) bonus content, and sign up for the (free!) newsletter here: https://www.usnavalhistory.com/the-penobscot-expedition-1/ ⁠⁠Support the show here: https://www.usnavalhistory.com/#/portal/signup⁠⁠ Email me at ..read more

Today the United States can drone strike it's enemies almost anywhere in the world with non-explosive Hellfire missiles that deploy blades to slice through a target with almost no risk to nearby civilians. It is the latest-and-greatest expression of an American quest for precision strike that began in WWI, carried through (with sometimes disastrous results) WWII, into the nuclear era of the Cold War, and continues today in the drone age. With my guest James Patton Rogers we talk about the century long American quest for precision, the logic of precision strike when using nuclear weapons, and ..read more

The USS Hornet was resting upright on the ocean floor 17,500 feet deep. It was mostly intactwith SBD Dauntless dive-bombers, TBD Devastator torpedo bombers and F4F Wildcat fighters scattered on the sea bed in concentric circles around the wreck. It had been there for more than 77 years, yet the wooden deck was still intact, minus bomb damage. The AA guns were still pointing up, as if still fending off Japanese "Val" dive bombers. This episode tells the story of the USS Hornet, told in part by the men who served aboard her in the ship’s less than two years of service before sinking beneath th ..read more

US and UK forces have been jointly carrying out a continuous drumbeat of strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen over the past three weeks. Unfortunately, in the words of President Biden, “Well, when you say are they working, no. Are they going to continue, yes.” In the meantime while we wait for the strikes to work, the Houthis continue to launch anti-ship missiles at merchant shipping in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, and they have scored a few hits that the US and UK destroyers have not been able to shoot down in time. We are playing an escalating game of tit-for-tat with the Houthis. We ..read more

The Fulton the First was the world's first steam powered warship. Designed to defend New York Harbor against the British in the War of 1812. She never saw action, but did succeed in scaring the public and British war planners and inspired the first generation of European steam warships who feared foundational shift in naval technology which the Fulton heralded in. Follow me on X: ⁠⁠⁠@USNavyPodcast⁠ Follow me on IG: ⁠⁠⁠@USNavyPodcast⁠⁠⁠ Email me at: usnavalhistorypodcast@gmail.com ..read more

The Fulton the First was the world's first steam powered warship. Designed to defend New York Harbor against the British in the War of 1812. She never saw action, but did succeed in scaring the public and British war planners and inspired the first generation of European steam warships who feared foundational shift in naval technology which the Fulton heralded in. Follow me on X: ⁠⁠⁠@USNavyPodcast⁠ Follow me on IG: ⁠⁠⁠@USNavyPodcast⁠⁠⁠ Email me at: usnavalhistorypodcast@gmail.com ..read more