naval operations

The story of the H.L. Hunley, the only submarine used during the American Civil War.

Describes how the United States Navy was expanded and improved during the Civil War and how ironclads and other armored vessels were used in various military operations.

Discusses Civil War naval battles, ships, and the struggle for control of crucial waterways, demonstrating how the Northern side was able to build up its navy and eventually blockade the Southern ports.

Relates naval encounters of the Civil War and the Union blockade of the South, including battles of the first ironclads and some adventures of Southern privateers.

An account of the naval duel fought in the Chesapeake Bay between the opposing ironclads of the North and the South.

Tells the story of the "H. L. Hunley," the Confederate submarine that in 1864 became the first to ever sink an enemy ship but lay missing on the ocean floor for more than a century, describing its creation, its discovery, skeletons and objects found onboard, and facial reconstructions of several crew members by forensic anthropologists.

During the Revolutionary War, fourteen-year-old Nathan joins forces with his older cousin, the inventor David Bushnell, to secretly build the first submarine used in naval warfare.

A brief biography of John Paul Jones, stressing his naval career and activities during the Revolutionary War.