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Supercarrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) by Robert Gantt Steele watercolor, 14 x 18 inches

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Our seafaring history comes alive in the pages of Sea History, the National Maritime Historical Society’s quarterly magazine. The pre-eminent journal of advocacy and education in our field, Sea History covers the world of maritime museums, sail training, key events and people in our maritime past, and the stories of everyday sailors past and present, and marine archaeology, with a national focus and an international scope, as well as these regular features:

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Historic Ships on a Lee Shore highlights the plight of endangered vessels.

NMHS: A Cause in Motion keeps readers abreast of all that we do to further our mission to preserve and perpetuate the maritime history of the United States.

Marine Art News features original works by America’s most talented marine artists, illustrated with stunning full-color images.

 

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Supercarrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) by Robert Gantt Steele watercolor, 14 x 18 inches

Sea History 186

Spring 2024
painting - Tug Stockwell on the Thames in the Pool of London by Austin Dwyer

Sea History 185

Winter 2023-24
40 South by Ants Lepson

Sea History 184

Autumn 2023
Packet Joshua Bates Sailing from Newburyport 1844. Painting by Roy Cross, 1983, courtesy Roy Cross Fine Art.

Sea History 183

Summer 2023

Sea History 182

Spring 2023
US Revenue Cutter Thomas Jefferson chasing down three Royal Navy boats on 11 April 1813. Painting by Patrick O’Brien, courtesy USCG Art Collection.

Sea History 181

Winter 2022
Classic boats of all eras and sizes underway during the 2019 Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez. Photo by Gilles Martin-Raget

Sea History 180

Autumn 2022
A Wisconsin Historical Society maritime archaeologist dives on the wreck of the schooner Walter B. Allen, sunk in 1880 off Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

Sea History 179

Summer 2022
January Fykes, by Marc Castelli

Sea History 178

Spring 2022
Ships in a Gale

Sea History 177

Winter 2021
Capture of New Orleans by Union Flag Officer David G. Farragut, 24 April 1862” by Julian Oliver Davidson

Sea History 176

Fall 2021
ships with containers

Sea History 175

Summer 2021
Kalmar Nyckel Underway in Delaware Bay, 2019, photo by Jon Caspar

Sea History 174

Spring 2021
painting of vessel

Sea History 173

Winter 2020
Mayflower 2

Sea History 172

Autumn 2020
Sea History 171 cover of crashing waves

Sea History 171

Summer 2020