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Combat Ships

Season 4 · 8 episodes · Mar 26, 2023

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    Episode 1

    Courageous Captains

    Mar 26, 2023

    Larry Chambers makes a risky decision during the Vietnam War. Ernest Evans faces a formidable Japanese fleet during WWII, and enslaved steamship pilot, Robert Smalls, stages a daring escape.

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    Episode 2

    Explosion!

    Apr 2, 2023

    Experts discuss nautical explosions, including an attack on the USS Westchester County during the Vietnam War, a collision in Canada during WWI and a nuclear test in the Pacific Ocean.

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    Episode 3

    Hidden Figures

    Apr 9, 2023

    A black Merchant Marine in World War II forces the Navy to desegregate his ship, a teenage slave pressed into Royal Navy service finds himself in the thick of the Seven Years' War, and more.

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    Episode 4

    Heroes of Guadalcanal

    Apr 16, 2023

    American troops' determination to secure a vital airfield and preserve communications lines with Australia leads to a chaotic and deadly night battle in the Pacific theater of World War II.

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    Episode 5

    Mutiny

    Apr 23, 2023

    Anti-war sentiment and racial unrest during the Vietnam War spark rebellions at sea, mutineers overthrow Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty, and a U.S. slave ship revolt ends in triumph.

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    Episode 6

    Smugglers and Pirates

    Apr 30, 2023

    The Navy captures an armed group of Somali pirates, a Coast Guard crew raids a drug-smuggling submarine, and Norwegian civilians in fishing boats outwit the Germans during World War II.

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    Episode 7

    Record Breakers

    May 7, 2023

    A look at how technological advances over the centuries have led to bigger and faster combat ships and transformed maritime warfare.

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    Episode 8

    Lightning Strikes

    May 14, 2023

    French surveillance frigate Nivôse executes a plan to capture pirates off the coast of Somalia, and the U.S. retaliates after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor with the help of the USS Hornet.