Combat Ships

  • : 2017
  • : 34
  • : 5
  • Discovery Channel (UK)
  • 20
  • Documentary

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4x1
Courageous Captains
Episode overview
27, 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.
4x2
Explosion!
Episode overview
02, 2023
Recounting some of maritime warfare's explosions, from world wars and Vietnam to the nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.
4x3
Hidden Figures
Episode overview
09, 2023
Stories of historic Black struggle for equality in maritime combat; an enslaved powder boy who served during the French and Indian War; a Civil War gunner; the first African American to command a vessel with a fully integrated crew: Hugh Mulzac.
4x4
Heroes of Guadalcanal
Episode overview
16, 2023
American troops' determination to secure a vital airfield and preserve communication lines with Australia leads to a chaotic and deadly night battle in the Pacific theater of World War II.
4x5
Mutiny
Episode overview
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.
4x6
Smugglers and Pirates
Episode overview
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.
4x7
Record Breakers
Episode overview
07, 2023
A look at how technological advances over the centuries have led to bigger and faster combat ships and transformed maritime warfare.
4x8
Lightning Strikes
Episode overview
14, 2023
Examining some of maritime history's most effective and deceptive lightning strikes.