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Tyler R. Bamford and Richard A. Hulver, eds. Best Beloved. The Wartime Letters of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to his Wife, Catherine. Washington, CD: Naval History and Heritage Command, 2024.  vii+219 pp., illustrations, maps, tables, notes, bibliography.  Free download, paper; ISBN 978-1-943604-92-0.

Dan Black. Oceans of Fate: Peace and Peril Aboard the Steamship Empress of Asia Hamilton, ON: Dundurn Press, 2025. 434 pp., illustrations, etc. CDN $28.99, paper; ISBN 978-1-45975-2511.

David Doyle. USS Arizona (BB-39): From Keel Laying to Pearl Harbor Memorial, Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military History, 2025. 144 pp., 310 color and b/w photos, US $24.99, hardcover. ISBN 9780764368868. 

Steve R. Dunn. Steam Yachts at War. The Naval Deployment of British & American Armed Yachts 1898-1918. Barnsley, S. Yorks: Pen & Sword History, Seaforth Publishing, 2024. 272 pp., illustrations, notes, index. UK £25, US$42.95, paper; ISBN 978 1 3990 5972 5 7. 

Ivan P. Cooper. Arming the Warship: Naval Weapons Technology and Gunnery from the Spanish Armada to the Cold War Jefferson, NC: McFarland Publishing, 2024.  ? pp., illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. US $49.95, paper; ISBN 978-1-4766-9499-3.  (E-book available.)  

Thomas J. Cutler & Edward J. Marolda (eds.). The Brown Water War at 50: A Retrospective on the Coastal and Riverine Conflict in Vietnam. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2023. 272 pp. Illus. Photos. Maps. Index. $34.95; ISBN 978-1557507839.

Timothy Heck, B. A. Friedman, and Walker D. Mills, eds. On Contested Shores: The Evolving Role of Amphibious Operations in the History of Warfare volume 2. Quantico Virginia: Marine Corps University Press, 2024, 365 pp. ISBN, 979-8-9862595-8-1.
 

Thomas N. Layton and James P. Delagdo. Wreck Divers and Archaeologists: A History of Maritime Archaeology in California Germantown MD: Society for Historical Archaeology, 2024, 409 pp. 26,99$ 978-1-957402.

Daniel C. Marvin. Francis H. Leggett: Unravelling the Mystery Behind Oregon’s Worst Maritime Disaster Astoria Oergon, Samandi Publishing, ISBN 979-8-218-47828-5, 53 pp.

Tara Moss and Rebecca Love. Nantucket: The Ultimate Playground Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 9780764364761 $50. Size: 9.0in x 9.0in; 272 pp, 26 color and b/w photos Binding: Hardcover.  

William Washburn Nutting. Foreword by Tim Murphy. The Track of the Typhoon. Essex, CT: Lyons Press, Series: Sheridan House Maritime Classics, 2025. 256 pp,, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. 6 X 9, 86 Photos, $24.95, ISBN: 978-1493090457 (paperback) 

Ken W. Sayers, U.S. Navy Service Craft A History and Directory from World War I to Today Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2025.  436 pp., Format: softcover (8.5 x 11), 525 photos, glossary, notes, bibliography, index.  US $35.00, paper; ISBN: 978-1-4766-9006-3.  (E-book available). 978-1-4766-5363-1.
 

Tom Clavin. Running Deep: Bravery, Survival, and the True Story of the Deadliest Submarine in World War II New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2025. 332pp., Index, bibliography. ISBN 9781250374479.
 

Jeffrey R. Cox. Devil's Fire, Southern Cross: The Conclusion of the Guadalcanal-Solomons Campaign October 1943 - February 1944 Oxford: Osprey, 2025. 494 pp., Index, Bibliography etc. ISBN 9781472864482
 

Nicholas P. Roberts. A Sea of Wealth: The Omani Empire and the Making of an Oceanic Marketplace Oakland: University of California Press, 2025. 275pp., Index, maps. ISBN 9780520415782.
 

Mark E. Stille. Pearl Harbour: Japan's Greatest Disaster Oxford: Osprey, 2025. 448pp., Illustrations, images, maps, index etc., ISBN 9781472865311.
 

John Henshaw. Too Many Ships, Too Late: The Emergency Fleet Corporation and its Redundant Armada Jefferson: McFarland, 2025. 240pp., Appendices, figures, illustrations. ISBN 9781476694115.
 

Ian S. Bertram. On Board the USS Boise in World War II: The Battles and Secret Missions of Light Cruiser CL-47 Jefferson: McFarland, 2025. 229pp., Photos, maps, etc. ISBN 9781476698076.
 

Iver P. Cooper. Arming the Warship: Naval Weapons Technology and Gunnery from the Spanish Armada to the Cold War Jefferson: McFarland, 2024. 297pp., Index, illustrations, images, etc. ISBN 9781476694993.
 

Andrew Peters. Ships Figureheads: Famous Carving Families Dunbeath: Whittles Publishing, 2025. 231 pp. Index, photos, illustrations. ISBN 9781849955836.
 

Eds. Jennifer E. Jones, Calvin H. Mires, Daniel Zwick. Intertidal Shipwrecks: Management of a Historic Resource in an Unmanageable Environment Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 2025. 333pp. Index, figures. ISBN (hardcover) 9780813079325

Hubert Sagnières. For Glory, Not Gold: Expeditions through Arctic Lands 1818 – 1876  New York: Rizzoli, 2025. ISBN 9782080487919.

Catherine Ferland and Eric Dussault. Un chantier, une nation. Davie, 200 ans d'histoire Quebec: Septentrion, 2025. 420pp., ISBM 9782897916190 (paperback).

Dick Beamish and Jeff Marliave. Fishes of the Strait of Georgia Madeira Park, British Columbia: Harbour Publishing, 2025. 512 pp., ISBN 9781990776830 (hardcover).