Fightin' Navy #79

This issue is an anthology containing three sea battle stories. "Silent Death" depicts a destroyer-minesweeper encountering a surfaced mine on the starboard beam with twenty millimeters to spare. "Surprised Raid!" follows Navy personnel who investigate a tiny atoll on orders to determine the native attitude and discover a potential enemy trap, leading to armed combat and a confrontation with an island ruler. "Expendable" is a tribute to PT boats in which sailors attempt to destroy an enemy ship by loading demolition charges aboard their vessel, with plans to sink the ship and have it evaporate.