Vincent P. O'Hara is an independent scholar and the author of eleven works, including Torch and Clash of Fleets and Six Victories. He holds a history degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and lives in Chula Vista, California.
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Before the twentieth century ships when relied upon visual signaling, vessels beyond range of sight or a cannon shot, were blind, deaf, and dumb in the dark, making night battles at sea rare, and near always accidental. The introduction of certain technol... SEE MORE