8.2/106 votes#1 - Courageous Captains
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 3/26/2023
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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NaN/100 votes#2 - Explosion!
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 4/2/2023
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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NaN/100 votes#3 - Hidden Figures
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 4/9/2023
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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NaN/100 votes#4 - Heroes of Guadalcanal
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 4/16/2023
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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NaN/100 votes#5 - Mutiny
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 4/23/2023
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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NaN/100 votes#6 - Smugglers and Pirates
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 4/30/2023
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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NaN/100 votes#7 - Record Breakers
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 5/7/2023
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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NaN/100 votes#8 - Lightning Strikes
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 5/14/2023
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.
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The Best Episodes of Combat Ships Season 4
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Genre:Documentary
Network:Smithsonian Channel
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"Courageous Captains" is the best rated episode of "Combat Ships" season 4. It scored 8.2/10 based on 6 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/26/2023. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Explosion!".