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This Business of Naming Ships

By Commander G. F. MacMullen, U. S. Naval Reserve
May 1950
Oh, policeman, policeman, you do me great wrong('Way! Hey! Blow the man down!)I'm a Flying Fish sailor, just home from Hong Kong—Give me some time to blow the man down!)—Old ...

Strategy of the Future - A Second Look

By Commander George H. Miller, U. S. Navy
May 1950
Today the American people are feeling their way along the difficult path of world leadership. Most of us are apprehensive and at times are bewildered by the many pitfalls which ...

Some Problems of the Amphibious Commander

By Rear Admiral Paulus P. Powell, U. S. Navy (Retired)
May 1950
At the beginning of the war we suffered not only from our own inexperience in amphibious warfare, but also from the inexperience of everyone else. Gallipoli was the only outstanding ...

The Brazilian Navy in World War II

By Homer C. Votaw
May 1950
Much of the spontaneous welcome everywhere given President Dutra of Brazil during his visit here a year ago was obviously motivated by a general appreciation of his country’s part in ...

The Last Grain Race

By J. Ferrell Colton
May 1950
Throughout the months of April and May, 1949, two of the world’s last and largest windjammers lay to anchors a mile or so off the shelving foreshore of Port Victoria ...

At Loggerheads in a "Cold" War

By Lieutenant Colonel William R. Wendt, U. S. Marine Corps
May 1950
The expressions “to be at,” “to fall to,” or “to go to” loggerheads are today generally accepted to mean “to quarrel.” In one of our country’s earlier “cold wars,” loggerheads ...

Petroleum Exploration in Arctic Alaska

By Commander W. G. Greenman, U. S. Navy (Retired)
May 1950
This article outlines a plan of petroleum exploration in the Arctic and indicates the many problems of operation which the Arctic imposes on an otherwise normal oil exploration. Although the ...

Japan's Heavy Cruisers in the War

By Warren S. Howard
May 1950
In the Japanese navy’s plan for the Greater East Asia war, the surface warship was of great importance. No one appreciated carrier power more than they, but the Japanese also ...

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