Twenty years ago, the staff of Proceedings was pulling double duty—putting out the monthly journal as well as working on the premier issue of Naval History . Ever since its own first issue in 1874, Proceedings has published history articles, and by the mid-1980s it had accumulated a considerable story bank of accepted but as-yet-unpublished manuscripts. The new magazine was aimed at quenching the thirst of readers who craved more Sea Service history, as well as easing the article backlog.
