Naval Milestones

October 1999
What events and technological advances in naval history—Midway, the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, Tsushima, or Trafalgar; nuclear power, naval aviation and carriers, radio and radar, or submarines—had the most ...

'Sailors Dressed Like Soldiers'

By Kenneth C. Davey
October 1999
Even though the naval beach battalions at Normandy—with a red stripe painted on their helmets—play prominent roles in the opening battle scene of Saving Private Ryan, these heroes haven't ...

Time Capsules

By Colonel Richard Seamon, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
October 1999
This sampling of Time magazine’s World War Il-era covers, is a welcome reminder of a time when journalistic art was clear and representative, when Time’s editors still heeded Henry Luce’s ...

Pleasantville

By Paul Stillwell
October 1999
Commander George Dyson first came to my attention more than 20 years ago. It was during my research for a biography of Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee, Jr., the Navy’s ...

In Contact

October 1999
“Advance Warning? The Red Cross Connection” (See D. Borgquist, pp. 20-26, May/June 1999; M. Muir, E. McNulty, W. Robinson, R. Smith, E. Olsen, and K. Schreier, pp. 6- 8, July/August ...

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Captain Jim Stavridis, U.S. Navy, Robert C. Jones & Ricardo A. Herrera
October 1999
Damn the Torpedoes: Fighting Words, Rallying Cries, and the Hidden History of Warfare Brian Burrell. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999. 218 pp. Appendix. Index. $20.00 ($18.00). Reviewed by Captain Jim Stavridis ...

The Gutlass Cutlass

By Norman Polmar, Author, The Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet
October 1999
The Chance-Vought F7U Cutlass, a swept-wing, tail-less fighter, was one of the most radical aircraft to reach the U.S. Fleet. Its career was brief but dramatic. Development of the Cutlass ...

Historic Fleets

By A. D. Baker III, Editor, Combat Fleets of the World
October 1999
Of the 175 Fletcher (DD-445)-class destroyers completed during World War II, the majority were built to the configuration shown here for the Hazelwood, (DD-531), with an enlarged open bridge and ...

Naval History News

October 1999
The Constellation Comes Home It was 202 years ago that the USS Constellation first pushed her bow through the waters of the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland. It was on ...

Salty Talk

By Commander Tyrone G. Martin, U.S. Navy (Retired)
October 1999
Carrying food on board ships on months-long voyages a century and more ago presented many problems. Lack of refrigeration meant fresh foods had to be consumed quickly early in the ...

HMS Belfast

By David Veasey
October 1999
HMS Belfast is the only remnant of the 84 cruisers and 17 capital ships deployed by Great Britain during World War II. The last of the Royal Navy’s big-gun ships ...

Navy Yarns

By Captain Roy C. Smith, III, U.S. Navy (Retired)
October 1999
During the Vietnam War, the USS Monmouth County (LST-1032) was heading back to her operating base in the Mekong Delta from a trip to Saigon, when the battleship New Jersey ...