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By Jim Barber Publisher
August 1994
Off Mobile, Alabama, 130 years ago, Admiral David G. Farragut went down in naval and military history with his bold command, “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” A retired Navy ...

Recovering Apollo 11

Photography From The Collection of Robert Lawson
August 1994
The head chief in the ship’s photo lab snapped and collected images of the historic event.

The Chicago Piano

By Konrad F. Schreier, Jr.
August 1994
Navy gunners “played” the 1.1-inch Chicago Piano early in World War II. But lighter, more powerful guns soon replaced the Quads.

‘We Never Looked Back’

By Captain Murray B. Frazee, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)
August 1994
Until now, Murray Frazee has told little about the crucial part he played in one of the most enduring naval legends of World War II.

Looking Back

By Paul Stillwell
August 1994
Something about going to sea becomes embedded in one’s muscles, bones, nerve endings, and brain. Those memories are as permanent as if they had been hammered in by a tattoo ...

In Contact

August 1994
“The Seawolfs Sodium- Cooled Power Plant” (See R. B. Laning, pp. 45-48, Spring 1992; W. J. Morgan, p. 6, Spring 1993; T. Rockwell, pp. 3-4, Summer 1993; A. Morse, p ...

Book Reviews

Reviewed by Dr. Kenneth J. Hagan and Major Grant H. Walker, U.S. Army (Retired), Vice Admiral William P. Mack, U.S. Navy, (Retired), Rear Admiral Kemp Tolley, U.S. Navy (Retired)
August 1994
Ironclads and Paddlers Ian Marshall. Charlottesville, VA: Howell Press, Inc., 1993. 108 pp. Bib. Illus. Ind. Notes. $34.95 ($33.20). Reviewed by Dr. Kenneth J. Hagan and Major Grant H. Walker ...

Naval History News

Edited by Bert Hubinger
August 1994
No Iron Sides The Historic Naval Ships Association currently has several critical items on its agenda. Wooden ship experts inspecting for the Naval Historical Center deemed it necessary to unrig ...

Salty Talk

By Commander Ty Martin, U.S. Navy (Retired)
August 1994
A ship is built much like a human being, only in the horizontal plane. Her keel fulfills exactly the same purpose as a backbone, being the basic piece to which ...

Historic Fleets

By A. D. Baker, III, Editor, Combat Fleets of the World
August 1994
Less well known than the larger LSTs of World War II were the 494 Landing Ship, Medium, amphibious-warfare ships of the LSM-1 class, completed between April 1944 and February 1946 ...