"In Any Operation" - Aircraft Carriers

By Captain T. U. Sisson, U. S. Navy (Retired)
March 1955
“In any operation and under all circumstances a decisive naval superiority is to be considered a fundamental principle, and the basis upon which all hope of success must ultimately depend.” ...

Isthmian Canal Policy - An Evaluation

By Captain Miles P. DuVal, U. S. Navy (Retired)
March 1955
Isthmian Canal Policy Rooted in History The Panama Canal, opened to traffic on August 15, 1914, is an interoceanic public utility for the transit of vessels of commerce and war ...

Medal Or Court Martial?

By Commander D. J. Garrison, U. S. Navy
March 1955
The night of December 27, 1951, was quiet and peaceful in Washington. Suddenly phones jangled in the Pentagon to spread electrifying news. Halfway around the world the destroyer Higbee on ...

Canada: Our Closest Ally

By William H. Hessler
March 1955
Early last August, within the space of a few days, three events took place at widely separated points in Canada, giving dramatic emphasis to the great changes that are in ...

Testifying Before Congressional Committees

By Lieutenant Colonel John R. Blandford, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
March 1955
During the course of a career in the Armed Services a relatively small number of officers will have the extremely good fortune, or as some may decide, the misfortune, to ...

Two-Block Fox

By Rear Admiral G. van Deurs, U. S. Navy (Retired)
March 1955
CHENANGO’S good luck almost, but f not quite, lasted out the war. For nearly four years enemy submarines and suicide pilots wrecked ships around her, but the U.S.S. Chenango (Indian ...

The Yangtze Patrol

By Dr. Esson M. Gale
March 1955
As peace-time assignment, service on the Yangtze River was highly regarded by all Navy men who knew. Welcomed by the civilian element in the international treaty ports naval officers and ...

Digging The "Big Ditch" (Pictorial Section)

Prepared by Assistant Professor Gerald E. Wheeler, U.S.N.A.
March 1955
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Discussions, Comments and Notes

March 1955
The Story of the Stephen Hopkins (See page 1254, November, 1954, Proceedings) (Editor’s Note: The writer of this comment was Super­intendent of The U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, 1946-48.) ...

Book Reviews

March 1955
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Professional Notes

March 1955
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The U. S. Marines Enter the South Seas

By Commander Neville T. Kirk, U.S. Naval Reserve
March 1955
When the British Phoebe, 53 guns, and Cherub, 28, closed the American frigate Essex, 46, in Valparaiso Bay on March 28,1814, there commenced an action which still ranks ...

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