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By Jim Barber Executive Director

April 1993

In the last issue I invited you, the readers, to tell us whether you would be willing to support more frequent publication of Naval History and pay a higher subscription ...

The “Deep Selection” of 1864

By Colonel Joseph H. Alexander, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)

April 1993

For a period during the Civil War, Major Zeilin was in command of the Washington Navy Yard’s Marine barracks.

“Negroes Will Be Tested!”—FDR

By James G. Schneider

April 1993

These trailblazers demonstrated that FDR’s confidence was well placed

The Schooner McArthur

By Sue Lemmon

April 1993

"The work done by the ship [McArthur]...forms a considerable portion of the surveying completed on the Pacific coast and Alaska."

Pacific Shoreline Pioneer

By Sue Lemmon

April 1993

LT William P. McArthur received orders in 1848 to command the hydrographic party sent to make the first major survey of the West Coast.

Bradley Fiske, Reformer

By Eric Sterner

April 1993

When two machines meet in war the best machine must win.

Young Warriors

April 1993

Vice Admiral Robert “Yogi” Kaufman and naval historian Paul Stillwell paint a fictional literary picture of those who chose “a career in the boats.”

The Campbell's Path to Glory

By Eleanor C. Bishop

April 1993

The black blotches above her engine room are the last traces of the damages the Campbell suffered as she routed six German U-boats.

The Navy’s Scholar-Sailors

By Herbert K. Saxe

April 1993

The U.S. Navy’s innovative V-12 officers’ training program.

“A Few Beers Ain’t All Bad”

By Vice Admiral Samuel L. Gravely, Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)

April 1993

Excerpted from the oral history of Vice Admiral Gravely.

In Contact

April 1993

“Ships of Discovery” (See D. Beigel, pp. 74-77, Fall 1992 Naval History ) Commander Bruce Castleman, U.S. Navy —On page 77 of this pictorial, there is an inset photograph of ...

Technical Report—The ‘Dynamite Cruiser’

By Commander Michael C. West, U.S. Navy

April 1993

Night after night, the little ship stole close to shore off Santiago de Cuba to loose her whispering salvos. She had the sleek, graceful lines of a tycoon’s yacht, but ...

In Profile—Melbourne Smith

By Bert Hubinger

April 1993

“I have been trying for 15 years to build the Sea Witch” says Melbourne Smith, from his original 1815 Federal- period farmhouse in Arnold, Maryland. “Years ago, we tried to ...

Book Reviews

Reviewed by William Galvani, Christopher C. Wright, Craig M. Cameron, Benis M. Frank, & Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Cutler, U.S. Navy (Retired)

April 1993

Building American Submarines 1914-1940 Gary E. Weir. Washington, DC: Naval Historical Center, 1991. 166 pp. Append. Bib. Gloss. Ind. Notes. Photos. $8.50 ($7.65) paper. Submarines and the War at Sea ...

In Progress

April 1993

U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE Proceedings/Naval Review: Two decades ago, military leaders were uncomfortably aware of the fact that military theory—especially strategic military thought—had passed largely into the realm of civilian thinkers ...

The USS Silversides

By Fred M. Tannenbaum

April 1993

Retired U.S. Navy Captain Robert K. R. Worthington raised his glass and invited the friends around him to join in a toast to his beloved old boat, the famous fleet ...