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By Jim Barber Publisher
June 1996
Naval History
Volume 10 Number 3
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In this issue, through words and pictures, we celebrate 50 years of crowd-pleasing performances by the U.S. Navy’s precision aviation team, the Blue Angels.

John Bradford reports that Australia is naming a submarine for World War II hero Teddy Sheean, just as the U.S. Navy christens a new Aegis destroyer for the fabled Sullivan brothers. In more below-decks heroics, the brave crew of the cargo ship Alchiba saves her from sinking.

Navy photographer Paul Southwick reprises his “Skate Shoot” from the November-December 1995 issue with color photos of war-tom Guadalcanal and Wakde late in World War II.

Also in this issue, we dive on the Civil War-era steam screw Tulip, fraternize with the U.S. Fleet in Vladivostok in 1937, and cruise the Korean Coast with the Horace A. Bass.

Note: We are opening “Naval History News” to outside contributors. If you hear news of naval historical interest, please contact Naval History Associate Editor Bruce Gibson at the Maryland Avenue address below.

Jim Barber Publisher

CAPT James A. Barber Jr., USN (Ret.) (1934–2017), served thirty years as a surface warfare officer in the U.S. Navy before retiring as a captain. His assignments included three commands at sea: a guided-missile cruiser, a guided-missile frigate, and a destroyer escort. Other assignments included special sea detail officer of the deck of an aircraft carrier, senior watch officer of a destroyer, executive officer of a destroyer, and qualification as a convoy commodore. In 1984 he was appointed CEO and publisher of the U.S. Naval Institute, a position he held for fifteen years.↵ Captain Barber earned a PhD at Stanford University and taught at Vanderbilt, the Naval War College, and George Washington University. His awards include the Navy League’s Alfred Thayer Mahan Award, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star with combat “V,” the Meritorious Service Medal with gold star, and six awards of the Vietnam Service Medal. In 1999 he was presented with the U.S. Coast Guard’s Meritorious Public Service Award, and in 2000 with the Navy’s highest civilian award, the Distinguished Public Service Award. He published two other books, including The Military and American Society: Essays and Readings, co-edited with Stephen Ambrose.

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