The Ships That Count

By Captain Dudley W. Knox, U. S. Navy (Retired)
July 1933
To deny a ship a base would be to deny it existence. It would soon exhaust its fuel and become immobile. The crew would die of starvation or thirst. Even ...

Rating Gasoline By Octane Numbers

By Lieutenant Commander Vincent H. Godfrey and Lieutenant Ralph R. Gurley, U. S. Navy
July 1933
The use of the term octane number to indicate the quality of a gasoline has become prevalent among gasoline refiners and distributing agencies. It is also beginning to be used ...

Why The Limp?

By Captain Guy E. Davis, U. S. Navy
July 1933
A century ago, Napoleon said that an army travelled on its belly. This may be true in a way, but we know that the navy also travels on its feet ...

Kiel, 1918

By Beda von Berchem
July 1933
Following a conference with the commanders of the land forces in October, 1918, the chief of the German naval forces had come to the decision to risk the High Seas ...

Reflections From The Side Lines

By Lieutenant W. R. Dowd (C. C.), U. S. Navy
July 1933
As has been so often said, taught, and written, the only reason for a warship is to provide a gun platform. But of what use is a gun platform if ...

The Sea Rovers' Trail

By Captain R. E. Dupuy (F. A.), U. S. Army
July 1933
’Twas a cutlass swipe or an ounce of lead, Or a gaping hole in a battered head, And the scuppers’ glut of a rotting red. “Fifteen Men on the Dead ...

The Texan Navy

By Robert Foster Carter
July 1933
Among other claims to eminence, the state of Texas enjoys the distinction of being the only one of the family which was a full-fledged republic, voluntarily surrendering her sovereignty by ...

Discussions

July 1933
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Book Reviews

July 1933
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Professional Notes

July 1933
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