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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The commandant of the Marine Corps hopes the Pentagon and Congress can find money for hurricane damage repairs at Camp Lejeune, N...
Great strides have been made in the simplification of navigation. Ships, however, run into their greatest dangers while in pilot waters or maneuvering.
The diagrams accompanying this article were made in an attempt to expedite parts of...
THE WIND was from the northwest, causing a chop on the crests of the long ground swell that ever rolls in on the shore of Morocco, and the close-lying black clouds made the night inky. Off to seaward occasional dipping lights of a...
THE CONSTRUCTION of the new giant Zeppelin has renewed in some quarters the discussions regarding the value of the airship in war, and it may be of some interest to recall how some of her predecessors fared in the World War.
By Lieutenant (j.g.) E. K. Van Swearingen, U. S. Navy
There is no belief more widely held than that which may be stated as, “Any airship will be immediately brought down if hit by a burst of machine- gun fire.” There is no belief which has less foundation in fact as recorded...
BUT, OF COURSE, you can never have a home of your own in the Navy!” This statement has been repeated, sighingly, so frequently and has fallen so often upon resignedly agreeing ears, that the very truth and certainty of it is...
By Lieutenant Commander F. C. Nyland (C.E.C.), U. S. Navy
Persons not familiar with international signaling at sea will probably not appreciate the work and detail involved in the preparation of the new code which became effective January 1, 1934.
THE FIRST shot of the World War fired by the regular armed forces of the United States against any ship flying the flag of the Central Powers was fired by a detachment of the 65th Infantry; the firing took place prior to our...
The recent death of Admiral Togo brings to mind an extraordinary experience of this writer in connection with the death of Togo’s great counterpart, General Nogi.
RECENTLY I read Philip Guedalla’s notable portrait of the Duke of Wellington. It first appeared in 1931, so I am no more than five years behind the times. (I wonder, though, why one should feel obliged to murmur apologies for...
Mine sweeping in the late war was a growth. Certainly at the beginning of hostilities no one realized the extent to which mines would be employed, the damage they would do or the far-reaching measures which would be instituted to...
During the past decade and a half, armies have been progressively striving to capitalize the machinery of movement, to integrate the armored land cruiser and the motored transport vehicle into a mobile striking force of high military...
The British Navy and the Tobacco Trade of Virginia and Maryland
By Stanley Gray
The tobacco trade between Virginia, Maryland, and England was the most important transoceanic trade of the seventeenth century. It employed more ships, more men, and brought a larger return to the exchequer than any other branch of English...
By Rear Admiral S. S. Robison, U. S. Navy (Retired)
Texas, previously part of the Mexican state of Coahuila, declared its independence early in "1836 and the heroic resistance of the devoted band of patriots in the Mission Church at San Antonio gave the new state its war cry,...
Members of the Institute, both regular and associate, may save money by ordering books through its Book Department, which will supply any obtainable book. A discount of 10 per cent is allowed on...
Herald Tribune, N. Y., July 10.—The Navy Department has been forced by a shortage of commissioned personnel and the completion of new ships during the last year to order a drastic reduction in...