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A Famous Shipbuilder Acts as Peacemaker at Home and Abroad
By Richard C. McKay
We like to dwell upon the romance of our Cape Horn Fleet; and what Donald McKay, master builder of ships at East Boston, did to win fame there should never fade as long as American love of the sea exists. As a crowning accomplishment, when the...
By the late Ensign John Wenlock Welch, U. S. Naval Reserve
The history of the industrial strife that has swept our Merchant Marine from the early days has its roots in an adage the old-timers still swear was printed on salt-beef barrels put aboard sailing ships for the crews, i.e., “Unfit for human...
Some Forgotten Naval History—The First Navy Day, 1922
By J. Russell Carney
During the World War there was a club for the enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps located at 509 Fifth Avenue, New York City, known then as the Navy Club. The club was operated by a group of ladies under the leadership of Mrs. William H....
The history of war operations is peculiarly interesting to two classes of readers. The student of war as a science finds a source of information and ideas in almost every action; the student of history as a science has a remarkable opportunity...
The closing months of 1939 and early 1940 mark the one hundredth anniversary of the crowning achievement of the United States Exploring Expedition, or the Wilkes Exploring Expedition as it was later called. The accomplishments of this expedition...
By Charles M. Hatcher, Aviation Machinist's Mate 1c, U. S. Navy
The problem of the married enlisted man and his economic tribulations is one which constantly becomes more important to the general morale of the fleet. Commander Truman P. Riddle (Ch.C.), U. S. Navy, in the January, 1939, issue of Naval...
The subject of patrol plane navigation is still in its infancy. A few people know something, but no one knows everything about it. Pensacola, with its crowded schedule, can give only a faint idea to the student. It does not claim to do more. The...