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Proceedings Magazine - May 1942 Vol. 68/5/471

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Tragedy and the Confederate Submarines

Issue: Proceedings Magazine - May 1942 Vol. 68/5/471

“Yes, Suh!” exclaimed the old Confederate veteran, “the first ironclad submarine ever built was launched right here in New Orleans during the Civil War. Never heard of it? Say...

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  Tragedy and the Confederate Submarines
  By Captain H. S. Mazet, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve

  “Yes, Suh!” exclaimed the old Confederate veteran, “the first ironclad submarine ever built was launched right here in New Orleans during the Civil War. Never heard of it? Say—you don’t know very much do you, young...

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• Future Naval Forces
  By Commander Isaiah Olch, U. S. Navy

  "But the whole naval art has suffered a revolution beyond all previous experience, and it is possible the old practice is no longer a safe guide."—Corbett's Some Principles of Maritime Strategy.

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• The Good Gulf
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• Corregidor In 1898
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• The Navy In The Orient In 1842
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• Graphical Analysis Of U-Boat Activities, 1917-18
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• The Functions of Command
  By Commander A. E. True, U. S. Navy

  When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of oratory, he answered "Action"; and which was the second, he replied "Action"; and which was the third, he still answered "Action"

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  By the Late Rear Admiral Bradley A. Fiske, U. S. Navy (Retired)

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