John H. Stevenson - Pay Corps Daredevil

By Captain J. M. Ellicott, U. S. Navy (Retired)
August 1942
A destroyer now building is to be named Stevenson and, I fear, not many people in or out of the naval service will know after whom it will be named ...

Alabama - A Great Name In Fighting Ships

By Midshipman Ernest C. White, U. S. Navy
August 1942
It is February 16, 1942. At the Norfolk Navy Yard, hundreds of workers and high officials have gathered to witness the launching of the U.S.S. Alabama. Mrs. Lister Hill ...

The French Fleet In This War

By Samuel M. Fox, 3d.
August 1942
France has fallen from her position as an ally of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity and is now rising as at least a military ally of implied Subjugation, Partiality, and Division ...

Overboard - Cocked Hat And Epaulets

By Commander Frederick J. Nelson, U. S. Navy
August 1942
This is the twentieth century, where things move fast and then are streamlined to move still faster. This is an age where tradition bows to efficiency, where conveyances carrying implements ...

An Iron Patriarch Passes

By Carlos C. Hanks
August 1942
Erie, Pa.,—The U.S.S. Wolverine, formerly the Michigan, first iron warship ever built by the U. S. Navy, will be cut up for scrap in the nation’s war program. The ...

The Naval History Of Martinique

By James K. Eyre, Jr.
August 1942
Events of World War II have compelled the United States to take an ever increasing interest in the defenses of the Caribbean Sea, an area of great importance to the ...

Naval Actions, 1939-41

By Walton L. Robinson
August 1942
I The Second World War, during its first two years and four months, failed to produce a single decisive encounter between powerful, well-balanced naval forces. A great deal of bitter ...

The Unknown British-American Victory

By First Lieutenant Andrew M. Kamarck, F.A., U. S. Army
August 1942
The victory gained by the British in the Battle of Britain in August and September, 1940, has been universally acclaimed. But six months later, Great Britain, with American assistance, gained ...

Naval Aerial Menace Number One

By Lieutenant Commander John A. Collett, U. S. Navy
August 1942
The torpedo plane has emerged in the present war as the most dangerous and destructive aerial weapon which can be used against surface craft. The Navy which employs this weapon ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

August 1942
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Book Reviews

August 1942
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Professional Notes

August 1942
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