Naval Academy Museum—The First 100 Years

By Captain Harry A. Baldridge, U. S. Navy (Retired), Curator
September 1945
IMPORTANCE OF THE 1945 MUSEUM “Miss le hand has shown me your note, and I told her that I wanted to answer it myself. “As you know, I have been ...

The Battle of the Philippine Sea

By Lieutenant J. Periam Danton, U. S. Naval Reserve
September 1945
Somebody yelled, "Duck, it's a bomb!" As one man, the four officers standing on the flag bridge of one of our big, fast carriers flattened down behind the armor plate ...

Officers For The Post-War Navy

By Commander Herman Reich, U. S. Naval Reserve
September 1945
As this is written a board of regular and reserve officers is meeting in Washington to consider ways and means of absorbing officers of the Naval Reserve into the regular ...

The Vindication Of Sea Power

By Dr. Stefan Possony
September 1945
PREDICTIONS Ever since 1918 when the German High Seas Fleet surrendered in Scapa Flow, funeral orations have been pronounced on the alleged demise of sea power. It was asserted that ...

Little Fellows

By Lieutenant J. M. Carnes, U. S. Naval Reserve
September 1945
All night long the huge convoy has been steaming nearer the Japanese-held Philippine Islands. The heavy fire support warships are far ahead, the troop-laden transports, are astern. In the center ...

Employment Of Women In Navy Yards

By Captain Fred M. Earle, U. S. Navy
September 1945
INTRODUCTION Shipbuilding and ship repair were not a woman’s business but the wartime emergency made them so! For the first time in the history of the United States, women are ...

Tropical Cyclones Throughout The World

By Commander Peter R. Lackner, U. S. Navy
September 1945
With the ships of the U. S. Navy actually, if not literally, spanning the seven seas in increasing numbers, knowledge of severe tropical storms becomes of increasing importance. Thus the ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

September 1945
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Book Reviews

September 1945
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Notes on International Affairs

September 1945
JAPAN’S SURRENDER Final Negotiations—Full and final surrender of Japan came in a message which reached the U. S. State Department at 6:10 p.m. on Tuesday, August 14. In his ...

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