"I Christen Thee"

By Maurine K. Hayter
April 1945
"When a man is remembered, he never dies.” These reassuring words are well recognized by the Navy. It is upon the lives and doughty deeds of vanished heroes that are ...

Inspection For Protection

By Lieutenant Curtis F. Columbia, U. S. Naval Reserve
April 1945
In war, men’s souls are tested for courage, their steeled sinews must stand up under the terrific strain when “under fire.” Their equipment must also be tested for the strain ...

Why Pearl Harbor?

By Anthony E. Sokol
April 1945
Now that the smoke of battle has long since cleared over the Hawaiian Islands, now that the damage done by the Japanese attack has been repaired, and that we can ...

An Ill Wind From The East

By Lieutenant Commander Elbert W. Pate, U. S. Naval Reserve
April 1945
The history of naval warfare during the Age of Sail is replete with examples of the vital importance of the “weather gauge.” A ship or force to windward held a ...

The Royal Australian Navy

By Lieutenant Commander Geoffrey Rawson, Royal Australian Navy (Retired)
April 1945
In 1908, the United States Fleet, then on a voyage around the world, arrived in Australian waters and visited Australian ports. A great impression was made on the people by ...

Submerged Celestial Navigation

By Paul R. Frank
April 1945
While off the Yucatan peninsula recently, an opportunity to obtain an unusual celestial fix was taken advantage of during meridian transit of the sun. The fix was obtained entirely through ...

Port Protection—Prelude To Invasion

By Lieutenant Commander Marvin J. Coles, U. S. Coast Guard Reserve
April 1945
Invasions have been made by our armies and those of our allies on shores thousands of miles from the United States. To support these operations and to carry them on ...

A Captured Japanese Diesel

By Lieutenant (j.g.) R. H. Morse, III, U. S. Naval Reserve
April 1945
A small Diesel engine removed from a captured Japanese landing boat was recently tested at the U. S. Naval Engineering Experiment Station. The engine was operated extensively on a dynamometer ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

April 1945
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Book Reviews

April 1945
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Notes on International Affairs

April 1945
UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA The Act of Chapultepec.—A step of very great significance in Pan-American relations was the adoption of the “Act of Chapultepec” by the conference of American ...

Professional Notes

April 1945
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