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Proceedings Magazine - October 1947 Vol. 73/10/536

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Sea Power and Peace

Issue: Proceedings Magazine - October 1947 Vol. 73/10/536

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• The Port Director - First Assistant to Forces Afloat
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• The Battleship as an Auxiliary Supply Ship
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• Sea Power and Peace
  By Commodore Ernest M. Eller, U. S. Navy

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• The Battleship as an Auxiliary Supply Ship
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• A Real Solution for the Paperwork Quandary
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• The Fleet Service Unit Concept
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• Some Basic Aspects of High Performance Naval Guns
  By Commander Blake D. Mills, Jr., U. S. Navy

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• Naval Postmarks - Souvenirs and Goodwill
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• Light for America's Blindspot
  By Second Lieutenant Thomas L. Gatch, Jr., Field Artillery, U. S. Army

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• The Navy and the Atomic Bomb
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• "Relaxin' In The Jackson"
  By Lieutenant Commander William Winter, U. S. Naval Reserve (Inactive)

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