The Principles Of Sea Power

By Admiral Robert B. Carney, U. S. Navy
August 1953
To the island man, from his childhood, the significance of the sea around him is obvious and understandable; he instinctively comes to understand its benevolence from watching the fishing craft ...

Fleet Marine Force Korea, Part I

By Lynn Montross
August 1953
Korea has been for centuries the sore thumb of Asia, protruding as it does into the Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan at the focal point of the China-Japan-Russia triangle ...

Operation Bottleneck

By Commander John A. Hack, U. S. Navy
August 1953
I had just come down from my watch on the bridge of the U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt feeling in a pretty good humor. I’d been at General Quarters for a ...

Report on Red China's New Navy

By Gene Z. Hanrahan
August 1953
[1]The Chinese Communists had little need for a naval force prior to their recent civil war against the Nationalist government. Their loosely-knit guerrilla armies long ago proved themselves effective ...

"Captain, Stay Away From That Conn!"

By Lieutenant W. B. Hayler, U.S. Navy
August 1953
All of us agree that the officer of the deck training is of paramount importance in the shipboard education of an officer. The officer of the deck is by definition ...

Allied Staffs

By Rear Admiral Henry E. Eccles, U. S. Navy (Retired)
August 1953
I. Introduction Ever since late 1950 when General Eisenhower was appointed as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), the question of furnishing officers for allied staffs has rapidly gained in importance ...

The Fleet Survey Ship

By Commander William M. Gibson, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
August 1953
After the attack by Japan in 1941 it was evident that naval engagements must be fought in the uncharted or poorly charted Pacific Ocean areas. Our front line in 1942 ...

William Harkness, Successor to Maury

By Lieutenant Commander S. DeCristofaro, U. S. Navy
August 1953
The Navy of the nineteenth century produced two eminent scientists who achieved distinction for their signal contributions to Nautical Science and Astronomy. They were Matthew Fontaine Maury and William Harkness ...

Seaplane Assault

By Commander V. V. Utgoff, U. S. Navy
August 1953
The possibility of vertical envelopment has intrigued the military mind and fired the imagination of armchair strategists for decades, but it was not until the period between World War I ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

August 1953
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Book Reviews

August 1953
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Professional Notes

August 1953
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