Age of Unease

By Major Reginald Hargreaves, M.C.
April 1955
Since the days of purely dynastic conflicts, war’s primary aim has been to bring about a better condition of peace than that which prevailed prior to the outbreak of hostilities ...

German U-Boat Construction

By Karl Heinz Kurzak
April 1955
Germany’s geographical position has always placed her at a disadvantage in maritime and naval activity in a war with Great Britain. As demonstrated in both world wars, the Germans could ...

The Navy's Medical Problem

By Commander Philip B. Phillips (MC), U. S. Navy
April 1955
A serious problem of major import to all career officers and men exists in regard to the regular Medical Corps of the Navy. The “hard core” of career medical officers ...

How Japan Fortified The Mandated Islands

By Thomas Wilds
April 1955
Between world wars, any American who thought about the possibility of war with Japan wondered if the Japanese were fortifying the Mandated Islands. The relative strengths of the United States ...

Upon Assumption Of Command

By A Lieutenant Commander, U. S. Navy*
April 1955
1. On 20 March I relieved an extremely competent officer as Commanding Officer of Jollity. The remarks made herein reflect in no way upon the performance or policies of my ...

F.D.R. and Naval Limitation

By Lieutenant Colonel George V. Fagan, U. S. Air Force
April 1955
Naval limitation, like Prohibition, was a “noble experiment” which failed. Yet, for almost two decades it was the defense policy of the United States. Pacifism, isolationism, and “penny-pinching” became the ...

Understand The Hungry Ones

By Lieutenant Leon C. Fletcher, U. S. Naval Reserve
April 1955
“WHAT ARE 3,000 NAVY MEN DOING IN NAPLES, ITALY?” This question, in the big block letters of banner headlines, appeared in newspapers throughout the United States in the spring of ...

Diesel Wings In The Navy's Future

By Ensign Otto P. Eberlein, U. S. Navy
April 1955
Following the first encroachments on the sonic barrier, the exploits of aircraft such as the Douglas Skyrocket strained the public imagination to the breaking point. If two thousand miles per ...

Whale Shark on the Stem

By Commander Vining A. Sherman, U. S. Navy
April 1955
The words, "Captain, please go to the forecastle," had come down over my bridge circuit from the Officer of the Deck, and then there had been something about the ship ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

April 1955
Shipping-Over Problems(See page 1313, December, 1954, Proceedings)(See page 19, January, 1955, Proceedings)Commander Roy C. Smith, III, U. S. Naval Reserve.—The recent essays, “What? Me Ship Over” and “The Career ...

Book Reviews

April 1955
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Professional Notes

April 1955
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The Father of American Naval Engineering

By Commander Neville T. Kirk, U.S. Naval Reserve
April 1955
The train of events which followed the firing on Fort Sumter in the space of three months brought the United States Navy face to face with the most exacting task ...

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