The first jet age carrier of the U.S. Navy - USS "Forrestal"

Jet Age Carrier

By Lieutenant (J.G.) W. J. Aston, U. S. Navy
May 1956
On July 12, 1951, the Navy announced that the Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company had been awarded a contract to build CVA-59. This ship, the first carrier to be ...

The Birth Of The Flat-Top

By Ernest Watson
May 1956
While this is the story of the birth of a British flat-top, the credit for the first flight off a ship’s deck must go to the United States Navy. As ...

A Question Of Arteries

By Major Reginald Hargreaves, M.C.
May 1956
“Age is a quality of mind; If you have left your dreams behind, If Hope is cold, If you no longer look ahead, If your ambition’s fires are dead, Then ...

International Law Is No Dead Letter

By Rear Admiral Thomas H. Robbins, U. S. Navy
May 1956
The United States Naval War College is emphatic in holding that International Law today is very much alive, and that it is International Law which must be the basis for ...

A World with Bulk Cargo Aircraft

By Rear Admiral John D. Hayes, U. S. Navy (Retired)
May 1956
A theory of air power to be sound and lasting will have to be based on the transport airplane rather than on the bomber. This deduction can be made from ...

An Old Weapon For A New Problem

By Lieutenant Raymond A. Komorowski, U. S. Navy, and Lieutenant (J.G.) John W. Weiser, U. S. Navy
May 1956
Considerable effort is now being exerted to revive a waning service morale and to halt a corresponding decline in reenlistments. The variety and volume of material that has appeared in ...

Hitler and the German Officer Corps

By Vice Admiral Kurt Assmann, German Navy (Retired); Translated by Captain Roland E. Krause, U. S. Navy (Retired)
May 1956
The Accession of HitlerThe National Socialist (Nazi) Party celebrated January 30, 1933, each year as the day of “the seizure of power.” This expression is misleading because it was ...

The "Hammerlock" Moor

By Captain Howard R. Prince, U. S. Navy
May 1956
Most seamen have experienced the pronounced yawing of a ship during high winds while riding to a single anchor with a maximum scope of chain. The ship seems actually to ...

Discussions, Comments and Notes

May 1956
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Book Reviews

May 1956
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Professional Notes

May 1956
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