Which Came First--The Fish or the Submarines?

Down to the Sea in Ships'--Names

By Captain William F. Calkins, USNR
July 1958
When the Navy launches a new vessel, many people have had a hand in the event: designers, engineers, shipfitters, draftsmen, stenographers, welders, bookkeepers, and accountants. Literally thousands of civilian and ...

A Case for the Attack Carrier in the Missile Age

Commander Laurence B. Green
July 1958
The influence of recent Soviet technological accomplishments has increased the gravity of the international situation and brought home to Americans the knowledge that our national survival is very much at ...

Sea Power And Limited War

By Commander Malcolm W. Cagle, USN
July 1958
The U. S. Navy has traditionally been the champion of limited war. Naval leaders have long insisted that our country should not overconcentrate on one weapon or prepare solely for ...

The Nation's Safety Valve

By Lieutenant Commander D. P. Dakos, USNR
July 1958
It is high time that the United States stopped blaming the Armed Forces for large-scale scientific failures, production slowdowns, international competition losses, and occasionally second-rate equipment. It has become standard ...

A Matter Of Judgment

By Lieutenant Theodore Taylor, USNR
July 1958
Not all Navy Crosses have been won in combat. One, in particular, which was awarded to an officer on inactive duty, was conferred solely for a matter of judgment. On ...

Exploits And End Of The Battleship Bismarck

By Commander T. Gerhard Bidlingmaier, German Federal Navy
July 1958
This May 18 was the seventeenth anniversary of the day on which the battleship Bismarck sailed from Gotenhafen with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen to carry out operations which, from ...

Comment and Discussion

July 1958
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Book Reviews

July 1958
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Professional Notes

July 1958
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