A Naval Career

By Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, USN (Ret.)
May 1959
The author of this article, who commanded the Seventh Fleet in its drive across the Pacific in support of General MacArthur in World War II, describes the essential attributes that ...

Where There's a Will, There's a River

By Captain William F. Calkins, USNR
May 1959
Navy oilers are named for rivers. One day there arrived at my desk a letter from a California shipbuilding company. They were about to launch an oiler, their umpteenth in ...

Ten Misconceptions Of Anti-Communism*

By J. A. Lukacs
May 1959
Most thinking persons in the Western world will recall how, during World War II, certain overly optimistic conceptions about Russia and Communism grew up in the United States. These mistaken ...

Church Call Without A Chaplain

By Captain John H. Shilling, CHC, USN
May 1959
Shipboard divine services conducted by laymen are not new. Ever since men first sailed the seven seas they have taken their religion with them. Possibly the first recorded instance of ...

Oceanography And Naval Warfare

By Commander Charles Bishop, USN
May 1959
Oceanography is the study of the sea. It integrates the marine applications of geography, geology, physics, chemistry, and biology and involves astronomy and meteorology. In the broadest sense, any science ...

The Building Of The USS Saratoga

By Captain Carl R. Hirschberger, USN
May 1959
Building a ship is an art, a science, and a challenge. No two ships are identical in every respect, nor are the conditions under which they are built. Thus each ...

Comment and Discussion

May 1959
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Book Reviews

May 1959
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Professional Notes

May 1959
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Ninety-Nine Years in the Navy

By Lieutenant (j.g.) Sanford V. Sternlicht, USNR
May 1959
The USS Hartford lived for 99 years. At one time she was the most powerful warship afloat. When the end came and the flaming death she had avoided at the ...

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