The Pulitzer Races, 1920-1925

By Lieutenant Colonel Robert H. Rankin, USMC
September 1959
In 1920 the United States was eager for air races. Aerial combat in World War I had captured the public imagination. The airplane still possessed a wonderful newness. High speeds ...
Reina Mercedes 1912-1957 Annapolis

A Cruiser, A Trophy, A. Legend

By Commander W. L. Marshall, USN
September 1959
It isn’t often that a warship unsuccessful from the time of her launching can look forward to an abnormally long and useful career. Yet the old Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes ...

Professional Notes

September 1959
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Book Reviews

September 1959
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Comment and Discussion

September 1959
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U.S. Navy Flag

The United States Navy Flag

September 1959
By Executive Order of the President of the United States on 24 April 1959 a flag was officially established for the United States Navy and described in the following detail ...

Intellect: The Common Ground

By Lieutenant Harold H. Sacks, USN
September 1959
Some months ago an essay appeared in this magazine, written by a junior officer who raised the issue as to why the Navy, in its well- justified desire to retain ...

Practical Leadership Aboard Ship

By Captain John Harllee, USN
September 1959
The promulgation of General Order 21 has directed some additional attention to a subject which has always claimed first place, or close to it, in the minds of naval officers— ...

Effective Rules Of The Road

By Lieutenant Commander W. R. St. George, USN
September 1959
It has often been stated that all marine collisions result from a violation of the Rules of the Road and that if properly followed the rules are collision-proof. Certainly the ...

The Potemkin Mutiny

By Captain Geoffrey Bennett, RN (Ret.)
September 1959
Histories of Imperial Russia and the U.S.S.R. when dealing with the abortive risings of 1905 seldom omit to mention the mutiny in the Potemkin (phonetically Pahtyomkin). Richard Charques’ The Twilight ...

Laying Aside The Citizen

By Albert E. Eastman
September 1959
The problems of voting and citizenship responsibility of members of the Armed Forces are familiar matters of concern, to me as an administrative assistant in the Washington office of one ...

Do Small Navies Still Make Sense?

By Vice Admiral Friedrich Ruge, German Federal Navy
September 1959
In the good old days, one could buy a small corvette complete for about $1,000. What a boon that must have been for budget and defense committees, to say nothing ...

Artic Submarine Material

By Lieutenant Commander Carvel H. Blair, USN
September 1959
The recent polar cruises of the nuclear submarines Nautilus and Skate have demonstrated the importance of special equipment for arctic submarines. Although some of this equipment must remain classified, it ...
USS Skate (SSN-578) surfaced at the North Pole on 17 March 1959.

Skate Breakthrough At The North Pole

By Lieutenant Commander William H. Layman, USN
September 1959
On 14 March, after obtaining a radar fix on Spitzbergen at dinner time, the Skate dropped several hundred feet below the surface of the ocean and headed for the North ...

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