Deep Selections

By Vice Admiral L. S. Sabin, USN
March 1960
Deep Selection is the practice of dipping down well below the prescribed zone of promotion to select officers for higher rank. It is distinct from the practice of early promotion ...

Tribute To The Liberties

By John Bunker
March 1960
One of the strongest of several factors which turned the tide of war and in­sured final victory for the Allies in World War II was the vast armada of ships ...

Officer Evaluation And Promotion

By Rear Admiral Ray C. Needham, USN
March 1960
What is the significance of a Report on the Fitness of an Officer? How is it used in making his assignment to duty? What weight will it have when he ...

The Soviet Merchant Marine

By Commander Bernard M. Kassell, USN
March 1960
Lenin, speaking to the Third All-Russian Congress of Water Transportation Workers in March 1920, was said to be dreaming of the day when the newly formed Soviet Republic would send ...

A Challenge In Teaching

By Lieutenant Commander Roger M. Netherland, USN
March 1960
Step out of the classroom and into the corridor. Take a look at the caps hanging along the wall—Italian, Turkish, Norwegian, Royal Hellenic Navy. These caps, and many others, are ...

The Navy In The Space Age

By Captain Charles W. Styer Jr., USN and Commander Robert F. Freitag, USN
March 1960
Why should the Navy be interested in space? To answer this question, it is first necessary to understand where the military community as a whole fits into the overall United ...

The Reincarnation Of The Four-Stackers

By Philip A. Chaplin
March 1960
You never used to hear the word “smoke­stack” in the normal vocabulary of the British or Canadian naval rating before World War II. Sometimes, when poking fun at his cousins ...

Comment and Discussion

March 1960
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Book Reviews

March 1960
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Professional Notes

March 1960
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Hunters' Point Drydock

By Howard M. Smith
March 1960
Back when the 1849 Gold Rush days had passed their peak and the residents of the San Francisco Bay Area were settling down to a normal life, several leading citizens ...

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