Tragedy Off Hatteras

By Rear Admiral Dale E. Collins, USN (Retired)
April 1960
In a desperate battle with time and the elements, Adam's crew struggled to rescue the men from the sining Bonitas. Only five men were saved, however, and the sea claimed ...

The Navy, Hitler, And The Nazi Party

By Grand Admiral Erich Raeder, former German Navy
April 1960
Admiral Raeder’s article is a chapter from his autobiography, My Life, translated from the German Mein Leben by Henry W. Drexel especially for the Naval Institute. The American edition was ...

Lexington—Brigantine-Of-War, 1776-1777

By Colonel Phillips Melville, USAF (Retired)
April 1960
A visitor to the island of St. Eustatius in the Dutch West Indies during February, 1776, might have observed a smart brigantine at anchor in the roadstead. She was Wild ...

The Freshwater Cruise Of USS Macon

By Captain J. C. Wylie, USN
April 1960
In March 1959, at anchor in the Bosporus off Istanbul at the far end of the Mediterranean, we heard the first rumor that Macon was scheduled to be in Chicago ...

Effectiveness: The Basic Criterion

By Commander Alvin L. Gallin, USN
April 1960
We live in an age of great peril, of complex problems, of astronomical figures, of imagination-defying projects. In the Navy we are concerned with broad problems and specific solutions; with ...

Soviet Policy In The Baltic

By Major Henry G. Morgan, Jr., USA
April 1960
With some justice, the Baltic has been called a northern Mediterranean, for it is the drainage basin for a vast area of northern Europe; along its shores have lived a ...

The Navy And National Policy

By Lieutenant Commander L. K. Pomeroy, Jr., USN
April 1960
The purpose of this article is to discuss in broad outline the Navy’s role, past and present, in support of national policy. It is hoped thereby to establish a background ...

Comment and Discussion

April 1960
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Book Reviews

April 1960
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Professional Notes

April 1960
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Josiah Willard Gibbs

By Captain H. B. Sherry, USN
April 1960
As authorized in April, 1958, USS San Carlos (ex-AVP 51) was reactivated by the Mobile Ship Repair Company in Mobile, Alabama, in July for conversion to an oceanographic research vessel ...

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