Missiles and Missions

By Lieutenant Commander Wayne Hughes, Jr., U. S. Navy
December 1964
Prowling the seas today is the symbol of a new concept of sea power: the Polaris submarine, not on station to control the seas but to extend control beyond the ...

Persuading the U-Boats

By Lieutenant Robert D. Wells, U. S. Navy & Illustration by Fred Freeman
December 1964
Psychological warfare broadcasts were to have a profound effect on the German Navy in World War II.

Ship Archaeology in the Aegean

By Peter Throckmorton
December 1964
The first scientific dives in mechanical equipment were made in 1844 by Henri Milne Edwards, a French professor of zoology, only two years after the successful conclusion of the first ...

John Longitude Harrison

By Captain Donald Macintyre, Royal Navy (Retired)
December 1964
Of the many epoch-making events of the mid-18th century, few were more consequential than the production of the first chronometer.

Tall Ships Race (Pictorial)

By Hans Marx
December 1964
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Comment and Discussion

December 1964
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Book Reviews and Book List

December 1964
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Professional Notes, Notebook and Progress

Edited by Captain Daniel M. Karcher, U.S. Navy By Commander Donald A. Smith, U. S. Navy, Commanding Officer, USS Garcia (DE-1040), C.P. Lemieux, Head, Russian Division, U.S. Naval Academy, Captain William C. Chapman, U. S. Navy, Former Assistant U. S. Naval Attaché in Moscow & Captain William A. Cohen, U. S. Air Force
December 1964
Profesional Notes SUPERCHARGED STEAM GENERATING PLANTS By Commander Donald A. Smith, U. S. Navy, Commanding Officer, USS Garcia (DE-1040) The recently commissioned escort ship Garcia has introduced a new system ...

They Also Served

by William T. Wright
December 1964
Late in April 1917, during the opening weeks of World War I, an ambitious but wholly futile motor boat sailed into the Boston Navy Yard and bravely volunteered her services ...

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