Carrier Employment Since 1950

By Admiral David L. McDonald, U. S. Navy
November 1964
The Chief of Naval Operations assays other crises which have occurred over the past 15 years, and the part played in them by the attack carrier.

Our Nation's Shipyards

By Commander J.J. Meyer, Jr., U.S. Navy & Illustrations by Tom O'Hara
November 1964
Less than two years ago, Edwin M. Hood, President of the Shipbuilders Council of America, said: “I refer to the stifling competition the private shipyard industry has day in and ...

Thorns in the Dragon's Side

By Lieutenant Colonel F. L. Greaves, U. S. Army
November 1964
Of China, Napoleon said, “There lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep! For when he wakes, he will move the world.”

Prestige and the Navy Family

By Captain Ben W. Blee, U. S. Navy
November 1964
Improved public information efforts, are but one of many steps which must be taken both within and without the naval establishment, if the Navy man and his family are to ...

The Stormy Romance of the "Pickleboat"

By Philip B. Yeager & Illustrations by Doug Anderson
November 1964
“It was almost as if the USS Fog (DE-57) were attracted to the sea in the role of an angry mistress...boisterous force which she could neither reform nor bring herself ...

Down-East Ships of the Union Navy

By David C. Switzer
November 1964
Maine’s share in the heroism and bloodshed of Civil War battlefields has been retold many times during these centennial years. Almost every school child must by now be familiar with ...

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

By Commander John Alden, U. S. Navy. Photography by Barrett Gallagher
November 1964
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Comment and Discussion

November 1964
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Book Reviews and Book List

November 1964
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E-2A Hawkeye

By Commander Richard W. Fenn, U. S. Navy
November 1964
Since the days of the earliest weapons, dating back to the time when man fashioned his first club, the underlying fear of all tactical commanders has been the “surprise attack.” ...

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