Russian Mines on the Danube

by Alfred P. Brainard
July 1965
On the Danube River during the barely remembered Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, the vastly outnumbered Imperial Russian Navy employed mines and steam-propelled launches.

Evaluating the DDG

By Captain J. D. Oliver, Jr., U. S. Navy and Captain A. W. Slifer, U. S. Navy
July 1965
The firing sequence—“...five . . four . . three . . two . . one . . shoot . . birds away!”—is being repeated more and more often as new ...

The Mixed-Manning Demonstration

by Toby Marquez
July 1965
In the summer of 1963, the U. S. government proposed placing a U. S. Navy ship at the disposal of interested NATO countries for the demonstration of cer­tain aspects of ...

Comment and Discussion

July 1965
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Book Reviews and Book List

July 1965
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The All-Weather Carrier Landing System

by Commander Edwin F. Stobie, U. S. Navy Project Officer, Aircraft Components, ACLS, Office of Naval Material
July 1965
The modern attack aircraft carrier, with her steam catapults, angled deck, stabilized optical lens landing systems, and advanced electronic developments of the computer age, has been limited operationally by adverse ...

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