The Design of Naval Weapons

by Rear Admiral Miles H. Hubbard, U. S. Navy (Retired)
October 1965
But, the author reminds us, many of the factors that inhibited the pre-Polaris design and development of naval ordnance are still with us.

The NROTC Plight

by Lieutenant Peter H. Smith, U. S. Navy
October 1965
The author charges that one of the major reasons for this decline is that the Navy is attempting to present an academic program through officers who are unqualified to teach ...

The Day the Astral Vanished

by Commander Arthur Gordon, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired)
October 1965
The events prior to the sudden disappearance of Socony Mobil’s tanker Astral led with connected clarity up to a certain point and, beyond that point, nothing.

U-Boats Off Our Coasts

by Lieutenant Commander James E. Wise, Jr., U.S. Navy
October 1965
During the two world wars, U-boats sailed into American coastal waters to wreak havoc among vulnerable merchantmen. The few U-boats that operated along the Atlantic coast in 1918 accomplished relatively ...

Comment and Discussion

October 1965
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Book Reviews and Book List

October 1965
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Antisubmarine Pioneering

by Commodore F. G. Reinicke, U. S. Navy (Retired)
October 1965
The great strides that have been made in antisubmarine warfare have tended to obscure its humble beginnings in World War I, and nothing much has ever been written on this ...

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