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‘V To Reduce Flag Officers; •lot Decline Worries Navy

^lichael Getler in The Washington °^sl’ 1 October 1973)

The Navy has approved a plan to

^Uce the number of admirals on active ^Ut}' by 33 over the next three years, ^acc°rding to Service officials.

^hc reduction of more than 10% in ^c 300 flag officers now on active duty ^^arks the first time since 1948 that the ‘>’5 expanding admiralty has come ^do*n in size.

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p'^ce in mid-career. j_s ^ersonnel officers say the main cause ₀^bat the aviators view as a "breach j ^aitb” by the Congress last September Posing a new law that rules out flight _Coj °r senior pilots—generals, admirals, ⁰ⁿds and Navy captains—who are no

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i_a^>Un8cr officers, interpreting the new , ^{as a} major reduction in the long- _ir^ benefits of a military flying career, ^Caving the Service at rates four times ^<?^er than normal.

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left the Service each month. Since January of this year, Navy officials say, the rate has averaged 64 a month through August. The resignation rate has dropped off in recent months, however, since the Pentagon put forward a new plan on flight pay that is being considered by the House Armed Services Committee.

Among the more senior Navy pilots such as captains, 135 retired early in the first six months of this year. That figure is twice the level that left early during all of last year.

The Navy as of 30 June had 13,087 pilots on the rolls, and with a declining number of aircraft in the Fleet, officials agreed there was no immediate crisis for the Service. But the Navy has also been able to attract to its cadet flight training program fewer than half the available openings during July and August. Personnel officers believe if that keeps up and retention figures keep slipping, a serious problem will develop soon.

The existing law cutting off flight pay of about $245 a month for some 5,100 senior officers took effect late in May. The new proposal before the House would provide maximum flight pay to pilots reasonably early in their careers— when they are apt to be flying most and facing critical career decisions—rather than awarding it simply as a function of rank. Flight pay would then be reduced from $245 a month to lesser amounts after 18 years of service and then end after 25 years, when most pilots aren’t flying anyway.

When the original cut-off legislation

was passed last year, it was estimated the action would save some $14 million annually. But the Services argue it will cost much more than that to train the additional pilots who will have to be recruited—if they can be—to take the place of those leaving in mid-career.

House Armed Services Committee members, however, are skeptical of the Services’ predictions, especially those of the Navy, and an investigating team is expected to make visits soon to a number of bases to sample officer feeling on the issue.

The reduction in the number of admirals is linked, according to the Navy, to an effort to scale down the top brass in relation to continuing cuts in the overall size of the Fleet.

Sixteen admirals will be cut this year, with eight and nine more cut in the following two fiscal years. The reductions are expected to come in the rear admiral ranks, rather than at three and four star levels. The cuts will be handled by normal and perhaps forced retirement, except that the admirals will not be replaced.

The planned level of 267 admirals, the lowest since 1948, may relieve some of the Congressional pressure on the Service to cut back on the brass. Navy officials concede that the Service—like the other branches—is top-heavy with senior officers. But what the Service really fears is an order to make more massive percentage cutbacks in the almost 12,000 Navy commanders and captains.

In a recent letter to Senator Walter

Mondalc (Dem., Minn.), Vice Admiral David H. Bagley, U. S. Navy, Chief of Naval Personnel, said any such reductions could not be made . . without a drastic cutback in promotion opportunity (for junior officers) which, in my view, would have a catastrophic effect on officer retention at the very time we are seeking a volunteer career force.” Senator Mondale is the sponsor of a recently passed amendment to the military procurement authorization bill, which recommends—rather than orders—the military to make cuts of equal percentage in each grade in carrying out a 156,000 overall personnel cutback or

dered by the Senate Armed Services Committee. That overall cutback, however, will probably be softened in conference with the House.

The Mondale amendment also contains important provisions that would allow the Secretary of Defense unprecedented flexibility in carrying out personnel reductions. The bill would allow early separation of senior officers and enlisted men—with severance pay—even though previous legislation guaranteed them tenure of a specific number of years. The amendment only applies, however, to carrying out the 156,000- man reduction this year.

Viking Progress Report—These photos of the Navy S-3A Viking Subhunter show the aircraft being launched from a field catapult (top) and then landing with cable arrestment (bottom) at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland. The Viking accelerates from zero speed to 138 miles per hour in 2.2 seconds on launch, and it decelerates from 113 miles per hour to zero speed in less than 300 feet in landing. The rapid acceleration on the catapult launches produces tow forces in excess of 90 tons. Landings at the Viking’s maximum required descent rate of 22.6 feet per second at normal landing speed and weight, create impact forces equal to 87.3 tons. Abrupt halt when the plane’s tail hook engages the cable generates arresting hook forces equal to 81 tons.

Parliament Committee Opposes Updating Of Polaris Sub Fleet

(Aerospace Daily, 5 September 1973)

A parliamentary group has recofl^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}' mended that Britain not seek to prove its Polaris missile* submarine for the time being because of costs, Royal Navy now maintains four submarines and has voiced fears that tb^f fleet is losing its deterrence capabd'P because of technological advances, marily in multiple independently targ^' able re-entry vehicles (MIRV).

The House of Commons expending committee has published a report whi^ turned down proposals that Britain st^fK technical help from the United St>^t{* to improve on the three MIRVs ⁿ⁰" carried by each of the 3,000-nautical n''^,( weapons on board the subs, and tt>^jl Britain buy the newer Poseidon missi^ which carries ten to 14 warheads. Tb¹* "would cost in the millions of dolla* the panel said.

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kaido. It was the first court judgment on the constitutionality of the Self Defense Forces since they were organized in 1950.

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The ruling, if upheld in the country’s highest court, could spark a flurry of legal wranglings on how large the Army, Navy, and Air Force units of the Self Defense Forces could be, or whether they can even exist as strictly military units.

Although it was only a lower court ruling, the decision shocked the government of Prime Minister Tanaka and the governing liberal-democratic party. The government said it would file an appeal in the Sapporo high court.

The trial began in July 1969, when a group of residents, opposed to the missile site plan, sought an injunction from the Sapporo District Court against its construction in an area that had been designated as a forest reserve. After a number of legal maneuvers, the Sapporo High Court ruled that the base could be built. The missile base was completed last February at a cost of about $4.6 million.

The plaintiffs maintained that construction of the missile base could not be considered as serving the public interest, and asked the District Court to investigate the legality of the Self Defense Forces, claiming that they "constitute a war potential in violation of the constitution.” Judge Fukushima agreed with the plaintiffs in handing down the decision.

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Shippers Hopeful Of New Trade Relations With Mainland China

{The Christian Science Monitor,

11 September 1973)

In addition to the small pleasure craft, tugboats, and pineapple barges, large domestic and foreign overseas vessels, fishing sampans, and containerladen freighters move in and out of Hawaii’s ten ports at the rate of some ⁸>000 movements each year. And many observers look to a day of accelerated activity when the unlocking of China may restore the trade animation of a generation ago.

In this respect, the Matson Naviga- ^tlQn Company, veteran Pacific shippers, has indicated that it would welcome the

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opportunity to send its modern containerized cargo ships in and out of China ports whenever Washington and Peking can conclude reciprocal matters and whenever trade volumes warrant such operations. Thus, Hawaii’s papaya, macadamia nut, pineapple, cattle, and coffee growers, as well as small merchandise importers view the far Pacific with a renewed interest.

World’s Largest Plastic Ship Joins Active Royal Navy Fleet

(<Commander-in-chief, Fleet, Royal Navy, Press Release by Lieutenant Mike Critchley, Royal Navy (Retired), 27 July 1973)

HMS Wilton, the world’s largest warship ever made of glass fiber and plastic, joined the Fleet in July. Externally, she is practically identical with the wooden minehunters used by the Royal Navy since the mid-1950s. By taking a readymade and well-tried design in this way, the Royal Navy has been able to put a glass-reinforced plastic ship to sea without delay, to evaluate the potential of the new material for future warships.

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magnetic mines go off, so these ships have got to be made as far as possible of non-magnetic material. That is why the original minehunters were built of wood on aluminium frames. But glass- reinforced plastic has for many years been proving better than timber for small boats, and it was natural to ask whether the synthetic material could be used for much bigger vessels. The Ministry of Defence did some laboratory work and then, in 1968, started the Wilton project in conjunction with the builder, Vosper Thornycroft. A new and higher-quality glass-reinforced plastic had to be developed. Government research laboratories spent five years on the job, and the result is a material substantially stronger than any ordinary glass-reinforced plastic. Besides being non-magnetic, it is stronger than wood, and stays strong after a long soaking in water. It is light—not quite as light as timber, but, because it is stronger, less is needed, resulting in less hull weight. There are no rust problems. Marine organisms can’t attack it, and fouling growths find it harder to get an anchorage on the smooth surface of the plastic than on other materials. Shaping and repairs are easier. It stays strong in hot and cold climates, takes shock loads well (even from underwater explosions), and it doesn’t burn easily.

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HMS Wilton is a unit of the 2nd Mine Countermeasures Squadron, based at Portsmouth, England.

New Buoy Will Test Accuracy Of Environmental Ocean Buoys

(NOAA New Release 73-191,

10 September 1973)

The development of a buoy designed to monitor the accuracy of meteorological and oceanographic information transmitted by environmental ocean buoys was announced by the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The 64-foot-long, spar-type buoy, known as the Measurement Comparison System, includes a 30-foot hull which provides a stable support base for a 34- foot mast which rises above the water- The 10%-inch diameter spar assembly houses the battery supply, which powers the buoy for up to two days of continuous operation, as well as all signal- conditioning and radio electronics elements. The internal instrument packages include signal conditioning

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elements, compass, and vertical accelerometer.

It is designed for use by support vessels which periodically service environmental buoys being developed by the NOAA Data Buoy Office and now being tested in the Gulf of Mexico, the North Atlantic, and the Gulf of Alaska.

When in use, the spar buoy will be tethered to the moored environmental buoy. It will begin relaying data through a very high frequency transmitter to a receiver and magnetic tape recorder on board the support vessel.

After sufficient data are recorded, usually after a period of at least 24 hours, the spar buoy is recovered and transported to the next environmental buoy.

New U.S.S.R. Supertanker Boasts Many Innovations

{The Journal of Commerce,

4 September 1973)

The Soviet Union is building a 570,000-deadweight-ton tanker which "'ill have "many innovations,” according to the Soviet Embassy in London.

An example of the innovations onboard, said an embassy statement is that • ■ . she will turn away automatically from an obstacle in her way. The rudder device of the tanker will be controlled computers, connected with radar equipment”.

A special lightning protection system ^ls also being developed for the ship.

Another feature is that she will have heating coils in the tanks enabling the heaviest fuel oils to be carried. Loading ^and discharging will be computerized.

She will have a crew of 35 in single ^cabins and among the recreation facili- ^tlCs will be a gymnasium, lounges, and ^a swimming pool.

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Artifacts Are Recovered bfom Sunken British Ships

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(The New York Times, 2 September 1973) Oceanographers at the University of ^ bode Island have recovered artifacts ^°m the area where two British ships .^0rt' the Revolutionary War are sunk ¹¹¹ Narragansett Bay.

Or. Foster H. Middleton, a professor

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of ocean engineering, who is chief investigator for the team attempting to recover artifacts from the wreck sites of the British warships HMS Gerebus and HMS Lark in the east passage of the Bay, said that cannon balls, cannon, and part

of an oven had been recovered. He added that after a series of electronic studies of the area, an attempt would be made in the next eight months to recover more items.

Dr. Middleton said that getting the necessary funds for the project was the biggest problem. He said the team had received a $17,000 grant from the federal government, but that a total of $60,000 was needed to complete the project.

The professor said they had not recovered any material that identified the ships, but that some of the items carried the "British Broad Arrow,” which was a mark of armament in Revolutionary War days.

John McAniff, a marine scientist, who is a member of the recovery team, said ", . . with the art work on the cannon, there is no question of the authenticity of the find.”

The two frigates were sunk several miles apart during the Battle of Rhode Island in 1778, after the French joined the colonies in their fight for independence.

Missile-carrying Hydrofoils—This is an artist’s concept of the NATO missile-carrying hydrofoil ships, known as patrol hydrofoil, missile (PHM), The United States, Italy, and the Federal Republic of Germany have provided a share of the funds to develop the NATO PHMs. The PHMs will he patterned after the USS Tucumcari (PGH-2), a 58-ton hydrofoil, but the new ships will be several times larger and will operate at speeds in excess of 40 knots. Delivery of the first two, which will go to the U. S. Navy, is scheduled for the summer of 1975.

In Others’ Words

Selected excerpts from foreign professional journals.

Fishing Submersible Completed

(Volksarmee, No. 10, 1973, p. 8,

East Germany)

A special submersible, designated Tetis, has been built in Leningrad. With the aid of this submersible, the position of a fishing net can be corrected with respect to the school of fish when fishing. The three-ton vehicle is towed by the fishing boat near the net. Two divers observe the catch and transmit information to the fishing boat. The submersible has already been tested in the Atlantic Ocean and Black Sea.

Anti-Icing Protective Coating

{Militar Technik, No. 2, 1973, p. 92, East Germany)

Soviet specialists have developed a protective coating which can retard the icing of ship hulls and superstructures. The new coating has already been tested on fishing trawlers with success in storms and in —-15°C weather in the Barents Sea and in the Pacific Ocean- Other anti-icing measures developed by the Soviets which have proven themselves are electric heating for plating and covers for deck equipment.

Soviet Union Building Naval Bases On Red Sea

{Soldat Und Technik, No. 4, 1973, p. 184, West Germany)

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The U.S.S.R. has considerably beefed up its basing efforts in Somalia. Soviet technicians are expanding the harbor of Berbera at the entrance to the Red Sea- Soviet naval forces call here regularly- Although there is still no treaty concerning bases between Somalia and the Soviet Union, negotiations are underway over the acceleration of construction of the harbor of Birikao some 220 km. east of Berbera. Here, according to available information, they want to construct submarine supply facilities which would always be available to Soviet units operating in the Indian

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Ocean. Experts associate the heightened interest in Red Sea bases with the visit of Marshal Grechko.

The Somalian Navy will soon take over its first guided-missile patrol boat of the Komar class. The participation of Soviet advisory groups in training and maintenance activities is tied to the deliveries of the materiel. An air surveillance system is presently being set up with Russian assistance.

New Port In Bay Of Wrangel

(Seewirtschaft, No. 4, 1973, p. 310,

East Germany)

The construction of the new major Soviet port in the Bay of Wrangel some 25 km. east of the port of Nakhodka is proceeding well. With a projected annual turnover of 30 million tons by 1980, this harbor with its 70 berths will be the largest in the U.S.S.R. The new harbor has been especially planned for the transport of containers from Europe via the Trans-Siberian railway to Japan and the Far East; it is scheduled to handle 120,000 containers by 1975.

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Soviet Union Completes Relief Map Of Atlantic

{Poseidon, No. 3, 1973, p. 105,

East Germany)

After five years of work, the Atlantic Department of the Institute of Oceanology of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences has completed a new map of the bottom relief of the Atlantic Ocean. The results of measurements made by the Akademik Kurchatov and other Soviet research ships, form the basis for the map. Processing of the data was carried out with the aid of modern computers.

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Sormovich Air Cushion Vehicle Production Is Set For 1975

(Ostsee Zeitung, 21/22 April 1973, p. 1, East Germany)

The 50-passenger air cushion vehicle built in Gorkiy has reached a speed of 96 km./hr. over ice. This new type of universal passenger and transport vehicle powered by gas turbines was tested last summer and winter over water, land,

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and ice. Series production of the Sormo- vich is scheduled to get underway by 1975. It is planned to employ this vehicle primarily in the north.

Peru And Soviet Union In Joint Fishing Study

(Poseidon, No. 2, 1973, p. 60,

East Germany)

Soviet and Peruvian scientists are making a study of the spring water runoff and evaporation relationships in the zone of the Peruvian current from the research ship Professor Mesyatsev. The studies off the coast of Peru will make it possible to draw conclusions concerning the possibility of developing the fishing catch in this richest fishing ground in the Pacific.

Ladoga-Class Ships In Baltic

(Vechemiy Leningrad, 17 January 1973, p. 1, U.S.S.R.)

Thirty motorships of the Northwest River Steamship Line are cruising in the

Baltic and the Black Sea. For the first time, new ships of the Ladoga class are sailing out into the sea ways. They are river-sea motorships constructed at Finnish shipyards under contract for the Soviet Union.

The Ladoga has two engines with a total power of 1870 h.p., a cargo capacity of 1,600 tons, and fully automated controls. The ship develops a speed of 22 km./hr. The Ladoga is now operating in the Baltic. Another crew of the Northwest River Steamship Line has accepted the motorship Ladoga 2 from the shipbuilders. Before she begins river navigation, she will also be employed in the Baltic.

New Docks In Vladivostok

(Vodnyy Transport, 29 March 1973, p. 4, U.S.S.R.)

Loading work has begun from the new docks in the sea port of Vladivostok. The first ship, Aldanles, was loaded with containers and dispatched to Kamchatka. The port directorate reports

that the new docks are designed for timber and other general cargoes.

Sokol-type mobile cranes have been installed having a lifting capacity of up to 30 tons. The new complex will permit handling up to one million additional tons of cargo annually. A major cargo area will be built in the port of Vladivostok under the current five year plan. It is planned to put a special dock for handling large cargo containers into service this year.

Commercial Shipping Agreement Signed By Soviets And Algeria

(Krasnaya Zvezda, 28 April 1973, p. 3, U.S.S.R.)

A Soviet-Algerian agreement on commercial shipping was signed in Algiers. It creates the foundation for the further development of equal and mutually advantageous cooperation in the area of navigation between the two countries. The U.S.S.R. has similar pacts with India, France, Sweden, and other countries. In the last four years, trade turnover between the two countries has doubled, with virtually all of the goods being transported by sea. Sea freight traffic exceeded one million tons last year.

Soviets Improve Method Of Making Sea Water Potable

(Sotsialistkheskaya Industriya,

5 April 1973, p. 4, U.S.S.R.)

Only a few ships today sailing on a cruise take fresh water with them. It is considered more advantageous and convenient to obtain it directly from sea water with the aid of an evaporator unit located on board the ship. However, due to the high content of various salts, scales gradually form on the evaporator walls and their productivity drops sharply.

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Soviet Scientists Develop Infrasonic Monitoring Device

(Morskoy Sbomik, No. 1, 1973, p. 4, U.S.S.R.)

Scientists at the Department of Biophysics of Moscow State University have built a device which picks up infrasonic oscillations ("the voice of the sea”) with a frequency of 8 to 13 Hz. issuing from the area of a storm. After about 15 hours with its aid, the direction of the movement of the storm and its force can be determined.

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Joint Soviet-Indian Weather Studies

(Vodnyy Transport, 24 April 1973, p. 4, U.S.S.R.)

Two Soviet weather ships, the Shokal’skiy and Voyeykov, have left Vladivostok bound for the Indian Ocean where they will participate with two other Soviet ships, the Priliv and Okean, in joint Soviet-Indian weather studies in the Arabian Sea. Meteorological and hydrological observations will be made in order to probe the secrets of the monsoon, a great air current which periodically sweeps down over the Indian subcontinent.

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Polish Begin Production Of New Diving Equipment

(Vidnyy Transport, 24 April 1973, p. 4, U.S.S.R.

The Gdansk Precision Mechanics Factory has begun production of a new diving apparatus which permits a stay underwater of 350 hours. The apparatus operates with one or two oxygen tanks. The diving period is six times longer than that of other apparatus produced to date. This advantage is of special interest in ship repair and underwater harbor work.

New Soviet Twin 30-mm. Gun

(Aviazione e Marina, No. 3, 1973, p. 73, Italy)

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not even offer the possibility of manual operation. Osa class guided missile patrol boats, Shersben class patrol boats, and other small vessels are armed with this weapon. Although no accurate information is available concerning this weapon, it is known that recently a new model has been developed with an even smaller turret and with a different profile which is mounted onboard the Kresta II class cruisers.

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MiG-25 Status Is Subject Of Conflicting Reports

(Aviaxione e Marina, March 1973, pp. 36-37, Italy)

A Czech report has stated that production has begun on a new type of fighter aircraft designated the MiG-25, an "air superiority fighter” whose weight and cost have been reduced by using MiG-21 components. This conflicts with recent U. S. reports that the Mikoyan E-266 series aircraft, which had previously been designated as the MiG-23, has been redesignated the MiG-25.

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United States Naval Institute: Membership

Regular Members

Regular officers of the U. S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard are eligible for Regular Membership. Members receive the monthly issues of the Proceedings, including the special Naval Review issue.

Associate Members

Reserve officers of the Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, enlisted personnel of these services, all members of other U. S. Armed Forces, as well as all other U. S. citizens with an interest in the objectives of the Naval Institute are eligible for Associate Membership. Also, military and naval officers and civilians of foreign countries are eligible for Associate Membership. Membership dues are the same as for Regular Members.

Life Members

Regular Life Membership or Associate Life Membership is available at $185.00. The same provisions and benefits of Regular Membership and Associate Membership apply.

Subscriptions

Messes, clubs, libraries, and organizations may subscribe to the Proceedings, as they would to any other magazine. Such organizations are not eligible for membership in the Naval Institute as are individuals. Individuals not desiring membership may subscribe. Members desiring to give gift subscriptions may do so. Gift subscriptions do not include membership obligations.

Membership and Subscription Information

Domestic Membership 1     yr.

3 yrs.

Foreign Membership 1 yr.

3 yrs.

Domestic Gift Memberships

and Gift Subscriptions 1     yr.

3 yrs.

Foreign Gift Memberships

and Gift Subscriptions 1     yr.

3 yrs.

Domestic Subscriptions 1    yr.

Foreign Subscriptions 1 yr.

Life Membership............

Single copies..................

Single copies, Naval Review issue to Members . Single copies, Naval Review issue

to Non-Members........................

Single copies, Naval Review issue (Cloth bound)

to Members...............................

Single copies, Naval Review issue (Cloth bound) to Non-Members          

$10.00

27.00

11.50   3150

10.0     27.00

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31.50

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17.50            185.00

1.50

4.00

5.0               . 8.00

10.00

For an additional $4.00 a year, a member or recipient of a gift subscription may elect to receive the Naval Review (May issue of the Proceedings each year) in cloth binding in place of the paperbound issue. A subscriber (non-gift) may substitute the clothbound Naval Review for the paperbound issue for an additional $5.00.

Application for Membership

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I hereby apply for membership in the U. S. Naval Institute and enclose my dues (see rates, above) as checked below. I am interested in the mission of the Institute, "the advancement of professional, literary, and scientific knowledge in the Navy.”

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