May 1922 Proceedings—From Professional Notes, prepared by Lieutenant R. A. Hall, U.S. Navy, “Navy Yards Would Be Costly Repair Plants”: “The shipbuilding industry is being menaced by an attempt to enact legislation whereby the navy yards of the country will be permitted to bid against private shipyards . . . If the contemplated action is taken, it means that private yards would get only the work that the Navy could not handle; because it would be a perfectly simple matter for the government to underbid any price submitted by any private yard.” —Nautical Gazette, 11 March 1922.
May 1972 Proceedings—In “ASW–The Crucial Challenge,” Captain Robert H. Smith, U.S. Navy (Retired) wrote, “The submarine will probably continue to keep a long reach ahead of those who oppose her, and her ascendancy in the seas will grow increasingly secure. If so, in ASW, we are waging at best a rearguard action, a delaying effort against the eventual triumph of what will at some future time be regarded as logically inevitable as that of the airplane in its own world. Only time will tell. But . . . rearguard actions—well conducted—have their place, with benefits that can make them worth it.”
May 1997 Proceedings—In “Exporting Coast Guard Expertise,” Coast Guard coauthors Vice Admiral James Loy and Captain Bruce Stubbs wrote, “During the November 1995 meeting of the Navy–Coast Guard Board, the Vice Chief of Naval Operations commented on the successful deployment of the Dallas [WHEC-716] to the Mediterranean and Black Seas: ‘Cutter Dallas was a tremendous success. The Commission on Roles and Missions directed services to look at better options for engagement; this is right in line with that. Many navies want to look like the U.S. Navy . . . but showing them a cutter like Dallas might be just right for them.’”
A. Denis Clift
Golden Life Member
