Destroyer Command: Critical ASW Subsystem

By Robert L. Brandenburg, Lieutenant, U.S. Navy
July 1964
ASW aviators and submariners generally have a high degree of specialized ASW experience, but too often, says the author, todays destroyer skipper must ask his ASW officer, “What do we ...

Crisis in Leadership

By Glen H. Lathrop, Jr., Captain, U. S. Naval Reserve
July 1964
But, the author warns, when leadership is everybody’s business, it becomes nobody’s business.

The Smaller Navies

By C. P. Nixon, Capt., RCN
July 1964
The problems of the smaller navies seem puny by comparison with those confronting the great naval powers. But, pound for pound and point for point, their plight may exceed ours ...

The Credible Incentive

By William A. Golden, Captain, U.S. Navy
July 1964
“Officers cannot be paid like bus boys, worked like field hands, and released like old, slow halfbacks.”

"Satisfactory" Not Enough

By Harold B. Say, Captain, U. S. Naval Reserve (Retired)
July 1964
Only his conscience could tell the defense counsel how vigorously he must defend his former enemies.

The Largest Tankers (Pictorial)

By Arthur E. Hammarlund, Lt. Cdr., USN, and David L. Cooper, Lt. Cdr., USN
July 1964
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Comment and Discussion

July 1964
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Book Reviews and Book List

July 1964
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PT Boats Return

By Claude Erbsen, Lieutenant ( j. g.), U. S. Naval Reserve
July 1964
The Navy’s PT boats are back in service after a seven-year absence, with a new name and a new mission. Redesignated PTFs, for Fast Patrol Boat, eight of the versatile ...

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