1999 Naval History
January/February
1999 Volume 13 Number 1
Articles
'Something
About Ships'
An Interview with Ken Burns
The Emmy Award-winning filmmaker laments the short attention
span of TV viewers and hints at a future film subject--ships
and the Navy.
History That Never Was
By Eric McAllister Smith, Illustrations by Jan Adkins
To aficionados, alternative history is all the rage. One
of them covers the waterfront of what's out there in "what
ifs" for naval buffs.
Gauntlet of Fire!
By Theodore P. Savas
As the aftermath of Gettysburg and Vicksburg dominated
headlines, the Union sloop Wyoming fought the first
U.S. naval battle against Japan.
Quest at
Midway Register/Sign in to read
By Journalist First Class Jason Everett Miller, U.S.
Navy
The expedition to rediscover the sunken carriers at Midway
owes much of its success in finding the Yorktown to
a Navy Deep Submergence Unit.
Benjamin Stoddert and the Quasi-War with France
By Stanley J. Adamiak
In 1798, the first Secretary of the Navy determined that
victory was possible only by way of an efficient logistical
infrastructure.
The Constellation:
'Living Classroom?'
By Frank D. Roylance
Now that she's out of drydock after extensive restoration
and renovation, the ship faces an uncertain future as an educational
tool for at-risk youth.
Photo Mission Truk
By John Bishop
In World War II, a picture often was worth a thousand
lives. Images shot by a Marine Photographic Squadron helped
change the course of the war.
Defending Bloody Ridge
Text and Photography by David Gaddis
Preservationists are out to save the Guadalcanal battlefields
by convincing Solomon Islands officials of the great tourism
potential. So far, it's working.
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March / April 1999
Volume 13 Number 2
Articles
'It Still
Takes My Breath Away' Register/Sign in to read
An Interview with Tom Brokaw
The anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News
looks at the World War II generation and the current insatiable
appetite for heroes.
On (the Gulf) War
By Kenneth Hagan
Seminars by the McCormick Tribune Foundation and U.S. Naval
Institute shoot holes in the applicability of Clausewitz's
theories to the Gulf War.
Ambassador to de Gaulle
By Mario Rossi
Admiral Harold Stark serves as a valuable liaison in delicate
relations between the United States and French resistance
forces in World War II.
Fighting Privateers off Louisiana
By Anthony A. Fernandez Jr.
British privateers in the Gulf of Mexico are no match for
the swift cutter Louisiana, pride of the U.S. Revenue
Service, precursor to the Coast Guard.
'EveryMarine'
By Phil McCombs
A "Style" staff writer for The Washington Post details
the real story of the weary Marine in Frank Johnston's Vietnam
War photo, "Peace Church."
'A Thing
of Fear, and Pain, and Strife'
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By Captain Kenneth G. Schacht, U.S. Navy (Retired)
In never-before-published sketches and poetry, a Navy submariner
offers a glimpse of the three-and-a-half years he spent imprisoned
by the Japanese.
Breakers Ahead!
By Captain Edward L. Beach Jr., U.S. Navy (Retired)
In an excerpt from the new Naval Institute Press book, Salt
and Steel, the author recalls his submarine's calamitous
arrival at Midway in 1942.
Blood on the
Baltic
By John Dunn and Donald Stoker
After a weeklong siege in 1939, Polish coastal forces in Danzig
surrender to German invaders in what comes to be known as
"Poland's Alamo."
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May / June 1999
Volume 13 Number 3
Articles
Advance
Warning? The Red Cross Connection
By Daryl S. Borgquist
Evidence of secret Red Cross supply shipments to Hawaii
prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor seems to support
the "conspiracy theory."
Artist on the Wing
By Esther L. Cahoon and Douglas W. Cahoon
A Navy F6F Hellcat pilot and formally schooled artist
filled his spare time painting and sketching what he saw as
a naval aviator in World War II.
Ironclads Take to the Rails
By Major Alan R. Koenig, U.S. Army Reserve
Inspired by the success of new ironclad warship designs, engineers
on both sides tailored the technology to armorclad trains
during the Civil War.
Monitoring Monitor
By Colin E. Babb
In summer 1998, dives on the wreck of the Civil War ironclad
ship, the Monitor, raised several artifacts. This summer
promises more of the same.
Bold Band from Brooklyn
By Robert Alan Hay
Some of the most unsung heroes of World War II were the
shipyard workers who risked their lives updating and overhauling
Navy ships.
PT Boats Raid Bongao Island
By Lieutenant Commander Edgar D. Hoagland, U.S. Naval
Reserve (Retired)
A torpedo patrol boat commander tells hair-raising tales
of the reconnaissance missions he helped execute against Japanese-held
islands.
Beanes,
Barney, and the Banner
By E. F. Rivinus
A Maryland doctor and a Baltimore-bred naval officer
were responsible for having Francis Scott Key in the right
place at the right time.
Sup Ships Annapolis
By Captain Richards T. Miller, U.S. Navy (Retired)
From World War II to the Vietnam War, a yacht yard across
Spa Creek from downtown Annapolis, Maryland, built small naval
combatants.
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July/August 1999
Volume 13 Number 4
Articles
'The Best Boat E. B. Ever Built'
By Chief Quartermaster John D. Stallings, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Disabled by depth-charge attacks and forced to the surface,
the submarine Salmon faces four enemy escorts and wins
the undying respect of her crew.
Last of
the Sailing Corvettes
By John D. Barnard
Once thought to be a U.S. Navy frigate of 1797--even
officially by the Navy itself--the corvette Constellation
is still the pride of Baltimore.
The Secret
Side of the Tonkin Gulf Incident
By Dale Andrade and Kenneth Conboy
Covert attacks of North Vietnam by U.S.-owned Norwegian
Nasty fast patrol boats help push the United States into the
Vietnam War.
Who Needs a Naval Magazine?
By Edward L. De Rosa
More than 37 years before the Naval Institute and its
Proceedings, the Naval Lyceum publishes "a periodical
work" called The Naval Magazine.
OrionLimps to Mare Island
By Lieutenant Commander Wayne Padgett, U.S. Coast
Guard Reserve (Retired)
A British light cruiser crippled by German dive bombers
while evacuating troops from Crete in spring 1941 makes her
way secretly to California.
Tiny Miracle--The Proximity Fuze
By Midshipman Second Class Cameron D. Collier,
U.S. Navy
As George Patton calls them "devastating," and Arleigh
Burke says they're "a magnificent help," variable time fuzes
turn near-misses into kills.
Initiative Creates Opportunity
By Master Chief William R. Wells II, U.S. Coast
Guard (Retired)
Though occupations are scarce for African Americans when
Alex Haley joins the Coast Guard, the author of Roots
creates his own opportunities.
VFW Reaches Century Mark
By Blaine Taylor
Spawned as a support organization for Spanish-American
War veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars performs valuable
service 100 years later.
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September/October
1999 Volume 13 Number 5
Articles
Naval Milestones
What events and technological advances in naval history--Midway,
the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, Tsushima, or Trafalgar;
nuclear power, naval aviation and carriers, radio and radar,
or submarines--had the most profound impact over the past
100 and 1,000 years? We poll historians from around the world
and announce their findings.
Pan Am Gets a Pacific Partner
By Justin Libby
When Pan-American Airways seeks to capitalize on growing
interest in trans-Pacific flight in the mid-1930s, it forges
a proverbial match made in heaven. The commercial airline
discovers a willing partner in the Navy.
'Nothing But Sky and Water'
By Robert A. Selig
From below-decks of a late-18th-century French troop transport,
a grenadier in the Royal Deux-Ponts records the trials and
the triumphs, the delights and the disasters, he experiences
during his "travels in America."
TIME Capsules
By Colonel Richard Seamon, U.S. Marine Corps (Retired)
A retired editor for Time takes a nostalgic look
at some of the military-related art of Ernest Hamlin Baker,
an artist who encapsulated the history of his time in images
he produced as covers for the then-15-cent weekly.
'Rough Work on the Mississippi'
By James R. Arnold
In 1863, Union forces set their sights on Vicksburg. The
challenge is how to transport General Ulysses S. Grant's Army
of the Tennesse across the Mississippi in the face of Confederate
guns looming on the bluffs above.
'Sailors Dressed Like Soldiers'
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By Kenneth C. Davey
Even though the naval beach battalions at Normandy--with
a red stripe painted on their helmets--play prominent roles
in the opening battle scene of Saving Private Ryan,
these heroes haven't received their due--until now.
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November/December
1999 Volume 13 Number 6
Articles
Pearl Harbor--Attack
from Below
By Commander John Rodgaard, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired),
Peter K. Hsu, Carroll L. Lucas, and Captain Andrew Biache
Jr., U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired)
A historic photo indicates that the 1941 attack was more
than an air raid.
JFK--A PT Skipper Remembers
Text and Photo by Rich Pedroncelli
War veteran Ted Robinson mourns the death of John F.
Kennedy--twice.
Changing Colors Over Macao
By Commander Daniel G. Felger, U.S. Navy (Retired)
A Portuguese city with maritime ties to the United States
reverts to China.
'Unworthy of American Seamen'
By Frederick C. Leiner
The captain of the Boston faces court-martial
for pillaging one of his prizes.
A Perfect Army-Navy Game
By Paul Kenney
Distanced by a generation gap, a father and son find
harmony at the game.
Friend or Foe?
By Robert M. Browning, Jr.
A 1943 British frigate attack on the SS Blue Jacket
is still a well-kept secret.
Steaming on the Gray Line
By Commander Gerald Levey, U.S. Navy (Retired)
Embark on a 1949 trip to Guam and back in the General
J. C. Breckinridge.
Neglected Legacy: Navy Seaplanes
By Thomas C. Hone and William J. Armstrong
Before carriers, cruisers and battleships launch early
seeds of naval aviation.
Memoirs of a '90-Day Wonder'
By Lieutenant Joseph W. Baer, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired)
Poked, prodded, and stamped "Prime," one enlistee lets
the Navy join him.
Stringbags--Flying into the 21st Century
By Norman Polmar
Our "Historic Aircraft" columnist takes flight in a vintage
British warplane.
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