Proceedings Magazine - December 1957

December 1957, Vol. No. 83, No. 12 Contents Whole No. 658

Front Cover: THE Savannah OF 1819. For details concerning this month's cover, see page 1377.

Contents

THE BATTLE OF SAVO ISLAND 1263
By Captain Toshikazu Ohmae, former Imperial Japanese Navy
A SINGLE SERVICE: PERENNIAL ISSUE IN NATIONAL DEFENSE 1280
By Captain Phillip Barry Brannen, U. S. Naval Reserve
WEDDELL SEA—A VOYAGE TO NOWHERE 1288
By Captain Edwin A. McDonald, U. S. Navy
SOVIET DIPLOMACY FROM STALIN TO SUEZ 1298
By James E. McSherry
THE REGIMEN OF THE SEAS 1308
By Lieutenant James H. Guill, U. S. Navy
SCAPA FLow-1913-1957 1320
By Desmond Wettern
LIEUTENANT DAVID DIXON PORTER AND HIS CAMELS 1327
By Commander Malcolm W. Cagle, U. S. Navy
BOEI DAIGAKKO: ACADEMY DE LUXE 1334
By Chief Journalist Fred Grant Harden, U. S. Navy
THE YEOMANETTES OF WORLD WAR I (PICTORIAL SECTION) 1339
DISCUSSIONS, COMMENTS, NOTES 1346
NOTABLE NAVAL BOOKS OF 1957 1350 By Associate Professor Robert M. Langdon, USNA
PROFESSIONAL NOTES 1361
SECRETARY'S NOTES 1377
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