Proceedings Magazine - December 1958

December 1958 Proceedings Magazine: United States Naval Institute

Front Cover, Crusader Ship. The Cross of St. George on the Three-Forked Gonfalon Indicates That This Ship of the 13th Century Is English. She Flies the Red Battle Pennant From the Masthead and Blue Streamers From the Yardarm. The Black and White Banner on the Port Side of the Forecastle Is That of the Templars and the One on the Starboard Side Is the Flag of the Cinque Ports. From Information Obtained on Old Seals and Coins, the Artist, Mr. Jack Coggins, Has Painted This Colorful Representation and It Is Reproduced With His Permission. United States Naval Institute Proceedings, Vol. 84, No. 12, Whole No. 670, December, 1958. GGA Image ID # 1709ec8057

For the advancement of professional, literary, and scientific knowledge in the Navy

The Battle of Surigao Strait
By Rear Admiral Samuel E. Morison, USNR (Ret.)

Naval Leadership in the Nuclear Era
By Captain John V. Noel, Jr., USN

Navigating Under the North Pole Icecap
By Lieutenant Shepherd M. Jenks, USN

Strength and Weakness in the Asian Littoral
By Captain Phillip Barry Brannen, USNR

British Strategy in the River Plate Battle
By A. Cecil Hampshire

Heavy vs. Light Jet Attack
By Lieutenant Commander John F. Anthony, USNR

Research Navy
By Captain W. D. Brinckloe, USN

You and the Military Mind Controversy
By Lieutenant William A. Platte, USN

Naval Research Laboratory (Pictorial)

Comment and Discussion

Notable Naval Books of 1958

Professional Notes

A Page From the Old Navy

Secretary's Notes

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The opinions or assertions in the articles are the personal ones of the authors and are not to be construed as official. They do not necessarily reflect the views of either the Navy Department or the United States Naval Institute.

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