Our Navy Magazine 15 July 1959

The Voice of all Navymen
15 July, 1959
Vol. 54 No. 4

OUR COVER: The USS Staten Island (AGB-5) being shown the way by a few of the native guides as she breaks through the ice of the Antarctic.

NEWS SECTION

• Washington Bulletin
  by Harold Helfer 3
  Latest from the Pentagon and Our Capitol Hill.
• Bulletin Board of Naval Interest
  by Oer Navy Reporters 11
  Navy News from the Seven Seas.
• Navy Sports Through the Long Glass
  by Fred Thornberry 30
  Who won what, when, and where.

ARTICLES

• Escape from An Icy Grave
  by Samuel Heyman, YNC 22
  true story from the Antarctic.
• New Ships for The Missile Age
  by Robert N. Sheridan 24
  Into the not-too-distant future.
• I Christen Thee ...
  by Radm. Colby G. Rucker 26
  Launching anecdotes. with Alfred S. Campbell

FICTION

• The Option
  by H. E. McDonnell
  Tense moments for jets.

DEPARTMENTS

• Speaking of Cars 31
• Swaps 45
• Our Reel Navy 32
• Notes of Interest 46
• Sound Off 44
• Editorial 48

Editor: Frank Uhlig, Jr.
Assistant Editor: John Knecht

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