Our Navy Magazine - January 1970 - USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2)
Front Cover, An Unusual Seascape. a U.S. Navy Photograph Provided by the Chief of Naval Information. Photographer, Date, and Locale Not Identified. Our Navy Magazine, Vol. 65, No. 1, January 1970. GGA Image ID # 170d1180c3
The January 1970 issue of Our Navy is devoted to the Ship of the Year for 1969, the USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2). Other featured articles include Shopping at Sea Is Tough Work, Interview of Vice Admiral Charles K. Duncan, USN, and The Survivors.
January Features
OUR NAVY’s “Ship of the Year’' Award
USS IWO JIMA (LPH-2)
The USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2), Our Navy's "Ship of the Year" for 1969. Iwo Jima, commanded since 4 February 1969 by Captain Martin M. Casey, USN (his immediate predecessor was Capt. J. T. Shepherd), was nominated for Ship of the Year by Vice Admiral William F. Bringle, USN, Commander Seventh Fleet. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. GGA Image ID # 170d493aba
Portrait Of Someone I Once Knew
By Hankus Anthony
Taps For The Wickies
By Harold Waters
Destroyers—“Backbone of the Fleet”
By James J. Falk
Your Science IQ—Lost Treasure
By L. Mack Menser
Shopping at Sea Is Tough Work
Story by JO2 Ed Leatherwood; Photos by PH2 Boris Farley
The Well
By Ron Jacobson
Covers & Cancels
By Desmond D. Yagyi
Exclusive Interview—VADM Charles K. Duncan
By Harold Helfer
The Survivors
By James E. Wise
Those Gullible Gulls
By Sid Sand
Unusual Facts of Naval History Those Bosom Mates
By Joseph C. Salak
News Department
- Pentagon Report
- Atlantic Report
- Pacific Report
- Yard Report
- Washington Briefs
- Inland Report
Regular Features
- Liberty Port-Washington, D.C.
- Shipmate Of The Month - Suzi Olsen
- Crossword Puzzle
- Pass The Word
- LAFF Lines
- Book Report
- Editorial
- Picture Of The Month
Other Articles
Happiness Is A Navy Homecoming
Photos by PH2 Wayne W. Massic
Fun In Antartica
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