Our Navy Magazine - February 1972 - Omaha Class Cruisers

On The Cover
Navy PC-3 Orion plane on Anti-Submarine Warfare Patrol. Photographer not identified.

OUR NAVY
The Navy Man's Magazine Founded 1897
Vol. 67, No. 2 February 1972
Stanford F. Brent, Editor
Photographic Editor Jack Todd
Washington Correspondent Harold Helfer

Table of Contents

News Department

• Pentagon Report
• Atlantic Report
• Pacific Report
• Yard Report
• Washington Briefs
• Inland Report

Regular Features

• Your Science IQ—The Power Struggle
  BY L. MACK MENSER
• Ship of the Month USS SAN JOSE (AFS-7)
• Covers & Cancels
  BY DESMOND D. JAGYI
• Exclusive Interview—Cdr James L. May, USN
  BY HAROLD HELFER
• Liberty Port — South America (With Unitas)
• Shipmate of The Month
• Crossword Puzzle
• Pass the Word
• Laff Lines
• Book Report
• Editorial
• Picture of The Month

February Features

• Orion and Viking Revolutionize ASW
  BY JAMES E. WISE, JR.
• The Omaha Class Cruisers
  BY RAY YOUNG
• Black Sam
  BY JOSEPH C. SALAK
• And Then There Was Only One
  BY JOSEPH C. SALAK
• A Moment of Madness
  By IRWIN Ross
• Lead Your Target
  BY EDWARD WITHROW
• Patternmaking; An Ancient Trade for a Modern Navy
  BY PH2 REX-ZANE RUDE
  

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