Our Navy Magazine - May 1972 - Operation Wildcat
Front Cover
A typical torpedo recovery operation on the Navy's 1000 fathom proving ground off Andros Island in the Bahamas. Photograph by Erich
Hartmann of RCA.
OUR NAVY
The Navy Man's Magazine Founded 1897
Vol. 67, No. 5, May 1972
Stanford F. Brent, Editor
Photographic Editor Jack Todd Harold Helfer
Washington Correspondent
Table of Contents
News Department
- Pentagon Report
- Atlantic Report
- Pacific Report
- Yard Report
- Washington Briefs
- Inland Report
May Features
- AUTEC: The Navy's 1000 Fathom Proving Ground
BY R. P. KISSEL - Cruiser Hulls and Flight Decks
BY RAY YOUNG - Saved by the Bell!
BY THEO H. TENNANT - Hot Coffee
BY EDWIN R. VARLEY - From YN 3 to the Smothers Brothers
BY RONN RONCK 23 - Enterprise's Operation Wildcat
BY JOEL D KEEFER 38 - The Language of the Sea
BY FRANCOIS PASQUALINI 40
Regular Features
- Your Science IQ—There's Life Out There (II)
BY L. MACK MENSER - Ship of the Month USS Vernon County (LST-1161)
- Covers & Cancels
BY DESMOND D. JAGYI - Exclusive Interview—Chip Maury
BY HAROLD HELFER - Liberty Port—Tahiti
- Crossword Puzzle
- Pass the Word
- Laff Lines
- Book Report
- Editorial
- Picture of The Month
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MAY, 1972
