Our Navy Magazine - May 1972 - Operation Wildcat

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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