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Vol. 1 No. 11

Cover: Twin 40 Fights from Carrier

Articles Inside:

Ships and Guns of the Fleet No. 4 – Destroyer

Rocking the Axis – Aircraft mounted rockets

Cradle of the 40 mm.

Birth of Firepower – U.S. Naval Powder Factory

Searchers of the Seas – Navy patrol bombers and search planes

Final Exams – Final tests of Naval guns

A Pair of Secret Weapons – The Navy’s 50 caliber machine gun package and the Nazi’s miniature robot tanks

Navy Quiz

NOWS at WORK – Uses Ordnance He Made ( Judson B. Eldridge )

Oldest, Youngest Mothers Push Victory at Crane ( Mrs. Elsie Moore and Mrs. Nellie Mae Kinser )

Navy Veterans Making Navy Ordnance Now ( Arthur T. Hodgdon , Clifford Maple and Thomas Trusty )

St. Louis Torpedo Maker Helps Hospital Staff ( Joseph DeMoor )

Admiral’s Daughter Heps Navy at Newport ( Miss Ruth Thomas )

Macon NOWS travel Long Distance to Make Fuzes ( Frances Brown and Harold McMichael )

394 Busy Years for 20 Men

Can’t Quit Saluting ( Frank Barth )

Mother Backs Her five Children in the Army ( Mrs. Bessie Chapellear )

Mother Makes Torpedoes While Sons Fight ( Mrs. Mayme Head Collis )

NAVAL ORDNANCE FRONTS – Workers Suggest Motor Tester, Win $250 Award ( Murray “Cotton” Nesbit and Nova Hensley )

Virginians See Exhibit of Naval Ordnance Work

Center Line Generous to War Charities

13 Ethens Battle Axis ( Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ethens )

Brother in “Firepower” ( Dorothy Berglund )

It’s a Good Thing He’s Not Superstitious ( Frank X. Gagne )

Workers From Many States

St. Juliens’ Ship Rushes Ammunition to the Fleet ( YF-417 Captained by J. E. Taylor )

Former Laundry Worker Helping “Wash Up” Axis ( Ella M. Duval )

Indian Brothers, Injured In Combat, Guard Depots ( Sgt. Jesse H. Youngdeer and Sgt. Robert Youngdeer )

Five Ft. Mifflin NOWS Have 30-Year Records ( Herman J. Schmitt , Albert H. Vautier , William H. McDermott , John W. Wood and Michael P. Kempski )

Grin and Win ( Cartoon ) by Ed Reed

Backing the O’Bannon ( DD-450 )