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Vol. XXXVI No. 11

Cover: Symbolizing what the Navy stands for as Navy Day is celebrated October 27 the twentieth time since its first observance. Sailors from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station spell out “America’s Security” as a background for the national flag. Photo by Mole

Articles inside this issue:

Traditions of the Navy by C. W. Windas

Our Naval Views and Comments by the Editor

Fifty Years of American Cruisers – Half a century of Experience Has Provided the Modern U.S. Cruiser With a Design Superior to Similar Foreign Ships. By Donald W. Mitchell

Navy Barbecue by R. C. Fay

Bulletin Board of Naval Interest

Scuttlebutt Scandals by Bozo

Sailor’s Snapshots ( Prize winning photos by Sailors ) By Bob White

International Ring Matches – More About the Unbelievable Men Who Upheld the He-Man Tradition of the Navy in the Old Days. By Harvey L. ( “Heinie” ) Miller

Most Sailors Are Respectable – The Civilians Who Criticize Them Would Do Well To Take a Look at Themselves. By Max Singleton

Play Sick, Shipmate – A Little Illness Can Be a Dangerous Thing. By Sidney Bindler

Things I Never Knew ‘Til Now About the Navy by Walter Winchell

Revolutionary Hero by Paul Twitchell

Birth of a Battlewagon – Another Unit in What Is To Be the Most Powerful Navy the World Has Ever Seen–the USS Massachusetts — Goes Down the Ways

A Keel a Day

Roundup on the War – Military and Naval Aspects of the European Situation. By Fletcher Pratt

An International Police Force? by R. W. Kane

Naval Cancels and Cachets by Marshall R. Hall

Salt Shakers by Walt Munson

“I Was A Proud Destroyer Once…” – Here’s One Merchant Ship the Navy Doesn’t Want. By Ralph Jordan

Pertinent Paragraphs – Sports Notes by Pop Jones

The Navy Goes to the Fall Fair

Athletics in the Fleet by Harry Dwyer

Flying Boat Sailors

Personnel Information

Girls Sink Navy

Book Reviews

Notes of Interest

The Origin of Navy Day

Slogans of the Navy

Lay Aft on the Fantail

The Skipper and the Boot by Jack Watson

USS Washington on Third Cover