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Vol. 3 No. 3
36 pages

Cover: The Navy Girl on the cover of this issue of Sea Power is Virginia Gundacker; the other is Anne Lehr. Both were among the first to enlist when the naval services opened their ranks to women. Miss Gundacker, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., graduated from high school five years ago, went to her first job in a magazine publisher’s office in New York, left that when Pearl Harbor was attacked and joined the Sperry Gyroscope Co. as a private secretary. Even that wasn’t active enough to suit her patriotic desire, her father having been a Navy radioman in the first World War and her heart-interest being a Navy aviation machinist in this one, so she joined the WAVES last September. Miss Lehr, of Lebanon, Pa., later of Bethlehem, Pa., was graduated from Moravian College for Women two years ago, after a two-year course. Her first job was as a secretary in the coal mining business, then, after the Pearl Harbor assault, she went to defense work as a secretary for the Bethlehem Steel Co. Craving action, she entered the armed services last October to be “on her own” and to contribute her direct bit to winning the war. These two, in their background and desire to help Uncle Sam, are typical of the rank and file of WAVES and SPARS, the women’s special services of the Navy and Coast Guard.

Articles Inside:

News from the Seven Seas

Prepare to Pay the Price of Peace – Beware the bewitching siren song of post-war disarmament. By Sheldon Clark

Out of the Mail Buoy

Twenty-Seven Minutes of Roaring Glory – The story of the fighting Boise, a one-ship fleet. By J. A. Greenberg

Are Germany’s Battleships Expendable? – The Nazi Navy’s new commander may be preparing surprises. By Alexander Kiralfy

They Call Me Mister Now – Danger on our roving reporter’s first voyage as a mate. By Kermit W. Salyer

The Navy League: Distaff Side – The Women’s Councils are on the job on main fronts

Scoreboard of Naval Losses

Good-Bye. Jap Flat-Top – Don’t underestimate Japan’s ability to build or fight. By Jay Launer

Sail Ho! The Corsair Fleet – Silent sailing ships scotch the stealthy submarine. By Roy L. Pepperburg

Destination Unknown – Life aboard a luxury liner on the way to a war zone. By Col. Roger W. Whitman

What the New Navy Man Needs – Knowledge mostly. Here it is in easy-to-take doses

The Working Vessels of the World – A guidebook to the merchant fleets of all nations

The Red Cross Aids the Navy – And you can, too