Miller, Neeb, Lee and Fullinwider, in their SUBMARINE REVIEW article, “The Battle for Polaris Survival,” describe a wargame conducted to assess the survivability of POLARIS.…
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REDUCED OXYGEN for FIRE SUPPRESSION
If one can decrease the intensity , initiation, or rate of fire spread, one “buys time” so that what otherwise might be a disaster could…
KINGS BAY, GEORGIA
The Kings Bay region is a place that has been populated for thousands of years. Archeological research conducted under a Navy contract prior to development…
USS BURRFISH AND THE PALAU RECONS
Following th~ Marianas campaign, 3rd Amphibious Force Commander, Vice Admiral Theodore s. Wilkinson, requested that COMSUBPAC, Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, task one of his…
CINCPAC’s SUBMARINE VIEWS
During World War II, submarines were decisive in the battle of the Pacific. Submarines will be equally important to the outcome of any future conflict…
WW II STEAM TORPEDOES vs ELECTRIC
The Navy is presently involved in acquiring & “low cost” antiship torpedo for submarine use. It would therefore seem useful to recall World War II…
CROAKER’S FIRST WAR PATROL
[The notes on this patrol are taken from an account by a British observer, con B. B. Lakin, RN, and give a relatively detached view…
FIGHTING IN DEFENDED WATERS
Issue In the event of a major war, it is generally assumed that substantial numbers of Soviet SSBNs, general-purpose submarines and surface combatants will be…
VADM DeMARS SPEECH AT THE SUBMARINE SYMPOSIUM LIMA, PERU.
I was asked to speak on the theme “The Submarine in the Nuclear Age.” I see this topic as carefully chosen in that I was…
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SILENT WARRIORS and THE PHOENIX ODYSSEY Both by Richard P. Henrick, Zebra Books Kensington Publishing Corp. 475 Park Avenue s., New York, NY The…