Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute, 1942. 17 x 25 cm. Pre-World War II issue. It is interesting to read what the United States Navy was discussing, just three months before Pearl Harbor. Lead article is ""The Philippine Question"" by CDR Walter Lucian Taylor, USN. In this prize essay the author discusses the then-current debate between imperialism and isolationism, and the prospect of losing the Philippines. ""Towing ther New Orleans Dry Dock to Pearl Harbor"" by CDR Dr.R. Osborn, Jr., USN tells of his recent task of towing a 1900-vintage dry dock from New Orleans to the Panama Canal, disassembled to get through the Canal, reassembled in Balboa, and then towed by the author's ship, USS Capella and the seagoing tug USS Navajo. Professional notes discusses cutting building time for a new U.S. Navy battleship, lessons of Crete for Great Britain, German mine-laying operations, the oil situation for the USSR, the Red Trade Fleet, Murmansk. Wartime ads for Anaconda Copper & Brass, Kollsman instruments, Bethleham Steel, Lockheed, United States Steel, Packard, New York Shipbuilding Corp., Bath Iron Works, more. Paper periodical, minor soiling in cover wrap, some advertising pages show very slight transfer from moisture, good. . Catalogs: Navy/World War II.

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Bookseller: The Personal Navigator (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 7910
Title: United States Naval Institute Proceedings, September, 1941, Vol. 67 No. 463
Book Condition: Used
Publisher: United States Naval Institute
Place of Publication: Annapolis, MD
Date Published: 1942
Pages: 152 pp. + adv
Size: 17 x 25 cm
Bookseller catalogs: Navy/World War II;

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