Today in U.S. Naval History - March 12 1917 - All American merchant ships to be armed in war zones 1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt designates Admiral Ernest J. King to serve as the Chief of ...

Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, who recently (and somewhat defensively) reaffirmed his faith in the battleship (TIME, April 9), last week had some good words to say for air power: “Without our highly ...

FLEET ADMIRAL KING (674 pp.)—Ernesf J. King and Walter M. Whitehill—Norton ($6.75). As the dust was settling over the ruin at Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt decided that the U.S. Fleet needed a new ...

Book 1. A sailor's education, 1878-1917 -- Book 2. Triple threat, 1917-1933 -- Book 3. Flag rank, 1933-1941 -- Book 4. Naval High Command, 1941-1945 siris_sil_20488 ...

Part II of the annual report, 1944/45, of the secretary of the Navy. U.S. Navy Dept. cf. of U.S. Navy Dept. Annual report, 1944/45, letter of transmittal. Each report issued also separately. siris_sil ...