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From 1923 to 1940, the US Navy conducted 21 “Fleet Problems” as it sought to understand, exploit and incorporate new technologies and capabilities while developing the tactics, training and procedures to employ the same should war present itself – which by the 1930s was beginning to look more and more likely to the discerning observer….
Naming Ships — Here We Go Again…
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Postcards from Deployment: Now Liberty Call, Liberty Call…
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