US Naval Training Center - Compass Yearbook (Bainbridge, MD)

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USS BARB IN PACIFIC ACTION WREDERICK J. HOERTZL THE PERFORMANCE OF BAKER DAY AT BIKINI ATOLL-1'HE FIRST OF A LONG SERIES OF ATOMIC TESTS OUR SILENT SERVICE WAS NOT FULLY APPRECIATED UNTIL AFTER THE PACIFIC BY WHICH DEFENSIVE AS WELL AS OFFENSIVE NAVY TACTICS, WEAPONS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE ATOMIC AGE WERE DEVELOPED. FIRST MARINE DIVISION IN ACTION, KOREA, 8 JUNE 1953. MARINES STORMING FORT CH'OJJIN KOREA, 1371 UOHN CLYMERL ACTION lEADING TO THE FIRST TREATY BETWEEN KOREA AND THE UNITED STATES, SIGNED IN 1882, ESTABLISHING COMMERCIAL RELATIONS AND THE PROTEC- TION OF SHIPWRECKED SEAMEN. , v A .7 - m w .. ' USS MISSOURI BOMBARDING WONSON, KOREA-UNITED NATIONS ACTION, MURDO SOUND ANTARCTICA-USS GLACIER CONTINUES THE NAVY'S WORLD 1950-1953. WIDE INTEREST IN SCIENTIFIC AND GEOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION. MT. EREBUS, ONLY ACTIVE VOLCANO AT ANTARCTICA ON THE RIGHT.

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2 .1 2-3 IRON vmsus woon tspwmm MORAm MARCH 8, 1862, m: css VIR- GINIA tEX USS MERRIMACKi DEFEATS THE USS CUMBERLAND TO USHER IN THE AGE OF STEEL SHIPS. was being welded into a mighty supply force, our Seabees, under- water demolition teams, amphibious sailors, marines and sup- porting army divisions were being welded into a team that spelled victory at sea. Added to the illustrious naval leaders of this great Navy, King, Nimitz, Halsey, Mitcher, McClain, Spruance, Lockwood, Fletcher, and over three million other ofhcers and men also served. The brainwork, the sacrifice, the devotion to duty of generations past and present is the heritage on which we con- tinue to build and improve our Navy. We are bound to the past only by the good that it has provided and the glorious traditions handed down to us. We are linked to the future by our responsibility to deliver to it the best we have received and the best we can produce. Victorious over Japan and Germany, there is still no world peace. Our Navy fought again in Korea for three years and the task forces are still spread across the seven seas. From Barry to Bainbridge to Burke the indomitable fighting spirit is the real strength of our naval heritage. BOATS AWAY AMPHIBIOUS LANDING tW. F. DRAPERL PACIFIC OPERATIONS, WORLD WAR II. THE RETURN OF THE MAYFLOWER t8. F. GRIBBLEL COMMANDER .l. K. TAUSSIG, U. S. NAVY, LEADS THE FIRST DIVISION OF DESTROYERS INTO QUEENSTOWN, IRELAND, MAY 4, 1917, TO COMMENCE OUR AN'I'ISUBMARINE WARFARE IN WORLD WAR I. HTFBATILE or MIDWAY tGRIFFITH BAILEY coma. m: wnrimer POINT or m: PACIFIC WAR-NAVY DIVE BOMBERS SINKING THE JAPANESE CARRIERS AKAGI AND sonvu, JUNE 4, 1942. AIR DEFENSE PACIFIC TASK FORCE iDWIGHT C. SHEPLEM. OPERATION, WORLD WAR II.

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imammcm HE PROBLEM of controlling the seasI in tomorrow's world is'a greater challenge to man than ever'before. As a consequence,7 our preparations to Ineet that challenge must he stepped up to eVenlhighe.r Ievels. OIIr Navy must be capable at'ai'm'oment'sf notice of defeating any threat to our sea . supremacy and our national safety no mat- 'ter from where that threat comes. . , Our future men- -'of-War face eVer Increasa. ing responsibilities. Things Will continue to ,gmoye 'sWiItly around this steadIIy shrInkIng-- ', globe now that We have rnoVed- into qn age , , of iet and atomic propulsmn. Guided mis-T: ilsiles, rockets,,and mines: have become I: creasingly coI'nplex instruments that mount these miraculous armaments. Ships have changed greatly throughout the generations that our Navy has guarded United States interests on the world' s oceans, and their qualitative superiority will always remain a prime requisite to maritime su- premacy But, it is the spirit and the skill of the seagoing Inen themseIVes which 'will re- main the key to success in battle. . 7 Techmcal advances and the possibilifies ggI-V' the nuclear age notWIthstandIng, men WiII eternally remain as the one essential In- ,9 edIent; to successful marItIme operatlons.'