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

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NUCLEAR POWERED GUIDED MISSILE CRUISER lARTIST'S CONCEPTIONl NUCLEAR WEAPONS The conversion of cruisers for the use of surface-to-air guided missiles is well underway. In early conversions, gun mounts have been retained forward and the missile launcher is aft. The entire after section has been reconhgured for miSSile storage. One of the new and radical design ships under construction is the nuclear powered guided missile, light cruiser. This ship is about 11,000 tons in displacement and has a length of over 600 feet. It foretells that era in which we will have guided mis- siles aboard nuclear powered ships capable of steaming to the farthest ends of the earth at the highest speeds. It will be able to launch guided missiles at the heartland of any potential enemy. These will be the First nuclear powered surface ships in our Navy. Nuclear powered guided missile submarines now under con- struction are an improvement on the NAUTILUS and also in- corporate design lessons learned in the USS ALBACORE at high speeds submerged. Such ships as these are a fundamental requirement for for- ward strategic planning in an atomic era that requires a strong Navy. Fast carrier forces assure our country of the continuing ability to strike at the enemy. Naval power is the only means of assuring logistic support to friendly forces, land, sea, and air. Deployed Naval power is an on-the-spot deterrent and a ready retaliatory force in the case of limited or nuclear war. a NUCLEAR POWERED GUIDED MISSILE SUBMARINE tARTIST'S CONCEPTI A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM ADMIRAL BURKE ELCOME to the United States Navy. You are starting your service at a very interesting time in history. The future of the Navy has never been brighter than it is today. The new technologies of the nuclear-missile age will make the Navy of the future a force of unprecedented power and effectiveness. You are a part of that future. The importance of control of the seas to the security of the United States-and of the entire free world-has never been greater than it is today. Without control of the seas there is very little else the United States can do to win a war- or to defend itself. The responsibility for this tremendous task lies with the United States Navy. The strength of the Navy is in the people who man it. No matter how rapidly we introduce advanced weapons and new scientihc and engineering developments, the Fleet can be only as effective as the dedication, the integrity, the educated judgment and the trained skills of the people who man it. Without you and others like you this powerful Fleet would not be possible. Good luck to you, and may God bless you. , . . ADMIRAL ARLEIGH A. BURKE Chief of Naval Operations ONl

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NEW GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATE UIRTIST'S CONCEPTIONl In amphibious warfare the United States Marine Corps, the pioneers in amphibious operations the world over, has devised a new concept known as vertical envelopment. It involves the landing of troops from helicopters. The heart of a future ame phibious force is the assault helicopter ship. Aside from its capa- bility of discharging troops with helicopters, it has the additional advantage of carrying a complete battalion landing team and all of the assault equipment inside one hull. There are many advantages to this method: Our ships can operate outside of mineable waters. They can be so dispersed as to minimize the effect of atomic bombing. Their helicopters increase the speed with which the first assault waves can be put ashore. After the Marines have established themselves in an area behind the enemy lines they move forward to secure a beachhead. Through this opening will flow from the sea lanes, personnel and material needed for a sustained campaign. The Navy's building programs feature weapons that are founded on sustained mobility, adaptable to all the aspects of modern warfare. First, in current programs is an attack carrier. This ship, the aircraft carrier, can be said to be the most im- portant single type of ship that we have in the Navy today. It is the most versatile instrument in warfare. For the foreseeable future it will play an indispensable role. It provides the only system of mobile bases for planes. The weapon systems of the attack carrier include guided missiles as well as the heavy attack aircraft with their atomic weapon capability, and the attack aircraft for close support of troops. Its defense weapons system includes anti-submarine patrol, air- craft early warning, interceptor aircraft, and the combat air patrol. Installed aboard the Carrier is the conventional anti- aircraft battery, and in future years will include anti-aircraft guided missile launchers. MARINE VERTICAL AMPHIBIOUS lANDING FROM CARRIER 'I'O COMBAT ZONE v ...I '7 REGULUS MISSILE ABOARD SHIP AIRBORNE ROCKET POWER: THE CUTLASS SHIPBOARD UNCHING OF A .mp1 lONG-RANGE MISSILE

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COMMODORE WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE U-I'vm U774-1833i Surgeon fending Commodore Buinbridge on the quarterdeck of fhe USS CONSTITUTION during the battle with HMS JAVA. t ? modore Bainbridg1 In the War of 1 rig and wounded twice durin 1 spirit and professional skill dr'e - President isee page 4; As a foimii Philadelphia, he added to hi'i Navy. In 1942 the President in his honor.