March 1972 Our Navy Magazine : Sweeping with Helos And Hydrofoils
OUR NAVY
THE NAVYMAN'S MAGAZINE FOUNDED 1897
Vol. 67, No. 3 March, 1972
Stanford F. Brent, Editor
Photographic Editor Jack Todd
Washington Correspondent Harold Helfer
News Department
PENTAGON REPORT 26
ATLANTIC REPORT 28
PACIFIC REPORT 30
YARD REPORT 32
WASHINGTON BRIEFS 34
INLAND REPORT 36
March Features
Helos Revolutionize Minesweeping
BY DON GROVES 2
Airdales and Black Shoes Sweep Mines
BY RD3 HAMP ROGERS & PH3 Ron GORMAN 6
"Now Hear This"
BY JOHN L. KENT 10
Regular Features
Your Science IQ—The Power Struggle If You're So Damn Smart
By L. MACK •MENSER 15 By GEORGE SCHULTZ 11
OUR NAVY'S Ship of the Month
USS El Paso (LKA-117) 16
When The Brow Breaks
Covers & Cancels
By EDWIN R. VARLEY 12
BY DESMOND D. JAGYI 25
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW—Capt. Samuel E. Watson
BY HAROLD HELFER 35 He Likes The Navy
LIBERTY PORT—BALTIMORE 50 BY WILLIAM RUTLEDGE III 14
SHIPMATE OF THE MONTH 52
CROSSWORD PUZZLE 57 The Captain's Snack
PASS THE WORD 58 BY WILLIAM R. BARROW 22
LAFF LINES 64
BOOK REPORT 65 The Big One
EDITORIAL 66 BY GEORGE P. ROZANSKY 23
PICTURE OF THE MONTH 68
The Cover
A CH-53 Stallion helicopter tows a Mark 105 minesweeping unit in a recent Helicopter Mine Countermeasures exercise. Photographer not identified.
British Naval Recruit — 1898
BY HARRY LEWIS (As told to David U. Clarke) 40
The Come-Uppance of Lead Pipe Rice
BY EDWIN R. VARLEY 42
The Haunted Battleship
By WILLIAM WOODRUFF 44
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