The year ending March 1, 1945 was “without precedent in naval history.” So wrote Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King in a cold and prideful report made public last week. In those twelve months the Navy: ¶ ...

First to sport the new five-star insigne, on the flag of his flagship* last fortnight, was Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. It consisted of a cluster of five stars set so as to form a pentagon, a ...

Admiral Ernest J. King, stiff-necked, closemouthed boss of the U.S. Navy, promised last week that in 1945 the Navy would speak for itself in deeds, not words. This was King’s way of marking the third ...

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 ...