Word: navale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When Admiral Louis Denfeld, who also took his stand against Defense Secretary Johnson and the workings of the unification act, was summarily fired as Chief of Naval Operations last October, he was offered another post: command of U.S. naval forces in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. Last week, in a blistering letter, mild "Uncle Louie" Denfeld told Navy Secretary Francis Matthews he was turning down the job and announced he was considering retirement from the Navy. Wrote Denfeld...
...requested my removal from duty as Chief of Naval Operations, giving among the reasons therefor that I was, in your opinion, not loyal to my superiors and did not have the 'respect for authority' that should exist 'between various official ranks...
...Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean forces should enjoy in his relations with officials of other governments ... I would be under an undesirable restraint on the vital matter of frank discussion with the military representatives of other North Atlantic pact nations. My views on combined strategy, and particularly on naval participation . . . might re-open the recent controversy to the embarrassment of my colleagues, my superiors and our Government...
...Russian naval strength is growing. Western military men have known for some time that Russian shipyards were busily building a big fleet of German-designed "Schnorkel" submarines-fast, long-range craft which are almost proof against currently known detection devices. This week, in its newly published 1949-50 edition, Britain's authoritative Jane's Fighting Ships reported that Russia already has at least 360, and possibly 460, of such submarines in service. Originally Russia expected to have 1,000 Schnorkels in operation at the end of 1951. Jane's doubts Russia's capacity to build fast...
...student representatives will also discuss action on the Naval ROTC loyalty oath...