All Hands Magazine
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletins
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All Hands was the official magazine of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, published
monthly for enlisted men and officers throughout the fleet. The articles collected here
span 1941–1968 and cover WWII combat actions, ship histories, weapons technology,
and postwar Navy life, many drawn from the pages of wartime issues.
📅 1940
📅 1941
- Secretary Knox: Neutrality Act — December 1941
- Commanding Officer of USS Salinas Reports on Torpedoing — December 1941
📅 1942
- Avengers of Pearl Harbor — June 1942
- The Saga of the Marblehead — June 1942
- “Junior” in the Navy — June 1942
- Let’s Get Really Mad and Stay Mad — June 1942
- Periscope Photos / Keep ‘Em Sinking — June 1942
- Valuables Belonging to Filipinos — June 1942
- New Navy Torpedo Bomber at Midway — July 1942
- Commander Decorated — August 1942
- The Battle of Midway — August 1942
- Flying Shark Squadron — August 1942
- The Battle of the Solomon Islands — September 1942
- Round Two: 28 Ships Sunk — October 1942
- 104-Day Continuous Cruise — October 1942
- Escape Through the Lines — October 1942
- Greatest Man-o’-War — October 1942
- New Lexington Launched — October 1942
- USS California Turrets — November 1942
- December in Naval History — November 1942
- The Japanese “Zero” Fighter — November 1942
- Texas Is Just One of Our States — November 1942
- Admiral Scott’s Triumph Revealed — December 1942
- First Year of War — December 1942
- Field Day for ‘Fighting 6’ — December 1942
- Six Men Battle Japs and Jungle — December 1942
- The Navy Reports on Pearl Harbor — December 1942
- USS Wasp and USS Langley — December 1942
📅 1943
- The Action in North Africa — January 1943
- Echoes of an Earlier African Campaign — January 1943
- First Account of the Kiska Bombing — January 1943
- Carriers Off North Africa — February 1943
- How the African Landing Was Effected — February 1943
- ‘Hornet’ Takes a Heavy Toll — February 1943
- Saga of a U.S. Battleship — February 1943
- Life Saving Fishing Instructions for Castaways — March 1943
- Our Largest Prison Camp for Japs — March 1943
- It Happened on Guadalcanal — March 1943
- Action in the South Pacific — April 1943
- 800 DE’s To Be Built — May 1943
- The Story of Auxiliary Carriers — May 1943
- The Destroyer Escort Program — May 1943
- Revealed: Tokyo Bombed From ‘Hornet’ — May 1943
- Navy’s Dry Dock Construction — May 1943
- The Role of Naval Ordnance in War — May 1943
📅 1945
- Legislative Matters of Naval Interest — January 1945
- Anti-Blackout Suits — February 1945
- War’s First Shot: USS Ward at Pearl Harbor — February 1945
- February 1945 Bulletin — February 1945
- Yanks Land on Luzon as Navy Planes Sweep China Coast — February 1945
- 1440 Saved from Princeton — 1945
- Beachheads to Manila — March 1945
- Behind Our Sky Fleets — March 1945
- The Battleships Opened Up — March 1945
- Luzon Express — March 1945
- Navy Planes Hit Japan; Marines Invade Iwo — March 1945
- Battle for Iwo — April 1945
- Cradles for Ships — April 1945
- Inside Japan — April 1945
- Here’s Your Enemy — May 1945
- Battle of the Atlantic — June 1945
- This Month’s News — June 1945
- 13 Rugged Old Ladies — July 1945
- BB-59 Bombards Japan — August 1945
- Regunning the USS Pennsylvania — August 1945
- Japs Do Give Up — August 1945
- They Return to Fight — August 1945
- The First Public Account of Radar — August 1945
- Tokyo Rose — September 1945
- Final Victory Is Ours — September 1945
- Radar — September 1945
- Atomic Energy: A New Era — September 1945
- Quotes of the Month — September 1945
- This Month’s News: Japanese Occupation — October 1945
- Fueling at Sea — November 1945
- MacArthur and Hirohito — November 1945
- Navy Unveils New Jet Fighter — November 1945
- Secret Fuze — November 1945
- The ‘Big E’ of the Fleet — November 1945
- They Ran But Won — November 1945
- The Navy and WWII — December 1945
- Battle Cruisers — December 1945
- Report from Home — 1945
📅 1946
- Fleet Admiral King Reports — January 1946
- Submarine Operations — January 1946
- How Japs Struck Pearl — January 1946
- Strong and Silent — February 1946
- The Month’s News — February 1946
- Balloon Bombs — March 1946
- Big Boom at Bikini — March 1946
- Bismarck Direct Hit — March 1946
- Facing the Atomic Age — March 1946
- Testing the Eugen — March 1946
- Atomic ABC’s — April 1946
- Backstage at Bikini — April 1946
- Rendezvous with a Bomb — April 1946
- USS Indianapolis' Captain McVay’s Sentence Remitted — April 1946
- All Hands — May 1946 (Full Issue PDF)
- Sub Raiders of Tomorrow — June 1946
- Prop Thrust Turns Carriers — June 1946
- One Year After — August 1946
📅 1953
- Bottling Up the U-Boats — March 1953
- Atomic Age Goes Beneath the Surface — April 1953
- American Boy and 18-Inch Guns — April 1953
- Fueling at Sea — July 1953
📅 1955
📅 1956
- List of Ships and Service Craft by Type and Designator — March 1956
- School for Navy’s Nuclear Sailors — April 1956
- A Year in the Log of USS Nautilus Without Refueling — April 1956
- High Living Below The Waves — April 1956
- There’s Going To Be a Wedding — April 1956
- How a Submarine’s Nuclear Power Plant Operates — April 1956
- Faulty Firing Pins — April 1956
- Proven in Battle — April 1956
- Meanwhile, Back at the Gun Factory — September 1956
📅 1960
- It’s Polaris for 1960 — January 1960
- SP Plus PERT Gave Polaris Its Spurt — January 1960
- Today’s Navy — January 1960
- Cutaway: Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine (Nuclear) — January 1960
- The Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine — January 1960
- Fleets In: The First Fleet — January 1960
- Sewing Up the Subs — January 1960
- Training for Today’s Nuclear Navymen — January 1960
📅 1968
- Fleet Submarine — March 1968
- Navy Beans — March 1968
- Three Destroyer Veterans Chalk Up Matchless Records — June 1968
📅 1969
📅 1984