December 1954 - Time Capsule

All Hands, Dec, 2002

On the cover are crewmen from USS Burton Island (AGB1), silhouetted against an Arctic background. Burton Island and the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Northwind (WAGB 282) became the first ships to traverse the previously unconquered McClure Strait -- the shortest, most direct water route across the Arctic.

We also featured the photographs of USS Forrestal (CVA 59) under construction at Newport News, Va.Scheduled for christening in December 1954, she was touted as "the world's most modern aircraft carrier."

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