Introduction -- The beginning lessons, November 1945 -- The lessons continue, November 1945-March 1946 -- Logistics, amphibious warfare, and the postwar U.S. Naval establishment, March 1946-May 1946 -- Future U.S. Naval organization and amphibious warfare, continued, May 1946 -- Blockades, the Navy as a foreign policy instrument, and future Naval operations, May 1946 -- Kinkaid, Spruance, cruisers, and carriers, June 1946-July 1946 -- Airpower, the United Nations, and the lessons of the Pacific War, July 1946-October 1946 -- More lessons and defense reorganization, November 1946-January 1947 -- More battle history and the influence of the atomic bomb on future naval warfare, February 1947-April 1947 -- Additional lessons, May 1947 -- Atomic naval warfare, the impact of Bikini, and new shipboard weaponry, May 1947-July 1947 -- Battle lessons and seabees, July 1947-November 1947.