All Hands Archive

    Images of the first four styles of All Hands
  • Images of the second four styles of All Hands
  • Images of four styles from 1943 through 1962
  • Images of four styles from 1963 through 1971
  • Images of four styles from 1976 through 1995
  • Images of four styles from 1976 through 1995

The first "issue" of All Hands was printed as the Bureau of Navigation News Bulletin No. 1 (dated Aug. 30, 1922). Twenty years later, the title was changed to Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin. As America claimed "Victory in Europe" on the cover of June 1945, the magazine's new banner read, All Hands, and the name stuck.

We believe it's important to make the Navy's history, as documented in All Hands, accessible to everyone. In January 2003, we completed a two-year project to archive every back issue (more than 89 years worth) in Adobe Acrobat® format. Please note that the Acrobat files are saved at 150 dpi to ensure acceptable print quality. While this results in a slightly larger file size than that required for Web-only viewing, we believe this is a better option for archival purposes.