The May Seapower cover story on short-sea shipping should have said it is the cargo being offloaded at a port that is subject to the Domestic Harbor Maintenance Tax, not the ship itself.

The surface effect ship concept discussed in the May article “Joint High Speed Vessels Offer New Dimension to U.S. Forces” should have described it as a vessel with side hulls and flexible seals at the bow and stern, with the air cushion being provided by vertical fans in the side hulls, or, in older craft, in the bow and stern rigid structures.

A Navy League News item on the New York Council’s 103rd anniversary dinner in the May issue should have said Dorothy England, wife of Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon R. England and sponsor of the New York (LPD-21), was unable to attend.