Notices Editorial Policy. December 2005. AUTHOR UNKNOWN. DECLASSIFICATION OF PAST ISSUES. The contents of the Journal of Naval Engineering before December 1996 have been declassified. That covers the whole of volumes 1 to 36 (April 1947- December 1996), as well as the Journal's predecessor, Papers on Engineering Subjects numbers 1 to 22 (1922-1946). Crown copyright still applies.