All Hands Naval Bulletin - Sep 1941

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t h e b e l ie f t h a t t h e r e are sone things m o m important than l i f e i t s e l f.They shared a common quality: Sraverj.The be l ie f th a t th ere are th in gs p:orth ri sk in g our l i v e s f o r comes

rea dil y t o an Arnerican f o r a l i h e r l c a n s have a comon her i t age of courage.t k spring from a ra ce of men who had c er t ai n th in gs f o r which t he y wereready t o r i s k t h e i r l i v e s .t o worship God i n t h e i r OVVT! way, o r t h e r i g h t t o leave t o one' s ch i ld r ena h e r it a g e i n a new land.exi sten ce i n th e Arnerican colonic s, t o ba an Amcrican co lo ni st vias almostsynonymous with being brave.l a t d r comers t o le av e a l l th,?.t was Gear en th e i r hone land s and cros s anocean t o bu i ld a hom3 for t h e i r c h i l d r e n i n t h i s new la nd .courage t o leave home and venturz across 3,300 dies of s t om- t os sed waterst o s t a r t a l l over again i n a reir ant! unkn0in;n continent, arid i t took morecourags t o s t i c k it out a f t e r you got thnere, wh,ther you came i n th e 17t hc e n t u r j or t!ie 14th .home i n Europc, o r eavp up a f t m you go t hen;. If you survived, i t meantt h a t you had v:hat i t t ckes .

Among t he s e th in gs , f o r example, w a s t h e r i g h tIndeed, fo r th e fFrst couple o f centur ies ofIt took the same kind of courage f o r t h e

It took

If you Lid no t hav? courage, you e i t h z r stay ed a t

Today, we must suni~oi:with in ou rsdv :s th e courage t h a t b u i l t America.Today, t h e Americen ~ t o p l e ust be brave, o r th ; re i s not going to be anyAmericm people.cont inent , but there w i l l n o t bc h e r i c a n s i11 t h e s en se t h a t ljt'ise use tha tterm today.To be sure, thsr': ma2 Sc l e f t t hose who l i v e on t h i s

They w i l l ba t h a s u l l e n s u b j s c t s of a v a s s a l s t a t e .W are accustomed t o inv entory th e p c r i l s our fo r e f a t hw s f aced .T%at i f 3 havs not y-.t become accu ston zd t o i s a r e a l i s t i c survcy of th ep e r i l s we, ours?lv?s i n t h i s gsncrat iori , r, iust face. They a re as grave,and as menacing ;is an7 which nen have faced s in ct our pres ent c i vi l i za -t i o n emcrgLd.man. Outsid? of B ri t i in , th er2 i s not l e f t zny;hcre Fn 211 th? Europeanc o n t i n x t an;. o f t h e frx-dom; which men cher ish . This universal bondageof fo rmerly fr e e men t o a tyrant has been accomiJlished by a typ? of war-f a r e t h a t v i o l a t es evary instinct of human deccrIcy.p l i shed by a combination o f c r w l , r u t hl e s s d e s t ru c t io n o f defecselesswomen and childrm; through 3 v i o l a t i o n of good faith; through the employ-ment of treachery; and through t h e nachin?.tions of c orr u2 t and da st ar dl yspics and t rx i tors ; as much as i t has beea acco rpl ishcd by f o r c e o f arms.One by on?, the f r x peoples of Europe have had t h c i r home def en se s weak-ened by tr eachery ; t h q hw c had t h e i r fw r s l u l l e d by l i e s ; thcy havebeen persu;de


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Secre ta ry of t h e Xavg.' F r m k Ehox re ce rl tl j znnounced t h e appointmentof Rear Adm5ral Charles Conard, (SC), U.S. Mavy, Rzt i red , t o a c t i v e d u tyt o take charge of a campaign t o st imulate t h e s a l e of TJ. S. Defense Bondsand Defense Savings Stamps i n th e e n t i r e Nwsl estaSlishment .miral Conard, f o m e r l y Fq ma st cr General- of t h e Tkv-y, w i l l br: ass i s t ed byCmm?ndcr 3erald A. %bank, ( SC ) , U . S. Naval Reserve, who w a s ca l l ed byt h e Navy i n May from h i s c i v i l i a n p o s t as managsr of t h e downtown agencyi n IJew York City of the Prudef i t i i l Insurance con pan;^ o f Ainerica, one. ofthc l a rgcs t p roduc t ion q c r i c i a i n t h e world.

Rear Ad-

Th e Office or" Defmse Savinqs Bonds f o r %hi;\U. S. Navy w i l l b% t h edesignatio:i 02 t h c p o s t t ak e n over 3g Rear A d n i r a l Conard.at t ich .x i t o t he Off ice of thi : Sscre tc i ry o f t h e y~t~vy. It w i l l ba

The U. S . N v y I )qmrt r :,ont r , cent ly anno mwd t h a t I:r. IrviEg Johnson, for-mer CqJtain o f t h t schoonar. YBBICEE, b . 3 ~ ccepted 2 c o m i s s i o n as Lieutcn-a n t Cornaandw i n th- . U. S. Kmd Rzscrvt, r,nd h:rs bc en o rd er qd t o r e p o r tt o tiic CorY-and?nt02 th?c 14th 1:zv:ll L i s t r i c t for irmediatc. duty.

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U.S.S. ITJDIARA(B a t t l e ship )Secre ta ry o f t h e i"Jayr Knox has de si gn at ed MY'S. L e w i s C. Robbins,daughter of Hororable Benrj F. Schricker, Governor o f t h e S t a t e o f Indi-ana, and Mrs. Schricker , t o se rve as sponsor f o r t h e b a t t l e s h i p I N D I A N Anow bu il ding a t t he Mewport News Shi pb uil di ng and Dry Dock Company,

Newport News, Virginia .The I I D I A N A i s scheduled f o r launch ing i n December o f t h i s y ea r.The batt leship I N D I A N A was aut ho ri zed by Act of Congress March 27,

1934. Her kee l was l a i d November 20, 1939.T h i s b a t t l e s h i p i s t h e t h i r d naval v e s s e l t o be assigned the name

I N D I A K A , The f i r s t INDIANA was authorized by Act of June 39, 1890, whichprovided for the cons t ruc tion of three seagoing coas t -l ine ba t t l esh ips .The others wereCoast B at tl es hi p #;2 - U.S.S. XASSACHUSETTS,Coast Batt leshi? $3 - U.S.S. ORBGON.

These werc th e hea vie st armzd and armorcd ba tt le sh ip s i n th e worlda t t h a t period. I n 1892, the V.S.S. I O K A was author ized and t he se fourships, with the armored v5ssel TEXAS, c o n s ti t u te d t h e b a t t l e s h i p f o r c eof the Uni ted Statcs liavy during t he War x i t h Spain.The U.S.S. I I J D I A N A , Coast Bat t l esh ip #l, was built by Willian Cramp& Sons, Ph ila de lp hi a. Her keel. was ].aid k y 7, 1891, and she was launchedon Fzbruary 2G, 1895, when her sponsor was VLss J e s s i e Y i l l e r (Mrs. A. hl.Hopper) dau ghter of th e United S t at es Attorney-General iid. H. H. Miller .

The President of th e Unitzd St at es , Denjamin ih rr is on , was pre san t a t thecerernonics. She %-ascommissioned a t League Island on ilovember 20, 1895,under command of Captain Labley D. (Fighting Bob) Evzns, who was Commander-in-Chief o f thr= At l ant i c Flee t on the f i r s t l e g o f th e World Cruise, th evoyage f r o m Hampton Roads t o San Franc isco, Dxzmber 1907, t o ?Lay 1908.In February 1896, the I N D I A U A was ready f o r service and was assignedt o the North At lant ic Sts t ion.Cap tai n Eew y Clay Taylor, who continuGd i n command dur ing t he SpanishAmerican \Tar.i n the Bat t l e of Sant iago Bay, and Captain Taylor was advanced five numbers

i r i rank i n recogni t ion o f h i s eminent and conspicuous conduct i n ba tt le .

Captain Evans was re lie ve d i n 1897 byTJith Admiral Sampson t s Squadron, the I N D I A N A took par t

During the ea r ly pa r t of 1899, th'3 I?DI,WA cr ui se d i n t h e Caribbeanand i n Ssptember ,1899 ook pa rt i n t he Dewey c ele br ati on i n t he Hudson.She also p r t i c i 2 a t e d i n th5 John Paul Jones cerzmonies a t Anna2olis i nA p r i l 1906.She was w i t h th e f l e e t when reviewed by Pre si de nt Theodore Roosevelta t Gyster Bay, Long Islznd, on September 2, 1906. k r i n g t he summers of

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ADDRESS OF TIE3 HONORABLE FMKK KROX(Cont. )On t he h i gh ssas, Hi t l e r has r e so r t ed t o a p i r x y t h a t s i n ks helpl+:ssshi2s uithout warning, t h a t drops bombs from t h e a i r upon combatants 2ndnon-combatants al i k?, .h.tnout th e s l i g h t e s t regard f o r t he i nnocsn t l i v st h a t a rc snuf fed out by h i s br u ta l n i th lc ssness .wi th t h e one power i n Asia donin-,tcd by l i k e p r i n c i p l a - Jzpan.

right noif confrontkd i n Asia with a whole contincnt thre;t.?:led w i t h doni-nati on, by an Orie ntal , bloody-ninded a ut o c rx y .

I-Ie has Xllied himselfRc &re

In t imes of p e r i l l i k e t he se , ther:r: are s t i l l a few Americans whopro fss s t o see no dangers f o r us; L?. felz A m r i c a s who :aould disband ourhal f - t ra ined Army i n t h e f ac e of such dangers; a few hericans ?ijho pro-t e s t when we add t o our s e c u r i t y ag a in s t n t t x l ; by the occupFLtion o fs t rategic vantage points which w o u l d help us con t ro l t hc seas t h s t washour shores. What breed of Amcrica.ns thssc xho acould blindly shutt h e i r ~ E So p e r i l s t h a t cannot b e ignored, or v h o , i n an unworthy timid-i t y o f which our forefathers would So ashaxcd, shrink from what,i-:ver s t ? mmeasures a re necm sary t o preservs. o w i l i s t i t u t l o n s and maintnir, our free-doms? Surely, i n your pressnce, men of thz Lcgion of Valor, i t i s irnpos-s i b l e t o f i n d words t o rtdequately d.sscri be suc!i co wr di ce .

'&hat we need i s 3 f r c sh d i s p h y of t 5 2 q u d i t i c s t!xt gave us -{fhati r e have here i n AT;.:rica.comes when ir e Americans are unwi l l i ng t o f i gh t t o prGscrv3 the frccdoms wehave inhe r i ted , thost : f rs edo rs ld l i be destroyed, and t3Wn f r o m us, bya st ro ng er breed of men who rr ;t ai n th+: couraq2JF: t o f i z h t f o r whj t th zy h:.veand for what they i m n t .

For na rk t h i s , yy f r i x d s , i f t h e t i m e Gver

I .A t such a time ;is this we z u s t have t h e courage t o f a c e t h e p e r i l swhich confront us; t o weigh them csLrly; t o reach B decision; znd t o xct

upon t h a t deci s ion .surrounded by new arid dmgerous problems, whose f i r s t inpuisc i s t o denJrt h e i r ex i s tence . There a rc those i n t5is country who th ink t,hty c6n sozvet h e s e p r o b l e m by refusing to ' f:;ce them. Thzt i s p r e c i s s l y kt heppsnodt o a dozen c ou ntr ies i n Europe who hsvs now lost a11 of t h 9 i r l i b e r t i e s .Thn need i s n ot o n l j for ;; dec i si on t o ' d e zvery poss i b l e masuri? th:Xtcan be taker, t o prevent t h i s f a t e over tnking us , but thc need i s f o r 2dec i s i on now -- a dec is io n th at , cone xhat xay, we shall rcisist t o t h euttermost any and 9 v i . r ~ s s z d t t h a t i s made upon us, and ;E: -:;ill lilnkedue preparat ions to m e t any and evcry thyzit of force. t k t i s poin tedi n ou r d i r ec ti on . z3re d i f f i c i f l t -$;ill e oilrtask when Vie do face r ea l i t y . And face i t wc ::iust, no% by o w choice,but by the sheer pressure of cvenC,s.-- postpone i t u n t i l thi: chx ices of successfu?L r.-sist;_lncs arc; f ? r lessthan now, h - t we cannot avoid decision.o r l a t e r . Ve must make t h e sane t x a decisimsvdqich, a t one t i ne , con-fronted every mmber o f t h e Legion of TJLior .f i g h t i n g for?

These a re no t easy t h i ngs t o do. Xe a re l i k e th e rnan

The 1o;lger we dclqr ,YJL: c m pmsi 'o ly postpone dec i s ion

. ',X+; ~6l.lw r . t o CORS t o i t soonerBave wr2 something worthEave vue t he courage t o f i g h t for i t ?


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SIX SECTION BASES ESTABLISHED. tCont.1The bases established i n the Uni ted Sta tes are a t Key West, Florida;Mobile, Alabama; Corpus C h r i s t i , Texas; Hoosevelt Roads, Puer to Rico;Monterey, Cali fo rn ia ; and Neah Bay, Washington.

HONOLULU DISTRICT U . S. COAST G U A R DACTIVITIES TRANSFERRED TO NAVY DEPARTIVENTThe Navy Department announced that effective August 1 a l l a c t iv i t i e so f t h e U . S. Coast Guard i n t he Honolulu d i s t r i c t , including personneland equipment, has been t ran sfe rre d t o the ju r i sd ic t i on of th e Navy De-par tment f o r the dura t ion o f th e pre sen t u nlimited n ati on al emergency.Arrangements have been completed for continuance o f t h e U . S. C o a s tGuard construction program i n t he Honolulu D i s t r i c t t o provide the neces-sary a i d s t o navigation, includ ing l ighthous es, and radi o beacons, a t

nava l bases i n t h e Pac i f i c .The t r a n s f e r has been approved by th e Pre side nt of the Uni ted Sta tes .

NAVAL OFFICER'S SON RECEIVES FOUR-YEbIR SCHOLARSHIPThe Navy Department recently announced i t has been advised by Rensse-h e r Polytechnic In st i t ut e , Troy, TJew York, tha t Russe l l Lincoln Kranz-fe l de r , son of Commander Edgar P. Kranzfeldcr, U . S. Navy, who i s servingon the s t a f f of t h e Commander o f Bat t l esh ips , U . S. B att l e Force, U.S.S.'EVEST V I R G I N I A , has been awarded a f u l l four-year tu i t i o n scholarship byt r u s t e e s o f t h e I n s t i t u t e . The scholarship i s awarded, on a competi t ivebas i s , t o sons of o f f i c e r s o f th e Uni ted Sta tes Navy or Marine Corps, anda l s o t o sons of pet ty-o ff icers of the U . S. Navy and non-commissionedo f f i c e r s o f the Niarine Corps.

LIBERTYLiber ty i s t h e r i g h t t o go forthunimpeded from any p la ce and t ocome back,

The tree of Lib erty must be refresh edf r o m t i m 3 to t imc with the blood ofpa t r i o t s and t y r an t s .

CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES

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A ROi'idAlJ GEXERAL'S OPINION OF "EDLITARY CR,ITICSftLucius Aemilius Paulus, a Roman Consul who k i d been s c l e c t ed t o con-duc t t he war with the Macedonians, B. C . 165,went out from the Senate-house i nt o th e assembly of th e people ana addressed them as fol lows:

IIIn every c i r c l s , and, t r u l y , a t every t a b l e , t h e r e a r epeople riho lead armies i n t o Ikcedonia; who knom- where the campought t o be placed; vhii t posts ought t o be occupied by t roops ;when and through what pass 1;kcedonia should be entered; wheremagazines should be formed; how provisions should bi: convqml 5.Jland an2 sea; and when i t i s proper t o engage th e eneny, when t ol i c qu i e t . And they not only &tarnine what i s b:%t t o be done,bu t if anything i s done i n any o t he r mEnnOr th an vvhc..t they havepointed out , they a rra ign th,? consul, as if hi: ~ e r cn h i s t r i a l .These are g re a t i:npedimerits t o thos:: v:ho havo t h e managcment ofa ff ai rs ; f o r everyone cannot encouritcr inju ri ou s roliorts v ; i t ht h e s m e cons-tancy and f i m e s s of mind t h a t Fabius di d, vrho choset o l e t h i s own au t ho r i t y 52 dimir: ished through th e fo l l y of t hepeoplc-, r a t her than t o n i smma. g~ h e publ ic bus iness wi th a highreputa t ion . I am no t on2 of tho se who th in k th n t comaEdemought never t o re ce iv e a.dvi.ce; on t h c c o n t r a g , I should d e mt h a t man more proud than wisc, who d i d c v e w th i n g o f h i s 01ms in g le judgment. Tha t the n i s mjr o?in ion? That conmfidcrs shouldbe counscllzd; chiefly, bj persons of known talnr , t ; by those, es-pecially, who .zre s k i ll e d i n t h a t r t of wir, and who hzve beentau ght by exp erience; , and next, by tho se v~ho :.rc p r es e nt a t t h escene o f the action; who see the country, vho s z c t h e enemy; whosee the advantage that occasions offer, rind 1,vho, exbarked, as i tvrere, i n th e sm e sh ip , are share r s of the dsngcr . I f , therefore ,anyone thin ks himself qua l i f ied t o give &vice rssp act i ng th e m rwhich I xm t o conduct, which m y p r o v t advantzgeous t o th e pu bl ic ,l e t him not refus!? h i s a s s is t , m ce t o t h e s t a t e , b ut l e t him con12w i th me in t o Lkcedonia.a horse, a t en t ; and men wi th h . i s tr:xv:ling ch zr ge s. But i f hethin ks th i s too much t rouble , and pre fer s th e repose o f 3 c i t y l i f et o t he t o i l s of l i d a r , l e t him not , on l and , assmie t h e o f f i c e of Zbpi lo t . The ci ty , i n i t s e l f , furnis 'nzs :-!.bandance of top ics forconversa tion; l e t it confine i t s pzssior: f o r tnlking, and r a s ta s su red , t ha t we shall be content 7cith. such counci ls as shall b;:f r m e d w i t h in our cmp.ll

He shall be furnished by ns w i t h 3. ship,

-- Livy, Book X L I V , C h p t e r 22 .PATRIOTISLI

Pat r io t i . sn i s loving one 1s countrJ,respec t ing i t s t r c d i t i o n s , m dhonoring i t s people, high or lo^,r i c h o r poor.

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The fol lowing l e t t e r s are self-explanatory:IT'S TWE MdEIZICAN SPIRIT THAT COi;NTS

ItJuly 10, 1341.

V . S. Xavj Recrui ting Sta t ion .Dear S i r s :

Vnclosed f ind papers that , I signel , It i s ..ard t o do byJt 3:rnardh is bro ther loved th e Navy, for t h a t rezsor, 1 e e l i t i s a l s o a p o dp l ace f o r Bob,I know Bernard would say IJoa, sign thos.;: papers.h i s h e a r t and s o u l i n t o h i s mork l i k z Bernard did.s a c r i f i c e s t o a t t a i n o u r ramrds.

Tie neve r know what c m ha;;~sn 31-m i n o:ir d a i l y l i f e .I o n l y h o p Bob PLZtS'76 nust a l l b r i z g

V e r j s i nce re l y ,

ItAugust i8 , 1941.t t l f j r dear Mrs. Venhaus:

"The Uavy Recruit ing Officer-in-chargs a t a ieb lo has brought t omj a t t e n t i o n your I . e t to r t o him which acconpanied the papars ;you si.gnedgiving your consent f o r your son, Robert Joseph Venhaus, t o enlist i nt h e Ila.vy. 1 note t,l:zt you have ;ncth:.:r Sori, I - I , . z % b . ? r t Francis Vdcha-i~S,who i s a i re a dy i n t h e i;tivf, and that : t h i r d s o n , Sernard Joseph Venhaus,was l o s t on tfie i l l - fkted submarine, 0-9.

Frcsnk !inox

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EnITORS .SHIPS AND S m O T EXSPAPEFSThe editor o f t h e Bursnl; of Thvigat ioc 3uflet in would appreciatehaving the edi tors of a l l ships ' and atGtions ' nmspapers forward onecopy o f each publicat ion t o thc fo l ioa ing address2s

E d i t o r , Eureau of Navigat ion Sullet in,Mavj Department, Wasliington, D. C.Of fi ce r i n Charge, Radio Section,Office of ,?ublic Rdat ions , Naty Department,"fashington, D . C .

T h i s i n no way a l t e r s p rc se n t i n s t r u c t i u n s i r ? paragraph E-7633, E ~ U -reau o f Navigation Manual,SELECTION BOAXIS

Following i s a l i s t of t e n t a t i w d ct es s e t f o r var ious se lec t ionboards during th e period Septen'xr 19A1, t:?ro;lg-h Jrtnusry, 19.42

September 9September 1 5

SEPTrnqrnZRLieu te nant Coinma-ider t o CommanderCa2tai.n t o H61r A W , s z l

OCTOBEilOctober 13October 13October 13

October 13

October 27

Lieutenant t o Lieutcnant Contllandcr

Commander t o Cq)tciinLieutsnant Cornmandcr t o C.smandc:rCommander t o C q t c l nLieuttmmt Connandcr t o ComrnsnderComandzr t o CaptainLieutenant Comander t o CornmandcrCommander t o CzptainLieutenant Comandsr t o Comander

November 17 Lieutenant junior grad:;) t o Lieu-tenantREPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIONS

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-SRLECTIOIIS FOR SUl3lfFtIILTI;: T MIIJ IN GThe following officers have been ordered for submarine training i nthe class which co:ivened july 2, 1941:Ensign

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McDowel!.. , Josepli 14.McGivern, Ch ar les F.Sharsr, Tialter A.Alford, Tfill-iam T.Banks, Jnrnes R.Dell, ,%ssell C.Gemershausen, Bernard J.Glaes, James G.Harper, John D. Jr.Madison, James J.McCoy, Je sse 9.Reaves, Henry C. Jr.Ruhe, 'Jilliam J.Scliwab, Enies t L. Jr.Sperson , Douglas K cTaeusch, Frsberic!: L.rnuckel-, Zouston C. Jr.

Lisutenant ( j e )11It11

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Yell , Charles 2 , DS-V( G ) US?JZHavlik, Ediirird E., D-V(G) USIJRIdar t in , Jmes D. , D-Vf G) 33B2Sandell , Ivan J. , DE-V(G) VSNi?Allcorn, Frank E., D-V(G) USX3Bowker, Gordon A., D - V ( G ) USNR8rmver, E&.vrard V . , Jr., D-V( G ) USXRCappello, Iienry J. , D-V(G) USIJRCarroI-1, CharlLx B., D-V( G ) US13Collimrood, John I". , DE-V( G) USKRConibs, Richard C . , D-0, VSXRCopeland, John 3., D-V(i;> USwiZDickinson, IZoSart Y., D - V ( G ) USIJP,French, Georg2 Y., D-V( G) YSMRgoodm man, Fiichard C. , D-0, 'JShJ3Geiser t , l'diiliam O . , DE-V(G) USTtfRGores, Churchi l l B. , D-V(G) USIaHanilton, Richwd IT . , U-V(G) USNRJones, John Pete r, DE-V(G) VSh%Kilgorz, .villiam H., DE-V(G) VSNRKuchn, Henry J., D - V ( G ) USRRLanglcy, Janes 14. DE-V( G ) 'JSTRLee, J~tmesA. , D E - V ( G ) USZ?Li t t lo , John G ., D-V( G) USNRItIartin, Lcroy c., D-V(G) USXRMcKenzie, Jo!m C . D-V( G ) USIU'ROcumpr;ug!i, Edmond DE-V( 3 ), USXR

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Parks, Edw.' S. ,- -V(G) VSYRPhilahcrt , Fra.rk F., 3-V(G) US?Briobinson, l7ebster R. , DE-V(G ) YSKRScho t t l e r , George H ., DE-V( G ) USNRSpiess, Fred N., D-V(G) USNRT A Y L O R , Howard IT., D-V( G ) USMRTrurleau, 'Edmond A., D-V( 9 ) USh'R.Vlrich, Lewis R., 13-V(G) IJSX3V a l l , Ernest F., D - V ( G ) VSXRXleeler, Creighton ,Lo, DE-V(Cr) TJSNR'JJillians, Robert E., D-V(G) USN:Il'rizht, 'Hugh E., D-V(C) USXIYoung, Jmes S. , EE-V( G ) USEt

OFFICXIS-- 302 AVIAT OIS TPJiirXBTC:-I-ELVIXE-TI?'A:I-AIR)Tr accordance +vith i;urt?Ezu of Ka vigat im Circular ?,eL5zr ?io. 9-41 ofJanuary 21, 1941, i,e f o l l o w i n g olrfficars have b e w sel3crmI , m d i en t L t i ve i yslabed f o r avi atio i; trai:LnE; (heav ier-tha n-air) cl as s scl-isduled t o conveneMarch 5, 1942:*

Eank idarxe Class ShlpEhs ign IVeinel, John P. 1939 Ih&Uqr

I1 Tei tzenfe ld , Daniel K. 1939 Craven

Jt Off icers s o naaed b r e ' i n add i t i on t o t hose l i s t e d on page 24 ofIiureau o f Navigation Bul let i n N'o: 294.

The foliowing named enliste'ct' rxen wwc issuctl acting appointments asw a rr an t o f f i ce r s i n t h e Zq- j , t o rank f rom t h a d a t ~ s t a t e d o p p os it e t h e i rn m e s :

KameEdward E. EzysrsAlSert E. SmithsonRobert S. JBsickEdgar S. Y i l l e rRobcm E. IGanssrd

- M D i G ELECTRTCIAI5Ratir,g Date of RankChief P k d i om11 August 11,1943.Chief Radi oimn August 11; 1'341Chief Eadrionan August 11, 1341C n ief 1,ad.i ornm July 1'3,1941Chif,f Radiomsn hiugust 11, 1141

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Name-Ar t i e F. WhiteClarence B . ROSSFrancis B. GalassiMark C . JudyLouis W. WrightRobert K . AndersonAllan R. CarlsonW i t HuntClyde D . BaileyDonald A . Benclinelli

Williain Leo Davis

Rat ingChief VatertenderChief :\la h i n ist sChicf Machinist I SChief Machinist sChief Machinist ISb c h i n i s t 1s Kate

MateFateM3.t sMate1st c12ssCARPEIGTERSChisf ~iletalsr??itil

Date of RankA u p s t 8, 1941Aupist 8, 1941August 8, 1941August 8, 1941August 8, 1941June 20, 1941

GUNNER-Sylves te r A . Thomas AviFL;tionChief Ordnancema July 24 , 1941kPPO INTViXTSASSISTXiJT SLTGEONS, U. .

Candidates l i s t e d below were issued ap2ointments as Assis tan t Sur-geons i n th e N m y , with thd rank of Lieutmnnt ( jun ior grade) t o rankfrom July 7, 1941:

7Xillim C . AndrewClinton H. Baglznstosc-Albert D. BerryRobert D . BlombergJohn F. Brier tonJames S. Bryson, Jr .Les E. Cm?bc?llCur t i s H . Car t e rRobcrt 2. Coll ings , J r .Biarion L. Corlnerley1Jeston C . CookClaud:: E. CooperJohn S. CowanEugene N. GavieRobert R. DeenKill iam P. DoimeyAshton EmersonTiiliiam Id. Enright


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AT_IRESERVE: OFFICERSSPECIAL couRSTi: , I N C%~~~%ICATIONSPOSTGMDUATE g C I i O O L, .ANNAPOLIS, IAIZYLAJTD

' (cont.)-Student of f i cers of th i s c lass were drawn from a l l p a r t s o f t h eUnited States .coinpleted the course.

t o s ea dut y.O f t h e 44 of f ice rs who repor ted f o r ins t ruc t ion , 33Nearly a l l graduates were assigned immediately

A new class o f between 50 and 55 young Reserve officers reportedAugust 20 f o r th e sp ec ia l course of in st ru ct io n i n Communications corn-mencing August 25.SPECIAL COURSE II'i NAVAL ARCEITECTUIZERESERVE OFFICERS

On July 19 , 1941, h e f i r s t group o Reserve of f ic ers . to t ake . thein tens ive course in Eaval Brch i t t c t urs a t the Postgraduate School com-p l e t ed i t s 27-weeks' course.The second group, cons i s t ing of 71 1ie:ja-v;: o f f i c e r s , s t a r t e d i t s

The group consisted of 27 Reserve of f i cc r s .

30-weeks' cou rse on Ju ly 28, 1941, af ter having had a week's indoctrina-t i o n i n t h e t r a d i t i o n s o f t h e S e rv ic e.Student of f i c crs i n thcse groups a re of IiJaval Reserve c!-asses DE-V(G),E-V(P), E-V(G), E-V(S), D-V(S) , and D-V(S), and were drawn from a l lpa r t s of t he United Sta tes .t he Naval Academy, Cl as se s of 1939, 19L0, or 1941; 8 are graduates ofMassachusetts I n s t i t u t e of Technology; 5. of Minnesota; and 3 each of theUnivcrsities of Michigan and Texas.group hold col lege degrees i n technic21 courses.

Of tht; present group, 14 arc graduates of

All but o very few of the prcsent'

The objcct of t h c curriculum i n t o prepare th%c Eiescrvc ensignst o pe r f om t echn i ca l du t i e p i n connec ti on x i t h t he cons truc ti on andmaintcnnnce of t h e hu l l s of N:iv?l ships. ThZ3i.r d u t i e s v f i l i be as assis-t a n t s t o t he P lann ing Off i cer or Production Gfficer E t ;I Navy Yard; t oth 3 Repair Officer on 2 repair ship; arid to t h e Suptxvi.sor of Shipbuild-i ng a t a pr iva te sh ipyard . Some riay bs ds- tai lx l t o th e Burem o f Ships.The curriculum incluchs cours3s i n U~m l rchi tecture , Tarship De-sig n, Organization and Administra tion, P ra c ti ca l Shipbuildimg, Damage

Control , Naval Engineering, 7.hthemtics, Metals, and Strength of Ustmials.TEWORAFU DUTY ORDERS

To avoid du pli cat ion 01 emporary duty orders, all of f i ce r s s i gn i ngtr av el endorsements thereon should exer cise par t i cu la r caut ion i n handlingdespatch order endorsements.the Bureau where both th e copy of th e despctch order slid the confirmingorders issued l a t e r have been endorsed as t o t r a v e l , r e s ul t in g i n t h ecrea t ion of dupl ica te se t s o f orders;.

Scveral c ~ s e s ave come t o t he a t t en t i on of

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F I m rn lLTE!EED SAILOP3A young yeom* looki.ng t'nroul;h an o ld G,S.C, and see ing !!Quarter-E a s t e r (P>l I ri:i$t -cell bt: p?mz;ed, f a r f e w pesplc rernenbcr t h e ra te ofPigeon QdartErmater \hen tile :!avy otic9 ovcied and op xate c l many homingpizeon lof t s . F e m r s t i l l knotv t h a t $?IC Navy s t i l l na i n t a t ns a homingp ig eo n l o f t a t thz Naval A i r Str-rtion, L a k d x r s t , 1; Z.

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In 1T29 a i r c r a f t raclio had reached such 3 stctte of per fec t io n andr e l i a b i l i t y t h a t homing pigcons wcre no longer rsquircd for a i r p l m e s .The l o f t s a t thc hunvier- thm-Lir s tdt iors were closed ard t h e bes t oft h e N w y bi rds vverr: tra ns f;r rxi t o th c l o f t a t Lakchurst .p ig tons clre rerjuired a t t h i s ii.g;",t;tr-thnn-air s t a t i o n p r i m r i l y :or U s ei n f r e e bc?lloons.r id io t rnnsmi t tc r End thz pigeons a r z t h e i r only mems o f r epor t i ng t ot h e i r base w hi le i n f l i g h t .snc? iso l?.t ed country , m d s!ioulil trio c r m be injurcd th e p igeons a r e t hesole r e l i a n c e f o r a b % - ~ i n i i ~ gelF.members of ;t f r e e halloo~ ri59.

The honingTLxe large s$her-Lcal non-Totorieed balloons c n r v no

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NAVY CALLS UP 603 CI VI L ENGINEER RESERVE OFFICERSThe Navy Department re cen tl y announced t h a t a t o t a l o f 603 reserveof fi ce rs i n th e Ci vi l Engineer Corps of th e Navy had been ca lle d t o dut2-t o dat e augmenting t h i s branch o f th e s erv ice which has had a normal to ta lof 133 regular of f i cers on ac t ive duty .The tremendous program of shore developments i n carry ing forxar d thenat ion 's defense p lans has necess i t a ted t h i s mul t i p l i ca t ion of construc-t i on engineers . During th e f i s c a l yea r ending June 30 , 1941, a t o t a l of$656,659,000 w a s contracted f o r naval base and other shore developmentsunder the cognizam'e of t h e Bureau of Yards and Docks.per iod, July 1, 1916, t o December 1, 1937, t h e t o t a l s o c on tr ac te d f o rexpenditure by t h i s h r e a u was $361,265,000.

During the 21-year

The requirements f o r considerat ion of candidates for t h e Ci v il k g i n e e rCorps are r igid.and building o shore es tabl ishments wi thout which f l e e t s could not operate .They a re now handling t he gr ea to st base and shore establis hmen t programever undertaken by any nat ion.

It i s this group o f of fi ce rs who ca rry out t he planning

Approximately half of the reserve of f i cers i n the C iv i l Engineer Corpsof t h e Mavy have enrollled s in ce t h e begirming o f t h e na ti on al emergency.A la rg e percentage of them are serv ing the i r count ry a t pe r sona l s ac r i f i ceas i s the case wi th t'nose who were ca l l ed t o duty a f t e r be ing i n the re-serve sec t ion f o r m a n y years .

The reserve officers of t he C i v i l Erigineer Corps havo come f ro n nu-merous f i e l d s . Some were heads of enginewing depar txents o r schools ofcol leges over the nation and nuimrous of them were on teaching s taf f s ofengineering schools. A s u 5 st an ti a l nuii5er hsve come from gre at c onstru c-t ion corpora t ions of tlic country, a p: i r t icular ly l a r g e block Trom westerno i l compmies .including the chief enginGer o f onc s ta te .i n charge of W.P.A. constru ction pro jec ts. In sh ort , they have come f r o mnost major f i e lds of heavy constructior; from o ve r. th e n - t 'ion.Various s t a t e highway de2zrtrncnts have furnishad officers,Quite ;i number were formerly

LIBERTYThey that car! give up Liberty t o o bt ain a l i t t l e t e 3 p o ru y s af e tydeserve and w i l l kaep nei ther Liber ty nor Safety.

College groups f r o m nm y la rg e univ ers i t i es a re be ing formed t o under-go f l i gh t t ra i n ing i n th e Naval Reserve as units.se l ec t i on boa rds r epor t t h a t t h i s p ro g rm i s very popular and tha t theensuing college year will f i n d nany m r e o f these mi t s i n operation.Mavnl avia t ion cade t

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COLLEGE UNITS FOR F L I G H T TRAINING QY,j,THEN A V U RESEXW3fCont.1 ~ " - .Reminiscent of TSorld War days we fi n d "Yale Uni t Number One", follow-ing in t h e t r a d i t i o n a l p a t te r n .Notre Dame, th e "Flying I ll in il t and th e "Flying Colonels't of t h e Univer si-t i e s of I l l i no is and Kentucky, respec t ive ly . It i s t he i n t en t i o n of t heBureau t o orde r a l l members of such g roups t o f l i g h t t r a i n i ng a s units, andt o p r ese rve t h e i r i den t i t y du r ing e l imi na ti on f l i gh t t r a i n i n g and du ri ngadvanced t r a i n i ng a t naval f l i g h t t r a i n i ng cen t er s ,

Among ot he rs a r e the "Fighti ng Ir is h " of

. LANGUAGE INSTRUCTI O NU. S. NAVAL ACADEMYIn accordance with practice of the l a s t severa l years , bu t t o conformt o th e ea rl y st a r t of academic work, th e Language Tables i n the Ness Ea11a t t h e U. S. Naval Academy have been started.t ab l e s of Spanish, two of French, and one each of German and Italian. A tthese t ab les the l anguage s tudied i s spoken by a l l midshipmen, languagedisc ussi on promoted, menus published i n th e language, and i n t e r e s t i n cor*-re la te d matters advanced. The frequen t at tendance of ins tr uc to rs fromth e Department o f ' Foreign Languages, by in vi ta ti on , assists i n keepinglanguage conversation alive.w a s taken up a t t h e Acadeq, the Portuguese tab ie awai ts fu r t he r organiza-t i on , bu t e i t h e r one o r more Portuguese langmge tables will be organizedduring the coming year.

There a r e i n i t i a l l y two

A s l as t year was t h e f i r s t year Portuguese

Ins t ruc t ion of of f i ce rs i n fore ign languages has been in i t i a te d a tA t o t a l o f 67 of f ice rs a r e now under ins t ru c t i on inh e Naval Academy.Spanish and 1 5 i n Portuguese.emy and t he naval a c t i v i t i e s i n t h i s v i c i n i t y are well represented.s t r u c t i o n i s given twice a week for stu den ts, cl as se s meeting each Tuesdayand Thursday a t 1700 and 2000. The t o t a l at tendance has averaged 80 of f i -cer s tudents .

The various departments of the Naval Acad-In-

Q U I C K T H I N K I N GThe midshipmen a t t h e U. S. Naval Academy ar e making numerous c ru i se son th e Chesapeake Bay durin g th e summer sess io n, and th e ski pp ers of th eYP boats are First Classmen.viation of the regular book prepared by the Department of Seamanship and

Navigation.The s i g n a l book which they use i s an abbre-

Recently, during t a c t i c a l maneuvers, a midshipman was l o s t overboardby one of these YP boats.for a recovery of t h e man overboard, and he urge ntl y vdshed t o si gn al th eSquadron Commander informing him o f t h i s a c t i o n .si gn al book showed th a t t h i s w a s an eyentmlity which had not been prosvided for .

The sk ipper s teered h i s boa t ou t of formationA has ty r e f e r ence t o t h e

The skipper then hoisted a signal, "Have one absentee."

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Arrangements are bting conpletad f o r enrcllnsnt of selcxted Frcshmenerker ing 27 of th e nat ion 's . colleges t h i s f a i l i n t o t h e f i r s t year of theb i s i c course i n Naval Science 2nd Tactics offered $n th e ?lava1 I!~?sTvc.Officers 1 Training Corps lJnits coridycted in . t h e col1egz.s.Applicc nts f o r th e coursr3 arc r equ ir ed t o f i l e t h e i r a p p li c a ti o r s -" j r be ::pplied t,cw?rcI qradu-a t ion .

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Reserve, naval leade rship , j.nLerilztiona!. l m P . E ~ a c t i c sEach cnrolled ineniber is fvrnishcd v, it l;out co st t o himself a n o u t f i t

of uniforms and required en,~:men-i,.the course F ~ S O re provid-su .:ithou% c os t t c the stu2en-b.Text hnd r e f a r m c e books covering

Durirq t h e smmr vacci t ion 3 cnG.se of abou+, 25 days i s arrangedf o r nembers of t \e un i t .$21.00 : nionth 6s p y , i r , aC:cti_tior, tc, the subs isten ce al lowance paid eachrnonth of the school pear. CJC i h w e cru ises the food, lodgsng, and tra ns-p o r t a t i o r are proTridcd hy % h e f i i a ~ ~ ~ .T?ek-erd c r u i s e s are nade during theacndenic yea rx hc u v e s s d s fo;. such t r i i n i n g a r e ; v a i l a b l e .

Or, This c rc is c ac?vaFce co'rsc? s5udZnts r ece ive

All phys ica l l y uuzl i f i cd &raduztes of tho course are cornmissionedas Ensigns i n thz Unitad StEt'?s NhvSi IZtser*ve.made f o r sp~?cifit:r lmm?xrs of t h o griidimtTs t o r ece ive cornMissions i nl i n e cnd suiyly corps i;i t h e Regular Kt~y.

13rovision also has been

7JndS:r. proTTisions of tlio F 4 . x - i t i-ne Cor xissi on ;rocran f o r o f f i c e rt r a i n i n g thc c,-dets are iri t r a i z i n g t o t?ccor:ie i c m s u d o f f i c e rs . Theyari: r i:quired t c pursue 1 ccmrse of i n s t r u c t i o n f o r f o u r years, which i scxri t :d out CA h a r d r?.wchant vessels, c x c q k i ' c r t h e f i r s t two zonthsand tht tkid y u r , which a re s p en t i n c n d i t s c h m l s ashore.

'tTnei? t h c E:iy~ ook ovsr sever:, l mcrchmt vessels t l le cadets assignedt o those vesse l s had t h c i r t re in ing in ter ruFted , becaus .3 at t h a t t im ethere v m s nu provis im Ecr tk;,: Eayy 30 cLncJLnut, t h e schooling. The

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I-;YDROGRAPIIC OFFICS- (Cont.s1rrvC:Js

I t has Seen necessary t o conduct surveys on all %he new bascs ob-t a i n e d f r o m t h e R r i t i s h under thc. Lend-Lease Act. A l l o f thzsl: Furvcyshave now been completed.t a i n s t r a t e g i c areas i n t h e A t la n ti c . An enormous numb;r o f soundingcof oceanic depths have been recorded by t he vcs sc l s of the Fl es t whichT r i l l add considerably to o u r knowledge of the conf igurat ion of tne oceanlsbottom. A l s o a number of sho al s, h i t h e r t o undiscoverzd, have been lo-cated.i n in stan ces havc been found no t t o exis t .

Othzer surveys arc novf i n progress cover ing cer-

Shoals, whose exi sten ce were do ubt ful , hnve been in vc sti gz te? and

New ChartsA s a r e s u l t of the surveys o n t h e ne:": ba se s conducted :-&thin th epast y e ar , t h i s o f f i c e i s now engazed i n t he production of ilen chargs

cover ing these areas . A nmbcr o f ~iew har t s , p r in c ipa l ly i n thc: At lan t ic ,have been nade a t the r eques t o f f o r c e s af loa t . A nev P i l o t Chart cover-i n g a hi th er to untouched region on the ea r t h ' s s v r f x e has bcen cor is t ructcdand w i l l be issued monthly with necessary scasorial i n f o r m t i o n .m a t i o n C harts

The present program contemplatcs a 1w gc tncrcnse i n the nuiibcr ofa i r p l a n e s ,of naviga t iona l char tc cover ing prac t ica l ly the ent,irc-: m r l d . I n o r d mt o bc a b le t o meet emergency demands, a nwibcr o f avia t ion char t s havebcen purchased from vari ous sources, bot h i n the United Sta te s 2nd abroad,f o r quick del iver y. Although th.esc ch ar ts a rc sixi.tabiz f o r ernergency oper-a t i o n s , they are not considered t o erat.)c,e;s a l l t h e r e q u i s i t c features.Therefore, an e n ti r el y new type of ltapprlmchft and ~ ~l an di ny ;t ~harts has beendeveloped f o r usc: of ai rp la ne s. These have mt, 6 t h c n th u si a st i c approv alof Naval Aviators and a number o f them !;avc: been su pp li 2d t o t he A i r Forceof the Army. The "approachfl arid 'tlanding"c h a r t s are being publ ished i n the f ' w m o f iJavrtl Air Pilots covering vihata re consi de red t o be s t r a t e g i c areas.

Both Anqy and FJayy planes rill r cqu i r e a i mprccedcnted nuTbrjr

This program i s ~ 1 1 -mdi:nm.y.

Publ ica t ionsThe Hydrographic Of fi ce pub lis he s 55 volumes o f Sai l inC Di rec t ionsf o r the guidance o f mariners on a l l p a r t s o f the globe, These S a i l i n gDirections are kept correct con&inuox..ly. During the l a s t f i s c a l y ea rf i v e volumes were completely revised, f o m o t he r s were rece ivcd from t hepress and eleven photoli thographic reproductions are now under rmy. "Ivoemergency volumes of S a il i n g Di re ct io ns were prepared for t h e use of theNavy. Supplements f o r 52 volumes were i s sued a i i d s m n r i e s of Notices t oMariners were compilcd f o r those volumes f o r vhich supplements 1-rere n o ti s ued,

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MA2913 IEDR3G R U HI BROADCASTS%lie Navy Department rccectly arr.7mct:d that, the i iecensity f ~ rhip-mastcrs ob-taiiiing rrld i > ;!rivigaticr,al mrnir-gc c a c n ~ t e tco s t r m g l y


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ernphasizcd.increared ac t i v i ty i n g iu if ir ii ic , nine layihg, nine sweeping, and o t he rnaval and mi li ta ry operat ,ions ?,long th e coa sts o f the TJnited States.

Dlie t o th e pre se nt nati.o:isl emergency th er e has been gr e a tl y

'ffiii1-e prior a rmr )~ i c~ 'mer~ t sf these operat,io:ls are carried, vrlleneverp r ~ L h l r : , n t!ie J$droT:-aphic Of fi ce pub li ca ti on s:and "Notice Lo lhi- inwslt , and are t hus ava i l ab l e t o vessels l eav tnc por t ,the shiprms-Ler on the high sea apprsachirig the cors t must re ly on h i srad i o f o r such iniormcition.

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c r u i s e t o Southampton, England. Af te r anchorin:: i n Southanpton Harbor,her Cormantking Oicicer rei'used Ihe se rv ices o f an as 5 bat-gs t o the amaze-ment of t h e P o r t Captain. Afte r the barge had Seen s m t hack t o the dockf o r the second time, th c Pc r t Cnpt,ain, who di d not bel ie ve the s tory t h a tt h e b a t t l e r h i p m s bu mkg o i l and tk1ert:fol-e iieeded no a s h l i c h t e r , p a ida v i s i t t o t h e s h ip t o a s c s t a i n if as he s v;ere being thro:.m i n t o th e har-bor. Ar, inspLctLon o f thL firerooms convtnced him tha'i. no ashes werebeing ma d e .with h3nor tlirouqhout Thrld Ikr I , bxing a t t a c h c d tc the S ix tk B a t t l eSquadron of the T i . S. Ai lan t ic 'Tl.ee2; with the Srand Flee t .

The Dela,ware, idii-ch went ou t of co mi ss io rL i n 1923, se rvsd

Great Lakes Bulletin.

Connancier E. 111. Scrm, k c r ~ . i . i t i n ~spc3ctor, Cer,tral Di:esion, re-cnntly conducl;ed a r;ieeti.n;: o$ thr: e d i t o r s c; t k St at e of Indiana nem-papers i n connec.t;ion 7vi th eqx rTn ent a1 ad ve r t is in g no w bein,.: coriductecl i nt h a t a r ea for Plaval Recruiting.I k . Chester F. K e e n s 9 Edi to r qi' f,'iic i i j o r t ' r i ng ton Times, r e p o r t e d t h ea d v e r t i s i n g program s o cfZec5iv3 t i i a t b is pri r i t r : r , a f t - r z c t t i n c t h e t yp cf o r the Ravy advcrtise-r.cn?,s, rushed dmm and en l- ic td d 4.n t he f.:a-\y.

Weens s t a t e d +kat 11a.ll-round countrj- printers" are scarcqr than snovfnallsi n P a na m a nd that, t,he I"!avy adv:;.tixrnciit h a d c x a k d a S o tt i cn e ck i n h i sshop.

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Mr. W w m s p h a d w i t h t % r . r ? i h?Q? for d a f e r x n t o f t h e p r i n t e r . Defmnentwas g r a nt e d u r i t i l t h e Kavy z dv er t i s i n g progrcini j-3 f e r m b a t e d .

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Sect ion 4 of the 1Javz.l Aviation Personnel Act cf l94C, approvedAugust 27, 1940, provided that, nembers of LJe :Java1 Xeserve called o rordered in to ac t iv e naval or 1 ;r ;iXtary servic e i n excess of 30 days andwhile s o employed suf fer d isabi l i ty or de atn i n l i n e o f d ut j, s h a l l bedeemed t o have been in t h e a c t i v t n a v a l sw v i c e and they o r t h e i r bene-fj c i a r i e s s h a l l be c n t i t l e d t o receive the same pensions, c o q x n s a t i o n ,re t i rement pay and ho sp i ta l ben zf i t s as providkd f o r th e r egu la r se rv ice .I f a person who becomes eligible for any o f t h e above mentioned benefitsi s also e n ti t l e d t o corqmiea-l; ioii under t i l< >U. S. Enployees CompensationComrission, or r e t i r e d pay as a n3mLE;r o f thc lionorar-,7 Retired List o fthe ?Java1 Rcservd, 116 must e l t c t whkh b m i e f i t he Is t o recttive.

On biarcli 1'7, l( 'L1, PublLc Taw 16 m o d i f i c c ! the Act of August 27, 1940,SG t h a t t h e s ix mon-i,hsf diat' ,! g r a t u i Q i s inc ludcd i n the compensat ionwhich i s ?ayai)l-: t o tL ie b e n 2 f i c i m i c s o f nembors o f the Eaval Reserve whodie while performino; activc; duty.

In connection 775 t h th- bom nent, ionLd be ne fi ts , thc Conptrol lerGeneral has hcld as follo7;:s :( a )th e Naval 3cs:crvr: v.ho h a m biicn o r m q ~ e ordc rcd t o ac t ive d u b jor extended s? rv?cZ i n iyccss of 30 d a - p ' a r e c n 5 i t le d t o thi:beneyits provided Lg thc Act JZAilgust 27, 1940, a s nodif icd bythc Act of Llarch Y i , 1941, ncluding t!ic paynent c , f t he s ix months'death g r a t u i t y as zy!!horizGc! by law foil t ? i c bene2 ciari-es of th epers?rinzl o f the r r z u l a r ?Jnyy and KaTal Rener-re i nhose death occursv2iilc on active duty.

Officci-s and cn l i s t cd mn on thc I lonoraci Rctire d Li s t of

( b ) I h r e the order? c a l l i n g nienbcrs ~i' he ilaval Reserve t oac t ive duty do not i!: t S x mlhit t he p r i o d t he reof to l e s s than31 days and do not ~ L h c r v i s c , ho w t h a t t h e act ive duty ordcredshall be f o r a pt?ri.m o.f less than 31 days, o r are indsdYni te ast o d w a t io n and otktzswisc, show t h t o r d e r e d d l a t y f o r dura t ion o ft h e emergency, such nemkrs a r t rx l t i t lzd t o tAe above b e n e f i t sprescr ibed by the Act, of A;ik;uzt 2 7 , 1.340, as amnded, regardlessof t he dh te o f ttis happ-.ni;lg of 5 h e d i s a b i l i t y o r death.(c)ntcttta2rs were under t5e jur i sd i -c t ion o f his oficc, Aviat ion Cadets,Merchant Iharinc Reserw Cadets and Naval Resnrve Iliidshipmen weree n t i t l e d t o t he pens Lonc, co qx ne at io n, r& ir ex en t, hospitc?rl bene-f i t s and des th E r a t u i t i t s as pw-sidzc! for other Idzval ResnrvE: per-sm n e1.

The Coinptrollcr Geficral held t'nnt t o t h e e x t e n t tg v:hich tfle

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Davis, Thomas E ve re t t S?_c,VSNRInshore Pa t ro l - F i f t h !sIava.l D i s t .Greene, Francis Whitt l.e S ~ C ,JSNIZNTS - San Diego, Cal i f .Gale, Kalvir, Jacob s 2 c ; UShXGuentz, Jack Eugene s 2 c y v s mSec tion Base - San D i e z o , Cali f .Burhans, John H e r o n s3c ,usrmLonbard, je an P i e r r e S2C,USIEWalker, Dan iel s2c, usm-AN PEDRO, CALIF,,Sec t ion Base -Lyt le, Xichard Payton Slc , USXRI J a rtin, Lealyn Everet t F2 , USXRUSM NET DEPOT, TIBURON,CAmXouton, Edison Edward S l c , USm.

VP SQD. 44Brown %chard Webster, Jr. AMM3cUSEPAB V?ASHP:iGTON, D . C.Pre sto n, Robert Edward Sl c, usmIDQTRS. N I I J T H IJ,",vIIL DISTRICTPhi l l i ps , J ack Ben s i c , usrmFIFTEENTII !AVAL DISTRICTh e l a n g , Robert h e S ~ C , srmM I 0 SCHOOL, NOROTON HEIGHTS, CONN.Burk, Charles W i l l i a m s2c',TEST POINTEadasch, Edmimd John, Jr. S2c,USL!

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(Cont.The CONSTELLATION will be used f o r administrative purposes whenAdmlral King i s i n po rt and when so used w i l l f l y h i s f o u r- s t ar f l s g .The fr igate has been- s t a t ion sh ip a t the Naval Training Stat ion,Newport, R. I., s ince 1895. Aft er many ye ar s i n a decom iss ioned s t a tus

she was placed. i n f u l l conrkission on August 24, 1940, by order o f F r o s i -dent EoosLvelt. Lieut . John Davis, U. S. Navy, Retired, i s i n coxmand.It has b e z i a hiandred and forty-four years since the COISTELLATIOI"was launched a t %ltimc)re, Ularyland. She s t x - t e d h s r f i r s t crtlise i z i 'June, 1758, a short t ime ahead of he r s i s t e r sh ip , t he f r i g a t e C(XST1T'u:-TIOM, which was building a t QosCUon, IIassachusct ts .t o p r o t e c t h e r i c a r . c o m er c e i n t h e West I nd ia n vat3rs.qua l i t i e s were so f in e th a t t he F rench ca l l ed he r the 'tYankec:&iceShe par t ic ipa ted i n naval engagements i n t he Quas i -lkr 1~5.tfi~sance, t h em.:: wi th Tr ipo l i , i n t h e War of 1812, cruised f o r suppression of piracyi n th e Cari$bean, i825-18&, c r u is e d i n tb.3 X:edFterranezn, i"lch Edios ,

and coast of Brazi l , operated with the LIediterran(3an Sqi~adron,1855-li35gyt.sith the African Squadron 1559-1861, and from 1852 until 1864 cruisedi n European waters searching T o r Confedemte vessels.Receiving Ship a t I torfolk and l z tc r :C Xziladelphia.gunnery sh ip a t t h e 'Jzishingtor, I$ivjr Yard 2nd f o r ni nete en y e a x 3 . m usedas a p r a c t i ce s h ip a t t n c Nmai Academy, Laxipolis.assigned as s t s t i o g sh ip a t the Navnl Training Stat ion, X%port, FhodeIsland.

Xer f i x % .uS;jr X ~ EI ie r sa i l ing

Shc servec! czsIn 1872, she -":asLri lS3, she was

I n 1926, she was towcd t o ?h ilsd sI&ia for e x 3 ib i t x i t h &her '..is-t o r i c sh ips a t th e Sesquicentennia l mos i t j .or : and then r&urned. t oNewport,'Lfeutenznt Oavis VES born i n K i d , Gemnny, October 28, 1877, ande n l is t ed i n t h e Cn i t ed Sta+,es I k + j i n Q ct ob er i(792.as arr apprent ice seamr-, he made trnining c,-uises i n Yilt f r i g a t e COIJ-STELLATION of vihich he i s i n com,ltnc.with th e ci ta t i on : "Gurmsr1s &te , th ir d class , serving on boarc! t h eU.S.S. MARE%EHZAD, f o r extraoydin3r.;. b rz v tr y and coolness while cu t t ingthe cables leading f rom Cienfuegos, Cubs, Tday 11, 1398, ur,der a heavyf i r e of t h e eneqy.'*

DurFng his serviceSi;T:?,s m-zrded t ke Xedc.1 of Honor

Lieutenant Davis !lad conti-nuous service vatilk1310 when h e -!bras gkfena warrant as Chief Boatswain.He was appoi:ited a tenporary L;Ieutenant ( j x l i o r grzde) l a t e r i n t h c S2.ix.eyear and a senior Lieutenant zf ter pass ing t h a czar ina t ions i n 1326 a dwas r e t i r e d i n 1927 a f t e r t n i r t y y x i r s f s s rv ice .the Spanish Campaign Idedal and Phil ippinc Cmpaign Ikdal .

Eo T ~ S 'orflissioned x i Ensign i n 1917.

Lieutenant Davis h3S

COOK BOOK OF THE U. S. K A T Y... Requests f o r t h e 1Vmy Cook Eook s h o d d brz nzdc t o thG Burcnu ofSupplies and Accounts.of bound copies for the use of so,rvlcc schools onljr.The Burcau of 1laviy. t ion has s l ic i tc ?d supply


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(con.,.)pcople, by th e people, for the people , id io ~e u s t powers are der ived fromthe consent of the governed; a dcmocracy i n a republ ic ; a sovereign re-publ ic o f many sovereign Sthtcs; a per f ec t union , one and inseparable,Ltv f o r which- American iatr io-';s sa cr if ic ed t h e i r l iv es arid f o r unes. Ic m s t i t u t i o n , t o obcy i t s laws, t o r epec t i t s f lag and to defend i t a g a i n s tal.1 cnem!.cs e. - 31Til l iarZ Fjicr P a ~ c ~ ' .

,A numbor of these plaques a r e now i n %hz Nayy Departmcnt8. Ths Chiefo f Naval Operatims has presented the PresLdent 1di5 one, and one i smounted i n %he Chief o f Iiaval Opera t ions ' c f f i ce , in t he kss i s t sn t Sec re -t a r j ' s Ofi'icc and onc a t the l?aval Academy, The Bu-caTd 0: Navigation re-g r c t s t h a t t h e re ;re no Government funds azatlable fror.1 which thcse plaquesmy b e s u p d i e d t o v ~ s s ~1 . sr id s ta t ions ol-' %e Navy. Ekch Commanding

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The plaquss are made i n two si so s , TLe larger size i s made o f ap l a s t i c ma t e r i a l and i s 2211x2691 ovor-clll.the plaque is a spread eagle , and the dimensions g i v m above include t h i sfe atu re . The small er si ze i s a desk siz.selIoiXlt,cd or1 the upper e l j ge of

nava l s t a t i ons thc l a r g e r s i z e a t the c o s t of manufacturing 2nd shipping- 9.00 each. i\JO pr i ce i s a-milable on the smal le r s i ze .Inqui r ie s concern ing these p laques s h w ld b t addressed t o t h e t4mt.r-ican's Crc;sd Plaque Co?nxmy a t 100 R o s s S t r e e t , r 'rooklyn, !dew York.

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"In t he l i s t of C!iairmcn 02 C xm it te es on Na tio na l Dcferise of Sta teBar Associa tions, publishad. i n 3urdau o f Wvigat ion Gu l ie t in #290 o f March22, i941, add the foilovrin,- nm-,t:,

Phi ladel phia Business C o l l ~ g ? zrld Ccllcre o f Comwrce , Inc . , 1001-03-05B:arl;ct Strcct, Phi lade lpn la , Pa., i a x i andenoninationc21 ro li eg e esta b-l i shcd 311502 and i n c o r p w a k d i n 1939 :d th in zp?roximate enrollmentof 175 day zt aden ts ancd 70 t a 100 n i g h t stL;dr:r,tn.school grzdnates 01- older .$50.00 rcchicti.cn on a ;;?jO.Si3 w cr 3 * s&r h 1 9 - a ~ ~s ofj'c=.ed t o ch i l d r enof I J a L y pcrsonn2l.t'

The s t u d x i t s are highAhe c'ny t u i t i c r l .s $22.00 f o r f ou r weeks.

;uE!!J Y K X STA3T SAISOB,S TO GET-_cThe Nczv y ~ r L 1 l -c o o p x n t e I c i t k %:,e S t a i c of Jew York i n reg i ste r irng

Commanding ,officers cf all naval ac t i v i t i e s ashort , arid a f loa t haveabsen tee qua l i f i ed vo t w s of i hy t sLa+.,c: ~ d i c rc r-rv-irlg i n t h e firavy.bccn diroctcd t o nz1.e a survr:p 3f personac l t,o determir:e t h c namber o fmen ov?r 21 y c z s ai' a g ~,&iD ;1re le@. rc:::id.ntn of t h e S t a t e of New York.Appliczt ions for r e g i s t r a t i o n n i l 1 t,e s e n t t o cach Navd a c t i v i t y in ac-cordance ;L'ith thc rf.ports of thq Cmmmding Officsl-s, and o n or beforeAugust 31 c-11 e g a l r e c i d s nt a o f R T ~ WYork S t a t e s o r v in g i n the Uavy trillbc permittLd t o s ig n th e ,LF;?lj-c.iti:)ns.ca t i ons w i l l be formr2c. l t 3 3 the SL$crCt2r;jr f t h e S t a t e of Mevr York.' p c , pr j p s r l y au t hen t i ca t ed app l i-

The k y v Departnerlt recurrtly csr.nouncrd that, use 0:' pr iva t? sh ipyardsf o r naval vesse l corist,i*ucti 11 lied incrcascd riorc t lzan ninefold during thef i s c a l year TYhich ended Jmc 30 , 1441.in2 naval c r? ,f t i n thu f i s c a l y e w Ig&C, thci'c :v't3re 139 s o cmployed a tthe end of the f i s c 2 1 year 1QL1 an..! K i i s does riot inclvde f o u r t h a t s t a r t e dand completed t h c i r c on tr zc ts d x i n g t h c pear.

\ k c r e E r i vz t e ya rds were build-

Thcs? na val ehipbuilCEh~: op era tio ns ',n p r i x t c yards were widelysca t t e r ed o vm the, natio.1, 24 s t a t e n sha r ing i n thzm 'AS compared with ninei n th e grtvious f i s c a l ye2r. R i v a t e facil . i", ics vrerc prcssed i n t o servicet o bui ld everything f ron no t o r t o rpedo boa t s t o b a t t l e sh i p s .they were t ui ld in g all of thc r r iny t y p x and s i z e s of f ig h t i ng sh ips andauxiliary v e s s e l s r e q u ir e d t o b r i n g i r i t o being a, mighty two-ocean armada-I n fac t ,


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PRIVATE SI-IIPYLTDS IN 28 STATESRUILDIHG ~ S S E L SOR ~JAVY(Cont.A t the end of t he f i s c a l year ;me 30, Cali for nia le d i n number ofyards wi th Navy contracts , wi th 17 i n a l l .Washington had nine; Xaine, ei gh t.follows

I k i v York w a s second With 14-The box score by s t a t e s stoo d as

AlabamaCal i forn iaConnecticutDe1avm.reFloridaGeorgiaI l l i r , o i sIndianaLouisianaldaineXarylandhIass hus et4 s1,IichiganEdississippiNew Jersey!Jew Pork

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The foregoing data does not take into consideration governmentowned yards and the i r opera t 'OnS.The Bureau of Pards kndOocks i s ex2anding on i t s s tudy of mater ia l swhich may be substituted for c r i t i c a l i te ms i n o rd er t h a t n a t u r a l re so ur ce smay be coneerved f o r use i n the rr,anufact:re of products where subst i tutescan not be ut i l ized.The wide f i e l d of materials w$ich m y be used i n industry makes thisstudy not only of grza t i rqor tance from ;? conservation standpoint but opensup a realm f o r the inti-oductlon of ne;'; types of Kater ia ls which heretoforehave not been f u l l y dcvekped. For example, the Bureau o f Yards and Docksp o i n t s o u t t h a t t h c f i e l d s of plastics, mFtsonry, g b s s , special cementsand wood products offer ~-r iZc o s s i b i l i t i e s as s a b s t i t u t e s f o r s t e e l .The usc o f f i r e re ta rds r , t chemica ls i n connec tion wi th wood construc-t i o n may be a f i e l d of development which r r i i l give construction comparablet o s t e e l i n th e f i r e proof f i e l d . The use of plastics and various compos-i t i o n s for pip ing mater ia l s i s a n ot he r p o E si b i li t y i n t h e f i e l d of subs t i -t u t e f o r n e t a l .The Bureau cf Bzrds and Docks periodically has been issuing memorandat o t he f i e l d , l i s t i n g s u b s t i t u te m a t e r ia l s t o be used i n cons tructio n workfor those i tems vhich are on the l i s t cf c r i t i c a l ma t e r i a l s and where

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NAVY EXPANQIIiS STUDY 011 ?UTERIALS SLTBSTIT'GTES(Cont.)s c a r c i t y h as become a nsi, ional problem?.been compd.so;y cxcep+, & ere r egu la t iom of th e Office of TroductionFtanagemnt aijply, but are m d e as suggss t ions of n a t e r i a l s t h a t Kay beused in genera l cons t ruc t ion work without losing tho advantaqcs obt,?inec!t ' n rough th e use of conver. tima1 product$.

The l i s t s as issued have not

The Navy Dt?Fartment has annoidced pdjl ic2t ion of a booklet Women-c la tu re o f Naval Vcssels't f o r us3 by pcrsons engaged i n sh ipbu ildin g,o r n-ho ar e in te re s t ed i n naval cons t ruc t ion . According t o r6por t s fromth e Govem,ent P r in t in g Office, the derns~rifor the publicFL%ion as beenexcept ional ly large.The bookie+, i s published under th e direct ion and supervision of

th e Division of Personnel Supervision a x 3 :Isnngel;;ent of t h c Sc cr et 3i yof t h e Eavyfs of f i ce . Mr, ChZrlc3 P t o z c t i s Dircctor of %,heCivision."Nomenclaturz of Naval VcsseZsI' includos a -I s c r i p t i x ar,d d e f i -n i t ive text about te rms used i n 8hip conntruct ion a n d t h e p,arts of czship .ing terms.Among th e fe at u re s i n the ~ublic,i?.tj.on s :L i o s n a q of shipbnild-The book i s on s a l e a t the Govenmcr,t F'rintinc Offi.cc, Vkishlngton,D . G . , o r f i f t m n c cn ts a COPY.

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The Navy Dspartmenl; recent ly zn.nou-?cei that motion p i cturc s hadbecn employed i n conduct ing t e s t s t~ determ-ne wind currenr; an4 eddyc h a r a c t e r i s t i c s ' thzt xould hc developod t,hrou.gh Y?:2 cons t ruc t ion ofaddiiional hangars and other struct1lrt:s a t t;hr; l i gh te r - than-a i r s t a t ion ,Lakehurst, $iev Jsrsey.s t i t u t e i n a cc ord an ce 1~5th?. coiiL,rnct cn.tsrcd i n t o wit2n t he ihlrean o fYards and Docks.The tasts were c::rrii:d out Sf t he F rank l in In-

Models of t he p l anned s t ruc tu res il\rc~r=,,rectecl, Smoke xas used t om3kc possible t h e photogr22hing of the 2j-r c u r r m t s p r o d u c d by thes tr u ct ur e s when wind a t var ious pr2ssure.s WiIS c r s i t ? ? th rough use ofwind tunnels.(device f o r ma su r i ne mind pressure::) hrv : g i - ~ n e f i n i t e a nd essentialinf i rmat ion i n connect ion wi th th;? dc?3k::ning 2nd l o c a t i n g o f the s t ruc-t u r e s t o be b u i l t .

Th6 motion 2 i c t ur ss i n co nju xt i or , wiJi'n rnmometcr t e s t s

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-781 Captain Lawrence born.1847 U.S.S. wane captured Mexican schooner Libertas and Fortuna a tLoreta, Lower California.-847 U.S.S. Dale captured town of lduleje, Lower California, Uexico.

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-7761843 U.S.S. Concord l o s t off Coast o f Africa.1846 U.S.S. wane captured l lexican schooner Rosita a t Loreta, Lower

U.S.S. Cabot cap tur ed B r i t i s h Brig Olarendon.

a t t e n t i o n of Congress on t h i s dat e, when Rhode Is l and membersxpense I1

G e o r w Bancroft , hi s t or ia n and Secret ary of the Navy, was born i n800

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Providence, and Boston, bu rned and sunk t o prevent capture.-800 U. S. Frigate Boston cap;tures French d&op kbe rceau .1803

,.jComodore Preble concluded a t r e a t y of peace with the Ruler ofMorocco, and gal-e up the Meshboha.U. S . Slozp Peacock s m k by enemy ship Xary o f f Barbuch, NestIndies.St . L a u i s launched, f i r s t iron-clad in American Navy.

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186113 October-776 The U.S.S. New Haven, S p i t Fi re , Jersey, New York, Lee and Cm gres s,burned i n act i on a s ' r e s u l t of b at t l e on Lake Chanplain.

Washing on captured.U.S.S.

&* October-862 U.S.S. Memphis captured BPitish s t e d e r Onachita. , .15 October

1812 U.S.S. President Captured H. Id . S. S wa l l ow ,-869 U.S.S. Pocahsntas and Seminole passod Confederate b a tt er ie s a tEvansport, Potomac River.-917 U.S.S. Cassin torpedoed by German Subnarine.sax the torpedo coming, and r ea l i z i ng tha t the h i t wauld be mart he s t e rn , made a suprerne effort t 3 release the depth charges be-f o r e i t occurred but xas not succesLcfu11, and gave h is l i f e t o saveship and shipmates.Gunner's ra te In&rcm

16 October1821-822 U.S.S. Grampus captured Spanish Pirate sh ip PahLra.U.S.S. En te rp ri se captu red f m r pirate schooners.1846 Second attack on Alvarado, Fexico.1846 CommrJdore M. C. Perry wi th ld i ss i s s ippi l e f t squadron a t Lmardeand sa i l ed f o r Tabasca, Mexico, (Note: See 23 October)188L, U. S. Naval War College established a t Nevrpcrt, R5ode Island.1891 Boatswarin's mate and s ix blue jackets of U.S.S. Charleston injured-

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by mob in ValpaPaiso, Chile.incident nearly bkought on ipt esn &t ion al complicationsfwo o f in jwed men died, and the

17 6ctober

1843 U.S.S. Trinceton defeats Engl ish ship Great Western i n race f ron

1852 h e r i c a n squadron proceeds t o Asuncion, Paragruay, to demand re-t r i bu t i on f o r . a t t ack ,~f' .S.S. Water Witch.res tored x i t hou t recourse t o a rm. Fr iendly re la t i ans18 October

1812 U.S.S. Wasp captured H.M.S. F r o l i c w it h 22 guns, which was recap-tured by M.M.S. Pc i t i e r s , t he same day.

_c900 T o m o f Estaucia captured by U.S.S. Concord.1917 Longest f i g h t recorded with an eneny submarine when an armed guardof an Aqerican steamer, J. L. Luckenbach, st oo d of f t he enemy f r o m

7 :40 A.M., t o 11:40 A.M. , vfhen one o f our des tro ye rs (52) came t othe rescue. 'During erigagenent, one of f r o n t s i g h t s of one of Luck-enbach's guns was destroyed.23 October

1833 Commander Edward Terry born a t Hopkinton, New Hampshire, ser ved i nNew Orleans, 1862, and his achievenents in Bat t l e of Nobile Bay,( 5 Awust. 18641, when i n command of U.S.S. Chicksaw, won from thebrav est man t h a t ever t ro d the deck of a ship."

1842 Conmodore Jones hoisted flag a t Xonterey, California.1924 U.S.S. Trenton, explos ion aboard . Poiwder vms being d r a : ~ ~p, whensuddenly there was a rush of black smoke, a bursting flame, and a .deafening roar. as one of the turrets s tood sha t t e r ed i n i t s base.

i t a t e d n ot a moment, but-rushed of his oim accord into the inferno.He saved the l ives o f th ree men, a f te r th ree hero ic e f f or t s ; heIT'S Y O U R SAFETY THAT'S AT STAKE

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started f o r the f o i u ' t h t i n e , b u t overcome by t h e gas and flames, hefell d a d c.t t h e e n t r a x e . A grea te r l o v e an2 a greater cisath thant h i s h n th no rianoc _1 October--779 IaunchiEg Of U.S.S. ConstLtution a t Boston, Massachusetts,22 October

le64 Boat expedition from U, S . Fleet i r . ac t ion a t P o o a t e l l o , SouthCaroliiia.1864 U.S.S. E o l w captwcd Confsderate sterner Hope at Wilmington, SouthCarolina,

23 0ctob .x .. . .1846 Town of Frontera, k x i c o , captured by Fleet under Commodore ,PerFj,

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U.S.S. Iy-mi cantmcd fain- plra-Le iresscls in Gulf of Nexico. .U.S.S. %bash laumhed at Philncklphla.

25 Octobzr-812- U.S.S. United. S t a t t e c,zn",rcd I1.K.S. l'iacedonia, 1325 t o n s , 49 guns,306 neri,

--901 Ensip Noa k i l l c d i n r r c t i o n ~ i t h~ s l r r g c n t s , Thil?-ppine Islan ds27 October

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Lieutenant Gushing Tith torpedo himchn l b e m r l e i n P.oanokc, Iilwr. . .28 October---_I

A board of Admiralty m s est3blic:ed consistlng of t h r e e comnis-siorrcrs ITIF wri? rLot, i n Co n p ts s and ti:o i h a t wt;re, and - a s givencomrnnd of a l l ;?ava!_ and Uarine a f f a i r s .Connodore Porter sqi1eLi f o r t he Pac i f i c i n t h e Essex.

29 OctoberGun p o s t + imbcr 46 rrrdcketi o f f ITe-nTort, Rho3e Island.and serked m t i l 1828. Later raisedU.S.S. Ful ton, the f i r s t s t e n n vc>ssel the U. S. Navy, launchedrU.S.S. Wornet captured pi?r.at? schooner E.loscois,

1J.S.S. Concord nnd Paxguny captured insurgent town of Bonit i , nearI l o L l i o Phi l ippine I slai ids .20 October

Expiidit ion ag ai ns t na tiv es oiF i j i is land:: by U.S.S. Johs Adams.31 October . .U. S. ElriEcite Philndelphia i s c,zpturetl by Tripolitnns a f t e r runningzground.

ET. S, Konitors Lehifh arr;d Pat.apsco, bonbsrded Fo rt Sun ter, Charles-ton, Soutl: C;roiina.

mill32r92-4133-4194-41 drnual Physicnl Fxarl ination.9 -41s;6-41

Subi etds i g rnen t o f kli t c c l L a - 1 t o Re r ir i Fng olity.%?tired OIficers - Fitgbsn Rqports.Subversive A c t i v l t i c s - Combsttfng of .!kn1Reseiv? @fiS.cLrsI h t a C u d , Form N. Thv. 278A.

IDLE BOTZriS IQiY REVE4L VITAL 1~4FORUATION

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