Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES furnished by the au V s navy recruiting station salt lake city the publication ot of the new dow chart of 0 cuba by the hydrographic office ot of the navy completes a survey la ill which the navy was engaged tor for 25 years to obtain the data tor for tho new chart a total ot of 2300 miles ot of shore bhore line have been surveyed and 9 square nautical miles ot of soundings oun dings made duling this held field work ono one general chart 21 coastal charts and 56 harbor charts have been involved all ot of them hydrographically and geodetically accor a ate I 1 c tho the ls ess argonne last ceaf bc gan ban a survey ot of the aleutian Is islands lanill she was accompanied by two amphibian planes equipped with photographic to apparatus two destroyers with sonic depth finders to tor sounding depths and the minesweepers bwee pers gannett and swallow the islands are a chain ot of uncharted reefs tide rips sunken rocks and sub arctic toga fogs about five ago navy planes accomplished important survey ot of most ot of alaska from the air the fuel diel oil testing plant at the ilia philadelphia navy yard has saved the government and private ship owners huge sums bulls ot of mony liy by teaching leaching marine engineers how tu to burn fuel oil efficiently and ll 11 by conducting numerous tests to determine which refract ories and insulating materials give tile the best sr ir vico in ill marine oll atred boilers |