Show N NOVELTIES A tho the iron man blan Is the most coveted of prizes offered for competition in tile navy no other trophy creates the interest shown in the tight light tor for this award ever since 1019 1910 it has haa boon competed for and la is awarded each year to tho ship of tho the battlo battle force scoring tho greatest number of points in athletics the U S submarine S B 11 recently made a successful srul test divo dive to the depth of toot foot the time required to sub submerge mergo to this depth was 46 45 minutes four minutes was waa required to emerge cm ergo to tho the surface this particular test teat Is carried out only once each seven years by navy submarines the battleship arkansas has haa just juat completed 20 years honorable service in the U S navy sho she has visited ports in twenty countries and has cruised a total of miles to date in 1931 after 19 years service she ahe cruised miles which only proves that a man in the navy does see the world the united states navy maintains a gunboat patrol on the river la in china six gunboats gun boats constructed especially ally tor for this duty patrol the yangtze river which Is navigable for 1500 miles into the interior of china the U 9 S colorado Is the second largest vessel veasel ever launched on tile the delaware river it required skilled men three years to build her coll ruction st material would require 2675 freight cars to haul steel tor for hull and docks decks weighs tons armor tons propellers propel lors 30 tons each of her live five anchors weigh 10 tons and are attached to a chain beet foot long and mch each link weighs pounds when tho the president visits a vessel ot of the united Stat states esthe the presidents dents flag Is broken at tho the mainmast tho the moment ho he reaches the dock deck and Is kept flying as long as he Is aboard A man cannot be sentenced to the navy service in the U S navy nary Is a privilege for which only about one man in sixteen can quality fy the youngest rear admiral in the U S navy Is only 42 years old he be is istead admiral richard B E byrd I 1 the weight of a broadside tired fired by the battleship mississippi if is approximately pounds |