Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES one ot of the oldest pieces of naval equipment still in use Is the boatswains pipe its origin Is lost in the annals of 0 time but interested researchers have traced it back almost seven hundred years A french writer witter johan records the practice ot of using whistles to convey shipboard orders aboard galleys of genoa in the year ot of 1250 from genoa its use spread to france and in 1612 1512 queen anne ot of frace presented pres eted to the commander ot of the galleys un D hoznour hon nour whistle ot of honor about the same time a golden whistle was the badge ot of the lord high admiral of england the brig NIAGARA the ship which oliver hazzard perry used to cut the line ot of the british fleet and ride to victory in the famous battle of 0 lake erie years ago soon will float again the state ot of penn sylvania syl vanla has appropriated to make the old ship seaworthy again the NIAGARA was the ship to which perry removed when hla his flagship lawrence was disabled by the british fleet in the engagement oft off put in bay ohio september 10 1813 it was from the NIAGARA that perry sent the famous message we have met the enemy and they are ours two ships two brigs one schooner and one sloop recently navy fliers completed the longest nonstop non stop mass formation flight in history the flight was a nonstop non stop flight from norfolk va to coco solo canal zone a distance of 2059 miles general balbos longest mass flight on his recent trip to the united states was 1677 miles in 1931 general balbo made one jump of 1864 miles with his air fleet during a flight to brazil U S navy recruiting station salt lake city utah |