Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES are you informed ot of the fact act that bells ate aie rung on board naval vessels to denote the time one bell Is sounded at twelve thirty a m two bells at one and so on until eight bells are rung at four a ra then at lour four thirty the proceed ure starts over with one bell eight bells are struck at mid night once a year at midnight on new years eve sixteen bells are struck to proclaim the ushering in of tho the new year keeping time by means of bells dates back to the time 0 of the egyptian pharaohs Phara eight oared boats used to ply the nile carrying two or more supernumeraries who relieved the oarsmen oarsman one at a time at one bell number one was relieved and so on until at eight bells the last of the original oarsmen oarsman was relieved to take a rest when the president of the united states is regularly embarked on board a ship of the navy but is absent at night with the intention 0 of returning within awen twenty tour four hours his absence is indicated indicate by eight vertical white lights displayed at the peak the frigate constitution which was launched in 1797 is the oldest vessel in service in the united states navy this ship is now at panama where she will remain until january irth when she leaves tor for san diego california she is due to arrive at san diego on february 5 1933 the church pennant is the only lag flag that is permitted to be flown above the stars and Sh it is ia displayed when divine services are being held on oil board united states men o war the fuel oil testing plant at the philadelphia navy yard has saved the government and private ship owners huge sums ot of money by teaching marine engineers how to burn tuel fuel oil efficiently and by conducting numerous tests to determine which refract ories and insulating materials give the best service in marine oil tired fired boilers during a water shortage at tacoma washington the airplane carrier lexington furnished light and power for the city which has over population the floating dry dock dewey was towed from chesapeake day bay to the philippine islands a distance of miles in days I 1 every capital ship and tender in the U S navy has a chaplain who administers to the spiritual needs of the officers and men on oil the U S navy recruiting station salt lake city utah I 1 |