Show Nautical Novelties Al Almost most all the filers fliers and aviation personnel employed by the Pan- Pan men man American Airlines are Navy ex-Navy who ad their flight training in the tho United States Naval Service that Naval proven It has hIS been thousands ands of battles bat took to-ok place years before the tho Christian Era On the walls galls of or ancient Egyptian tombs are aro depicted such events seemingly accompanied with much slaughter Tho The Navys Navy's first largo floating drydock dry drydock drydock dock was the Dewey Dowey now no noat at apo aPoI Philippine Islands It was towed towed towed tow- tow ed there thoro from the tho Bay Bar a J. J distance distan e of 1 miles Tho The required iso days to com cOm- The ion longest esl ship in tho the world is tho the old Maine which wag was is sunk unk in Havana Ha Harbor in 1898 Its foremast fore foremast foremast mast now stands on the Reina nock I at Annapolis Maryland While while hile its mainmast st is 15 in Arlington Cemetery thirty miles away A prospective recruit walked into the Naval Recruiting Station In Columbus Columbus columbus Col col- umbus Ohio and asked to join the Navy After Arter asking the routine preliminary pre Questions which were sat sal answered the Recruiting Ot Officer ter instructed the tho applicant t togo to tJ togo go int into tho the physical examination room loom to undress Oh dear g gt th the tho candidate You rou dont don't understand under under- stand Im I'm a girl Further questioning questioning ques ques- developed that the would-be would sailor had read where whore women some come sometimes times slipped sUpped into Int the Russian Army unrecognized She's convinced now that women cant can't likewise get into the tho United States Naval service The The 0 United States Navy Airplane Carrier U. U S. S S. S Lexington has t n a length of ot feet width of 10 feet displacement of tona tons ton and has a of 21 2 feet feel 1 inches It h has s a complement of 16 officers and 1700 enlisted men 1 is equipped with 16 boilers and develops de de- horsepower a lith ith electric drive turbin turbines s. s Planes ca cabe can be launched and landed on her dec deck k while th the ship is t aYr Io 1 1928 28 the tho Lexington Jf steamed f San Pedro Calif CaliC ro an to lo Mono sale wail vail a di dit tanco of 2 2226 2 na I miles in 72 hours hour 36 m average of oC G. G nautical 1 m hour The best days day's J run miles This re faa TJi record ord was Kas ch cba re rc b by the tho Queen b Mar Ute the Normandie T but was has n not Ot tart b L o a a The best days day's run for t tho ho Q o 0 Mary was miles I and 75 for or the G i Tho The length and an d breadth bre cf of or tho the viS ships United Unite d States State Nt a A limited b by the long length h and IDd br n of ot the locks of the tho Panama Sailors of the United Slat are healthier than 1 any other e group of men in the world |