Show g L c i. NAUTiCAL cL NOVELTIES w 4 Arc you ou Informed of or the the- fact I When the the first American Destroyers Dc- Dc arrived In Queenstown during dur dur- ur- ur ing the orld War after having hl v a rough passage across the Atlantic to Ireland the British Admiral presuming that tho American Am Am- destroyers would need some overhaul o and rest asked the American Ameri Amers- can Commander When will yoube you b be roady ready to go on all patrol dut duty I meaning menning the patrolling of oC the sub submarine marine area We Ve are arc ready w promptly replied J J. J K I. Taussig whO la 19 s now IlOW a Rear Hear Admiral U U. U S. S Nav Navy The name came of or the ships ship's paper published on the U. U S. S S. S Chicago the U. U S. S 1 Fleet leet Flagship Is the tho Racketeer 9 The he following Item went Into the construction of at the new dirigible r Akron parts r. r x rivets rl square yards of gas cell fabric 10 1000 0 miles of seam thread a 1500 miles mlles of piano plana wire and 21 months of labor approximately The Akron will lift pounds in addition to to herself herselt fly SI 84 miles per hour at top speed i cruise miles at 50 miles per hour without refueling and climb cUmb u t t the he rate of at feet teet per min min- 1 ute rite The U. U S. S Navy ry pioneered in trans transoceanic transoceanIc transoceanic oceanic flying the commanded b bv br Commander A. A C. C Read being boing the first plane ever er to cross the Atlantic This happened way back in 1919 and the flight light was accomplished ac in two t-o hops from NewFoundland New to the Azores and thence to Lisbon Portugal The United States received five ships of the Imperial German Navy Na after Its surrender for eX examination examination examina examina- ml tion and use as targets They were 3 R a cruiser two destroyers destroyers de do- and a submarine A 1 V German submarine the Deutschland Deutschland Deut Deut- made a trip to Baltimore as ag a. z merchant vessel before w we entered the late war taking back backa a valuable load of at chemicals the British blockade One Ono of our finest battleships the 1 LI U. U S S. S S. S S l Maryland was the first ship in the world to he Le successfully equipped with sixteen Inch guns i l 7 J to energy released when all her guns e ar-e are fired tired at once once- is great r enough to drive a n locomotive and aud audI four tour cars from Crom Los Angeles to San SanF I F Ft The Tho McC McCann Rescue Doll Boll for r rescuing r helpless crews from l on n submarines bm rines has been heen successful in recent tests This Rescue Dell Bell DellI con consists of a largo pear shaped dies d- d lice l'- l' ice v vice ies which can be ha lowered red and sp- sp I vc c cured to a sunken submarine submarino by br means of or water pressure j Its I ts crew of or three men working room TOOTI roomI I to open a hatch in tho the submarine submariner by br which the imprisoned crew may mav r escape The bell beB will hold 20 men in addition to It Its crew |