| Show nautical novelties tho the U S S constitution or old ironsides as she Is called never lost her commanding officer she never went aground the largest number of men she ever lost in a light fight was eight she was la in cm commission I I 1 more than eighty years the dirigible los angeles was on juno june de commissioned and placed out 0 of service as a training ship two years ago the board of 0 inspection and survey placed the possible life ot of the airship at two to lour four yetra years the los loa angeles Is 13 eight years old the crew ol of this airship will be used to man the new macon now under construction an ensign Is a flag flown on ships and small email boats on board naval vessels the flag Is always referred to as ensign or the colors the maximum r speed peed of the IT S S akron Is 84 miles per hour she can cruise miles at 60 50 miles per hour without refueling during the past eight years the U S S henderson naval transport has covered miles and in addition to the east and west coasts of the united states has visited the following countries cuba and other islands of the west indies mexico nicaragua canal zone hawaii Phillip pine islands china guam north africa italy yugoslavia and gibraltar I 1 the U S S akron aidon which recently returned I 1 urne I 1 to 0 lakehurst Lake burst atter after operating away from her home base for a period of 38 days made during that time a total of 10 flights covering nautical cal miles in hours and 29 min etca 1 during the aarons trip to the west coast six hook landings were made by the airship planes commander dresel the aarons new commander was the first passenger to be landed aboard an airship in flight when he was carried up to the ship ile he was landed aboard five times and was a passenger during the initial emergency hook aiming experiments peri ments spike webb popular boxing coach ot the U S naval academy has been api pointed head bead coach or of the american olympic boxing team tor for the fourth straight time for the month ending may alay 31 1 1932 men applied tor for enlistment in the navy ot of this number only were accepted an average of 39 29 pendent per cent of the bhole number to apply the german brusler Karles recently visited san pedro the cruiser Is now on a cadet cruise chulse en route from alaska to the panama canal the karl esquhe was built under peace treaty conditions and Is the first german cruiser to visit the pacific coast since tm the world war the above nautical novelties were furnished by the U S naval recruiting station salt lake city utah additional ones will be furnished each week |
