Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES contributed are you informed of the tact fact that the U S S atah steamed it a total of sea miles during the timo time that the united states stairs was a contestant in the world war ivar her total cruising radius since being commissioned to ampil xi the big V U has during her commission won at one bittic or another every il trophy in the fleet including the ing hig trophy for 1929 30 her last year of competition our largest submarine carries a crew of seven officers and er eighty alty men men alen serving on oil receives extra pay many of the larger ships of our navy are equipped with bodi boda fountains the profits from thesa fountains are expended tor for the benefit of tho the enlisted of tin tile navy nary thirty two states contribute in material and labor to the equipment of a battleship it is more difficult to enlist in ili the U S navy than it is to enroll in viany many of our leading universities the complement of a first line battleship in the U S navy Is about 1400 officers and men no V U S naval ship has ever been in the hands ot of mutineers muti while in ili other navies whole squadrons and fleets have been in the hands of mutineers muti the aircraft carrier saratoga develops horsepower 9 the U S navy possesses in the filgate constitution one of thu the greatest Erea lest men of war that ever sailed the seas she did unprecedented things 1 she knocked down the stone elone forts of 0 tripoli 2 she escaped from admiral brokes squadron of 0 seven ships after a tour four lay day chase without losing a gun or an anchor 3 she defeated the guerriere a crack british frigate in seventeen minutes she wrecked the Guerr guerriere lere which lost men 4 she shot every spar out ot of the frigate java in a running tight fight without taking in her royals in other words she licked her enemy without taking oil oft her ter coat 5 she captured the cyane and the levant at the same time without once bouce icing being raked while every broadside baff tired fired was waa a raking broadside in ad dilton diLlon site she ran the blockade ot of british ships seven tittles times she never went aground and the greatest number ot of men she ever lost in a light was eight she never lost her commanding officer she was waa in commission more than eighty years FIT |