Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES contributed are you informed ot of the fact that the armor 0 of a modern battleship weighs approximately tons during the revolutionary war p privateers rIva were responsible tor for the life capture of 0 british ships all with valuable cargoes it was dot unusual for or a seaman aboard a privateer to receive pounds as his share ot of the prize money of a successful cruise and the commanding officers shared accordingly it was good business mixed with in tact fact it became difficult to recruit seam n for the real navy of the colonies because ot of this profitable business in lateer ink ing if in 1857 58 T A II al craven U S navy surveyed the isthmus of panama with a view ot of ascertain I 1 ing the practicability of 0 joining the ill two oceans by means of a ship canal flight tests of tile the little itt itle navy loening cooning submarine plane designed to be carried aboard ancs ties of the navy have bien been complot completed at the naval air station ana costa r osta D C this tiny flying boi boas has a wing spread of approximate 30 feet it will probably carry BOD machine guns for Yli pur roses this new aerial development of tile the navy Is expected d t to 0 materially the effectiveness or of ill hi undersea ift craft by extending range ot of observation the roll of americas naval heroes la Is being scanned at the navy department part ment in search ot of worthy names for the eleven new destroyers on which work will begin next summer the coast guard has been carrying on an tee ice patrol in the norm atlantic ocean lor for a number of 0 years this patrol Is now maintained from april to october the cost ot of this maintenance Is borne by all the nations 0 of the world |