Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES contributed aro are you informed of 0 the fact that the famous frigate trl gate the U S 9 constitution was launched at boston bonton on oil september 20 1797 17 97 ae tiel ship b lp carried 44 sum gulls we wan ot of to tons displacement and cort cont 1102 her ile er first commanding officer was waa captain nicholson this ship sh p known also as old ironsides was restored to her original condition a few years ago by the contributions ot of pennies nickels and dimps from cron school children the united states during the current year the constitution has been cruising on the cast coast on december 71 h she leaves washington tor for the west wast coast where 3 she will malic make stops tied re SanD lepo lego find and bremerton brewerton Br emerton she he 11 will I 1 remain lit fit each port long enough to permit school children in the vicinity to visit the ship at tho the close ot of the eighteenth century ships ot of the line warp heavy vessels ot of two or ahr three cun decks corr carrying ying lioni li oni seventy iel firel to ono one hundred and twenty fl a guns the frigate was ship rigged also aleo but bul 1 had only one gun deck being speedier than the heavy ship ot of theline the line tho the frigate was generally used for scout duty she ahe was the cruiser of the period the sloop of war was the srul smal lait type all her armament w was ag mounted on the spar deck the th laval gurs of this period wore were of two classes long guns and short guns earron ades the car ro ronad nades cs were used at close the carro nades were named from the village of 0 carron in scotland where the type of gun was first cast tide which Is tile the vcr ver rise and fall tf ef the ocean level is due to the attraction of 0 the moon and trio tho sun suit upon tile the waters of lle earth due to tile the tact fact that tile tha sun slin I 1 is much farther than the moon front the he earth the sun has only about tiomir two fifths aba of the effect that the moon has ott on the iha tide th first american naval force to participate in the world war was a le division under commander joseph K calif sig it consi consisted stell gf ct tile the destroyer t con illiam porter davis and wainwright glit the british destroyer mary rosi gree greeted tec tha div dials iston at sea with hi eligna icam Ic nm to ilia ih america foloi pid ii carted it 11 to qu e p ilow ii whenever ver a vessel crosses ahr th dilator Eliu ator those members ot of the rew callad shell bachs iho ho have pre conely been over the line initial the other members known as aa cotil poly woes boes into the im ot of tha deep these initiations are often very cla borata affairs certificates fire issued to all shell backs on J 7 1917 tile the sixth sith dattle or the he V I 1 S atlantic bleet lin under ronn nand ot of rear admiral hush rodman kodman aniced at scapa capi ilow scotland to augment the british bleet |