Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES contributed A nautical mile Is feet as compared with teet feet in the land statute mile the nautical mile Is the length of 0 one minute of arc on the equator and therefore fits in much easier than the land mile tor for a navigators chart work and computation except at the ole instant the sun eun is on tho the greenwich meridian there are always two dates la effect thru out the world it if a ship crosses the meridian the international date linea line traveling westward the date is ia iacre increased ased by one it if sal sail ing eastward you subtract one from the date to avoid the inconvenience of 0 changing the name of 0 the day while I 1 tho the day la Is in effect the case Is handled tor for ships time dropping by one day at midnight when the crossing is made westward bound last year a navy collier from Ilono honolulu lulu to the PhIIIP DineS had no christmas because december 25 was cropped at tho the midnight prior to ire ile vessels cros crossing the ISOM MPH ian bound westward in the restoration of 0 the frig frigate everything every thirK was left led as it ii was in 1812 all labor laboe is done by push and haul bilges ari are pumped by hand each morning des decks 13 are fc fe rubbed with water pumped by hand from the sea there are no e electric lights land and no heaten heat ln em in the olden times on cold lays olad i shot were heated in the galley stoves and placed in buckets of 0 sand to radiate heat where desired field day Is the term used in our navy for a general house housecleaning cleaning field days are held once every week usually on friday on these days all hands get busy and thoroughly clean every nook and corner of the ship sunken wrecks in united states harbors are marked by buoys having red and black horizontal stripes in foreign countries green buoys are frequently used to mark sunken wrecks storm warnings are published at the various sea ports by the display of flags by day and lanterns by night at night the approach of 0 a hurricane or severe storm is indicated by the display in a vertical line of two red lights separated sepe rated by a write light tyr |