| Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES furnished py y the xa 1 S navy i e g station salt lake city a 0 a ono one ot of four new U S destroyers due tor for completion in 1934 will be named lorden after lieutenant john L boiden who commanded the monitor during the monitor merrimac Merrl mac battle the elaborately I 1 deW decorated rated sword velch Cong congress Congre Tess aa presented to worden after tile the bat j tie Is on oil exhibition in bancroft hall at al the U S naval Acad academy eritY annapolis maryland I 1 the doldrums Is a narrow belt lying between the northeast and trado winds it Is a region characterized by sultry air or calms calais or light and battling baffling breezes interrupted by frequent re quent rains thun der storms and squalls in tile the atlantic 1 ocean tile the doldrums extend irom from the equator to latitude three cle eg grees rees north the battle battleship west virginia has been awarded the efficiency pennant in the battleship class for the fiscal year ending juno june 30 1933 the west virginia stood first lit in gunnery first in engineering and first in communication radio and flag signals competition tho the promotion of enlisted men in the navy will be resumed in october several months ago pro j motions were suspended temporary temp orar i RY lly in with the naval custom of naming cruisers after cities submarines after fishes and destroyers atter after naval he heroes es se e cretaro of the navy shanon recently announced the following assignment ot of names tor for now new ships heavy cruiser no 40 vincennes tons 8 inch guns light cruiser no 42 savannah cinch C 6 inch guns light cruiser no 43 nashville 0 anth guns light cruiser er no ko 44 brooklyn ginch G 6 inch guns light cruler cruiser er no 45 philadelphia 6 aunch guns aircraft carriers wo no 5 yorktown arid and no C 7 Eliter enterprise 20 tons tens submarines beio named as follows porpoise pike shark and tarpon destroyers monaghan allwill porter selfridge Mc Lougal winslow phelps clark moffett batch malian mahan Cum cummings minga drayton dray ton lamson flusser iteld held 30 case au conyngham Cony nham cash 1 shaw tucker lownes gushing cushing perkins smith and preston the tor for erill e in the U S nicy navy are applicants fisl wast be hite nillar ried men be tapen the ages if t 17 and twenty ito have at least leas an eighth glade agniv education be mentally alert thur hughly sound physically of good morals not less than 5 feet 4 inches in height nor over 6 feet 2 laches in height men with police ic cords are not accepted the rank of ensign in tia tha nay nav corresponds to that of 0 second lieutenant in the army lieutenant navy corresponds to first lieutenant army lieutenant in the navy is equivalent to captain in the army lieutenant commander corresponds to major captain in tho the navy Is similar to tile the rank ot of colonel in the army |
