| Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES furnished y the VS navy recruiting station 0 n salt lake city g secretary ot of tho navy Swanson Swan sonI 1 will ask the next congress to in creaso crease the navys personnel enlisted strength froni from to men and to authorize a naval aircraft construction profir program am 40 ot f approximately planes these i alanes r lanes will be needed nee leil ai comple l ment tor for the aircraft carri carriers ers and trai sers included th ile building program each now new aircraft car carrier will carry SO planes the 8 gun curl sers will carry tour four and tho the six inch gun cruisers two each the 37 new ships will require enlisted men and off officers acers and with tile the average naval vessels corn clement only 83 per cent normal it li 13 imperative that additional personnel be authorized up to loo men of the united states navy and marine corps are selected each year tor for appoint appointment men t as midshipmen at annapolis as the result ot of competitive examinations such men must have been in the service at least one year and mus not be more than 20 years of age on oil april first ot of the year they enter 1 C the naval academy ro polaris laris the pole star is s one or of the most important tor for nail navigational gat ional purposes of ships in northern latitudes because this star bears almost true north and from its altitude the ships latrude may ha computed at any instant A battleship requires tor for a complete painting ot of her exterior hull gallons ot of anti corrosive paint gallons ot of antifouling anti fouling paint find and gallons ot of light grey paint tho the anti antl corrosive and anti paints are used on oil the bottom and the grey paint on the ships sides about five west indian hurricanes occur each year they art more likely to mccurr during august september and october than in other months the weight ot of a ships S anchor in pounds is approximately the same as the displacement ot of the ship in tons for example a ten thousand ton ship will use an anchor weighing about ten thousand pounds when the president of the united states Is regularly embarked on oil board a ship of 0 the navy but Is absent att it night with thel the intention ot of returning w within twell ty tour four hours his absence Is indicated by eglit echt vertical vei vel white lights ds displayed Played at the peak the bureau ot of F cerica he ries has made a study of 0 the problem of 0 barnacles barnacled barn acles and finds that american shipping owners including uncle sam pay dearly tor for the tons of barnacles barnacled barn acles that attach themselves to vessel bottoms A ship lit at sea from six to eight months accumulates a growth or from two to three inches weighing from fifty to one hundred tons tho the results are loss ot of speed peed increased fuel consumption delayed voyages wear of machinery and drydock inactivity PT |
