Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES furnished by ay iy the U I 1 S navy recruiting station salt lake city Comm commodore odoro calbraith perry U S navy in march 1854 acquired lor for tho the united stated the first trade treaty with japan an souvenir ol of the clerry expedition Is preserved at tile the US academe at annapolis it la is iii 1 brauze hell bell cast la ia 1168 hach was to perry li the regent of aapha ono oi of the lew chew islands before he actually discovered the north pole on april 6 1909 commander robert B E perry ferry US navy had spent 23 years in arctic exploration or in making preparation foe or it the naval research laboratory at bellevue maryland several years ago developed the sonic depth tinder finder nix an instrument tor for measuring ocean depths with speed and accuracy an officer of the civil engineer corps of the US navy acts in an advisory capacity to the republic of haiti on all new projects the chief city port an prince was in sore need of a complete telephone system and owing to the tact fact there are a number ot of languages spoken in tho the city it was evident that an automatic system would be the best solution to the problem the system as now installed comprises a central exchange with distri distributing distribution butin g cables to telephones the US navy built the first model basin for testing ship models in this country this basin does experimental peri mental work tor for the ship build ing industry the united states navy it Is the fit first at na navy vy t to 0 ever install ele electrical ethical equipment on board a mon o war and to propel a ship by electricity the ithe first ship of the navy was the tha old collier jupiter which later was converted into tile the present airplane carrier and experimental peri mental ship the langley the new Al mexico exico now at philadelphia undergoing modeina eatn was phe he ca tit electrically prop aled batt battleship kesh ip jn in america she is tons ton displacement and carries 12 fourteen inch guns in her main lattery battery the tennessee 1 completed and june 3 1920 was the second vessel to be of 0 the electrical fleet the third vessel the flagship california was commissioned august 10 1921 the fourth of the fleet feet Is t the he maryland commissioned in 1921 the fifth of 0 tha serles is the colorado commissioned august 30 1923 the sixth and last vessel is the west virginia coin december 1 1923 and displaces tons and has 8 sixteen inch guns in fit the main battery the united states built the first steam man o war and as such was shout about thirty years ahead of tier her time she was commissioned just as the war of 1812 1112 was drawing to a close and thus never saw active service she was named the princeton Prin seton ton |