Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES furnished urnis hed by the IS s navy recruiting station salt lake city quoted herewith is a letter recently received by the recruiting staff of the U S navy recruiting station at detroit michigan from one of their young friends who made up his mind on june 17 1936 to see the world with uncle sams navy this letter was selected at random from several hundred similar letters all characterized by their expressions ot of enthusiasm tor for the united states navy particularly noticeable is the rapid transition which took place in this boys life during the brief space of one year from the humdrum of everyday life to the interesting and adventurous life of a world traveler Helsing fors finland may 12 1937 greetings from finland on june 17 1936 1 I raised my right hand and took the oath never expecting to be in europe within a year after my enlistment but here I 1 am and having a great time we spent two days in the portuguese city of ponta delgada on san miguel in the azores we rated five hours liberty on shore leave there our next stop was copenhagen denmark we stayed there eight days and the whole crew of the U S S cunningham wished they might stay there fo reyer the people there really did treat ua w swell many of the sailors tell fell in love with the many beautiful danish girls while there we were moored to the dock and it was packed ea each h day by people who seemed to enjoy the movies that we had each night on the fantell of the ship and they got a kick out of the way we went about our work we arrived in Helsing tors fors with the U S S winslow and U S S vincennes I 1 been ashore here yet but from where we are anchored the city seems quite interesting te antwerp belgium is our next stop and then we ue head back tor for the states when I 1 left the city of dearborn Michl gaa I 1 sort of doubted whether I 1 would like the navy or not but all past now tor for here Is one who loves it yours truly robert D mcnamara following are a few interesting figures on the A mighty almighty twin ships of the U S navy the giant air aircraft alre cratt carriers ur S S lexington and U S S saratoga the rudder ot of each ship weighs pounds about tons the links of the anchor chains each weigh pou pounds ads the flight deck of each ship is three and one halt half acres in area and when the sides ot of the ship are painted it is necessary to spread paint over an area equivalent to three thre acres of land the lorse horsepower power of each ship is greater than this Is sufficient to supply the city of los angeles with light and power in 1928 the lexington did supply the city of tacoma washington with light and power for better than a month the saratoga carries four squadrons of planes plus others for utility purposes which means she he can put in the air approximately ninety aircraft to add to the strength of our fleet the following dally daily quan quantities t of food are required 1800 rounds founds of potatoes pounds of butter 1600 1600 pounds of beet beef dozen eggs pounds ot of cottee coffee pounds of 0 sugar pounds of milk loaves ol of bread and pies dies the perils of the deep have faded into comparative insignificance beside the steadily mounting trill toll of automobile accidents modern records tor for lives lost at sea show only a small percentage of the total deaths from automobiles a and nd shipwrecks or lives lost at sea from merchant vessels in the year 1333 1933 alone approximately persons lost their lives as the result of motor car accidents while in the same year lives lost as the result of shipwrecks on american ships numbered only according to data com piled by the U S coast guard and published in the world almanac these figures do not include the number of lives lots at sea from american naval vessels although these deaths would not appreciably increase the total figuratively at least a man Is 13 as sate safe or eater on the bounding main than he Is when he walks or rides down ala main I 1 n street in his home town |