Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES furnished by the V U S navy station salt lake city A recent success story that we take cake pleasure in quoting Is that of lV warrant arrant machinist wright brinton li 6 S navy who this week is visiting with his mother at so fourth east salt lake city utah prior to taking up chis new duties as assistant engineer officer on board zhe ac ton cruiser northampton ton ten years ago mr brinton walk id d into the U S navy recruiting station at salt lake city utah and wil ald ile ho would like to join the navy lie ile was enlisted as an ap pren prentice tico seaman with pay ot of 21 2 per er month today he is a warrant officer enjoying a monthly salary f per month and all the privileges that go with his rank considering the tat fact that mr air arinton lir inton went no further than the oth grade in school we feel that as is certainly entitled to our heartiest congratulations while mr brinins Brint ns record is not exceptional it is remarkable and is s illustrative of just what can be accomplished in the U S navy by the man mail who is willing and determined that his naval career shall be a success the latest addition to the air rat craft carriers of 0 tile the united states fleet Is the U S S yorktown which was christened by mrs franklin D roosevelt on april ath 1936 the new carrier recently successfully cess fully completed her builders and standardization trials and was accepted by the navy the designed dimensions of tile the yorktown are standard display ment tons length on wat waterline er feet and extreme width at waterline 83 feet and 2 inches when the yorktown joins the fleet she will carry a complement of 73 72 planes ianes plus approximated 3 planes for or administrative purposes composed of fighting scouting torpedo and bombing planes tho the aircraft carrier enterprise sister ship of the yorktown was christened by mrs claude A swan ion wife of tile the secretary of the navy on october 3rd ard 1336 and has tile same dimensions as the yorktown both ships will join the V U S fleet sometime between now nd ind the first of the year the united states navy today otters erg to ambitious young men aho vho ho wish to serve their country wide wl de opportunity tor for mental and ph phyll Ys s al 1 development and a llvell hord 4 difficult cult to parallel because the navy mavy defends the count rys interests at home and on the seven seas ind nd because such highly technical training la Is required to operate our ships the men in ili it must be carefully selected and only the very highest type of ambitious young americans are all allowed owed to erill enlist st let us not forget that the U S navy is of vital importance to our country not only in times of national emergencies but in the ways of peace as well some people apparently parent ly are oblivious to title this tact fact and consequently think of it only in terms of a destructive force |