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Show "Nautical Novelties" The custom of sideboys and "piping the side" originated from the necessity, in the old days, of having to hoist the Captain out of his boat and over the nettings by means of a yX weather was r? signallori used his pipe tog on' the men, or sideboy s P urn S the line. In present days tr le rank of the official. The Presiaen the United States receives sideboys when coming over the gangway, a minister resident le ceives 6 sideboys and a Captain i sideboys. Nnrih- Tbe Aurora Boreal or North ern Light, is a display of light m the upper regions of the atmosphere atmos-phere seen in the direction of .ht north magnetic pole; its counte :i-pait :i-pait is Aurora Australia or Southern South-ern Light, seen in Australia and elsewhere, in the direction of the south magnetic pole. The port or left side of a ship formerly was called "larboard side but has been superseded by "port" because of confusion with "starboard." The normal aviation equipment of a heavy cruiser of the Louisville Louis-ville tyoe is four planes of the 03U-1 ' type. These are dual purpose pur-pose planes namely, scouting and spotting. The scouts are catapulted first and search for the enemy. When and if contact is made, the position cf the enemy is sent by th; plane by radio to the ship. When un engagement is imminent tlie f poll inf. planes are catapuHod and circle over the enemy ships to spot gun fire. The equipment of a plane consists of two qualified quali-fied pilots, one fixed machine gun operated from the front cockpit, one flexible machine gun operated from the rear cockpit, and a radio for two way communication. In addition bomb racks are carried to release bombs in a dive bombing bomb-ing attack. In the days of wooden ships, oak was used exclusively in the construction of the hull because of its strength and because of its resistance to disintegrating effects ef-fects of sea water. Oak is unsuitable unsuit-able for use in iron and steel ships because it contains an acid which attacks the metal. The oak causes the metal to rust which in turn rots the oak. The TrZtrf 'VST mDeen, 5SW man the strength of the Marine Con d ln a :Th? lf is approximately in Naval gun is n th PUHedSdiamete1 o the gun barrel, mside diameter oi hSt' one-half of 16 cubes cJs of saluting originated originat-ed in the days of knighthood As Z nights entered the ousting arena thev raised the visor ci then- helmets to identify themselves them-selves as an honorable knight. The 'salute of today is always given by the junior to the senior and is returned by the senior The above "Nautical Novelties were furnished by the U. S. Navy Recruiting Station, Salt Lake City. |