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Show "Nautical Novelties" Are vou informed of the fact that: The Baltic Sea has a record ol-one ol-one shipwreck every day in the year. The absolute maximum average fog duration record is that at Sequin, Se-quin, Maine; 2734 hours in 1907, equivalent to about 30 per cent of the entire year, 8760 hours. The highest Pacific Coast fog record was observed in 1916 on the San Francisco Light Vessel being 2221 hours or about 25 per cent of the year. The highest latitude in United States territory is that of Point Barrow, Alaska. It Is 71 degrees, 23 minutes and 30 seconds north. The highest tides on record are at the head of the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick where they reach the height of 45 feet. When a ship reaches the International Inter-national Date Line and crosses the one hundred and eightieth full day they do not sene. lick twenty-four hours and the crew make'good the day aaned. Tlie onlv way to defeat this is to re Turn to the United Sates via the Suez Canal or some other route from cast to west. Through the fiscal year 1931 the average daily enlisted strength ofthe Navy was 8264. Of these 74 667 were native bora, 1772 were naturalized and 124 were , alien The remainder were residents of our island possessions, the great-Z great-Z number.4321 being Fihpmo- During the month of March, this station had 227 applications for enlistment in the Navy. Of these 16 men were enlisted. The most powerful Lighthouse m the United States is located at Navesink, New Jersey. It has 9,-000,000 9,-000,000 candle-power. The oldest Lighthouse in the United States is Boston Light built in 1716. Cape Henry Light was the first one built by the U. S. Government. The above "Nautical Novelties were furnished by the U. S. Navy-Recruiting Navy-Recruiting Station, Salt Lake City, Utah. |