Show 0 nautical novelties 0 one of the first submarines built in the united states i is s on exhibition in the brooklyn navy yard this submarine named the intelligent whale is 29 feet long nine feet deep carried 10 men and was designed to be propelled by liand hand at four knots speed the intelligent whale which was not successful was tried and condemned in 1872 the me old figure heads bously used on naval vessels to express their individuality haye dis appeared the phoenicians Phoenicia ns and egyptians ornamented their ships with figure heads to aid in distinguishing them the vikings designed the figure heads to their warships to instill fear in the ranks of their enemies the warships of the greeks and romans frequently carried a statue of a favorite god or goddess at the bow Us as a vigilant guardian chinese junks frequently have a huge eye at their bows to watch for devils in the united states navy the figure heads flourished in the days of wooden sailing ships the old delaware had a figurehead figure head of the delaware indian ceef tecumseh to guide her fortunes the niagara of lake erie fame carried at her prow a finely carved eagle rn in 1909 by order of the secretary of the heads were re moved from the ahting ships of the united states navy and their future use discontinued from time to time various merchant strangely disappear probably as a result of foundering or breaking up in heavy seas in a few instances naval ships similarly apparently vanished in october 1780 the U S sloop of war saratoga 16 guns disappear ed forever off the delamate Dela waie wate capes in july 1800 the U S brigaty Fri gaty Ins insurgents urgente 33 36 guns captured from the french vanished after leaving the virginia capes in september 1814 the U S sloop wasp 22 guns after capturing and sending the brig atlanta as a prize disappeared in the eastern atlantic the latest instance of a naval vessel disappearing oc cured during the world war when the collier cyclops vanished from the seas during the past 22 years since the night of april 1912 when the liner Ti struck an iceberg off the tall of the grank bank and sank with the loss of 1500 lives not a single angle life has been lost through collision with icebergs along the north atlantic steamship routes due to the excellent work of the united states coast guard cutters which keep in touch with the ice fee limits as they change from day to day arid place this information in th viands of approaching shipmasters ship masters fers by radio about icebergs invade the knorth north atlantic south of ni new found land each year no alcoholic beverages are peri I 1 bitted to be used on board ships of the united states navy e except capt under the direction of medical officers for medicinal purposes in other words the navy Is still dry samoa is the only united states possession south of the equator and is governed by a naval officer the navy robot the battleship U S S utah manned by 27 officers and enlisted men Is a wireless controlled target ship abandoned by its crew it can be maneuvered at sea by wireless |