An Address Delivered at the United States Naval War College, Narragansett Bay, R. I., June Second, Nineteen Hundred and Three

By Rear-Admiral S. B. Luce, U. S. Navy

July 1903

Mr. President and Gentlemen :—It is a great compliment to have been asked to welcome to the College the class of officers who are to attend the course which opens ...

Torpedo Tubes in Battleships

By Commander J. B. Murdock, U. S. Navy

July 1903

It is somewhat remarkable that no discussion has arisen in the Naval Institute concerning the abolition of torpedo tubes in the new battleships, as there is no question as to ...

Discussion

July 1903

Captain Caspar F. Goodrich, U. S. Navy.—I have always been a strong advocate of the special tool for special work. In the class of special tools, the torpedo assuredly took ...

Scouts

Lecture delivered by Capt. C. F. Goodrich, U.S.N.

July 1903

Lecture delivered by Capt. C. F. Goodrich, U.S.N., at the Naval War College, Newport, R. I., July 20, 1902In a lecture on Naval Scouting read at the College, June ...

The Jane Naval War Game in the Scientific American

By Lieut.-Comdr. A. P. Niblack, U. S. Navy

July 1903

By the courtesy of the editor of the Scientific American, the Institute has been authorized to reprint this game and it will be found following this article.—THE EDITOR.As I ...

"Reports of Fitness" in the Case of Naval Academy Graduates

By Lieutenant-Comdr. William F. Fullam, U. S. Navy

July 1903

Criticisms, more or less caustic, are heard from time to time regarding the efficiency of newly graduated midshipmen, and many theories, not all of which will bear examination, are advanced ...

The Fiske Semaphore System

By Commander Bradley A. Fiske, U. S. N.

July 1903

This system, after undergoing trial in service in the Kearsarge and Alabama for two years and four months, was finally approved; and sets were ordered to be installed in the ...

A Naval Telescope and Mount

By Commander Bradley A. Fiske, U. S. Navy

July 1903

Intimately connected with signalling is the reading of signals; so, it is amazing that, among all the sundry and manifold changes proposed for making signals, it has not occurred to ...

U. S. Naval Propellers—A Reply

By Asst.-Naval Constructor T. G. Roberts, U. S. Navy

July 1903

*Not being a member of the Society of Naval Engineers, the author makes reply through the Naval Institute.In the May number of the Journal of the American Society of ...

Tri-Rectangular Coordinates for the Solution of Spherical Triangles

By Lieutenant Armistead Rust, U. S. N.

July 1903

TIME-ALTITUDE-AZIMUTH, EX-MERIDIAN AND PRIME-VERTICAL DIAGRAMS.For Identifying Unknown Stars, Finding the Hour Angle, Altitude, and Azimuth of a Known Body, Hour Angles and Times of Rising and Setting and Crossing ...

Notes On A Diagram For Finding The Azimuth And Hour Angle From The Latitude Of The Observer, And The Declination And Altitude Of The Observed Celestial Body, By G. W. Littlehales, Esq., Hydrographic Engineer

By Lieutenant Armistead Rust, U. S. N.

July 1903

(Issued with Pilot Charts for February, 1903.)Since the preceding paper was written, in November, 1902, the Writer has received the Pilot Charts of the North Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, containing ...

Chronometer Rates

By Lieut.-Commander E. E. Hayden, U. S. N.

July 1903

It may be of interest to navigators to see and compare a few graphic records of the rates of chronometers as observed on land, under the uniform and favorable conditions ...

Range Finding in the Navy

By John F. Meigs, of the Bethlehem Steel Company

July 1903

The most recent guns of medium and large size are independent of the ascertainment of the range up to distances of from 1500 to 2000 yards. Existing plans of range ...

Professional Notes

Prepared By Professor Philip R. Alger, U. S. Navy

July 1903

SHIPS OF WAR, BUDGETS AND PERSONNEL.AUSTRIADanzer's Armee Zeitung publishes a despondent article upon the Austrian navy in the form of a comment upon some remarks of the Grazer Tagespost. The ...

Book Notices

July 1903

The Cadets' Hand Book, a manual for military students at colleges and academies, by Captain John A. Lockwood, U. S. Army (retired), contains a great deal of useful information for ...

List of Prize Essays

July 1903

1879.Naval Education. Prize Essay, 1879. By Lieut.-Com. A. D. Brown, U.S.N.Naval Education. First Honorable Mention. By Lieut.-Com. C. F. Goodrich, U.S.N.Naval Education. Second Honorable Mention. By Commander A. T ...

Officers of the Institute

July 1903

OFFICERS OF THE INSTITUTE.President.Rear-Admiral H. C. TAYLOR, U. S. Navy. Vice-President.Captain W. H. BROWNSON, U. S. Navy. Secretary and Treasurer.Professor P. R. ALGER, U. S. Navy. ...

Special Notice.--Naval Institute Prize Essay, 1904

July 1903

Naval Institute Prize Essay, 1904A prize of two hundred dollars, with a gold medal, and a life-membership in the Institute, is offered by the Naval Institute for the best ...