The Auxiliary Squadron

By Commander Reginald R. Belknap, U. S. Navy
April 1917
One principal purpose in forming an auxiliary squadron in the fleet is to relieve the commander-in-chief of the burden of logistics, so that he may devote his attention to tactics ...

Review Of Books

April 1917
"The Ayesha: Being the Adventures of the Landing Squad of the Emden." By Kapitan-Lieutenant Von Mucke. Translated by Helene S. White. 223 pp., illustrated. (Boston, Mass.: Ritter and Company.) This ...

International Notes: Diplomatic Notes

Prepared By A. F. Westcott, Ph. D., Instructor, U. S. Naval Academy
April 1917
UNITED STATES ARMS MERCHANT VESSELS President’s Address to Congress.—On February 26 President Wilson addressed Congress, requesting that he be given definite authorization " to supply our merchant vessels with defensive ...

International Notes: Naval War Notes

Prepared By Lieutenant R. S. Edwards, U. S. Navy
April 1917
THE SUBMARINE BLOCKADE Under the title "Can the U-Boat Win the War?" the Literary Digest of February 17 gives the following summary of discussions of the possibilities of unrestrained submarine ...

Professional Notes

Prepared By Lieutenant R. S. Edwards, U. S. Navy
April 1917
GERMANY The New German Submarines.—The new type of German submarine boats for extensive cruising are described in German papers as being of 2400 tons, 260 feet long, 25 feet wide ...

Discussion, Logistics, Etc.

By Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder, U. S. Navy
April 1917
(See Page 245, Whole No. 168) Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder, U. S. Navy.—I have read with interest Captain Huse's paper on "Logistics, Etc." in the February number of the Proceedings ...

The Enlisted Man's Annapolis

By Civil Engineer Leonard M. Cox, U. S. Navy
April 1917
It requires very little consideration to foresee that one of the greatest difficulties to be overcome in preparing this nation for the possibility of war with a first-class power is ...

Position Lines And Current

By Lieut. Commander H. G. Sparrow, U. S. Navy
April 1917
About two years ago I read with much interest and profit Lieut. Commander Hepburn's article "Some Suggestions in Practical Navigation" which appeared in the Naval Institute Proceedings. His wide experience ...

A Telescopic Azimuth Circle

By Lieut. Commander F. L. Oliver, U. S. Navy
April 1917
The Mark III azimuth circle having been designed for use with the 7 ½-inch magnetic compass, does not give entire satisfaction in taking terrestrial bearings with the Sperry gyro repeater ...

Back To First Principles

By Lieut. Commander F. L. Oliver, U. S. Navy
April 1917
A recent cruise of the Atlantic fleet during heavy weather in the vicinity of Cape Cod developed some interesting data in regard to the effect of a strong head wind ...

Some Practical Hints In Navigation

By Lieut. Commander F. L .Oliver, U. S. Navy
April 1917
It is the writer's desire to bring to the attention of other officers any of the following practical navigational ideas which may perhaps not have heretofore come to their notice ...

A Few Hints To The New Navigator

By Lieutenant H. R. Greenlee, U. S. Navy
April 1917
Inquiry by the commanding officer of the U. S. S. Montana, as to the sorts of duty that the various members of the classes of student torpedo officers have performed ...

The United States Power Squadrons

A Letter From Mr. Roger Upton
April 1917
A Letter from Mr. Roger Upton Devereux, Marblehead, Mass., January 14, 1917. Secretary of the United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Md. Dear Sir: I have been asked by several naval ...

Projectiles Containing Explosives

By Commandant A. R. Translated By Charles E. Munroe
April 1917
Translated from Revue ginirale des Sciences pures et appliquies, Volume 27, pages 213-221, April 15, 1916 By Charles E. Munroe The idea of employing powerful explosives as interior charges for ...

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