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European Military Museums
By J. Lee Westrate. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1961. 206 pages. Index. $4.00 postpaid.
REVIEWED BY
Captain E. John Long, U. S. Naval Reserve (Retired)
(A former assistant curator, U. S. Naval Academy Museum, Captain Long is a contributing editor of Sea Frontiers, quarterly magazine of the International Oceanographic Foundation, and a frequent contributor to the Proceedings.)
The military museum has a long and honorable history, not only as a repository of memorable relics and trophies of combat, but as a source of inspiration and national pride for citizens and military alike. European Military Museums, while restricted to 21 institutions overseas, presents many observations, ideas and conclusions which should be of special interest to members of the Institute, who are funding an expansion of the U. S. Naval Academy Museum as a part of the enlargement of the Institute’s own editorial offices in the Academy Yard.
Mr. Westrate’s ably-written book actually resulted from a survey authorized by President Eisenhower’s committee on the proposed American Armed Forces Museum in Washington. As the committee’s research director, he visited military and naval museums in 13 western European countries to study their exhibits, administration and other essential operations.
Many of these museums are national in scope, and graphically present historical periods, sea and land campaigns, weapons and armor, and the roles of the military and naval forces in peace and war.
Of particular naval and maritime concern are the chapters on the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England; the Musee de la Marine, Paris, France; the Danish Naval Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark; the Statens
Sjohistoriska Museum, Stockholm, Sweden, and the Museo Naval, Madrid, Spain. About the latter, the author notes the stress laid on Spain’s major naval achievements in the 15th and 16th Centuries, neglecting the decline of the nation in the western hemisphere during the 19th Century, as well as the final crushing of Spanish sea power by the United States at Manila and Santiago de Cuba. It leaves the effect of being little more than a repository of antiquities.
One of the great temptations faced by all museum curators is to overload limited space. For them, Mr. Westrate quotes a friendly word of advice from the secretary of Britain’s Royal United Service Museum: “Museums, like human beings, are better for restricting their diet to what can be digested; both readily display the effects of gluttony!”
This well-illustrated volume should be of value not only to professional museum people, but also to many laymen interested in organized efforts of modern society to preserve important historic objects. First fruit of the committee survey (upon which the book is based) is the passage by the 87th Congress of an act establishing in the Smithsonian Institution a National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board, the initial step toward expansion of the Smithsonian’s facilities for portraying on a grand scale the contributions of all the Armed Forces of the United States.
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Mariner’s Notebook
By Captain William P. Crawford. San Pedro, California: Mariner Publications, 1962. Illustrated. Charts. $15.00.
REVIEWED BY
Captain P. V. H. Weems, U. S. Navy (Retired)
Captain Crawford is the third of his family as a nautical instructor and a specialist in marine navigation. He has put together a neatly arranged text in looseleaf form on water resistant paper. The book is published where there are many seamen and he caters to them. It is in a student notebook style with large type, simple, clear illustrations and divided into eight parts with several lessons to each of these.
Part one starts off with rules of the road, charts and publications, piloting, weather, safety afloat, and with questions and answers. After he runs along through the eight parts of the book advancing to electronics and other subjects, he includes a ready reference and judicious extracts from Hydrographic Office publications so that he includes under one cover all knowledge necessary to the average navigator.
If an instructor could use his notes as a guide to have the students prepare their own lessons in notebook form it should prove a very satisfactory course. Captain Crawford does not go into too much detail which is an advantage; hence the special features that a mariner should know are stressed.
Space Navigation Handbook[1]
U. S. Navy publication (NavPers 92988), 1961. Illustrated. Appendices. 124 pages.
reviewed by
Captain Alton “B” Moody, U. S. Naval Reserve
(Captain Moody is Chief, Navigational Systems, National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the author of a number of articles and books on navigation.)
By almost any criterion, this book is unique. It is the first in its field. The spread of ages of its authors is some 50 years. The method of treatment of the subjects covered varies almost as much as the ages of the authors. The
method of preparation was unusual.
The name of Captain P. V. H. Weems, U. S. Navy (Retired), has been associated with navigation for as long as most naval officers care to remember. When he was recalled to active duty in 1961, at the age of 72, he was by far the oldest officer on active duty- His assignment dealt with the youngest of the subjects that interest the Navy—space navigation. Those who know Captain Weems are not surprised, for he is young in thought and has energy that is the envy of many a man 20 years his junior. Beyond this, throughout a long and vigorous life he has pioneered in the techniques and methods of navigation. His many recognitions include the international Thurlow Navigation Award, given to him for outstanding contribution to the science of navigation in the year 1955, after most men his age had retired to live on accomplishments of the past.
It is not surprising, then, that it was Captain Weems who was given the assignment of establishing a space navigation “class” at the Naval Academy. “Students” of the class were four young ensigns: Paul D. Bowman, Gene M. Cunningham, Rod L. Mayer, and G- Daniel Zally.
It would hardly be correct to say that Captain Weems “taught” the class. It taught itself under his able leadership. The tangible result was the Space Navigation Handbook.
Rather than attempt a comprehensive treatment of the entire subject of space navigation, the authors limited themselves to navigation in cislunar space and slightly beyond—within a quarter of a million miles of the earth. Further limiting themselves, they describe only one technique in detail, giving brief mention to several other possibilities. This one method is a combination of piloting and celestial navigation. By measuring the apparent diameter of the earth by means of an ordinary marine sextant, and referring to an appropriate table, the space navigator establishes a sphere of position around the earth. By noting the position of the earth against the background of stars, he establishes his nadir. The antipodal point on the celestial sphere is his zenith. If identity of the point directly below him on earth is desired, he has only to perform two simple operations. The declination of his zenith, as found from a
star chart, is the latitude. The Greenwich hour angle of the Vernal Equinox, from an almanac, added to the sidereal hour angle of the zenith, from a star chart, is the longitude for the space navigator.
The book makes a strong appeal for publication of a space almanac, and suggests a format. The proposed almanac would list, at frequent intervals, the position of a satellite from the earth, and on facing pages the position of the earth from the satellite, with other pertinent data. An obvious difficulty would be the fact that the almanac would be of little value to a space navigator unless it were available before lift-off, and the orbit can seldom be predicted to navigational accuracy in advance—particularly if there is a hold during countdown. The usual procedure is to compute the orbit from tracking data acquired after launch and update the orbital parameters as additional data become available. "1 he orbit may differ somewhat from that planned but may be satisfactory for accomplishment of the mission. If a change is to be made, it may not be in accordance with a predetermined schedule.
After an introduction outlining the basic concepts involved, and a short chapter on the universe, both quite elementary, the book plunges into a mathematical treatment of the physics of two-body systems, determination of satellite orbits, and co-ordinate systems. The change of pace is abrupt and somewhat startling. Next is a brief discussion of earth- based satellite tracking techniques and then “satellite-based tracking techniques” (position finding aboard a satellite). It is in this chapter that the one primary method, discussed briefly in the introduction, is developed in some detail. The next chapter, “Predicting Satellite Positions,” contains a number of nomograms relating various parameters. The space almanac chapter comes next, followed
The Space Navigation Handbook, much like America’s first Man-in-Space shot by Commander Shepard, is a pioneer in its field.
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text, however, it lacks the depth, comprehensiveness and uniformity of treatment that might have been given it if more time had been available in its preparation. It suffers, |
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navigation capability. ]
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by chapters on rendezvous in space and reentry by space vehicles.
Two of the three appendices add a personal touch by giving the text of a U. S. patent for the principal method of space navigation treated in the book, and correspondence relating to the recall of Captain Weems for establishment of the space navigation class. The other appendix is a copyrighted paper by Joseph P. Duda on “Motions of the Moon.”
The Space Navigation Handbook represents a constructive effort in assembling related material of possible value to persons interested in space navigation. As the first published text on this subject, it will, undoubtedly, stimulate additional thought among those who may be in a position to contribute to the advancement of space navigation.
The book might further be useful as a reference source to the student. As a primary
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Assault on the Unknown
% Walter Sullivan. New York: McGraw- Hill Book Company, Inc., 1961. Illustrated. Notes. Index 460 pages. $7.95.
^eaguins Have Square Eyes
% Patrick Trese. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1961. 217 pages. $4.50.
reviewed by
Commander Merle Macbain, U. S. Navy
('Commander Macbain is a former public information 0fficerfor U. S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica.)
, though they cover some of the same events, ese two books have nothing in common ex- C(fP[ their descriptions of the unrequited love air that both authors have been carrying °n with Antarctica.
Walter Sullivan is the elegant and erudite science writer for the New York Times. e first went to Antarctica with Rear Admiral l^hard Byrd and Captain George Dufek in ^ and his Quest for a Continent is still the ®t history of that least' known place.
. tlis Assault on the Unknown, however, is not t another book on Antarctica. It is an rnest and successful attempt to put the (-T HenH°us International Geophysical Year . *) effort into its proper historical and sci- ftifie perspective.
Odinshaw, the bland young Buddha the U. S. committee, has described IGY . . the single most significant peaceful ac- UV °f mankind since the Renaissance and ^Copernican Revolution.”
^ *fiat consummate statement calls for a °°k, certainly, and this is it.
^ ullivan deals swiftly with the historical ^ackground, pausing to give credit to Francis tIac°n who in the 16th century proposed exPeriments in concert” as the best way to _ derstand the world; to Sir Isaac Newton e0 described the launching of an artificial ^rth satellite back in 1687, to Commander ^atthew Maury, a crippled and landbound 0f' 55 • naval officer who thought up the idea co-ordinated world-wide weather observa- as; and to Karl Weyprecht, an Austrian al lieutenant who wrote a paper that set in to°k°n t*le ^rst P°^ar year in 1882 which led 1 Iye second polar year in 1932.
firs Second Polar Year led to a conversa
tion over beer and black bread in the Silver Spring, Maryland, living room of scientist James A. Van Allen who had helped the Navy develop the proximity fuse in World War II and was soon to postulate the Van Allen radiation belts. Among his distinguished guests was Lloyd Berkner, a naval reserve rear admiral who had been a radio technician with the first Byrd expedition. When the conversation turned to geophysics, Berkner suggested it was time for a new polar year.
Out of this grew the IGY in which 60,000 scientists from 66 nations collected data in a dozen disciplines at 4,000 stations from pole to pole. It opened 1 July, 1957, ran for 18 months, and the conclusions will be popping out of computers for another ten years.
Sullivan tells the whole awesome story with full credit to the work of all participating nations. He gives an insider’s account of how Russia was aided by U. S. dalliance to win its astounding victory in the Sputnik-Vanguard race. There is also an interesting chapter on how the Pentagon came off second best in its unequal struggle with the author and Hanson Baldwin of the New York Times to hold back disclosure of the brilliant Operation Argus experiment.
Sullivan is at his best writing about ice and the latter part of the book deals at length with Antarctica where 90 per cent of the stuff is. There is generous credit here for the work done by the incomparable Rear Admiral George Dufek and his U. S. Navy Support Force in setting up the seven cities of Antarctica which served as bases for such scientist- adventurers as Laurence Gould, Harry Wexler, and Bert Crary.
Sullivan’s is a sober and careful chronicle, but for those who like the believe-it-or-not approach to science, there are nuggets also.
For instance, there are more mountains between New York and London than between New York and San Francisco.
A man weighs more at the North Pole than he does at the equator.
There is mention of an iceberg the size of Rhode Island, a tidal wave 1,720 feet high and a 560-mile-per-hour wind.
Antarctica, which registered a temperature of 125° below zero during the IGY at the Russian Vostok station, was once a green and pleasant land; and was probably two con-
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tinents instead of one.
There may be sea serpents after all—eels of enormous dimensions that no net could catch or hold. This because larvae have been discovered four or five feet in length as compared to the larvae of ordinary eels which are about three inches long.
And, not surprisingly, the Russians have more crust than anyone else. The earth’s crust is eight miles thicker there than in North America.
Looking back upon IGY and all its works, Sullivan concludes that it marked a major turning point in history.
Pat Trese on the other hand has no truck with major turning points in history.
His Penguins Have Square Eyes is the result of an antic summer in Antarctica making vast wasteland type films for N.B.C. What he has to say about the place would make an old explorer turn over in his sleeping bag.
Where Sullivan struggled to explain the global sweep of the IGY program, Trese is satisfied to chronicle the activities of FIGY (for Friends of IGY and pronounced “figgy”) which maintained rear echelon digs in a Christchurch, New Zealand, hotel. FIGY investigators took on the small problems that IGY scientists had overlooked. They made an exhausting if not exhaustive study of the proper ratio of vermouth to gin in a cold climate; an inconclusive study of the direction in which water swirls going down a southern hemisphere drain, and a careful examination of the still moot question of whether or not penguins have square eyes.
Except for a maudlin chapter on the crack- up of “Boopsie,” a Navy P2V that was creamed on the ice runway at McMurdo, Trese never loses the light touch. He is canny enough, though, to leave the impression that it was a pretty hairy assignment just the same. His account of an Air Force general’s “strictly routine” trip to the South Pole and the press conference which followed is an inspired mixture of satire and slapstick.
The author either has total recall or keeps a meticulous diary—or just makes it all up as he goes along. In any case, he has produced a most thoroughly entertaining book on the Great White Continent. These two new books should prove welcome additions to the ever-growing list of publications on and interest in Antarctica and the results of the IGY-
Les Flottes de Combat—1962
Edited by Henri Le Masson. Paris: Editions Maritimes et D’Outre-Mer. 375 pages. Illustrated. 95 plans. 55 NF postpaid.
Weyers Flottentaschenbuch—1962
Edited by Alexander Bredt. Munich: J. F- Lehmanns Verlag. 396 pages. Illustrated- 1378 plans, sketches, and silhouette. 35, DM.
REVIEWED BY
William H. Davis
(Member New York Bar, Allied Member New York Stock Exchange, Mr. Davis has been a contributor 1° various naval publications jor the past 25 years.)
Although these two naval yearbooks are not as familiar to Americans as Jane's Fighting Ships, their superior craftsmanship makes them worthy of inclusion in every naval enthusiast’s library. While the compilation of a naval yearbook represents the efforts of probably hundreds of individuals, from public information officers of various Navy Departments to the most amateur private correspondent, it is the scholarly attributes of the editor who fashions a manuscript with enough fresh material to excite the reader.
Thus a review of a book of this nature ought to comment about the prowess of the editor. Alexander Bredt is now the dean of naval editors as he has been at the helm of Weyers since 1934, while Henri Le Masson of Flottes is not far behind, having been associated with that book since 1942. These men have the experience and the personal contacts to extract information in a field that is normally secretive.
These books are not perfect—they contain a normal quota of errors of omission and commission and the technical flaws of typography—but the latest editions seem to contain even a minimum of these. Only the most hardened critic would allow such things to detract from the beauty and harmony of the production efforts.
Les Flottes de Combat is of more ancient lineage. Its first edition appeared a few months before the first copy of Jane’s in 1897, whereas the initial German Weyers did not come onto
lhe scene until 1900.
It seems to me that in recent years all paval yearbooks have clung to obsolete forms >n their presentation of the U. S. Navy under classes in which the ships were built dur- *ng World War II. Even before the FRAM Pr°gram had altered the appearance and armament of so many workhorses of the ^eet, routine maintenance had had much the same effect. Yet, year after year, vessels con- tlnued to be listed in the same old order. Lottes at last has met the challenge by listing the FRAM vessels separately as the new separate class of vessels they in fact are.
Whatever shortcomings may yet remain, ™°ttes undoubtedly has the finest presentation ever seen of the modern U. S. fleet. The photographs in the book are ample to give an ob- lective viewpoint of what modern day warshiPs look like. Too may obsolete pictures are retained from prior editions, but because of c°sts, no yearbook editor can avoid this fault.
Beyers as ever retains its advantage of a smaller size so that it,can be easily slipped lr>to a coat pocket. In addition, this year, a regular feature has been expanded and improved. This is a two-section layout of silhouettes of the major warship types from aircraft carriers to frigates arranged for ready identification, and of drawings of minecraft and landing ships of similar appearance and detailing numbers of each class in each country’s navy.
One other regular feature of Weyers deserves comment and this is the extensive listing of vessels by pendant numbers, which seems to me to have great value in easy identification of a vessel whether by sight or from a photograph. There is also an excellent table of vessel classification by a letter key code geared to a translation in English and German, so that a person without a knowledge of German can still get a great deal of information from the book.
For the person with limited means, a more moderately priced Flottes or Weyers can serve the same purpose as a Jane's and many people could prefer either if it were necessary to make a discriminating choice. Both are setting standards of excellence for naval reviews.
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• The Formative Tears (Little, Brown, $12.50) by British Historian G. J. Marcus is the first volume of A Naval History of Kngland, the first multi-volume history of British sea power since the emergence of Clowes’ monumental work six decades ago. Starting with the “medieval prelude, Marcus traces the naval story through England’s 16th century struggle with Spain? her 17th century encounters with the Dutch, and the 17th-18th century Anglo-French wars, terminating this volume with the close of the American Revolution. This is an excellent synthesis of the vast number of monographic works which have appeared during the past 60 years —since the Clowes work was published. Marcus gives adequate attention to the non-sea battle aspects of his theme; for example, his chapter on “Sea Life Under the Georges.” Excellent bibliography.
• Many events and personalities closely associated with national defense and the U. S. Navy are included in Rear Admiral Lewis L. Strauss’s autobiographical account, Men and Decisions (Doubleday, $6.95). Included are glimpses of Frank Knox, J. V. Forrestal, E. J- King, and Spike Blandy. Strauss’s non-scientist’s role in the entire development and use of atomic energy makes this a book of major importance.
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• Robert A. Kilmax’s A History of Soviet Air Power (Praeger, $7.50) is the most comprehensive work on the subject in English. Displaying keen historical and technical skills, KilmaX traces the story (rom Czarist days into the period of the Soviets’ current space achievements. Covers all major aspects of Soviet aviation—basic research, development, production, peacetime and wartime operations; thoroughly documented; excellent multi-language bibliography® Robert Leckie s two latest volumes add appreciably to the over-all historical accounts of U. S. Marine Corps operations during the past score of years. Strong Men Armed: The U. S- Marines Against Japan (Random House, $7.95) and Conflict: The History of the Korean War (Putnam, $6.95), are both popular accounts, thoroughly researched, ably presented. These two books are probably the best one-volume works dealing with their respective themes.
• The arrival of another Hornblower story is always the basis for jubilation by all C. S- Forester fans, and the latest novel, Hornblower and The Hotspur (Little, Brown, $3.95) will not disappoint those admirers of this superb type of fictionalized naval history. In this yarn, Hornblower, as commanding officer HMS Hotspur, plays a key role in harassing the French base at Brest in the months following the resumption of the Napoleonic Wars in 1803.
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By Captain Stephen H. Evans, U. S. Coast Guard. A definitive history (With a Postscript. 1915-1949). 1949. 228 pages. Illustrated.
We Build A Navy..................................................................................................................... $2.75.. ($2.07)
By Lieutenant Commander H. H. Frost, USN. A vivid and dramatic narrative of our early Navy. 1929. 501 pages. Illustrated.
World war ii—korea (u. s.)
Most Dangerous Sea................................................................................................................ $6.00.. ($4.50)
By Lieutenant Commander Arnold S. Lott, USN. 1959. 322 pages. 38 photographs.
The Sea War in Korea............................................................................................................. $6.00.. ($4.50)
By Commander Malcolm W. Cagle, USN, and Commander Frank A. Manson, USN. 1957. 555 pages. 176 photographs. 20 charts.
The United States Coast Guard in World War II................................................................. $6.00 ($4.50)
By Malcolm F. Willoughby. 1957. 347 pages. 200 photographs. 27 charts.
United States Destroyer Operations in World War II........................................................... $10.00 ($7.50)
By Theodore Roscoe. 1953. 581 pages. Illustrated.
United States Submarine Operations in World War 11......................................................... $10.00.. ($7.50)
By Theodore Roscoe. 1949. 577 pages. Illustrated.
Special Price—2-volume sel: Destroyer and
Submarine books (listed above)............................................................................................. f n.50 ($13.13)
World war ii—(other nations)
Der Seekrieg, The German Navy’s Story 1939-1945 ............................................................ $5.00 ($3.75)
By Vice Admiral Friedrich Ruge, German Navy. 1957. 440 pages. 43 photographs. 19 charts.
The Divine Wind, Japan’s Kamikaze Force in World War II................................................ $4.50 ($3.38)
By Captain Rikihei Inoguchi and Commander Tadashi Nakajima, former Imperial Japanese Navy, with Commander Roger Pineau, USNR. 1958. 240 pages. 61 photographs. 3 diagrams.
The French Navy in World War II........................................................................................... $6.00.. ($4.50)
By Rear Admiral Paul Auphan, French Navy (Ret.), and Jacques Mordal. Translated by Captain A. C. J. Sabalot, USN (Ret.). 1959. 413 pages. 32 photographs. 13 charts and diagrams.
The Hunters and the Hunted............................................................................................... $3.50 ($2.63)
By Rear Admiral Aldo Cocchia, Italian Navy (Reserve). 1958. 180 pages. Photographs and diagrams.
The Italian Navy in World War II........................................................................................... $5.75.. ($4.32)
By Commander Marc’Antonio Bragadin, Italian Navy. 1957. 380 pages. 121 photographs. 17 diagrams.
Midway, The Battle That Doomed Japan, The Japanese Navy’s Story . . . $4.50 ($3.38)
By Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya, former Imperial Japanese Navy. Edited by Roger Pineau and Clarke Kawakami. 1955. 266 pages. Illustrated.
White Ensign, The British Navy at War, 1939-1945 .............................................................. $4.50.. ($3.38)
By Captain S. W. Roskill, D.S.C., R.N. (Ret.). 1960. 480 pages. Illustrated.
SEA POWER
Air Operations in Naval Warfare Reading Supplement........................................................... $2.00.. ($1.60)
Edited by Commander Walter C. Blattmann, USN. 1957. 185 pages. Paper bound.
Geography and National Power............................................................................................... $2.50.. ($2.00)
Edited by Professor William W. Jeffries, U. S. Naval Academy. 1958. 155 pages.
A History of Naval Tactics from 1530 to 1930 $6.50 ($4.88)
The Evolution of Tactical Maxims. By Rear Admiral S. S. Robison, USN (Ret.), and Mary L. Robison. 1942. 956 pages. Illustrated.
Naval Logistics....................................................................................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
By Vice Admiral George C. Dyer, USN (Ret.). 1960. 351 pages. Illustrated.
Victory Without War, 1958-1961 .......................................................................... $2.00 ($1.50)
By George Fielding Eliot. 1958. 126 pages.
SEAMANSHIP
The Art of Knotting and Splicing...................................................................... $5.00 ($3.75)
By Cyrus Day. Step-by-step pictures facing explanatory text. 2nd edition, 1955. 224 pages.
Elementary Seamanship......................................................................................................... $2.00 ($1.60)
Prepared by Lieutenant Commander Maurice C. Ilartle, USN, Lieutenant Charles M. Lake, USN, Lieutenant Harry P. Madera, USN, and J. J. Metzger, BMC, USN (Ret.), of the Department of Seamanship and Navigation, U.S. Naval Academy. 1958. 81 pages. Illustrated. Paper bound.
Naval Shiphandling................................................................................................................ $5.00 ($4.00)
By Captain R. S. Crenshaw, Jr., USN. 2nd edition, 1960. 529 pages. 175 illustrations.
NAVIGATION—PILOTING
Dutton’s Navigation and Piloting..................................................................... $8.00 ($6.40)
Prepared by Commander J. C. Hill, II, USN, Lieutenant Commander T. F. Utegaard, USN, and Gerard Riordan. (A completely rewritten text which supplants Navigation and Nautical Astronomy.) 1st edition, 1958. 771 pages. Illustrated.
Practical Manual of the Compass...................................................................................... $3.60 ($2.88)
By Captain Harris Laning, USN, and Lieutenant Commander H. D. McGuire, USN. 1921 - 173 pages. Illustrated.
The Rules of the Nautical Road............................................................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
By Captain R. F. Farwell, USNR. Revised by Lieutenant Alfred Prunski, U. S. Coast Guard- Third Edition, 1954. 536 pages. Illustrated.
PROFESSIONAL HANDBOOKS
The Bluejackets’ Manual, U. S. Navy.............................................................................. $1.95 ($1.56)
Revised by Captain John V. Noel, Jr., USN, Commander Frederick C. Dyer, USNR, and Master Chief Journalist William J. Miller, USN. 16th edition, 1960. 641 pages. Illustrated.
The Coast Guardsman’s Manual...................................................................................... $4 00 ($3 20)
By Captain W. C. Hogan, USCG, Revised by Lieutenant Commander M. M. Dickinson, USCGR. assisted by Loran W. Behrens, BMC, USN-FR. 3rd edition, 1958. 819 panes Illustrated.
Division Officer's Guide..................................................................................................... $2 25 ($180)
By Captain J. V. Noel, Jr., USN. 4th edition, 1959. 282 pages.
The -Marine Ollicer’s Guide............................................................... ($4 3*r)
By General G. C. Thomas, USMC (Ret.), Colonel R. D. Hcinl, Jr., USMC, and Rear Admiral A. A. Agcton, USN (Ret.). 1956. 512 pages. 29 charts. 119 photographs.
The Naval OITicer’s Guide . t(- ,cr ,,,,
liy Rear Admiral Arthur A. Agcton, USN (Ret.), with Captain William P. Mack, USN. 5th edition, 1960. 649 pages. Illustrated.
Watch Officer’s Guide.............................................................................................................. $2.50 ($2.00)
Revised by Captain J. V. Noel, Jr., USN. 9th edition, 1961. 302 pages. Illustrated.
LEADERSHIP
The Human Machine, Biological Science for the Armed Services . • . $5 00 ($3 75)
By Captain Charles W. Shilling (MC), USN. 1955. 292 pages. Illustrated.
Naval Leadership, 2nd edition................................................................................................ $3.50 ($2.80)
Compiled by Commander Malcolm E. Wolfe, USN, Captain Frank J. Mulholland USMC, Commander John M. Laudenslager, MSC, USNR, Lieutenant Horace J. Connery, MSC, USN,
1959 3of pages 15'UCe McCandIeSS; USN (Ret-). and Assodale Professor Gregory J. Mann.
Naval Leadership, 1st edition........................................................................................... $,.... ......
Prepared at the U. S. Naval Academy for instruction of midshipmen. 1949. 324 pages.
Selected Readings in Leadership.............................................. $■> 50 ($■> 00)
St b>, Co;nm,amlc;r Ma,colm E- Wol{e- USN, and Captain F. j'. Mulholland, USMC. 960 iV y Leadf/shlP Committee, Command Department, U. S. Naval Academy. Revised, 1960. 126 pages. Paper bound. 7 ,
engineering
Descriptive Analysis of Naval Turbine Propulsion Plants..................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
By Commander C. N. Payne, USN. 1958. 187 pages. Illustrated.
Fundamentals of Construction and Stability of Naval Ships................................................. $5.50 ($4.40)
By Professor Thomas C. Gillmer, U. S. Naval Academy. 2nd edition, revised, 1959. 373 pages. Illustrated.
Internal Combustion Engines............................................................................................... $5.00 ($4.00)
By Commander P. W. Gill, USN, Commander J. H. Smith, Jr„ USN, and Professor E. J. Ziurys. 4th edition, 1959. 570 pages. Illustrated.
Introduction to Applied Aerodynamics.................................................................................. $3.00 ($2.40)
By Commander Gregg Mueller, USN. 1957. 178 pages. Paper bound.
Introduction to Marine Engineering....................................................................................... $5.50 ($4.40)
By Professor Robert F. Latham, U. S. Naval Academy. 1958. 208 pages. Illustrated.
Marine Fouling and Its Prevention....................................................................................... $10.00 ($8.00)
Prepared for Bureau of Ships, Navy Department, by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 1952. 388 pages. Illustrated.
mathematics
Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables............................................................................. % $1.65 ($1.32)
By the Department of Mathematics, U. S. Naval Academy. 1945. 89 pages.
The Rule of Nine................................................................................................................... $ .60 ($ .48)
By William Wallace, Jr. An easy, speedy way to check addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. 1959. 27 pages. Paper bound.
electronics
Fundamentals of Sonar........................................................................................................ $10.00 ($8.00)
By Dr. J. Warren Horton. 2nd edition, 1959. 417 pages. 186 figures.
Principles of Electronics and Electronic Systems................................................................... $7.50 ($6.00)
Edited by Professor John L. Daley, U. S. Naval Academy, and Commander F. S. Quinn, Jr., USN. 2nd edition, 1957. 492 pages. 556 figures.
LAW
A Brief History of Courts-Martial.......................................................................................... $ .50 ($ .40)
By Brigadier General James Snedeker, USMC (Ret.). 1954. 65 pages. Paper bound.
International Law for Seagoing Officers................................................................................ $6.00 ($4.50)
By Commander Burdick H. Brittin, USN, and Dr. Liselotte B. Watson. 2nd edition, 1960. 318 pages. Illustrated.
Military Law......................................................................................................................... $2.00 ($1.60)
Compiled by Captain J. K. Taussig, Jr., USN (Ret.), and Commander H. B. Sweitzer, USN. Revised and edited by Commander M. E. Wolfe, USN, and Lieutenant Commander R. I. Gulick, USN. 1958. 90 pages.
languages
Introduction to Brazilian Portuguese.................................................................................... $6.50 ($5.20)
By Associate Professor Guy J. Riccio, U. S. Naval Academy. 1957.299 pages.
Naval Phraseology................................................................................................................ $4.50 ($3.60)
English-French-Spanish-Italian-German-Portuguese. 1953. 326 pages.
Russian Conversation and Grammar, 3rd edition, 1960 By Professor Claude P. Lemieux, U. S. Naval Academy
Vol. One—109 pages. Paper bound...................................................................................... $2.50 ($2.00)
Vol. Two—121 pages. Paper bound...................................................................................... $2.50 ($2.00)
Russian Supplement to Naval Phraseology........................................................................... $4.00 ($3.20)
By Professor Claude P. Lemieux, U. S. Naval Academy. 2nd edition, 1954. 140 pages.
SERVICE LIFE
The Best of Taste, The Finest Food of Fifteen Nations......................................................... $4.00 ($3.00)
Edited by the SACLANT-NATO Cookbook Committee. 1957. 244 pages. Illustrated.
Naval Customs, Traditions, and Usage................................................................................ $5.50 ($4.13)
By Vice Admiral Leland P. Lovette, USN (Ret.). 4th edition, 1959. 358 pages. Illustrated.
Prayers at Sea............................................ ........................................................................ $3,50 ($2.62)
By Chaplain Joseph F. Parker, U. S. Navy.
The Sailor’s Wife.........................................................................................
$1.50 ($1.13)
By Lucy Wright. 1962. 112 pages. 28 cartoons. Paper bound.
Service Etiquette.................................................................................................................... $5.50 ($4.13)
By Rear Admiral Bruce McCandless, USN (Ret.), Captain Brooks J. Harral, USN, and Oretha D. Swartz. Correct Social Usage for Service Men on Official and Unofficial Occasions. 1959. 365 pages.
Welcome Aboard....................................................................................... $4.00 ($3.00)
By Florence Ridgely Johnson. A guide for the naval officer’s bride. 5th edition, 1960. 273 pages.
SPORTS—ATHLETICS
Physical Education Series—V-5 Association of America
Basketball . . . Temporarily out of stock
Boxing....................... $4.00 ($3.00)
Revised, 1950. 288 pages Conditioning Exercises . . $4.50 ($3.38)
3rd edition, 1960. 275 pages Football . . . Temporarily out of stock
Gymnastics and Tumbling . $4.50 ($3.38)
2nd revised edition, 1959. 114 pages Hand to Hand Combat . . $4.00 ($3.00)
1943.228 pages
How to Survive on
Land and Sea.......... $4.00 ($3.00)
2nd revised edition, 1956. 366 pages
Intramural Programs . . . $4.00 ($3.00)
Revised, 1950. 249 pages
Soccer...................... $4.50 ($3.38)
3rd edition, 1961. 172 pages
Swimming and Diving . . . $4.50 ($3.38)
3rd edition, 1962. 345 pages
Track and Field....... $4.00 ($3.00)
Revised, 1950. 217 pages
Championship Wrestling . . $4.50 ($3.38)
Modern Fencing............................................. ............................................................. $3.00 ($2.25)
By Clovis Deladrier, U. S. Naval Academy. 1948. 289 pages. Illustrated.
Squash Racquets.......................................................................................................... $1.60 ($1.28)
By Commander Arthur M. Potter, USNR. 1958. 50 pages. Photographs and diagrams. Paper bound.
1958.223 pages
U. S. NAVAL ACADEMY
Annapolis Today............................................................................. $4.00 ($3.00)
By Kendall Banning. Revised by A. Stuart Pitt. 1957. 300 pages. 59 photographs.
The Book of Navy Songs............................................................... $2.65 ($1.99)
Compiled by the Trident Society of the Naval Academy. Over 90 old and new songs. 160 pages. Illustrated. Sold only to Midshipmen and Naval Institute members.
Your Naval Academy..................................................................... $1.00 ($ .75)
By Midshipmen Burton and Hart. A handsome 48-page pictorial presentation of a Midshipman's life at the Naval Academy. Brief descriptive captions. 1955. Paper bound.
Proceedings Cover Pictures......................................................... $2.50 ($1.88)
1956, 1957, 1958, 1959. Printed on 13 X 13 mat. Complete set of 12 for any year.
Sets of all 12 cover pictures appearing on the Proceedings in each year of 1953, 1954, 1955,
Reef Points
The Handbook of the Brigade of Midshipmen, 1962-1963 ......................................................... $1.35, net
Compiled by the Reef Points Staff of the Trident Society. The plebe’s bible, a compact book covering the Naval Academy and the history and traditions of the Naval Service.
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