Book/Printed Material The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many man-o'-war yarns.
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Image 1 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many …- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 2 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many …- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 3 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … A 1 °o- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 4 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many …- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 5 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many …- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 6 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many …- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 7 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … THE AMERICAN BATTLESHIP IN COMMISSION- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 8 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many …- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 9 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many …- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 10 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … i j* j ^p^e^i- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 11 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … The American Battleship In Commission AS SEEN BY AN ENLISTED MAN ALSO Many Man-o -war Yarns PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR Army and Navy Register WASHINGTON, D. C., and NEW YORK CITY DISTRIBUTORS- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 12 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … GRE3J I Twi AUG 1906 ry I Entry CLASS €4 XKc. No. Copyright, 1906, by THOMAS BEYER Bluejacket, U. S. Navy PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH CO. BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS BROOKLYN, N. Y.- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 13 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … DEDICATION This Book is Dedicated to the Relatives and Friends of the Bluejackets of the United states Navy, and all other shore folks who are interested in the personnel of a great…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 14 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many …- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 15 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … PREFACE The entire contents of this book concern the Navy. I, the author, am an enlisted man. This preface is not to make excuses for my book the work speaks for itself.…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 16 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … Vlll PREFACE am an enlisted man. With the manuscript I enclosed a letter stating my reasons for writing the book. Two weeks later I received the following letter Office of Naval Intelligence,…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 17 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … PREFACE IX The book is divided into two parts. Part I deals mainly with the Navy proper, while Part II contains many man-o -war yarns, sketches, etc., many of which are personal…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 18 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many …- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 19 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … CONTENTS BOOK I CHAPTER I PAGE The Navy i Building and Commissioning 8 Officers of the Ship 15 How Officers are Made 25 CHAPTER II Preparing for a Voyage 26 At Sea…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 20 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … XH CONTENTS CHAPTER IV PAGE Ordnance 86 How Armor is Made 87 Main Guns 90 Crew of a Large Gun 93 Intermediate and Secondary Battery Guns 96 How a Large Gun is…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 21 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … CONTENTS Xlll BOOK II MAN-O -WAR YARNS PAGE Stand by the Pic 192 How to Tell the Weight of a Porker 192 No Teeth, No Music 193 A Contraband Bow-wow 194 Tell…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 22 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many …- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 23 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Thomas Beyer Frontispiece Launching of the U. S. S. Connecticut opp. p. 6^ A Battleship Under Construction 12 Three Rear-Admirals 18 U. S. S. Rhode Island. 24 U. S.…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 24 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … XIV LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS U. S. S, West Virginia at Anchor 146 A Monitor at Sea opp. p. 150 U. S. S. Oregon, Outward Bound 154 How a Battleship is Docked 160…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 25 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … BOOK I- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 26 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many …- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 27 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … CHAPTER I THE NAVY BUILDING AND COMMISSIONING OFFICERS OF THE SHIP HOW OFFICERS ARE MADE THE NAVY QREAT pride and interest are taken in the Navy, particularly of late, as the results…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 28 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … 2 The American Battleship in Commission singly or in fleets, they command, in many ways, respect for the country which they represent. Our interests in foreign ports are constantly on the in-…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 29 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … The Navy 3 among different bureaus, such as Navigation, Con- struction and Repair, Equipment, Steam Engi- neering, etc. The duties aboard ship and at the different departments are thus divided in order…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 30 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … 4 The American Battleship in Commission Many people are inclined to think that naval offi- cers have one continuous round of pleasure, with nothing to do but travel around the world at…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 31 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … The Navy 5 Recently the rates of several different new petty officers have been created, and more will be added from time to time. These new rates, with the old ones, have…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 32 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … 6 The American Battleship in Commission out to be a very undesirable recruit he may even cause discontent among the other members of the crew. Some of these write home to their…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 33 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many …- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 34 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many …- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
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Image 35 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … The Navy 7 times, and with the many safety devices in use acci- dents are of rare occurrence. When an accident occurs in the Navy it is looked upon as something awful…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 36 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … 8 The American Battleship in Commission ment. A large number of them had never seen salt water until enlisting. Many naval officers can look back at the day they enlisted in the…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 37 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … Building and Commissioning 9 The weights and spaces of all parts of the ship must be well equalized in proportion so that the ship will not exceed the displacement originally in- tended.…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 38 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … io The American Battleship in Commission Everything used in the construction of the ship must be of home manufacture, and the successful bidder agrees to build the ship strictly according to contract.…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 39 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … Building and Commissioning u There is very small chance for any crooked work in the building of the ship, because the plans and specifications state precisely the quantity and qual- ity of…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906
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Image 40 of The American battleship in commission, as seen by an enlisted man, also many … 1 2 The American Battleship in Commission was built in a building with a glass roof, thus en- abling the builders to work in inclement weather. The ship was launched automatically. All…- Contributor: [Beyer, Thomas]
- Date: 1906