Search Results: Navy/Nautical from The Personal Navigator

Annapolis, MD: United States Naval Institute, 1943. 15.5 x 23.4 cm. How the Navy Department is organized; shore establishment; shipboard organization; Disciplinary system. Flexible cloth book, dark blue, cover printing faded, some pencil underlining in Disciplinary section of book, good. . Catalogs: Navy/Nautical.

Taunton, MA: A.C Bosselman & Co., New York, 1911. 13.9 x 8.9 cm. Color postcard shows crew of USS Rhode Island, all in dress whites, seated and standing before No. 1 gun turret, also standing on No. 2 turret, and in platforms on main mast. Rhode Island was one of the battleships that made the historic cruise of the Great White Fleet (1907-1909), and this photo is believed to have been taken during that cruise. Card is postmarked 1911, with message that does not relate to ship or Navy. Color post card, very good. . Catalogs: Navy/Nautical.

Kentfield, CA: M. Ettlinger Co., New York, 1908. 13.9 x 8.9 cm. Color postcard shows men in wrestling match on USS Kearsarge, surrounded by many sailors. Handwritten message on card: Kentfield (Cal.) May 8, '08. Yes the fleet is here & great time we are having. Biggest parade Frisco ever had. Population doubled. I was about ten ft. from Bob Evans. (Rear Admiral, Commander of Great White Fleet). Fleet is to stay till about May 17."" Color post card, very good. . Catalogs: Navy/Nautical.

M.L. Metrochrom, ca. 1909. 13.9 x 8.9 cm. Color postcard shows USS Idaho (BB-24) at anchor with full dress flags from stem to stern. View is of starboard side of the battleship. Idaho was commissioned in 1908 and did not take part in the 1907-09 world cruise of the Great White Fleet, but joined them at the final Fleet Review in Hampton Roads, VA in1909. This photo is believed to have been taken about 1909. USS Idaho had a short life in the U.S. Navy-- in 1914 her crew was transferred to USS Maine in Villafranche, France, and she was turned over to the Greek Navy, and renamed HHMS Limnos. She was sunk by German bombs in 1941. USS Idaho was result of Congressional action to limit the size and cost of new battleships. There is no message on postcard, nor was it ever mailed. Color post card, very good. . Catalogs: Navy/Nautical.

1882. 17.5 x 24.5 cm. Graphic presentation shows relative size of shipping fleet in tons; Size of armies and navies in numbers of men. Great Britain and Ireland led the world in shipping, with 3,621,650 tons under sail; 3,335,215 under steam, with U.S. second with 2,366,132 under sail, 1,221,206 under steam. Siam had 20,930 tons, all sail. Russia had the largest army in the world, with 717,747 soldiers, next was Italy with 714,958, and France with 518,642, Germany with 449,239. Great Britain had the largest navy with 69,540 sailors; Sweden and Norway were next, with 50,915. The United States, just 17 years after the Civil War, had only 25,186 soldiers and 12,230 sailors. Colored plate, good. . Catalogs: Navy/Nautical.

Norfolk, VA: U.S. Navy, 1933. 15 x 23 cm. Description of school, list of other schools at Training Station near Norfolk, VA. Qualifications for entrance. Course of Study, five terms, 24 weeks. Daily routine, 8 am to 4:30 pm, Saturday 8 to 11:45 am. Liberty every other day. Dress parade Fridays. Paper leaflet, good. . Catalogs: Navy/Nautical.

Philadelphia, PA: Historical Publishing Co, 1898. 35 x 28 cm. This series has been prepared for the public, eagerly devouring whatever news is published about our Navy. Photos of funeral of victims of the Maine disaster, Capt. Sigsbee, former captain of USS Maine; Court of Inquiry in session; Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, consul General of Cuba. Photo of Gen. Blanco y Arenas, Spanish leader in Cuba. Photos of officers and crew in Maine. Paper booklet, crease on cover page, good. . Catalogs: Navy/Nautical.

Philadelphia, PA: Historical Publishing Co, 1898. 35 x 28 cm. This series has been prepared for the public, eagerly devouring whatever news is published about our Navy. Photos of Spanish battleship Pelayo, Spanish cruisers Almirante Oquendo and Viscaya. Photos of crew of cruiser New York, deck crew of Yorktown, ship's company of Maine, and photo of a Minstrel show aboard USS Maine. Photos of gun crews drilling with heavy ordnance, machine and gatling guns. Paper booklet, 10 cm. closed tear on cover page, good. . Catalogs: Navy/Nautical.

Philadelphia, PA: Historical Publishing Co, 1898. 35 x 28 cm. This series has been prepared for the public, eagerly devouring whatever news is published about our Navy. Photos of Ship Tender Boat Fern, which has been conveying supplies to the starving Cubans. Protected cruisers Minneapolis, San Francisco, Atlanta, Raleigh, Baltimore and Boston. Battleships Oregon, Massachusetts and Texas. Paper booklet, pages have 6 cm tear on bottom edge. Poor. . Catalogs: Navy/Nautical.

New York, NY: The Free Press, 2002. 14 x 21.5 cm. Story of a primitive American submarine which sailed from Boston on August 30, 1920 on her first cruise, under command of Lieutenant Commander Charles M. ""Savvy"" Cooke, Jr. Forty-hour ordeal of the crew after it flooded and rammed into the bottom. Story of heroism and of heroes, written by a former nuclear engineer on submarines. Advance Uncorrected Proof, paper bound, very good. . Catalogs: Navy/Nautical.