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Marvel Book of American Ships, The by Captain Orton Jackson & Major Frank Evans
The Marvel Book of American Ships By Captain Orton Jackson and Major Frank Evans Hard Cover 12 colored plates and over 400 illustrations from photographs 1917 391 pages. Loose from cover
CHAPTERPAGE
I THE HAPPY SHIP 1
II OUR UNDERSEA FIGHTERS 11
III BIRTH OF SUPERDREADNOUGHT ...... 24
IV ALL AROUND A BATTLESHIP 35
V THE QUEEN OF THE SEA 54
VI THE DESTROYER 65
VII THE POLICEMAN OF THE SEVEN SEAS . . . .80
VIII THE LINER IS A LADY 86
IX SQUARE-RIGGERS AND FORE-AND-AFTERS . . . . 95
X MOTORBOATS FOR FUN OR WAR. . ..... 111
XI AMERICAN YACHTING 121
XII THE FREIGHT CARRIERS OF THE AMERICAN MARINE 135
XIII OUR NAUTICAL TRAINING SHIPS..... . 148
XIV THE MAKING OF A MAN-O'-WAR'S-MAN . . . . 159
XV WHEN THE SHIPS Go SOUTH ...... . 172
XVI THE FLEET HAS ITS TRAIN...... . 182
XVII How THE SHIPS TALK 193
XVIII WHEN FLEET WENT ROUND WORLD 203
XIX SENTINELS OF THE SEA . . ...... . 214
XX FOLLOWING OUR SHIPS THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL 229
XXI THE FLEET AT BATTLE PRACTICE 241
XXII BIG GUNS AND LITTLE ONES 253
XXIII FIGHTING SHIPS THAT FLY . . ...... 266
XXIV THE SOLDIERS OF THE SEA. . .. . . . 281
XXV HEROES OF THE COAST GUARD ... . .. . 293
XXVI THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY . . . . 306
XXVII ATHLETICS IN THE FLEET....... .319
XXVIII SAILORMEN AND THEIR PETS ...... . .330
XXIX CEREMONIES AND UNIFORMS 341
XXX WHERE THE SHIPS NEST 358
XXXI SEVEN GREAT SEA FIGHTS 368
XXXII TRAGEDIES OF THE SEA ...... .. 381
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