Report of the Commissioner of Navigation to the Secretary of the TreasuryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 - Merchant marine |
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... Navy , notwithstanding we have no navy ; and we might better have a secretary of commerce , though we have no ships to carry on our trade with the world . The Indians being disposed of , our future wars will be on the sea with the ...
... Navy , notwithstanding we have no navy ; and we might better have a secretary of commerce , though we have no ships to carry on our trade with the world . The Indians being disposed of , our future wars will be on the sea with the ...
Page 53
... Navy Department , and was favorably reported on , and two of our Navy vessels have taken it on trial . The British Board of Trade have recently approved it for the merchant marine ; and Rear - Admiral Colomb , the originator of the ...
... Navy Department , and was favorably reported on , and two of our Navy vessels have taken it on trial . The British Board of Trade have recently approved it for the merchant marine ; and Rear - Admiral Colomb , the originator of the ...
Page 66
... Navy Depart- ment at the various ports ; also that they be inserted in the new Inter- national Code Signal Book , about to be published by the Hydrographic Office , Navy Department , and in the Official Log Book . It is recommended that ...
... Navy Depart- ment at the various ports ; also that they be inserted in the new Inter- national Code Signal Book , about to be published by the Hydrographic Office , Navy Department , and in the Official Log Book . It is recommended that ...
Page 68
... Navy Department . And also that the " supplementary code of limited scope to convey information of special importance to passing vessel " and the " uniform signals for transmitting information between stranded vessels and the shore " be ...
... Navy Department . And also that the " supplementary code of limited scope to convey information of special importance to passing vessel " and the " uniform signals for transmitting information between stranded vessels and the shore " be ...
Page 73
... Navy Department , and that particular attention be paid to her strength , and to the strength , size , and character of her boats , owing to the fact that the services of such vessel are required princi- pally just after a storm , when ...
... Navy Department , and that particular attention be paid to her strength , and to the strength , size , and character of her boats , owing to the fact that the services of such vessel are required princi- pally just after a storm , when ...
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