U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, Volume 23, Part 4

12 HOURS acid armament Armor Plate armored cruisers Army Artillery attack battle-ships Blasting gelatine blockading fleet Board boats Boiler captain carbon cent chase coal coast Columbia combustion commander-in-chief COMMANDING OFFICER cordite course deck decomposition departure curve despatch vessel developed distance draught dynamite efficiency enemy enemy's fleet engines explosives factories feet fired flying squadron following message French gases give gun-cotton gunboat gyroscope Havana heat test horse-power Iron Japan June 17 Key West knots speed launched main fleet Manoeuvres manufacture Marine miles Military monitors Newport nitrate nitro-cellulose nitrogen nitroglycerine November 20 number of vessels OCTOBER Old Bahama Channel pigeons arrive port projectile pyro-collodion relief squadron Report scouts screws ship sighted signal smokeless powders southern fleet Spanish station Steam steel telegraphed temperature tion tons torpedo torpedo-boats trial tube turrets U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE U. S. Navy United valve volume Water-tube Boilers