The Navy Bluejacket's Manual

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5^TH Edition Bluejacket's Manual 1917

*Author(s):*	Lieutenant Norman R. Van Der Veer, U. S. Navy
*Cover:*	Medium Blue hardcover with Gold lettering The U.S. Navy seal - THE BLUEJACKET'S MANUAL - UNITED STATES NAVY - 1918
*Copyright Date:*	None listed
*Printing Date:*	None listed
*Title Page:*	front: - 2^nd photo THE - BLUEJACKET'S MANUAL - UNITED STATES - NAVY 1917 - FIFTH EDITION - Revised November, 1916 BY - LIEUTENANT NORMAN R. VAN DER VEER - U. S. NAVY AUTHORIZED EDITION - UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE - ANNAPOLIS, MD. back: THE BLUEJACKET'S MANUAL, - Price 75 cents, postpaid. - U. S. NAVAL INSTITUTE, - Annapolis, Md.
*Number of Pages:*	821 pages including table of contents and no index
*Number of Chapters:*	5 parts each with their own table of contents - 3^rd photo table-of-contents
*Preface/Forward:*	None
*Introduction:*	Introduction by Josephus Daniel (01Dec16) - 3^rd photo
*Construction:*	Thick, fabric covered, hard cover, standard book form
*Text on Spine:*	BLUEJACKET'S - MANUAL - USN
*Size:*	6" x 4½" x 1½"
*Remarks:*	The manual is identical to the 1917 USNI except it has a 1918 cover date.
*Price:*	75¢ post paid
*Publisher:*	The Naval Institute, Annapolis, MD.
*Printer:*	None listed

Chapters & Table-of-Contents
This is the same Table of Contents and Chapter structure as in the 1914/15/16 manuals.

	PART ONE
	The Subjects Which Every Man on Board Ship Should Know

"A"	Discipline and Duty
"B"	What the Service offers
"C"	Enlistments, Discharges, Courts-Martial
"D"	Pay and Accounts
"E"	Rules Regarding Salutes: Naval Customs
"F"	General Characteristics of the Ship
"G"	General Features of Ships of the Navy of Different Classes
"H"	Events in the Daily Routine. General Duties in Connection with Life on Board Ship
"I"	The Aim and Objective of all General Drills
"J"	Regulations in Regard to Uniform and Clothing
"K"	First Aid
"L"	Painting and the Preparation of the Surface Therefore
"M"	Swimming; Use of Life Buoys
"N"	Athletics; the Attention Given them in the Navy

	PART TWO
	The Subjects Which Ordinary Seamen Should Know.

"O"	Boats; types; nomenclature; gear; duties of a boatkeeper
"P"	Marlinspike seamanship; cordage
"Q"	The Duties of Lookouts. The Watch in Port and at Sea
"R"	Deck Seamanship
"S"	Ground Tackle
"T"	The Compass, Log and Lead
"U"	Electricity
"V"	Infantry
"W"	Artillery
"X"	Small Arms
"Y"	Ordnance and Gunnery
"Z"	Signals

PART THREE
The Subjects Which The Higher Ratings of Seaman Branch Should Know

"S- 1"	Boats
"S- 2"	Marlinespike Seamanship
"S- 3"	Deck Seamanship
"S- 4"	Seaman as Instructors
"S- 5"	Ground Tackle
"S- 6"	The Compass, Log and Lead
"S- 7"	Infantry
"S- 8"	Artillery
"S- 9"	Small Arms
"S-10"	Ordnance and Gunnery
"S-11"	Signals
	Gun Captains
	Petty officers
	Master-at-Arms
	Coxswains and Boatswains' Mates
	Gunner's Mate
	Turret Captains
	Quartermasters

PART FOUR

The Subjects Which Chief Petty Officers Should Know

A Short Walk with Chief Petty Officers

Subjects for all Chief Petty Officers

Chief Master-at-Arms

Chief Boatswain's Mate

Chief Gunner's Mate

Chief Turret Captains

Chief Quartermasters

PART FIVE
The Subjects Which Men of Special Ratings Should Know

Bakers	Fireman
Bandmasters	First musicians
Blacksmiths	Hospital apprentices
Buglers	Hospital stewards
Carpenters' mates, 3rd class	Machinists'' mates
Carpenters' mates, 2nd class	Mess attendants
Carpenters' mates, 1st class	Musicians, 1st and 2nd class
Chief carpenters' mates	Oilers
Chief commissary stewards	Painters
Chief electricians	Plumbers and fitters
Chief machinists' mates	Printers
Chief water tenders	Questions for all deck artificers
Chief yeoman	Ship's cooks
Coal passers	Shipfitters
Cooks (messman branch)	Shipwrights
Commissary stewards	Stewards (messman branch)
Coppersmiths	Water tenders
Electricians	Yeoman