The Bluejacket's Manual: 1927 2nd print

*Author(s):*	None listed
*Cover:*	Dark Blue hardcover with Gold lettering THE BLUEJACKET'S MANUAL - UNITED STATES NAVY - 1927
*Copyright Date:*	None listed
*Printing Date:*	known printings for this edition: 1^st May, 1927 2^nd 1928 printing code and location: Dates listed, 2^nd printing only, bottom center title page - 2^nd photo
*Title Page:*	1^st printing: THE BLUEJACKETS' MANUAL United States Navy, (small anchor) 1927 Seventh Edition Revised May, 1927 (three small anchors) Reprinted for The United States Naval Institute ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND BY PERMISSION OF The United States Government Printing Office AND The Bureau of Navigation Price $1.50 - 2^nd photo 2^nd printing: THE BLUEJACKETS' MANUAL UNITED STATES NAVY, (very small anchor) 1927 SEVENTH EDITION REVISED MAY, 1927 (single large anchor) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 1928 - 3^rd photo
*Number of Pages:*	958 pages including a table of contents and no index
*Number of Chapters:*	7 parts with 58 chapters - 4^th photo *table-of-contents*
*Preface/Forward:*	None
*Introduction:*	Introduction by Curtis D. Wilbur (16May27) - 4^th photo
*Construction:*	Thick, (about twice as thick as 1922), fabric covered, hard cover, standard book form
*Text on Spine:*	THE - BLUEJACKETS' - MANUAL - 1927
*Size:*	6" x 4" x 1¾"
*Remarks:*	Small manual, but still almost double the 1922 editions.
*Price:*	$1.50
*Publisher:*	Government Printing Office
*Printer:*	Government Printing Office

Chapters & Table-of-Contents
This is a new and totally revised Table of Contents and Chapter structure.

PART ONE
FOR THE RECRUIT

01.	The Navy as a Career
02.	Clothing
03.	General Information
04.	Rules and Regulations
05.	Rules and Regulations (continued)
06.	Infantry--School of the Recruit
07.	Infantry--Manual of Arms
08.	Infantry--School of the Squad
09.	Infantry--School of the Platoon
10.	Boats under Oars
11.	To Pull an Oar Nomenclature
12.	Knots and Splices, Lead Line
13.	The Compass
14.	Visual Signals
15.	How to Swim
16.	Opportunities in the Navy
17.	Reporting for Duty Aboard Ship

PART TWO
THE SUBJECTS WHICH EVERY MAN ON BOARD SHIP SHOULD KNOW

18.	(A)	Discipline and Duty
19.	(B)	What the Service offers
20.	(C)	Enlistments, Discharges, Courts-Martial
21.	(D)	Pay and Accounts
22.	(E)	Naval Customs. Naval Organization
23.	(F)	General Characteristics of the Ship
24.	(G)	General Features of Ships of the Navy of Different Classes
25.	(H)	Events in the Daily Routine. General duties in connection with life aboard ship
26.	(I)	The Aim and Objective of all General Drills
27.	(J)	Regulations in Regard to Uniform and Clothing
28.	(K)	Personal Hygiene and First Aid
29.	(L)	Painting and the Preparation of the Surface Therefore
30.	(M)	Swimming; Life-saving: Life Buoys
31.	(N)	Athletics

PART THREE
RUDIMENTARY SEAMANSHIP AND GUNNERY

32.	Boats; types; nomenclature; boat etiquette, gear, commands for boats under oars and sails; duties of boatkeeper
33.	Marlinspike seamanship; knots and splices, varieties of rope, sailing rigs and parts of a sail; sailing
34.	Duties of a lookout; engine-room telegraph; breakdown and man overboard signals; speed cone, fog whistle, towing spar; messenger and orderly duty; side boys, sweepers, side cleaners, Jock-o'-the dust; anchor watch
35.	Deck Seamanship; heaving a line; clapping a jigger on a rope; sea terms boat lines; spreading awnings; blocks and their uses
36.	Ground tackle mooring a ship
37.	Steering orders used; relative bearings; log; lead line compass; sounding machine (general)
38.	Electricity
39.	Carrying the automatic rifle
40.	Artillery: General rules; how to sling and unsling arms
41.	Small Arms
42.	Gunnery
43.	Signals

PART FOUR
ADVANCED SEAMANSHIP AND GUNNERY

44.	Boat gear, provisions, lifeboats: duties of a Coxswain , gasoline precautions: boat salutes; ruled of the road; recreation parties
45.	Handling a section and a watch at sea; method of taking C. & R. soundings on small ships
46.	Marlinspike seamanship; work with palm an needle; knotting and splicing
47.	Deck Seamanship; general practice; blocks and tackles; uses and proper leads; rigging booms for coaling and other purposes
48.	Ability to impart information to nonrated men; messes; precedence of petty officers
49.	Ground Tackle in detail; the windlass; mooring ship, gear used
50.	Artillery: School of the platoon; service of the piece in boats; landing the piece
51.	Small arms: Detail of individual and collective firing
52.	Signals: Boat book signals; lifeboat signals; boat recalls; guard flag; medical guard flag; explosive flag

PART FIVE
PHYSICAL DRILLS

53.	Physical drill with arms
54.	Physical drill without arms

PART SIX
LANDING FORCE

55.	Equipment carried by each man; Haversack, pack rations; assembling equipment
56.	Extended order
57.	The use of cover; hasty entrenchment under fire

PART SEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS

58.	Submarine service
	Aviation duty
	Naval Reserve
	Navy training courses
	Duties of a petty officer
	Disposition of deceased effects, straggler's effects, men going on leave

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