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13TH Edition Bluejacket's Manual 1946    later printings

Author(s):  Lieutenant Charles S. Ross, USNR
Cover:  Dark Blue hardcover with Gold lettering w/round corners
 
THE BLUEJACKETS' MANUAL
- 1946
Copyright Date:  1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1946 by U. S. Naval Institute
Printing Date: assumed printings for this edition:
 May 1947, February & March 1948
printing code and location:
 
B-V-50-47 (May47), B-II-50-48 (Feb48), B-III-50-48 (Mar48)  lower right corner, back of title page
Title Page: front: - 2nd photo
 THE UNITED STATES NAVY - THE - BLUEJACKETS' - MANUAL
 1946 - THIRTEENTH EDITION
 UNITED STATES NAVAL INSTITUTE - ANNAPOLIS,  MARYLAND

back: - 3rd photo
 
COPYRIGHT  1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1946  -  BY  -  U.  S.  NAVAL  INSTITUTE  -  ANNAPOLIS,  MARYLAND

opposite: - 4th photo
 
Man the AA and watch the sky's!

Number of Pages:  622 pages including index with an additional table of contents, map plates, rate/rank devices
Number of Chapters:  47 chapters in 10 parts & 3 color plate appendix - table-of-contents
Preface/Forward:  Forward to the 13th by RADM A. T. Church (2 January 1946) - 5th picture above
Introduction:  Introduction - 6th picture above
Construction:  Thin, fabric covered, hard cover, standard book form w/round corners
Text on Spine:  THE - BLUEJACKETS' - MANUAL - 1946   U. S. - NAVAL - INSTITUTE
Size:  7¾" x 5" x 1"
Remarks:  No difference between this & the other 1946 except round/square corners & different date codes
Price:  None listed
Publisher:  United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, MD.
Printer:  None listed

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Chapters & Table-of-Contents
This is a revised Table of Contents and Chapter structure from the 1944 manuals.

FULL COLOR & BLACK/WHITE PLATE APPENDIX
These plates precede the Table-of-Contents and chapters.
Plate I.  National Anthem
Plate II.  Flags of Principal Maritime Nations
Plate III.  Small Craft, Storm and Hurricane Warnings
Plate IV.  Distinctive Flags and Pennants
Plate V.  Distinctive Flags and Pennants - cont.
Plate VI.  Comparative Rates and Ranks of the U.S. Armed Forces
Plate VII.  Comparative Rates and Ranks of the U.S. Armed Forces - cont.
Plate VIII.  Corps Devices & Enlisted Personnel
Plate IX.  Warrant Officer Devices & Specialty Marks
Plate X.  Seals, Emblems and Insignia & Coast Guard & Maritime Service & Special Breast Insignia
PART ONE
INTRODUCTION TO THE NAVY
 
1. Entering the Service
2. Naval Discipline
3. Pay Accounts, Allotments, Insurance
4. Clothing
5. Personal Hygiene and First Aid
6. Physical Fitness, Swimming and Lifesaving
7. Recreation, Educational and Special Services
8. Legal Rights of Servicemen and Veterans
9. Naval Customs and Courtesies
10. Organization of the Navy
11. Rank, Rates, and Pay Grades
12. Security of Information
PART TWO
MILITARY DRILL AND MOVEMENTS ON LAND
 
13. School of the Recruit
14. Manual of Arms
15. Close Order Drill and Physical Drill with Arms
16. Extended Order Drill
17. Scouting and Patrolling
18. Marches and Military Maps
PART THREE
SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT
 
19. Construction and Equipment of Ships
20. Types of Navy Ships
21. Aircraft of the Navy
22. Recognition
 
PART FOUR
NAVY WEAPONS
 
23. Small Arms
24. Gunnery
25. Ammunition, Bombs, Mines and Torpedoes
PART FIVE
ORGANIZATION AND DUTIES AFLOAT
 
26. Ship Organization and Daily Routine Afloat
27. Watches and Lookouts
28. Cleaning, Maintenance and Painting
PART SIX
EMERGENCY DRILLS AND BATTLE STATIONS
 
29. Emergency Drills
30. Battle Drills and Stations
31. Fire Fighting
32. Chemical Warfare Defense
PART SEVEN
HANDLING OF SHIPS UNDERWAY
 
33. Steering and Sounding
34. Navigation and Piloting
35. Navigation Aids and Instruments
36. Rules of the Road
PART EIGHT
DECK SEAMANSHIP
 
37. Marlinspike Seamanship
38. Anchoring, Mooring, Docking
39. Deck Tools, Fittings and Machinery
PART NINE
BOAT SEAMANSHIP
 
40. Pulling Boats
41. Power Boats
42. Boat Handling
43. Survival Adrift
PART TEN
COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNALING
 
44. Types of Communication and Methods of Signaling
45. Flags, Pennants and Flag Hoist Signaling
46. Pyrotechnics, Distress Signals and Storm Warnings
47. The Telephone Talker

 

 

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