The United States Naval Academy Class Of 1942

Author : United States Naval Academy
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364832080
Total Pages : 194 pages
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Download or read book Annual Register of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD written by United States Naval Academy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-17 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annual Register of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD: Ninety-Eighth Academic Year 1942-1943 The students undergoing the course at the Naval Academy have been called in turn, acting midshipmen, midshipmen, cadet midshipmen and cadet engineers, naval cadets, and Since the act of Congress approved July 1,1902, midshipmen. A midshipman is an O Icer in a qualified sense. He is appointed a midshipman in the Navy, not merely at the Naval Academy, is subject to the orders and regulations of the Navy Department, but does not now participate in the bene fits of retirement or longevity. He may be ordered to sea duty, although this is not customary except-on practice cruises. He ranks after a commissioned warrant officer, and ahead of a warrant Cmoer; Upon graduation he may be commissioned an ensign in the'line Of the Navy, or a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps: Under the Superintendent, the Academy Is organized into the following depart ments: The executive department headed by the commandant of midshipmen who is charged with interior discipline, drills, andftactical instruction; and the academic departments of seamanship and navigation, ordnance and gunnery, marine engineering, mathematics, electrical engineering, English, history, and government; foreign languages, hygiene, and physical training. At present about 33 percent Of the academic work is devoted to the so - called cultura subjects, about 51 percent to mathematics and the sciences, pure and applied, and about 16 percent to the professional subjects. Throughout the course there are many practical exercises and drills in the professional departments of seamanship and navigation and Ordnance and gunnery which are not reflected In the above. For many years the three upper classes were sent on practice criiises during 'june, July, and August Of each year, for practical instruction in navigation, sea manship, electrical engineering, marine engineering, gunnery, and radio. In 1929 a second-class summer was established, the midshipmen of that class being retained at the Naval Academy, for practical instruction, but it was discontinued in 1941. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.