Word: naval
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Though the Long Island waters were as familiar to him as had been his nursery floor, the young Naval Reserve officer didn't see Fire Island-but Block Island, R. I. (TIME...
...Kestrel, based at New London, when we received orders to proceed to Block Island. There we carried the Commandant of the Second Naval District, Captain Bryan (?), out to the Texas which was surprisingly close to the shore. For the next few days, armed with our "formidable" Three-Pounder, we patrolled the waters-or, as an Army friend put it, we "kept ourselves safe for democracy...
...interest of accuracy please include Cape May, N. J. Here we have not only one of the largest dirigible hangars in the world but airplane hangars and other equipment constituting a large naval and air station, costing millions of dollars. For reasons unknown, this huge plant is not used, despite its strategic position, located on an excellent deep harbor and near the mouth of the Delaware...
...staff, Professor Stetson states, will continue to furnish records of this type to the Mount Wilson, Yerkes, and Naval Observatories...
Daily records are now being made at the Laboratory for the University and several other astronomical laboratories and observatories, among which is the Naval Observatory at Washington...