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Third U. S. vessel to bear the name, the U. S. S. New Orleans is literally in a class by herself. Under the terms of the London Naval Treaty, the U. S. was allowed to complete 15 new 10,000-ton cruisers before 1936. First two built were the Pensacola and Salt Lake City. They were fast but scantily armored. Next were turned out six ships in the Augusta class (Chester, Augusta, Chicago, Houston, Louisville, Northhampton). These proved to be heavy rollers, and five developed cracked stern castings. Next class, the Portland and Indianapolis, were modified after construction to rectify...
...mainmast of the new 10,000-ton cruiser Augusta flew the three-starred flag of Vice Admiral Frank H. Clark, the Scouting Force's commander. Astern steamed the Navy's newest and best men-o'-war-the heavy cruisers Salt Lake City, Chicago, Chester, Louisville, Northampton, Pensacola. Spread out in the van were 13 destroyers, their needle-like hulls wallowing in the long blue swell, their stacks belching inky smoke. The 33,000-ton aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga, each with fourscore planes on her flat back or in her cavernous belly, completed the procession. To Admiral...
...June 15, July 15, and August 15, respectively, a month's preliminary training session will be got under way; approximately thirty men will report, and from their number, about five successful candidates will be ordered to Pensacola, Florida, to take the complete eight months' flying course next winter. In addition to receiving their board, room, and traveling expenses free, students will be paid $54 a month for the duration of the course...
...instruction at Pensacola consists in the study of aviation engines, navigation, Radio, Gunnery, and Aerology, and approximately 235 hours of flying. In previous years, the total number of men sent annually to Pensacola has been about 150; of these, about 25 are at the end of the course commissioned Ensigns in the United States Naval Reserve or Second Lieutenants in the Marine Corps Reserve. Of the successful candidates, about half a dozen are ordered to one year's active duty with the Aircraft Squadrons of the fleet, or with the Marine Corps Expeditionary Force at Quantico, Virginia...
Students who fail to meet the requirements of the course at Pensacola at any time during the eight months' period, will have their expenses paid to their home addresses, and will automatically receive an honorable discharge from the Reserve...