Naval customs: traditions and usage

Includes 3 songs with music.

  • OCLC #: 1450406
  • Call #: V310.L6 1939
  • Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice: Annapolis, Maryland. : United States Naval Institute, 1939. ©1939
  • Edition:
    • Third edition.
  • Physical Description: xx, 404 pages, 36 unnumbered leaves of plates : frontispiece, illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm
  • Binding Information:
    • Bound in publisher's blue cloth covered boards; gilt stamped illustration on front cover of wooden and steel battleships.
  • General Notes:
    • Includes 3 songs with music.
    • "The major portion of the contents of this book was presented in a series of lectures to a group of student officers at the Post-graduate school, Annapolis, Maryland."--Pref. to 1st ed.
    • "First edition published in August, 1934 ... Third edition, May, 1939."
    • With half title leaf.
  • Contents:
    • pt. I. Traditions, customs, and laws of the sea. Traditions, ceremonies, and customs
    • Some traditions, ceremonies, and customs of the service
    • An account of the development of the laws of the service
    • pt. II. Sea manners and shore manners. Honors, salutes, and ceremonies
    • "Lest we forget"
    • Social usage prescribed and proscribed
    • pt. III. Symbols of great tradition. The flag of the United States
    • The golden age
    • pt. IV. The sea. Nautical words and naval expressions
    • Appendixes. Lucky bag of facts and tradition
    • Notes on precedence
    • Naval regulations pertaining to official relations of naval officers with foreign services and foreign states
    • Toasts at official dinners
    • Diplomatic and consular officers' regulations pertaining to contact with the Navy
    • Army regulations, customs, and courtesies
    • Regulations and instructions for boarding officers
    • Social forms afloat and ashore
    • Naval weddings
    • Official correspondence
    • John Paul Jones's letter
    • Uniform and pay of First Officers of the Navy
    • The yacht ensign
    • "The Laws of the Navy," Captain Hopwood, R.N.
    • "The Star Spangled Banner"
    • "Anchors Aweigh"
    • "The Marine's Hymn."