Navy Ordnance Activities; World War, 1917-1918 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...in expedition wherever possible. It also kept an officer trained in installations, moving from one aircraft factory to another, to follow installations and see that all ordnance equipment was placed in accordance with the bureau's requirements. Early in the spring of 1918, a pilot, Lieut. A. J. Ditman R. F., was attached to the bureau for experimental work, and made ordnance officer at the naval air station, Anacostia, as additional duty. Most of the experimental work was carried on at Anacostia, much of it in actual flight, and all officers having to do with this work were required to fly. When the facilities at Anacostia were not adequate for the purpose in hand, the experimental work was carried on at other air stations, at Hampton Roads, Rockaway, Amityville, Akron, and some of the Army fields, at IndianHead, and at Dahlgren, and considerable work was done in the shops and in the air at the naval aircraft factory, at Philadelphia. Care was taken to preserve records of all work done, the specially important work being recorded by means of still and moving pictures, to which one officer devoted himself exclusively and for which purpose complete apparatus has been secured and maintained. The bureau has availed itself of these facilities to prepare films for instructional purposes, notably an innovation in the way of moving pictures of submarines afloat, awash, and submerged, so that pilots and observers might acquaint themselves thoroughly with their appearance under these various conditions. In this connection, it is pertinent to speak of the cooperation of the Army and Navy and of the valuable assistance of the Army in furnishing motion-picture machines and operators and in furnishing instructional films on machine guns. In general, it should be said tha...