1866 United States NAVY Ordnance Instructions Civil WAR Officers Ships America

1866 United States NAVY Ordnance Instructions Civil WAR Officers Ships America

A rare Civil War-era printing of the United States Navy’s ‘Ordnance Instructions’. This book contains descriptions and information on preparing and maintaining ships for war, the equipment aboard ships, boat maneuvers, and most importantly the responsibilities and expectations of naval officers.

Item number: #19278

Price: $599

United States

Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy.

Washington : Gov. Print. Office, 1866.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • Part I – Relating to the preparation of vessels of war for battle, and to the duties of officers and others when at quarters
    • vi, 131, [1]
  • Part II – The equipment and maneuver of boats and exercise of boat howitzers
    • 27, [1]
  • Part III – Ordnance and ordnance stores / Appendix
    • 89, [1]; li, [5], 26
  • 37 plates
• Provenance: Handwritten
  • Frank E. Naron
  • Serg^t. Tho^s. A Gaskins, USS Swatara
  • Henry A. Ballon, USSS Swatara
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; secure
• Size: ~9.25in X 6in (23.5cm x 15cm)

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