Bluejackets' Manual 1943
 
Here you will find just a few selected pages from the 1,150 page 1943 edition of the U. S. Navy
Bluejackets' Manual

These are pretty large image files, so please be patient


Ring the ship's bell Click to Ring the Ship's Bell by clicking it with your mouse

... or sound the foghorn:   Click to Sound Ship's Horn

Knot tying

   Signal flags and pennants

      The smoking lamp, the lucky bag and other Navy traditions

            Sails and Rigging and Small boat seamanship

                  The art of the Boatswain's Pipe


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