US Naval Reserve Midshipmens School - Side Boy Yearbook (New York, NY)

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LIEUI. S.l'Al0N J. Plulf.LE, JR., USNR lnvtruclor 314 East Mann Street Belhaven North Carolina LIEUT. LEROY C. POOL, USNR Invtruclor Agra, Oklahoma LIEUT. WALTER B. STOVALL, JR., USNR lnwzruczor 1l01 Elm Avenue ' Sanford, Florida LIEUT. CARL R. WESSELI-IOFT, USNR I nstruclor 1816 St. Andrews Road Greensboro, North Carolina ff' Kr sl !.,.-G-,rs-N ml ,6f' -1 :-..-.- Lsxw-if -Sgnn gs:- XT. Y X Ni ix N 7 40

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IIFUT UL? RUSSFII B BRYAN USNR Instructor 1245 Ocean Avenue Suntu Monica California LIFUT FDWARD V BURCIAIIII USNR lmlruclol 1231 Wiltxisfmx Struct Reading, Pcnnsylvzuuu LIEUT. fjprb ADRIAN K. BURKE, USNR Instructor 14 S1lCl'lIlZlll Avenue East Newark, New Jersey LIEUT. JOHN J. DONOVAN, USNR In vtructor 84 Plncknuy Street BoGt0n M vas lCilllQK tts LIEUT. CHARLES L. FERGUS, USNR I n slruclor 1004 South Hickory Ottuwu, Kansas IIFUT CHTSTER C KIRKPATRICK USNR Instructor Harrisville, West Virginia 39 wk 'WN'

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Navigation Department Head LIEUTENANT COMMANDER A. C. DENISON, USNR Glendale, Ohio Navigation aboard ship is as essential as the turbines and diesel engines which propel it through the water, for without either the ship would be a helpless hulk. A thorough and complete knowledge of navigation and the use of navigational instru- ments is a prime requisite of every oflicer in the U. S. Navy, so a great deal of the midshipmen's classwork time was spent in the navigation building learning navigation from the inside out. The problem ship of the middies was the USS Skylark, guaranteed to be the only ship afloat today that has been run on the rocks a couple hundred times, maintained a speed of seventy knots or over for an extended length of time and been responsible for the growth of a tree. It has been cussed, manhandled, pricked with dividers and given other equally terrible treatment, but it still sails merrily f?j on, oblivious of the troubled world outside. Incidentally, the Skylark was christened by a former stall' ollicer, Lieut. Conlon, of the Navigation Department after six hours of work on the lesson sheets. All types of problems were given the middies, and at the completion of the four months training period, they were capable of everything from obtaining a fix on the sun at high noon to predicting the depth of water at Bronx Beach on the Sound at 0100. Due to the excellent instruction afforded the midshipmen by the navigation staff. the only major navigation problem defying all attempts at solution was navigating along Times Square on liberty night without running aground in the Crowd, 41