APPENDIX B THE SEA LIBRARY The books an officer should have, and study, are appended. Bowditch's American Practical Navigator. The Navigator's Bible. Lecky's Wrinkles in Practical Navigation. No comment needed. An officer who does not know this book -well, he is simply not all there as an officer. Bradford's Whys and Wherefores of Navigation. An American book, of intimate and interesting information on the subject of navigation. If you want to know " why," own and study Bradford, it is a book for the man who likes to thoroughly understand his subject-simple, clear, complete. Jacoby's Navigation. A good book for the beginner. Knight's Seamanship. The best American work on seamanship, naval and merchant service. The chapters on ship handling and the higher problems of seamanship are exceptionally good. Todd and Whall's Seamanship. The best book to date for the merchantman. Walton's Know Your Own Ship. Information about vessels that every officer aboard ship should possess. White's Oil Tank Steamers. An excellent work by an officer who knows his subject. Allingham's Weather Signs and How to Read Them. apparatus, 113 Fire, protection against, 63, 64, 65 Insurance, war risk, 283, 284, 285 F Fees, 21 Fire-fighting equipment, 92 Fire lines, 75 International Rules of Road, 184-220 Inventories, 76 Invoices, 84 Gangway, 74 General average, 51-52 General libel bond, 57, 58 Great Lakes, licenses, 166 crimes on, 300 Ground tackle, 94 Gun, drill with line carrying, 113 line carrying, 112 tests, 112 H Harbor defenses, 61 |