A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" From the Diary of Number Five of the After Port Gun (Russell Doubleday): The Yarn of the Cruise and Fights of the Naval Reserves in the Spanish-American War
Russell Doubleday
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A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" From the Diary of Number Five of the After Port Gun (Russell Doubleday): The Yarn of the Cruise and Fights of the Naval Reserves in the Spanish-American War
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A GUNNER ABOARD THE "YANKEE"
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
A GUNNER ABOARD THE "YANKEE"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
A GUNNER ABOARD THE "YANKEE"
AUTHOR'S FOREWORD.
1898 April 1917
1898 April 1917
INTRODUCTION.
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
A GUNNER ABOARD THE "YANKEE."
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I.
IN WHICH THE "YANKEE" GOES INTO COMMISSION.
IN WHICH THE "YANKEE" GOES INTO COMMISSION.
CHAPTER II.
IN WHICH WE GET UNDER WAY AT LAST.
IN WHICH WE GET UNDER WAY AT LAST.
CHAPTER III.
IN WHICH THE "YANKEE" CRUISES FOR PRIZES.
IN WHICH THE "YANKEE" CRUISES FOR PRIZES.
CHAPTER IV.
WE GET ORDERS TO GO SOUTH.
WE GET ORDERS TO GO SOUTH.
CHAPTER V.
A WILD GOOSE CHASE.
A WILD GOOSE CHASE.
CHAPTER VI.
WE BECOME COAL HEAVERS.
WE BECOME COAL HEAVERS.
CHAPTER VII.
WE ENTER THE "THEATRE OF WAR."
WE ENTER THE "THEATRE OF WAR."
CHAPTER VIII.
WE JOIN SAMPSON'S FLEET.
WE JOIN SAMPSON'S FLEET.
CHAPTER IX.
CLEAR SHIP FOR ACTION.
CLEAR SHIP FOR ACTION.
CHAPTER X.
WE BOMBARD SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
WE BOMBARD SANTIAGO DE CUBA.
CHAPTER XI.
A PERILOUS MOMENT.
A PERILOUS MOMENT.
CHAPTER XII.
IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURE.
IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURE.
CHAPTER XIII.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
CHAPTER XIV.
WE ENGAGE IN A SEA FIGHT.
WE ENGAGE IN A SEA FIGHT.
CHAPTER XV.
COALING IN THE TROPICS.
COALING IN THE TROPICS.
CHAPTER XVI.
"REMEMBER THE FISH."
"REMEMBER THE FISH."
CHAPTER XVII.
IN GOD'S COUNTRY.
IN GOD'S COUNTRY.
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE "YANKEE" ARRIVES OFF SANTIAGO
THE "YANKEE" ARRIVES OFF SANTIAGO
CHAPTER XIX.
HOPE DEFERRED.
HOPE DEFERRED.
CHAPTER XX.
TAPS.
TAPS.
APPENDIX.
THE NAVAL MILITIA OF THE UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES NAVAL CODE FOR VISUAL SIGNALLING.
NIGHT SIGNALLING.
NAVY CODE FLAGS.
RATING MARKS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
THE COMMISSIONED CORPS.
PETTY OFFICERS' RATING MARKS.
TAKING SOUNDINGS.
HEAVING THE LEAD.
HEAVING THE LEAD.
THE BOATSWAIN'S CALLS.
STATIONS OR QUARTERS FOR EXERCISE, OR PRECEDING ACTION, OF FIVE-INCH BREECHLOADING RIFLES.
STATIONS OR QUARTERS FOR EXERCISE, OR PRECEDING ACTION, OF FIVE-INCH BREECHLOADING RIFLES.
THE NAVAL MILITIA OF THE UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES NAVAL CODE FOR VISUAL SIGNALLING.
NIGHT SIGNALLING.
NAVY CODE FLAGS.
RATING MARKS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
THE COMMISSIONED CORPS.
PETTY OFFICERS' RATING MARKS.
TAKING SOUNDINGS.
HEAVING THE LEAD.
HEAVING THE LEAD.
THE BOATSWAIN'S CALLS.
STATIONS OR QUARTERS FOR EXERCISE, OR PRECEDING ACTION, OF FIVE-INCH BREECHLOADING RIFLES.
STATIONS OR QUARTERS FOR EXERCISE, OR PRECEDING ACTION, OF FIVE-INCH BREECHLOADING RIFLES.
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