Our Navy at war

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Our Navy at War

CHAPTER I WHEN THE WAR CALL CAME

CHAPTER II "TO BE STRONG UPON THE SEAS"

CHAPTER III THE BREAK WITH GERMANY

CHAPTER IV THE DAY OF DECISION

CHAPTER V SENDING SIMS TO EUROPE

CHAPTER VI NAVAL ALLIES IN HISTORIC CONFERENCE

CHAPTER VII "WE ARE READY NOW, SIR"

CHAPTER VIII RACE BETWEEN WILSON AND HINDENBURG

CHAPTER IX THE FLEET THE KAISER BUILT FOR US

CHAPTER X GUARDING THE COAST OF FRANCE

CHAPTER XI GIBRALTAR AND THE CONVOY

CHAPTER XII SHUTTING UP THE HORNETS IN THEIR NESTS

CHAPTER XIII PRESIDENT WILSON AS A STRATEGIST

CHAPTER XIV COMRADES OF THE MIST

CHAPTER XV "CINDERELLAS OF THE FLEET"

CHAPTER XVI "DO NOT SURRENDER" "NEVER!"

CHAPTER XVII WHEN THE U-BOATS CAME TO AMERICA

CHAPTER XVIII MARINES STOPPED DRIVE ON PARIS

CHAPTER XIX THE ANSWER TO THE 75-MILE GUN

CHAPTER XX THE NAVY THAT FLIES

CHAPTER XXI THE FERRY TO FRANCE

CHAPTER XXII RADIO GIRDLED THE GLOBE

CHAPTER XXIII A SURPRISE FOR COUNT VON LUXBURG

CHAPTER XXIV AMERICAN ADMIRAL SAVED KOLCHAK

CHAPTER XXV THE HALF-WAY HOUSE

CHAPTER XXVI TO VICTORY ON A SEA OF OIL

CHAPTER XXVII EDISON AND 100,000 MORE

CHAPTER XXVIII BUILDING A THOUSAND SHIPS

CHAPTER XXIX MAKING SAILORS OUT OF LANDSMEN

CHAPTER XXX THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND STRONG

CHAPTER XXXI WOMEN IN THE NAVY

CHAPTER XXXII COAST GUARD WON DISTINCTION

CHAPTER XXXIII WINNING THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE WAR

CHAPTER XXXIV FIGHTING THE PROFITEERS

CHAPTER XXXV "SIRS, ALL IS WELL WITH THE FLEET"

CHAPTER XXXVI AFTER THE ARMISTICE

Transcriber's Notes:

Blank pages have been eliminated.

Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original.

A few typographical errors have been corrected.

The cover page was created by the transcriber and can be considered public domain.


From painting in Navy Department by R. S. Meryman


BY
JOSEPHUS DANIELS
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
1913 to 1921

Illustrated with Reproductions of Original
and Official Photographs

Pictorial Bureau
Washington, D. C.
1922


COPYRIGHT BY
Pictorial Bureau
1922


To the Six Hundred Thousand Men

Who Served in the United States Navy
and Marine Corps in the World War

Manning more than two thousand vessels—

Operating with Allied Navies from the Arctic to the Adriatic—

Transporting troops and supplies across the Atlantic—

Protecting ships from attack and destruction—

Driving off and defeating the murderous submarines,
You made safe the seas, and
Kept open the Road to France, so that,
Of all the vast Army sent overseas,
Not one soldier on an American troop-ship
Lost his life on the way to France.

Fighting with the Army, your comrades,
The Soldiers of the Sea, won fame in
Hard-fought battles that saved Paris,
Drove back the German hordes, and
Won for Humanity Complete and Glorious Victory.

In recognition of your splendid service, your dauntless deeds, this work is dedicated by one who was sometime your commander and always your shipmate.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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