Manual for submarine mining

by United States. War Department

When a noncommissioned officer is in a boat and meets another boat containing an officer he stands and salutes. If the boat flies a flag or pennant, the noncommissioned officer, in addition, lays on oars.

Officers of the Navy and Marine Corps and foreign officers in boats should always be saluted when recognized.

In laden boats, towing boats, or boats under sail the hand salute only is made on all occasions.

Coxswains in charge of boats shall always rise and salute when officers enter or leave their boats.

Boat keepers shall stand up and salute officers passing in boats and remain standing until the boat has come alongside or passed.

APPENDIX NO. 8.
SUPPLY LIST.

• APPARATUS.
• Ammeters, portable, 0-25 scale, 1 to each post.
• Anchors, buoy, 500 pounds, 5 to each group of 19 mines.
• Anchors, mine, 1 to each buoyant mine.
• Axle, cable-reel, 1 to each cable-reel frame.
• Balances and weights, 1 set to each post.
• Battery, storage, 1 to each casemate.
• Boards, operating, 1 to each group of 19 mines.
• Boxes, distribution, 1 to each group of 19 mines.
• Boxes, distribution, 1 to each group of 7 mines.
• Boxes, junction, large, 3 to each mile of multiple cable.
• Boxes, junction, small, 1 to each mile of single-conductor cable.
• Buoy, distribution box, 1 to each distribution box.
• Buoy, marking, 5 to each group of 19 mines.
• Buoy, mine, 1 to each buoyant mine.
• Cable, submarine, 19-conductor, according to project.
• Cable, submarine, 7-conductor, according to project.
• Cable, submarine, 1 conductor, according to project.
• Cases, guncotton, as required.
• Circuit closer, 1 to each mine transformer.
• Clips, cable, 2 for each mine.
• Engine, internal combustion, 1 to each casemate.
• Frame, cable-reel, 3 to each post.
• Fuse can, 1 to each compound plug.
• Generator, casemate, 1 to each casemate.
• Mine cases, according to project.
• Motor generator, D. C.-A. C., 2 to each casemate.
• Panels, power, 1 to each casemate.
• Planting equipment for emergency vessels, 1 to each vessel:
• Each planting equipment consists of—
• 1 axle, cable-reel.
• 4 blocks, snatch.
• 4 blocks, triplex, 2-ton.
• 2 come-alongs.
• 2 davits, anchor.
• 2 davits, mine.
• 1 frame, cable-reel.
• 4 hooks, trip.
• Plugs, compound, 1 to each mine case.
• Reels, cable, according to cable on hand.
• Reel and frame, measuring, 1 to each mine field.
• Shackles, anchor, 2 to each anchor.
• Shackles, mine, 2 to each mine.
• Sister hooks, 1 pair to each anchor.
• Sockets, mooring, 2 to each buoyant mine, for wire rope only.
• Springs, automatic anchor, 6 extra for each group of 19 mines.
• Switches, starting, 1 to each motor generator, D. C.-A. C.
• Telephones, boat, 4 to each mine field.
• Testing set, insulation, 1 to each post having a cable tank:
• Each testing set consists of—
• 1 box, resistance, 100,000 ohms.
• 2 cases for instruments.
• 1 galvanometer, D’Arsonval, reflecting.
• 1 key, special insulation testing.
• 1 repair kit.
• 1 shunt, Ayrton Universal.
• Transformer, casemate, 2 to each casemate.
• Transformer, mine, 1 to each mine.
• Voltmeter, portable, 0-3-volt scale, 1 to each storage battery.
• Voltmeter, portable, 0-150-volt scale, 2 to each post.
• Weights, distance, for automatic anchor, 6 extra for each
• group of 19 mines.

• UTENSILS.
• (Supply for each post, unless otherwise indicated.)
• 1 anvil, 50-pound.
• 3 axes, handled.
• 6 basins, wash.
• 24 binding posts (to each casemate).
• 2 blocks, tackle, double.
• 2 blocks, tackle, single.
• 6 boxes, tool.
• 6 brushes, battery.
• 6 brushes, dust.
• 6 brushes, paint, flat.
• 6 brushes, paint, oval.
• 12 brushes, sash.
• 12 brushes, scratch.
• 6 buckets, galvanized iron.
• 1 chest, carpenter’s tool:
• The chest contains the following tools—
• 1 bits, set, of 13.
• 1 bit, expansive,
• 1 brace, ratchet.
• 1 chisels, carpenter’s, set of 6.
• 1 hammer, claw.
• 1 knife, drawing.
• 1 level, carpenter’s.
• 1 oilstone.
• 1 plane, jack.
• 1 plane, smooth.
• 1 rule, 2-foot.
• 1 saw, compass.
• 1 saw, hand.
• 1 saw, rip.
• 1 saw set.
• 1 square, carpenter’s.
• 6 chisels, cold.
• 4 clips, wire rope (for each buoyant mine).
• 4 coppers, soldering.
• 3 crowbars.
• 6 cups, drinking.
• 2 cutters, cable.
• 1 dies, letters, set.
• 1 dies, numbers, set.
• 1 drill, breast.
• 1 drill points, set of 15.
• 6 files, 6-inch, flat bastard.
• 3 files, 6-inch, slim taper.
• 6 funnels, loading, large.
• 6 funnels, loading, small.
• 1 gloves, rubber, pair (to each storage battery).
• 1 grindstone.
• 24 hacksaw blades.
• 4 hacksaw frames.
• 6 hammers, ball peen.
• 6 hammers, smith’s.
• 2 handles, with tools.
• 3 hatchets.
• 6 hooks, boat.
• 2 hydrometers, battery (to each storage battery).
• 3 irons, calking.
• 4 irons, grappling.
• 120 knives, submarine mine (for each mine company,
• to be issued as part of equipment).
• 3 ladles.
• 6 lamps, alcohol.
• 2 lamps, battery inspection (to each storage battery).
• 3 lamps, Khotal.
• 5 leads, sounding.
• 12 levers for socket wrenches.
• 12 life buoys.
• 12 life preservers.
• 2 mallets, large.
• 2 mallets, small.
• 12 marlinespikes.
• 6 megaphones.
• 1 oilers and tray, set (to each casemate).
• 12 padlocks, brass, with chain.
• 2 pitchers, acid (to each storage battery).
• 2 plates, earth.
• 70 pliers, side cutting, 5½ inch
• (for each mine company, to be issued as part of equipment).
• 50 pliers, side cutting, 8-inch
• (for each mine company, to be issued as part of equipment).
• 3 pots, melting.
• 4 pumps, boat (to each mine field).
• 2 scales, extension spring, reading 200 pounds.
• 1 scales, portable platform.
• 6 scissors, 8-inch.
• 6 scoops, large, for trotol only.
• 6 scoops, small, for trotol only.
• 12 scrapers, iron, with handle.
• 4 screw-drivers, large.
• 4 screw-drivers, medium.
• 4 screw-drivers, small.
• 6 switches, assorted (to each casemate).
• 2 syringes, battery (to each storage battery).
• 3 tapes, measuring.
• 2 thermometers, battery (to each storage battery).
• 2 thermometers, cable tank.
• 2 thimbles, galvanized iron (to each buoyant mine case).
• 2 tongs, cable-reel.
• 6 torches, gasoline, hand.
• 2 trucks, mine case.
• 6 vises, bench, large.
• 6 wrenches, monkey, 8-inch.
• 6 wrenches, monkey, 15-inch.
• 12 wrenches, S.
• 6 wrenches, socket.
• 6 wrenches, spanner.
• 3 wrenches, Stillson.
• 6 wrenches, T, small.

• EXPENDABLE STORES.
• Alcohol, wood, 5 gallons to each post.
• Antimony for socket alloy, 10 pounds to each 19 mines.
• Books, record of cable test, 1 to each post.
• Books, daily test, 2 to each post.
• Books, note, 24 to each post.
• Brushes, carbon, 4 extra for each machine requiring them.
• Brushes, wire, 4 extra for each machine requiring them.
• Cells, dry, large, 25 to each post.
• Cells, dry, small, 100 to each post.
• Cement, rubber, 3 pounds to each 19 mines.
• Cleats, porcelain, 1-wire, 50 to each casemate.
• Cleats, porcelain, 2-wire, 50 to each casemate.
• Collars, Turk’s-head, large, 10 to each mile of 7-conductor cable.
• Collars, Turk’s-head, medium, 10 to each mile of 19-conductor cable.
• Collars, Turk’s-head, small, 5 to each mine.
• Compound, commutator, 1 stick to each casemate.
• Connectors, double, 25 to each casemate.
• Cords, telephone, 4 extra.
• Crayons, marking, 12 to each storehouse.
• Cut-outs, porcelain, 2 to each casemate.
• Drier, as required.
• Electrolyte, specific gravity 1210, 4 carboys to each casemate.
• Explosive, according to project.
• Fuses, service, 4 to each mine.
• Gasoline, for torches, 10 gallons to each post.
• Glands for compound plugs, 2 extra for each plug.
• Glue, 5 pounds to each post.
• Graphite, as required.
• Handles, assorted, as required for repairing tools.
• Insulators, glass, 25 to each storehouse.
• Jointers, copper, 1 pound to each 19 mines.
• Keys, distribution box, flat, 4 extra to each box.
• Keys, distribution box, split, 4 extra to each box.
• Keys, mine case, 2 extra for each mine case.
• Keys, shackle, 1 extra to each shackle.
• Knobs, porcelain, 100 to each post.
• Lampblack, 2 pounds to each 100 pounds of white lead.
• Lamps, incandescent, white, 110 volts, 16-candlepower,
• 12 to each casemate.
• Lamps, incandescent, white, 80 volts, 16-candlepower,
• 12 to each casemate.
• Lamps, incandescent, red, 80 volts, 8-candlepower,
• 3 to each operating board.
• Lamps, incandescent, green, 45 volts, 8-candlepower,
• 3 to each operating board.
• Lamps, incandescent, green, 45 volts, 16-candlepower,
• 3 to each operating board.
• Lamps, incandescent, green, 45 volts, 32-candlepower,
• 3 to each operatingboard.
• Lead, for socket alloy, 90 pounds for each 19 mines.
• Lead, red, as required.
• Lead, white, as required.
• Line, cod, 2,000 feet to each post.
• Line, measuring, 2,000 feet to each post.
• Line, sounding, 500 feet to each post.
• Lye, as required.
• Marline, 1 pound to each mine.
• Nails, assorted sizes, 25 pounds to each post.
• Needles, cleaning, for Khotal lamps, 6 to each post.
• Nipples, soft rubber, 1 to each hard rubber fuse can.
• Oakum, 50 pounds to each post.
• Oil, cylinder, 5 gallons to each casemate.
• Oil, dynamo, 1 gallon to each casemate.
• Oil, lubricating, 1 gallon to each storehouse.
• Oil, linseed, as required, 3 gallons to 100 pounds of lead.
• Oil, slushing, 5 gallons to each post.
• Oil, tar, as required for marline-covered rope.
• Oil, transformer, 1 gallon to each casemate transformer.
• Packing, asbestos sheet, 2 pounds to each casemate.
• Packing, asbestos wick, 1 pound to each casemate.
• Packings, rubber, 100 to each 19 mines.
• Paint, acid-resisting, as required.
• Paint, steel color, for casemate apparatus, as required.
• Paste, soldering, 1 pound to each post.
• Paraffin, 10 pounds to each post.
• Pencils, lead, 6 dozen to each post.
• Plugs, attachment, 6 to each post.
• Pomade, Putz, 3 pounds to each post.
• Primers, explosive, 1 to each mine charge.
• Pumice stone, 2 pounds to each casemate.
• Resin, 2 pounds to each post.
• Rope, for distance weight, 20 feet for each automatic anchor.
• Rope for heaving lines, 1,200 feet to each post.
• Rope for lashings, 1,200 feet to each post.
• Rope, marline-covered, according to project.
• Rope, raising, 50 per cent more than of mooring rope.
• Rope, wire mooring, according to project.
• Rosettes, 24 to each post.
• Ruberine, 5 gallons to each post.
• Sandpaper, 48 sheets to each post.
• Sapolio, 10 cakes to each post.
• Screws, brass, assorted sizes, 1 gross when required.
• Screws, iron, assorted sizes, 1 gross when required.
• Screws, set, for compound plugs, 1 extra set for each compound plug.
• Screws, set, for mine transformers, 1 extra set
• for each mine transformer.
• Shellac for insulation purposes, 5 pounds to each post.
• Soap, 25 cakes to each post.
• Sockets, lamp, 12 to each casemate.
• Solder, wire, 5 pounds to each post.
• Staples, large, 20 pounds to each post.
• Staples, small, 1 pound to each post.
• Suspensions, galvanometer, lower, 3 to each insulation testing set.
• Suspensions, galvanometer, upper, 6 to each insulation testing set.
• Tags, brass, 50 per group of 19 mines.
• Tags, lead, 50 per group of 19 mines.
• Tags, linen, 50 per group of 19 mines.
• Tape, protective, 5 pounds to each 19 mines.
• Tape, rubber, 5 pounds to each 19 mines.
• Tinfoil, 1 pound to each 19 mines.
• Towelling, 10 yards to each post.
• Tubes, porcelain, 12 to each post.
• Turpentine, as required.
• Twine, 3 pounds to each 19 mines.
• Varnish, asphaltum, as required.
• Varnish, spar, as required.
• Washers, brass, 100 to each 19 mines.
• Washers, lead, 1 extra set for each compound plug.
• Waste, cotton, 50 pounds to each post.
• Wire, casemate, extra, 100 feet each of black, blue, red, and brown
• to each casemate.
• Wire, fuse, 1 pound each of 3, 12, and 25 ampere to each casemate.
• Wire, lamp-cord, extra 100 feet to each casemate.
• Wire, loading, 20 feet to each mine.
• Wire, soft-drawn copper.

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