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ORDNANCE INSTRUCTIONS
UNITED STATES NAVY.
1866.
PART I.
PREPARATION OF VESSELS OF WAR FOR BATTLE,
DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND OTHERS WHEN AT QUARTERS.
PART II.
THE EQUIPMENT AND MANŒUVRE OF BOATS
EXERCISE OF BOAT HOWITZERS.
PART III.
ORDNANCE AND ORDNANCE STORES.
FOURTH EDITION.—PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE NAVY DEPARTMENT.
WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, 1866.
CONTENTS.
[A full index will be found at the end of the book.]
PART I.
RELATING TO THE
PREPARATION OF VESSELS OF WAR FOR BATTLE.
CHAPTER I.
GENERAL DUTIES OF OFFICERS
IN RELATION TO ORDNANCE AND GUNNERY, AND TO MILITARY EQUIPMENTS AND EXERCISES.
CAPTAIN.
EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
OFFICERS IN CHARGE OF DIVISIONS.
MASTER.
CHIEF ENGINEER.
GUNNER.
CARPENTER.
YEOMAN.
CHAPTER II.
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF OFFICERS AND MEN AT QUARTERS.
MASTER'S DIVISION.
POWDER DIVISION.
DIVISION OF MARINES.
SURGEON'S DIVISION.
THE CHAPLAIN.
PAYMASTER.
ENGINEER DIVISION.
MISCELLANEOUS OFFICERS.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE CREW.
BOARDERS.
PIKEMEN.
FIREMEN.
SAIL-TRIMMERS.
PUMPMEN.
DISTRIBUTION AND ARMS OF MEN AT THE GUNS.
CHAPTER III.
DUTIES AT QUARTERS, IN BATTLE OR EXERCISE.
CAPTAIN.
EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
SIGNAL OFFICER.
MASTER'S DIVISION.
ENGINEER'S DIVISION.
POWDER DIVISION.
SURGEON'S DIVISION.
OFFICERS COMMANDING DIVISIONS OF GUNS.
EQUIPMENTS AND IMPLEMENTS.
BROADSIDE GUNS.
CALLS FOR ASSEMBLING AT QUARTERS.
PREPARATIONS FOR EXERCISE AT GENERAL QUARTERS, WITHOUT POWDER.
PREPARATIONS FOR EXERCISE AT GENERAL QUARTERS, WITH POWDER, AS THOUGH ENGAGED IN BATTLE.
PROVIDING BROADSIDE-GUNS.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR DELIVERING AND DISTRIBUTING POWDER.
PASSING-SCUTTLES.
SHOT AND SHELL.
HATCHWAY FOR THE WOUNDED.
NAVAL GUN-CARRIAGES.
NOMENCLATURE OF ORDINARY NAVAL TRUCK-CARRIAGE.
OF PARTS PECULIAR TO MARSILLY CARRIAGE.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IV.
MANUAL EXERCISE.
EXERCISE OF BROADSIDE-GUNS,
HOUSING LOWER-DECK GUNS.
GENERAL REMARKS ON THE MANUAL EXERCISE.
THE GUNS ON ONE SIDE BEING MANNED, TO CHANGE SIDES, OR BOTH SIDES BEING MANNED, TO MAN ONE SIDE ONLY; COMMAND. "MAN THE STARBOARD (OR PORT) GUNS!"
EXERCISE OF BROADSIDE-GUNS, ON BOTH SIDES AT ONCE, BY MANNING ALTERNATE GUNS WITH FULL CREWS.
MANNING ALL THE GUNS.
QUICK FIRING.
SHIFTING BREECHINGS IN ACTION.
SHIFTING TRUCKS.
EXERCISE OF PIVOT-GUNS.
Equipments and Implements.
STATIONS AND GUN-NUMBERS.
EXERCISE FOR HEAVY GUNS
EXERCISE OF PIVOT XI-IN. CANNON.
TRANSPORTING PIVOT-GUNS FROM ONE END OF A VESSEL TO THE OTHER.
NOTES UPON THE MANUAL EXERCISE.
FOURTH COMMAND.
"SERVE VENT AND SPONGE!"
REMARKS ON THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FIRING.
THE USE OF FUZES.
BOARDERS.
GENERAL PRECAUTIONS
TO BE OBSERVED IN TIME OF WAR.
DIRECTIONS IN CASE OF FIRE.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER V.
RIFLED CANNON.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VI.
MONITORS.
MANUAL EXERCISE.
SHELL AND POWDER DIVISION.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VII.
MORTARS.
MANUAL EXERCISE.
MAGAZINE AND SHELL-ROOM.
GENERAL RULES AND OBSERVATIONS.
TAKING THE DISTANCE.
LOADING MORTARS.
FUZES.
PROCESS OF FILLING BOMBS.
POINTING MORTARS.
TABLES OF CHARGES, ELEVATIONS, AND RANGES FOR 13-INCH MORTARS.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VIII.
MISCELLANEOUS OPERATIONS.
GETTING IN GUNS ON COVERED DECKS.
TAKING IN GUNS OVER ALL.
GETTING OUT GUNS THROUGH PORTS.
MANNER OF USING THE GRIOLET PURCHASE FOR DISMOUNTING OR MOUNTING GUNS ON COVERED DECKS.
THROWING GUNS OVERBOARD.
PART II.
EQUIPMENT AND MANŒUVRE
OF
BOATS.
EQUIPMENT AND MANŒUVRE
BOATS.
EQUIPMENT OF BOATS.
WHEN DIRECTED TO BE MANNED AND ARMED FOR SERVICE.
DETAILS OF THE FOREGOING TABLE.
FORM OF EXERCISE AND MANŒUVRE
FOR THE BOAT-HOWITZERS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY.
NOTES TO THE FORM OF BOAT EXERCISE.
PIVOTING THE HOWITZER.
SHIFTING THE HOWITZER.
DISEMBARKATION OF THE HOWITZER.
EMBARKATION OF THE HOWITZER.
REMARKS ON THE USE OF NAVAL LIGHT ARTILLERY.
NOTES ON THE USE OF BOAT-HOWITZERS.
LANDING SEAMEN, MARINES, AND HOWITZERS
PART III.
ORDNANCE
AND
ORDNANCE STORES.
PART III.
CHAPTER I.
ORDNANCE AND ORDNANCE STORES.
INSPECTION AND PROOF OF NAVAL GUNS
USE OF THE INSPECTING INSTRUMENTS.
EXTREME PROOF OF TRIAL-GUNS.
PREPARATION OF GUNS FOR SERVICE.
PRESERVATION OF GUNS.
INSPECTION OF SHOT AND SHELLS.
GUNPOWDER.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER II.
MAGAZINES AND SHELL-ROOMS.
CONSTRUCTION, LIGHTING, STOWING, AND FLOODING.
CHAPTER III.
GUN-CARRIAGES, GEAR, IMPLEMENTS AND EQUIPMENTS.
GUN-CARRIAGES.
PAINTS AND LACQUERS.
APPENDIX.
APPENDIX A.
ALLOWANCE OF CREWS:
TABLE I.
TABLE II
TABLE III.
TABLE IV.
FOOTNOTES:
APPENDIX B.—No. I.
GRADUATION OF SIGHTS AND MEAN RANGES OF UNITED STATES NAVAL SMOOTH-BORE GUNS.
APPENDIX B.—No. II.
APPENDIX B.—No. III.
APPENDIX B.—No. IV.
APPENDIX B.—No. V.—Approximate Ranges of Shell-Guns.
APPENDIX B.—No. VI.—Approximate Ranges of Shot-Guns and Howitzers.
APPENDIX B.—No. VII.—Approximate Ranges of Rifle-Guns.
APPENDIX B.—No. VIII.
APPENDIX B.—No. IX.
APPENDIX B.—No. X.
FOOTNOTES:
APPENDIX C.—No. I.
REPORT OF AN INSPECTION
APPENDIX C.—No. II.
APPENDIX D.
TABLES OF ALLOWANCES OF ORDNANCE EQUIPMENTS AND STORES.
INDEX.
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