Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. / 1866. Fourth edition.
by United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ordnance
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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.
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