Evening star., 1935-05-22
Navy Yard Host to Argen-
tine and Massachusetts
Training Ships.
PUBLIC Permitted
TO VISIT NANTUCKET
Propeller Clubs Throughout Ma
ton Celebrating Occasion
With Dinners.

With two visiting vessels at the
Washington Navy Yard, flags flying
from the public buildings in keeping
with President RooSevelt's proclama-
ton and officials of the Shipping
Board Bureau of the Department of
Commerce emphasizing Americas sea
power, the Capital today quietly cele-
brated National Maritime day.
The Chief Executive, by proclama-
ton, recently designated today as
National Maritime day, honoring the
first successful transoceanic voyage
under steam propulsion by recalling
May ~, 1919, when the Savannah
sailed out of Savannah, Ga, for Liver
pool, England, making the crossing in
81 days.
The Washington Navy Yard was
host to the Argentine naval training
ship Presidente Sarmiento and the
Massachusetts, nautical schoolship
Nantucket. both of which came up the
Potomac River yesterday. James Craig
Peacock, director of the Shipping
Board Bureau. today announced the
Nantucket will be at the Navy Yard
until Monday. The general public will
be permitted to inspect the vessel. he
said, and see how Massachusetts, is
cooperating with the Federal Govern
ment in training boys for the mer-
chant marine. The cadets will go on
sightseeing tours here.
Two-Year Course Given.
A two-year course is given and
then the cadets Sre eligible for exam
ination for third officer or third assist
ant engineer. Graduates have become
eminent officers in the merchant ma
rine and Coast Guard, while others
give expert service in the photographic
Once of the Navy Department, the
Shipping Board Bureau and the
Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat
Inspection of the Department OF
Commerce, as well as being Panama
Canal pilots. The course aboard the
Nantucket includes an annual cruise
to foreign lands. She will be back in
Boston on September II.
Commanding the Nantucket is Capt
C. S. Adele, United States Navy, re-
tired. Her executive oficer is Capt
Howard C. Copeland, United States
Naval Reserve. On Friday from 4 to
pm, the captain and officers will be
at home to the Senate Committee on
Commerce, the House Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries, the
Massachusetts, Representatives in Con-
gress and officials of the Commerce
Department.
The Nantucket formerly was the
Ranger. built in 1876 at Wilmington
Del. officials today explained she is
kept in repair by the United States
Navy. The vessel is lit feet long, 81
feet beam, 13 feet draft, 1881 tons
displacement and she is engined with
500 horsepower.
At the Indian Spring. Md. Coli
Club this evening. the Propeller Club
of this city, in conjunction with the
Student Club Of Georgetown Univer-
sity, will celebrate National Maritime
day with a dinner dance. Guest
speakers will be Rev. Edmund A
Walsh, S. j., and DR.. Thomas H
Healy, Georgetown University authori-
ties.
List Of Officers.
Oficers of the Port of Washington
as the local Propeller Club is known
are: James o. Porter, president; E. j.
Kaiser, vice president; AL Hanson,
treasurer, and John H. Gose, secre-
tary.
All over the United States, the Pro-
peller Clubs are celebrating National
Maritime day with dinners. The an
nual Neptune Carnival is being staged
by the Propeller Club Of Pensacola
Fla.
The efforts Of two Georgia Senators
made National Maritime day possible
for three years ago, Congress took off,
cial cognizance of this opportunity to
bring the American merchant marine
to public attention. The epoch-mak-
ing voyage of the Savannah 116 years
ago today became the focal point OF
the celebration.
In the Smithsonian Institution Is
displayed the log book of the Savan-
nah, detailing the famous voyage
Mrs. Sarah A. Ward was the donor
of the historical document. The entry
under May %, 1919, reads: "These "a
hours begins with fresh breezes al
northeast at Z am. Started with the
steam from Savannah at IL am
Anchored at Tybee. Slowed the boat
and spars and lashed them. Latter
part light breezes and flying cloud"
This classic comes out of the pages
of the log, written during the tri-
umphal voyage: "All hands employed
taking in wood. Daniel Claypit cut
his left thumb of. The doctor done