SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-01-30
Did You Know Thst
NOTICE: Listen in to Station WI AN
cleveland every Thurs lay 1870 p. m.
and hear "Know Your Navy.
Names Of Vessels:

No proud or adoring mother could
ponder longer over what to name their
first born than does the Navy Depart.
mant over the names given its smallest
children, cruisers and destroyers.
One intelligent and charming EN-.
ployee of the Navy Department, Mrs.
Edna B. Casbarian, spends ractically
all her time in finding names for the
new vessels.
Battleships must be named after the
States in the Union according to law,
but it is the smaller cruisers and des.
troyers which, as soon as they are
authorized, that canse the Bureau to
be swamped with requests to name
ship after city or person.
Hours of research are necessary be.
fore any name may be selected for q
destroyer to insure that everything is
in order and that the closest female
descendant to be found officiate at re.
leasing the bottle Of champagne against
the ships bows at the launching.
The Nays Deck Carpet!
The weather decks of all large ships
of the Navy are covered with a dur.
able wood called teak. It is one sub.
stance that has proven satisfactory
over the years for decking. Nothing
has ever been found to take it's place.
New ships are being built that use
new methods of construction and con.
tain materials never before used, but
the decks on the ships will always be
teak.
Teak-wood is found only in far of
Burma where the output is controlled
by the British government. The teak
forests mature slowly, requiring of $50
years; the wearing Characteristic is
equally slow. This wood is especially
adapted to use in the Navy because it
is the only weather deck material which
will stand up under either continuous or
intermittent socking with salt or fresh
water, because insects and bugs die Of
starvation on the teak diet, because it
| contains no acids to corrodo the steel
deck, because it does not fur or splinter
and because it has small shrinking co.
efficient.
Light for Life Jackets
is an electric unit that lights automa.
tically upon contact with water and
perfected for that particular use. The
light is fitted into the shoulder of the
jacket and is connected to a eel unit in
the back. The emit consists of zinc
tube with carbon rod center which be.
comes actuated upon immersion in the
water. A wire from this unit runs over
the shoulder inside the jacket to two
heavy convak glass lenses, held in place
by bakelite washers and brass guards
to protect them from damage. The en-.
tire apparatus is light in weight, and
the light will burn continuously in salt
or fresh water for seventy. eight hours.
1t has been approved by the Bureau Of
Navigation and Marine Inspection. !.
The q. s. Navy Recruiting Station,
Room 500, Federal Building. on the
Public Square In Cleveland viii enlist
an unlimited number Of men between
the ages Of II and 81 in the y. 8. Navy
every month.
These itemr are compiled and die.
tribut.d weekly by the Navy Recruit.
ing station, Cleveland. Ohio. Branch
Offices are located at Akron, Astabula,
Can't ridge, Canton. Marietta, Sandus.
Ky End Youngstown.
EARL v. SHERMAN, Lieutenant,
D. g. Navy. Oficer.in. Charge.