Evening star., 1945-10-25
Naval Weapons
To Be Displayed
This Week End
SEQ and Air Bases
In Potomac Area
To Be Open to Public

10 Dc open 10 TuDIIC
Many weapons which have helped
win the war in the Atlantic and
Pacific will be displayed for Wash
ingtonians Saturday at the biggest
Navy Day celebration since Pearl
Harbor.
Sea and air bases of the Potomac
River Naval Command will be
thrown open to the public in Wash
ington and nearby areas, with the
largest crowds expected at the Navy
Yard to inspect four battle-tested
destroyers, three submarines and a
destroyer escort.
In many cases sailors who manned
the battle equipment overseas will
be on hand to demonstrate it to the
public at the Potomac Commands
f1rst peacetime "open house" since
1910.
Open Saturday and Sunday.
War craft on view here from 8 to
II am. and from to pm. Satur-
day and from to 4:30 pm. Sunday.
include the destroyers Ausburne,
Claxton. Dyson and Converse; the
submarines Atule. Cobia and IT,
grone, and the destroyer escort
Lowe, along with LIST $50. The Lowe
and Atule will be docked at $50
Maine avenue S.W., while the other
ships will be tied up in the Navy
Yard.
Other attractions will be the
catapulting of plane every hour
from a barge in the river, the 'in-
vasion" of the area by amphibious
trucks manned by Marines, deep-sea
diving demonstrations, and the
actual discharge at pm. of 100 men
at the receiving station in Anacostia.
Programs also have been arranged
at the Naval Air Station, Anacostia;
the Naval Observatory, the Naval
Air Station. Patuxent River, Md;
National Naval Medical Center,
Bethesda; Mine Warfare Test Sta
ton, Solomons, Md; David w.
Taylor Model Testing Basin at Car
derock, Md; Alexandria Torpedo
Station and the Naval Powder Fac
Wy dt 1IluldIllledQ, Mo.
Plan Navy Day Dinner.
A Navy Day dinner at the May
flower Hotel Saturday night will be
addressed' by John L. Sullivan,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for
Air; Senator Barkley of Kentucky,
and Spruille Braden, newly appoint
ed Assistant Secretary of State for
inter-American affairs.
President Truman plans to leave
for New York tomorrow night to
participate in Navy Day ceremonies
at Brooklyn Navy Yard Saturday
morning, including the commission
ing of the huge new carrier, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt.
Details of the full program in
Washington and vicinity follow:
| Anacostia Air Station-Gates open
from 9 am. to sunset Saturday, with
Navy buses meeting visitors at main
gate.
Almost all types of Navy combat
I planes will be. on display, and every
I hour on the hour these will be DEM
onstrated by solo flights over the
reservation. A special commercial
bus will operate between the main
gate and Howard road and Nichols
avenue Sc. beginning at am.
Naval Observatory Open.
Naval Observatory-Open Satur-
day from 9 am. to pm. and by
card only from to II pm. On
display will be huge telescopes, time
service system, including clock house
and zenith tube used in determining
the Nations time, and navigational
instruments.
Medical Center, Bethesda-Guides
will be available from 10 am. to
pm. Saturday to show visitors
points of interest in one of the
worlds finest and most modern hos
pitals.
David Taylor Model Basin
Guides will explain test facilities
to visitors from l to pm. Satur-
day, with the morning hours re-
served for families of employees.
Alexandria Torpedo Station
From am. to pm. Saturday vis-
itors at both main plant and Frank
lin street annex will be shown the
various parts of the torpedo and
its operation will be demonstrated
in motion pictures. Navy diving
parties at each plant will make
dives periodically throughout the
day from fully equipped diving
boats, and personnel will be on
hand to explain equipment and
methods.
Mars on Display.
Naval Air Station, Patuxent-
Open from to pm. Saturday for
an air show of combat maneuvers
and tours about the test center,
which will include a look at the
giant flying boat Mars.
Mine Test Station, Solomons, Md.
4 From am. to 4 pm. Saturday
guides will be on hand to explain
mines, torpedoes and mine sweeping
gear to visitors.
Powder Factory, Indian Head, Md,
! Tours will be conducted from 10
am. to 2 pm. Saturday. The pro-
gram includes. two band concerts
and softball game in the afternoon.
! Ikensinuton Residents