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Identifier: simsaduslondonam00leig (find matches)
Title: Simsadus: London; The American navy in Europe
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Leighton, John Langdon. (from old catalog)
Subjects: United States. Navy World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, H. Holt and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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l, one complete unit was ready for testing. Inthe meantime the Navy Department had Issued ordersto all large Naval Training Stations to select a certainnumber of picked men to serve on a mission of specialimportance and desirability. The selection of thesemen was one of the most Interesting features of thedevelopment of the batteries. Each battery train wasto have a complement of forty-one men, who. In orderto be of the most use, had to be jacks-of-all-trades.*On May 15, General Pershing was informed thatthe railway batteries were completed and they wereshipped to St. Nazaire; by the middle of Augustthey were In use at the Front. Their first dutywas to fire at the famous German long-range gun,which had been shelling Paris, but the long-rangegun moved its position shortly before operationscould be begun. Nevertheless, they served at theFront during the remaining months of hostilities andfired a total of 646 rounds. The extreme range ofthese guns was a little over 42,500 yards, or about
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  • booksubject:World_War__1914_1918
  • bookpublisher:New_York__H__Holt_and_company
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