The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 70National Geographic Society, 1937 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 173
... LIGHT- SHIP RADIOBEACON Provides the navigator with a cross bearing which , plotted on the chart , tells him how far he is from Nantucket NANTUCKET T. C E Lightship . NEW FIRE I. LIGHTSHIP RADIOBEACON AMBROSE LIGHTSHIP RADIOBEACON ...
... LIGHT- SHIP RADIOBEACON Provides the navigator with a cross bearing which , plotted on the chart , tells him how far he is from Nantucket NANTUCKET T. C E Lightship . NEW FIRE I. LIGHTSHIP RADIOBEACON AMBROSE LIGHTSHIP RADIOBEACON ...
Page 177
... Lightship , where , un- til the alarm spread , vessels were con- stantly passing . The submarine sank a number of unarmed merchant ships , the crews of which took refuge on the lightship . At one time there were 115 shipwrecked men ...
... Lightship , where , un- til the alarm spread , vessels were con- stantly passing . The submarine sank a number of unarmed merchant ships , the crews of which took refuge on the lightship . At one time there were 115 shipwrecked men ...
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... Lightship . Because they are moored close to steamer lanes lightships are themselves liable to various kinds of catastrophe , chiefly colli- sion , but radio permits the immediate sum- moning of aid . In 1916 , Fire Island Lightship ...
... Lightship . Because they are moored close to steamer lanes lightships are themselves liable to various kinds of catastrophe , chiefly colli- sion , but radio permits the immediate sum- moning of aid . In 1916 , Fire Island Lightship ...
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Idaho | 26 |
Australia | 31 |
Ellsworth Awarded the Hubbard Medal______ | 36 |
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