Service of the Coast Artillery 1910

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Service of the Coast Artillery by F. Hinds and F.W. Ward (1910)

CDSG Press hard cover reprint of a manual prepared for new officers joining the Coast Artillery Corps

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Service of the Coast Artillery by F. Hinds and F.W. Ward (1910)

CDSG Press hard cover reprint of a manual prepared for new officers joining the Coast Artillery Corps

This technical manual was prepared to provide a comprehensive source of information for coast artillery officers. Using Ordnance Department publications and Coast Artillery Corps orders, memoranda, and circulars, the authors describe the theory, organization, gunnery, armament, instruments, etc. of the U.S. coast artillery in its early years. The reprint matches the original as closely as possible, a hard-bound book of 576 pages with 150 illustrations and tables.

CONTENTS:

CHAPTER I: DEFINITIONS, ABBREVIATIONS AND SIGNS

CHAPTER II: THEORY AND PRINCIPLES OF COAST DEFENSE

CHAPTER III: ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL

CHAPTER IV: GUNNERY AND BALLISTICS

CHAPTER V: ARMAMENT

CHAPTER VI: EXPLOSIVES, PROJECTILES, PRIMERS AND FUSES

CHAPTER VII: INSTRUMENTS, DEVICES AND CHARTS

CHAPTER VIII: SEARCHLIGHTS

CHAPTER IX: SUBMARINE MINES, SMALL BOATS, ETC.

CHAPTER X: SEACOAST ENGINEERING

CHAPTER XI: CORDAGE