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CDSG Press Book Reprints

The Service of Coast Artillery

by Frank T. Hines and Franklin W. Ward

Published by the Goodenough & Woglom Company, New York, 1910

Reprinted by the CDSG Press, Bel Air, MD 1997

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
CHAPTER XII: MAGAZINE RIFLE
CHAPTER XIII: POINTS FOR COAST ARTILLERISTS