ILLUSTRATIONS
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Josephus Daniels Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
War Chiefs of the Navy, the Secretary and his Advisory Council16
A Friendly Bout 17
School Hour Aboard a Battleship 17
President Wilson and the War Cabinet 32
American Dreadnoughts, the Embodiment of Sea Power 33
American Destroyers in Queenstown Harbor 52
The Return of the Mayflower 53
The Surrender of the U-58 58
Crew of the Fanning, which sank the U-58 59
They, Too, Were Ready 67
The Seattle and Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves 68
A Dash through the Danger Zone 68
The Sinking of the President Lincoln 80
The Secretary of the Navy with Captain Dismukes and the men who saved the Mount Vernon 81
The Mount Vernon safely in port after being torpedoed 81
Brest, Center of the Great System of Naval Operations in France 112
A German "Sub" and Some of its Enemies 113
At Gibraltar, Key to the Mediterranean 124
The Great Mine Barrage against the Submarines 125
Planting Mines in the North Sea 128
How the Big Mines in the North Sea Barrage Worked 129
One of the Perils of Mine-Sweeping 136
The Mine-Sweepers Proved Wonderful Sea Boats 136
United States Naval Officers in Important Commands 137
American and British Naval Officials 137
The Transport which carried President Wilson to the Peace Conference 144
Allied Naval Council in Session at Paris 145
Fifth Battle Squadron Joining the British Grand Fleet 160
Surrender of the German High Seas Fleet 161
American Sub-chasers at Corfu, Greece 168
A Flock of Sub-chasers with their Mother-ship 169
Gun-crew of the Luckenbach has a Four-Hour Fight with a Submarine 192
Chief Gunner's Mate Delaney, of the Campana, Defying his Captors 193
The Merchant Submarine Deutschland 193
Leaders of the Marines 208
The Marines in Belleau Wood 209
Naval Railway Battery Firing from Thierville upon Longuyon 224
On the Turret Platform of a Battleship 225
Assembling Naval Airplanes at Brest 228
A Navy Blimp Leaving Hangar at Guipavas, France 229
Naval Aviation Hangars at Guipavas 229
Pauillac, Naval Aviation Station 240
Fliers whose Exploits Brought Prestige to Naval Aviation 241
The Station Whose Messages are Heard around the World 256
The Tablet on the Main Building of the Lafayette Radio Station 257
Eagle Boats at Anchor in the Ice of the White Sea 274
The Half-Way House 275
The Naval Consulting Board and the Navy Department Chiefs 288
Secretary Daniels and Thomas A. Edison 289
Fitting Out for Distant Service 304
Hanging up a Record 305
The Living Flag 320
United States Naval Academy at Annapolis 321
Yeomen (F) in Liberty Loan Parade, New York City 328
Cyclops, the Collier which Disappeared without Leaving a Trace 329
Lost with Every Man on Board (Coast Guard Cutter Tampa) 336
They Saved Survivors of Torpedoed Vessels 337
Gallant Officers of the Coast Guard 337
A General View of Bantry Bay 352
A Close-up View of American "Subs" at Berehaven 352
Rodman and Beatty 353
From Manila to the Adriatic 368
Scorpion, only American Naval Vessel Interned during the War 369