ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
A Modern American Submarine Cruising in the Afloat Condition with Foreward Diving-Rudders Folded Back against the Hull Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
A “Baby Holland” Submarine, One of the First of the U. S. N. 18
Your Model Submarine in Action 46
The Conning Tower and Navigating Compartment Controls of a Modern Submarine 58
The Engine Room of a Modern Submarine Showing the Diesel Engines 82
A Bliss Torpedo with Rotary Compressed Air Motor 98
A 3½ inch Submarine Gun in Action Showing the Deck Well and Manner of Operation 118
The Latest Type of Periscope. A much Magnified Image of the Object Is Shown in the Inner Circle, while in the Outer Circle Is Shown the Object Plus an “all round” View of the Horizon. A Submarine Fitted with This Periscope May well be Said to Have Eyes in the Back of its Head 136
A Marine Wireless Installation 150
The Crew of a Submarine (Note Sailor Going Below through Hatch in After-deck) 166
A German U-Boat “Breaking Water” Preparatory to Examining the Cargo of an Enemy ship 178
Three Eighty-Foot Gasolene Chasers on their Way to Patrol Duty 188
Navigating the “Deutschland” by Means of the Deck Control (Note Open Hatch Leading to Conning Tower) 202