Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 11, Number 8, DeMotte, Jasper County, 9 January 1941 — Gentlemen—The Navy! [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Gentlemen—The Navy!

The United State* Navy is now 1 65 _years old. W hen the current fl defense program achieves its goal* the U. S. Navy will be more power - || fid than any navy, or combination ■ of navies, afloat! % The “mother" of the U. S. Navy uas the “ Hannah" (right), a Mas- 1 sachnsetts schooner owned byCapt. John Glover , commissioned as a man-o’-war in 1775. The schooner scared naval victory in the history of the American navy by capturing a British ship off Beverly, Mass., on Sept. 5. 1775.

GRE.4'I IT HITE FLEET . . . The world sat up and took notice of the growing power of the U. S. Navy when Theodore Roosevelt sent the Great White Fleet around the world in 1907. Above are five units of the White Squadron.

Y arn-S pinner, Ancient ... “Shot" of an old salt spinning his salty yarn to shipmates aboard the old U. S. S. Richmond. In this respect the Navy has not changed much luring the decades

Yarn-Spmner, Modern . Beneath the wing of one of the ship's fighting planes, the boys lend willing ears to the tall tales of n shipmate aboard the ultra-modern JJ. S Saratoga.

i,ROM A UV . . . And here is a view of a few of the mighty floating fortresses of the modern United States Navy—our first line of defense. Loitk hack at the picture of the tiny “Hannah" and make com pari sons

If /NGN OF THE NAFY . . . From the deck of the aircraft carrier Ranger," we see the U. S. S. Saratoga and the U. S. S. Lexington , each with their coves of fighting planes on flight deck, gliding majestically through calm waters.

The Launching of the frigate r “Fulton the First ” at [Sew York , Octo her 29, 1814 , ffte first steam-driven warship in the world.