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Good in Fair jacket. xii, 219, [1] pages. Illustrations. Definitions. DJ has wear, soiling, tears and chips. Commander Edward R. King was the commanding officer of the Destroyer leader John S. McCain. He spent most of his career at sea in destroyers, cruisers and battleships. He had his first destroyer command during World War II. The John S. McCain was his fourth command. He and his co-author were classmates (1936) at the Naval Academy. Commander Noel also spent most of his career in destroyers, cruisers and amphibious ships and had command of a destroyer for the last two years of WWII. He served in the Department of Seamanship and Navigation at the Naval Academy. This work reflects the state-of-the-art, the state of knowledge, and the state of practice between the end of Korean War and the development of American military involvement in the conflicts in Indochina and Southeast Asia. A fundamental skill of professional seamanship is being able to maneuver a vessel with accuracy and precision. Unlike vehicles on land, a ship afloat is subject to the movements of the air around it and the water in which it floats. Another complicating factor is the mass of a ship that has to be accounted for when stopping and starting. Ship-handling is about arriving and departing a berth or buoy, maneuvering in confined channels and harbors and in proximity to other ships, whilst at all times navigating safely. Two other types of operations, berthing alongside another ship and replenishment at sea, are occasionally included. A key ability for a ship-handler is a good understanding of how the wind, tide and swell, the passage of other vessels, as well as the shape of the seabed, will affect a vessel's movement, which, together with an understanding of a specific vessel's performance, should allow that vessel a safe passage.
