Ordnance Instructions
for the United States Navy:
1866
Edited by Duane D. Borchers, Sr.
BK-007 $60.00 (Foreign; $90.00)(8 1 /2" x 11", soft cover book, 473 pages)
Part I
Chapter I
Captain, pg. 1
Executive Officer, pg. 4
Officers in charge of divisions, pg. 5
Master, pg. 6
Chief Engineer, pg. 6
Gunner, pg. 6
Carpenter, pg. 8
Yeoman, pg. 9
Chapter II
General distribution of officers and men at quarters, pg. 10
Distribution and arms of men at the guns, pg. 16
Chapter III
Duties at quarters in battle or exercise, pg. 27
Equipments and implements, pg. 32
Broadside guns, stations and gun numbers, pg. 36
Calls for assembling at quarters, pg. 37
Preparations for exercise at general quarters, pg. 39
Arrangements for delivering and distributing powder, pg. 41
Naval gun carriages, pg. 45
Chapter IV
Exercise of broadside guns, pg. 50
Exercise of pivot guns, pg. 73
Notes upon the manual exercise, pg. 93
The use of fuzes, pg. 105
Boarders, pg. 106
General precautions to be observed in time of war, pg. 108
Directions in case of fire, pg. 110
Chapter V
Rifled cannon, pg. 113
Chapter VI
Monitors, pg. 121
Chapter VII
Mortars, pg. 129
Chapter VIII
Miscellaneous operations, pg. 147
Part II
Chapter I
Equipment of boats, pg. 151
Fixtures in boats for boat guns, pg. 158
Exercise and manoeuvre for boat howitzers, pg. 161
Exercise with howitzer on field carriage, pg. 174
Remarks on the use of naval light artillery, pg. 175
Notes on the use of boat howitzers, pg.176
Landing seamen, marines and howitzers, pg. 180
Part III
Chapter I
Ordnance and ordnance stores, pg. 182
Inspection and proof of naval guns, pg, 186
Use of the inspecting instruments, pg. 194
Powder proof, pg. 198
Water proof, pg. 199
Marking guns, pg. 199
Extreme proof of trial guns, pg. 200
Preparation of guns for service, pg. 204
Preservation of guns, pg. 206
Inspection of shot and shells, pg. .211
Shot and shell gauges, pg. 214
Piling of balls, pg. 219
Preservation of shot and empty shells, pg. .222
Preparation of shell for service, pg. 222
Gunpowder, pg. 226
Service charges for naval guns, pg. 231
Cannon and friction primers, pg. 237
Cartridge bags, pg. 238
Chapter II
Magazines and shell rooms, pg. .242
Chapter III
Gun carriages, pg. 249
Gun gear, pg. 251
Griolet, pg. 255 213
Directions for cleaning arms, pg. 267
Paints and lacquers, pg. 270
Appendix
A
Allowance Table of Crews
Directions as to using the allowance tables of crews, pg. .278
Table I. Showing the number of hands for various kinds of
guns, pg. 280
Table II. Allowance of Petty Officers for various kinds of
vessels, pg. .284
Table III. Allowance of Officers, when, pg. .289
Table IV. Allowance of Marines, when, pg. .292
B
Tables of Gunnery Practice
Graduation of sights and ranges, of 32 pdrs: of 27 or 33 cwt.:
No. 1, pg. 294
Graduation of sights and ranges, of 32 pdrs: of 42 or 57 cwt.:
No. 2, pg. 295
Graduation of sights and ranges, of 8 in.: of 55 or 63 cwt.:
No. 3, pg. 296
Graduation of sights and ranges, of 9 and 11 in. shell guns:
No. 4, pg. .297
Approximate ranges of shell guns No. 5, pg. 298
Approximate ranges of shot guns and howitzers No. 6, pg. .305
Approximate ranges of rifle guns No. 7, pg. 311
Table for finding the distance of an object at sea No. 8, pg.
314
Form of report of target practice with great guns No. 9, pg.
316
Form of report of target practice with small arms No. 9, pg.
318
Directions as to preparing reports of target practice No. 10,
pg. 319
C
Forms of Reports of Inspection
and of Target Practice
Forms of reports of inspections No. 1, pg. 321
Questions to be embraced in reports of target practice No. 2,
pg. 325
D
Tables of Allowances or Ordnance Stores
Tables of allowances of ordnance equipments and stores, pg. 326
E
Terms and definitions, pg. 360
F
Carriages, pg. 368