Journal of the United States Artillery, Volume 42Artillery School Press, 1914 - Artillery |
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Page 102 - The fifth function is to attack enemy's commerce or to prevent attack on our own. If by submarines we close egress from the North Sea and Mediterranean, it is difficult to see how our commerce can be much interfered with. Submarines and aeroplanes have entirely revolutionized naval warfare, no fleet can hide itself from the aeroplane eye, and the submarine can deliver a deadly attack even in broad daylight. Naval officers of the future will therefore live either above the sea or under it. It will...
Page 102 - America could attack our commerce, but she would have a long way to come. " If by submarines we close egress from the North Sea and Mediterranean, it is difficult to see how our commerce can be much interfered with. " It has been suggested to me that submarines and aeroplanes could not stop egress from the Mediterranean ; that a fleet would steam through at night. With aeroplanes that would report the approach of a fleet, and...
Page 101 - The fourth function of a battleship is to attack an enemy's fleet, but there will be no fleet to attack, as it will not be safe for a fleet to put to sea.
Page 102 - In war time the scouting aeroplanes will always be high above on the look-out, and the submarines in constant readiness, as are the engines at a fire station. If an enemy is sighted, the gong sounds and the leash of a flotilla of submarines will be slipped. Whether it be night or day, fine or rough, they must go out to search for their quarry: if they find her, she is doomed, and they give no quarter; they cannot board her and take her as...
Page 101 - The introduction of the vessels that swim under water has, in my opinion, entirely done away with the utility of the ships that swim on the top of the water.
Page 103 - It has been argued to me that if a foreign Power destroys our submarines we are at the mercy of his Dreadnoughts. There can be no doubt about the accuracy of this statement, but submarines are difficult to destroy, because it is difficult to attack what you cannot see. A Power that sends out ships to look for and destroy submarines will be courting disaster; the submarine when in the water must be kept away from, not looked for.
Page 17 - Council") which shall be composed of— 1 . The Vice President, who shall be Chairman of the Council. 2. The Secretary of State. 3. The Secretary of the Navy.