Adams, Charles Francis, 152, 172
Adams, John, 47-9, 86, 130
Adams, John Quincy, 49
Admiral Graf Spee, 202, 290, 354
Admiral Scheer, 254, 290
Admiralty courts, see Prize Courts
Adriatic, ship, 159

A. E. F., 219, 248-9, 270, 330
Africa, 28, 90, 114, 156, 160, 183,
195, 243, 273, 275, 278, 280, 282,
292-5, 302, 307-8, 314, 327
Aircraft carriers, 192, 194
Airplane, overseas transport service,
48, 194-5, 198, 257-8, 294, 300,
302, 340, 342-3, 345; development
of, 177, 188, 193-5; in sea warfare,
187, 193-4, 200, 238, 252, 261-3,
292-5, 305-6; war production of,
208, 215, 220, 222-5, 341; bombing
of ports, 222, 252, 305

Alabama, C.S.S., 151-2, 158, 160,

162-3, 167, 172, 233, 275
Alabama Claims, 75, 156, 172-3
Alaska, 314, 316

Alexandria, Egypt, 292, 294, 296
Algiers, 126-7, 129-35, 138-9

Allan Jackson, tanker, 266

Alliance, U.S.S., 58

Allied Shipping Council, 331
Ambition, ship, 88-9

Amelia Island, 101, 103-4, III, 117,

121, 125, 141, 162-3

America, ship, 108-9, 113-14; yacht,
164

American Export Lines, 257, 315
American-Hawaiian S.S. Co., 314,
316, 326

American Revolution, 34-64, and
passim

Amphitrite, ship, 45

Amsterdam, 48, 54, 89, 104-5, 131,
281

Angary, 326

Ann Alexander, ship, 88
Antigua, 52, 74, 91, 100
Aquitania, S.S., 253
Arabic, S.S., 240

Arbuthnot, Adm. M., 40
Archangel, 107-8, 215, 299, 305-6
Archer, C.S.S., 165

Arctic Ocean, 274-5, 306

Argentine Republic, 90-1, 225-6, 230,
279, 281, 294, 304, 314, 319
Ariel, S.S., 163

Armed merchantmen, 24-5, 40, 47-8,
61, 80-2, 115, 119, 122, 191, 213,
241-2, 245, 264-5, 269

Aruba, 269, 304

Burma, 160; Road, 215, 296, 298
Byzantium, ship, 158, 165

Cable, submarine, 201, 250
Cabot, George, 61

Cadiz, 50, 56, 90, 120, 129, 131-2,
136, 138

Calcutta, 115, 161, 278, 301-2
Caleb Cushing, revenue cutter, 165
Camouflage, 192

Canada, 225-6, 229, 268; see also
Halifax, Maritime Provinces
Canal Zone, 303; see also Panama
Canal

Canton, 20, 66, 78, 101-2, 115, 147
Cape Cod, 47, 119, 123-4, 250, 271
Cape of Good Hope, 20, 28, 66, 240,

244-5, 247, 274-5, 279, 282, 313,

277, 279

Cape Town, 340

Cape Verde Islands, 90, 113
Capital ships, 21, 186-7, 256, and
passim

Cargoes, changing nature of American,
16, 203-6, 208, 225; examples of
mixed, 76, 131, 215, 293; economy
of space, 219, 331, 338-41; and
passim
Caribbean, early trade with, 20, 27-8,

52, 66-7, 75, 104, 117; early seizures
in, 51-8, 71, 73-5, 78-83, 92-3;
piracy in, 139-46; in Civil War, 156,
162-3, 169; in World Wars, 185,
268-9, 271, 303-4, 318, 340
Carrying trade, 77, 102, 131, 160, 178-
80, 310; see also Tramps
"Cash and carry," 212-13
Cathcart, James L., 133
Censorship, of nails, 197, 257-8; of
news, 251, 268
Cervera, Adm. Pascual, 186

Chamber of Commerce, N. Y., 150,
160, 169

Charleston, S. C., 50, 58, 60, 63, 75,
78, 91, 107, 117, 122, 125, 145
Chesapeake Bay, 39, 54-7, 62, 70, 91,
96, 118-21

Chesapeake, U.S.S., 96-7
Chickamauga, C.S.S., 152, 165-6
Chile, 115, 275, 277-9, 281

China, 19, 296, 298, 300, 341; see also

Canton, Far East
China Clipper, 195

Churchill, Winston, 264, 272, 301
City of Flint, S.S., 203, 255-6
City of Rayville, S.S., 291, 293
Civil War, 148-73, and passim
Clandestine trade, 59, 100-1, 117-18,

121, 125, 162-3, 197-8, 210-11, 235
Clason, Isaac, 89, 90

Clarence, C.S.S., 163-4

Clipper ships, 17, 65, 156, 160-1, 180,
341

Clippers, Baltimore schooners, 20, 55
Coal, 158-9, 164, 166, 178-9, 184, 236,
279, 310-12, 326

Coastal trade, 28, 58-61, 99-100, 110,
119, 121, 123-5, 164-6, 185, 250-1,
265-71, 313, 316, 340, 345-6
Cobb, Capt. Elijah, 111, 114
Coffee, 77, 92-3, 120, 303, 343
Coggeshall, Capt. George, 104-9, 113,

122

Collier, Adm. Sir George, 38, 61
Columbia, ship, 66

Commerce, American, 35, 52, 65-7,
76-7, 84, 93, 121, 155-6, 280, 282,
286-7, 291-2, 303-4; see also Ex-
ports, Imports, and passim
Commonwealth, ship, 161
Communications, influence of, 32, 201-
3; examples of, 73, 112, 159, 166,
168

Concrete vessels, 328-9, 338
Coney Island, 146

Confederacy, U.S.S., 50; ship, 77
Constantinople, 134

Constellation, U.S.S., 81-2

Constitution, U.S.S., 22, 32, 81, 109,

112, 116, 123, 254
Contest, ship, 160

"Continuous voyage," 76, 89, 93, 235
Contraband, 29, 47, 70, 197, 209-10,
235, 255, 262, 293

Convoys, description of system, 26,
198-201; examples, 39, 50, 58, 62,
70, 72-3, 74, 80-1, 107, 136, 243,
254-6, 259, 264, 270-2, 292, 300,
302, 305-6, 309, 335
Coolidge, Calvin, 212
Copenhagen, 106-7

Copper, 33, 115, 177, 206, 210
Coronel, 277
Corregidor, 302

Costa Rica, 269

"Cost-plus," 328, 336

Cotton, 93, 96, 117, 125, 149, 154,
157, 159, 162, 205, 209, 236
Cotton Planter, ship, 90-1
"Cotton triangle," 142

Cradock, Adm. Christopher, 277
Crescent, frigate, 134

Crews, 19-20, 74, 79-80, 82-3, 86-8,
105, 129-33, 137, 147, 191-2, 267,
269, 321-2, 338-9
Crowell, Benedict, 218
Crown Point, ship, 161
Cruisers, 22, 187, 199, 202, 248, 254,
275; auxiliary, 183-4, 195-6, 248-9,
255-6, 278

Cuba, 67, 93, 120, 141-6, 153, 195,

226, 314, 317, 332; see also Havana
Cyane, H.M.S., 32

Dacia, S.S., 236

Dairy products, 226, 229-30
Dakar, 243

Dauphin, ship, 129, 133, 138
David Porter, sch., 122
Davis, Jefferson, 151
Deane, Silas, 44, 49-50, 53
Deane, U.S.S., 41

Decatur, Com. Stephen, 136, 138
Declaration of Paris, 151

De-gaussing, 189
Dehydration, 341

DeKalb, U.S.S., 248-9, 279

Delaware Bay, 39, 58, 62, 118-20, 250
Delaware River, 50, 104, 173, 330
Denmark, 106-7, 197, 202, 226, 258-
9, 262, 264, 322-3, 326

Depth bomb, 192, 201, 249-50
Derby, Elias H., 61

Destroyers, 187-8, 199-201, 243, 248-9,
259-60, 263-4

Deutschland, submarine, 210, 250-1;
(Lützow), pocket battleship, 254-5,
258, 290

Dewey, Adm. George, 201
Diamond Shoals Lightship, 250
Deonitz, Adm. von, 272
Dominica, 53, 74

Dover, 189, 196-7, 259
Downs, 197, 237

Dreadnought, H.M.S., 186

Dunkerque, corsairs, 33; evacuation of,

149, 197, 213, 221, 259-60, 324
DuPont, 110, 161, 217

Gulf of Mexico, 141-2, 266, 268, 271,
303, 313-14
Gulflight, tanker, 238
Gunpowder, 32, 35, 43-6, 48, 52, 54,
56, 110; see also Munitions

Haipong, 298

Haiti, 52, 56, 67, 76, 79, 81-3, 92,
141-2, 315

Halifax, 30, 40-1, 46-7, 49, 58, 60,

100, 112-15, 117, 121, 123, 156,
161, 166, 177, 233, 251, 260; ex-
plosion, 220

Hamburg, 104-5, 108, 131, 157, 209,
273, 281, 319

Hamburg-American Line, 185, 236
Hamond, Capt. Andrew S., 38
Hampton Roads, 111, 164, 243, 271,

279

Hanover, sch., 151

Hartford Convention, 125
Harvey Birch, ship, 158

Havana, 27, 52, 57-8, 63, 89, 91, 101,

142-3, 163, 195; see also Cuba

Havre, 44-5, 77, 158

Hawaii, 171, 195, 314, 316
Heligoland, 105

Higgins, Andrew J., 336

High Court of Admiralty, 30, 148; see

also Prize Courts
Hitler, Adolf, 209, 262

Hog Island, 330, 332-4, 336
Holland, see Netherlands
Hong Kong, 160, 195, 201
Hood, H.M.S., 261
Hoover, Herbert, 228

Howe, Adm. Lord, 27, 60, 72
Humphreys, Joshua, 112

Icebreakers, 288, 306
Iceland, 200-1, 253, 261-5, 268
Ida, brig, 122
Illinois, S.S., 149

Immigrants, 141, 153-4, 157-9, 257
Imports, 47-8, 52-5; American, stra-
tegic, 35, 43-6, 51-5, 110, 155, 296-
8; statistics, 71; see also Commerce
Impressment, 86-8, 92, 109, 116, 123,
132

India, 66, 159, 281, 295, 302
India Arrow, tanker, 267
Indian Ocean, 90, 278, 295, 302, 306
Indian Prince, S.S., 279

Industrial Revolution, 32, 177, 203,
225

Insurance, war risk, importance as ba-
rometer, 30-1; rates, 31, 35, 38, 63,
83, 115, 131-2, 137, 233-4, 238,
245, 252, 258, 261, 264, 271-2,
275-6, 279-80, 290, 292, 295-6,
300-2, 304, 312; marine, 31, 63, 71,
169, 209, 246; tables of fluctuations,
71, 169, 244-5, 247; losses, 91, 168,
261, 272, 299, 300; against personal
capture, 137; influence of, 168-70,
233, 273, 290-1; against bombard-
ment, 186; government insurance,
209, 233, 246, 272; various insur-
ing organizations, 246
Insurgente, French frigate, 82
Intercoastal trade, 161, 313-14, 345
Intrepid, U.S.S., 136

Iran, 295; see also Persian Gulf
Ireland, 27, 153, 236, 241, 253; see
also Great Britain

Isaac Webb, packet, 158, 165

Italy, 93, 210, 225, 259, 308, 310-11,
322-3, 325

Jacob Bell, ship, 161
Jamaica, 30, 52, 63

James Funk, pilot boat, 166

Japan, 159, 160, 167, 230, 265, 270,
273, 280, 289, 294-303, 310-11, 345
Java, 90, 120, 160, 299, 301-2, 318,
332, 345

Java, H.M.S., 109, 116

Jay, John, 50, 75, 83

Jay Treaty, 75, 78, 83, 172

Jefferson, Thomas, 30, 92, 98-9, 101-3,
116, 148, 262

Jervis Bay, H.M.S., 256

Jones, Capt. John Paul, 39, 131
Joseph N. Teal, S.S., 335
Jutland, 241, 254

Kaiser, Henry J., 335, 339
Karlsruhe, 278

Kearney, Capt. Lawrence, 146
Kearney, U.S.S., 200, 263
Kearsarge, U.S.S., 152
Kirkwall, 197, 237-8
Kitchener, Lord, 215
Knox, Frank, 270, 272
Königsberg, 278

Kronprinz Wilhelm, (Von Steuben),
raider, 278-9