Ann Register of the United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD

Ann Register OF THE UNITED S TATES NAVAL ACADEMY ANNAP LI MD O S, . S EP T E M BE R 1 3 , 1 9 4 0 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASH INGTON 1940 F D i t or sa le b the Su erintendent o f Do c ument s Wa shin to n . C . Pr ce 1 5 cen s y p , g , CONTENTS K HISTORICAL S ETCH . S UP E RINTE NDE NTS A ’ B OARD OF VISITORS OFFICERS AND CIV ILIAN INSTRUCTORS ATTACHED T O THE UNITED STATES NAV AL ACADEMY; ALSO ACADEMIC BOARD M S O Y O 1 93 9—40 ID HIPMAN FFICERS AND PETT FFICERS , ACADEMIC YEAR , FINAL 16 M O Y O F 1 940—41 19 IDSHIPMAN FFICERS AND PETT F ICERS , ACADEMIC YEAR SECOND CLASS OR GANIZ ATIONs ; SUMMER OF 1940 22 C AND Y O OF 1940 23—24 PRA TICE CRUISE DESTRO ER C ASTAL CRUISES , SUMMER STATISTICAL DATA OF THE GRADUATIN G CLASS OF 1940 25 E" PLANATION OF SYMB OLS AND A B B REV IATIONS USED ON MERIT ROLL AND REPORTS OF RELATIV E STANDIN G MERIT ROLL FOR COMPLETED COURSE AND REPORTS OF RELATIV E STAND IN G FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 193 9— 40 E" PLANATION OF SYMB OLS USED ON THE LIST O F MIDSHIPMEN OF THE FOURTH CLASS TO INDICATE SOURCE OF APPOINTMENT AND METHOD OF ADMISSION M OF F O 1940 IDSHIPMEN THE URTH CLASS , ACADEMIC YEAR D S R G E TC _ _ EATH , ESI NATIONS , RE CAPITULATION OF SEPARATIONS FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1939 NUME RICAL SUMMARY ZE ET TED 1 93 9— 40 PR C . P I S , MEDALS , RESEN , THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY HISTORICAL SKETCH The United States Naval Academy is an institution Of higher education con ducted by the Navy Department for the purpose Of preparingyoung men to n m f C s was e ter the lowest com issioned ranks O the Navy and Marine orp . It 1 4 o c o s o founded as the Naval School in 8 5 by the H norable George Ban r ft , hi t rian , Secreta Of s s s educator, and g the Navy , to improve the then un ati factory method of o a o on the s occu s s me was t s . in tructing mid hip n . It l cated Annap li , Md , ite ied by w wa os War p , Fort Severn, hich s given up for the purp e by the Depart _ m A f s t s o s was 5 s O s s t ent . fir t the c ur e year , which only the fir t and la t were pen at the s o 3 s ei s d s s ch ol , the intervening year b ng pent on boar Ship on active erv i It wa o a 1 50 — 5 1 es ce . s re rg nized in 8 as the United Stat Naval Academy , with o s Of s Of 4 o s s s c s d a c ur e tudy c n ecutive year . A ummer practi e crui e replace o sea c an o s s . the mitted Servi e , d gave better pportunitie for inten ive training I wa war was o o . s During the Civil the Academy m ved to Newp rt , R . , but brought c 1 5 h c o s ba k to Annapolis in 86 , where it as sin e remained . In the f llowing year o s c o on great impr vement were effe ted in the rganizati and curriculum . From 1 873 1 1 2 o w s s 2 Of c s a to 9 the academic c urse as 6 year , the la t whi h were pent t s a 1 1 2 4 2 d e . 9 s was s s sea In the cour e fixed at year , the year at being omitte . C s - a and o s s was During the ivil , Spani h Americ n , W rld War the cour e Shortened to o fl e s ss s provide m re Officers for the e t . During the World War large cla e of s f s w re erve O ficer ere trained at the Academy . The students i mdergoing the course at the Naval Academy have been called t m s s in urn, acting midship en , midshipmen , cadet mid hipmen and cadet engineer , f a 1 1 2 s s O ss 90 . naval cadet , and Since the act Congre pproved July , , mid hipmen s is c e s is o s A mid hipman an Offi er in a qualified S n e . He app inted a mid hipman ' in v not e at" is s e s and the Na y , mer ly the Naval Academy , ubj ct to the order t s Of m s now regula ion the Navy Depart ent , but doe not participate in the bene fits Of r o d to sea s etirement or longevity . He may be r ered duty , although thi is not s om on c s ss o d cu t ary except pra tice cruises . He rank after a commi i ne ffi Of w f o warrant o cer , and ahead a arrant O ficer . Upon graduati n he may be m ss o an O co mi i ned ensign in the line f the Navy , or a second lieutenant in the a s M rine Corp . c is o o w Under the Superintendent , the A ademy rganized into the f llo ing depart ments : The executive department headed by the commandant of midshipmen who is a w sc l s a s c the ch rged ith interior di ip ine , drill , and t ctical in tru tion ; and s Of s ns and o c academic department eama hip navigati n , ordnan e and gunnery , cs c s s marine engineering , mathemati , electri al engineering , Engli h , hi tory , and dvernment a s s a s g , foreign l nguage , hygiene , and phy ic l training . At pre ent about 26 Of wo is O - a s percent the academic rk devoted to the S c lled cultura subject , o 54 m ma s s s a o 20 ab ut percent to athe tic and the cience . pure and applied , and b ut c to o ss o s c s s s s s and per ent the pr fe i nal ubje t . Drill period and ummer term a hore fl o w o t n a at, ho ever, are alm st en irely devoted to professional subje cts a d practical wo i rk in marine , av ation , and electrical engineering , which change the above s a figure m terially . 2 H IST ORICAL SK ET CH s c ss s w s s s For many year the three upper la e ere ent on practice crui e during June , l s Of a c s o Ju y, and Augu t each year , for pr cti al in tructi n in navigation , seaman 1 ship , electrical engineering , marine engineering , gunnery , and radio . In 9 29 a. - s wa st sh s Of second clas s ummer s e abli ed , the mid hipmen that class being retained a al y a t c a s u o - at the N v Academ for pr c i l in tr ction . The Sec nd class summer “ av s s course now Includes iation and engineering ubject , and academic instruction Of eamanshi a nd n a s n : in the departments s p avig tion , Engli h , history , a d govern c n 19 40 s - c ment , and electri al engi eering . In the econd lass summer schedule included two destroyer cruises on each Of which one - half Of the class was sent for a period Of 4 weeks the 1899 l i Of 1 b Beginning in year , fo low ng an appropriation $ 0 , 000 , 000 y s w l Congress for the purpo e , the Naval Academy as almost complete y rebuilt in l ss s s s Of a s the Ita ian Renai ance tyle after the de ign the rchitect , Mr . Erne t Flagg , Of N s Of now c is 225 r n ew York . The ground the Academy prop er ompr e ac es alo g Of 1 50 s r the west bank the Severn River , on which are major building , rep esenting an investment Of about Of 25 1 33 z i An act Congress approved on May , 9 , authori ed the Super ntendent to confer the degree Of bachelor Of science upon all graduates from and after the date of the accrediting Of the Academy by the Asso ciation Of American Uni versi ie ss on its s on t s . That a ociation placed the Naval Academy approved li t 25 1 30 a s 1 3 1 eli October , 9 , and graduates commencing with the cl s of 9 became ibl f or Of Of ss g e the degree . By virtue an act Congre approved July n I c h l the Superinte de nt s now authorized to onfer t e degree upon a l living graduates . tO al Of Of d s N n d The t number graduates the Unite State aval Academy , i clu ing ss Of 1 40 is 14 256 the cla 9 , , .

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