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Letter from Sweet-Orr &, Co. regarding their product Womanalls, 1918 Apr 26 (5 of 6)
No full textWomanalls, overalls for women, are suggested for women working in the Torpedo Station’s primer making department.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1141/thumbnail.jp
Luce Lighthouse Letter (1 of 2)
No full textLetters from Admiral Luce describing the lighthouse near the Torpedo Station, circa 1894.
Gore St.
Waltham, Mass
June 21, 1894
Dear Converse:
Inclosed herewith please find a rough sketch of a new system of revolving lights which I think will be an aid to navigation during thick weather, or moderately foggy weather. It is well known that a moving light can be seen further than one that is fixed; and can be more readily distinguishable from other lights. We have a [illegible] example of this in our system of night signaling with a torch by the Army Code – commonly called the “Wig Wag”. There are two or three practical difficulties in the way of its construction, however, on which...https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1003/thumbnail.jp
Howard Caldwell Punishment Slip
No full textPunishment slip given to James Howard Caldwell for smuggling liquor, 1903 February 27.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1022/thumbnail.jp
Schedule of Instruction for Seamen Gunners, 1905 May 11 (5 of 5)
No full textThe full curriculum for Seamen Gunners at the Naval Torpedo Station with instruction on torpedo assembly and disassembly, launching, electricity, air compressors, and diving.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1057/thumbnail.jp
Report of Practice of Whitehead Torpedoes, 1906 Feb 2 (1 of 4)
No full textThe collection has hundreds of these practice reports from ships at sea. They provide the Station with data regarding conditions of a test run and its results.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1060/thumbnail.jp
Course in Naval Defense Mines, 1905 May 15 (2 of 2)
No full textOutline of the curriculum for the section “engaged on the Naval Defense Mine.” The course entails one or two days on the classroom followed by practical work in Coddington Cove working with mines, countermines, and gun cotton.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1059/thumbnail.jp
Safety in Water Advertisement 1904
No full textAdvertisement for the “Morrison Life Belt” with instructions on how to swim, its safety benefits, and how to conceal it under a bathing suit. This product was manufactured by the Morrison Life Belt Company of St. Louis, Missouri.
Safety in Water Advertisement 1904https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1034/thumbnail.jp
Schedule of Instruction for Seamen Gunners, 1905 May 11 (3 of 5)
No full textThe full curriculum for Seamen Gunners at the Naval Torpedo Station with instruction on torpedo assembly and disassembly, launching, electricity, air compressors, and diving.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1055/thumbnail.jp
Some Reflections on the Threshold for International Armed Conflict and on the Application of the Law of Armed Conflict in any Armed Conflict
Get PDFThis essay discusses the threshold of application of international humanitarian law (IHL) in both international (IAC) and non-international armed conflicts (NIAC). In relation to IAC it questions whether the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) “first shot” approach is the most appropriate, since it opens the way for the intensification of conflicts beyond what is necessary in relation to relatively minor armed incidents and argues that the humanitarian protection clauses of IHL should be separated from the rules governing hostilities and makes a case for the application of ad bellum considerations of necessity and proportionality to act as a parallel set of constraints on the targeting of persons and objects alongside IHL rules on targeting. The essay then goes on to discuss the consequences of lowering the threshold of armed conflict in NIAC while exponentially increasing the number of applicable rules to armed groups, regardless of their degree of ability to comply with many of those rules. It advocates a basic set of rules relating to both the conduct of hostilities and treatment of persons to all NIACs and a progressive increase in the number of rules as the conflict intensifies and the armed group takes on more of the characteristics of a State. Finally, the essay discusses the ICRC’s “support based approach” (SBA) for determining when a multinational force or other entity becomes party to an ongoing armed conflict and advances arguments against the acceptance of the SBA as law or policy
The Limits of Sea Power
Get PDFSea powers have many handicaps that often are forgotten, resulting in a dangerous overestimation of their safety, influence, and staying power in a competitive world. A more clear-eyed assessment of sea power—one less enamored of the grandeur associated with naval might—reveals that often their hopes were unwarranted and ended up having tragic results