The evening world. Newspaper, September 27, 1922, Page 9

hd } Navy’s First Aircraft Carrier A Sea-Going Ra And Home for Flying Seamen + The Langley, Novel Naval Vessel, for Which There Are Great Expectations, Now Like Marine Dance Hall, By Carl H. Butman. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 27.—There is a strang naval craft cruising Sho looks something like a marine ‘dance hall, as her Wpper deck is broad and flat and unobstructed. Weual masts and funnels; no aerials are visible, yet this curious ship answers fm Chesapeake Bay. dio Laboratory on Trial Cruise, Looks but Built for Business. She does not carry the to the radio call NNC, designated in naval radio or signal language as “Nan Nan Ca both permanent and adjustable aerials @r lowered at will. @pparatus. Although net a F whe carr of flyers and Wany kinds of fying craft; she ts Peally a home for Flying Seamen. The 1 is the newly commis- @oned aircraft carrier Langley, bulit @ut of the hull of the old collier Jupi- ter, the first vessel to be equipped with electric drive. She js Row making her “shakedown” or trial ying Dutchman, es a nut naval @ruise in’ Chesapeake Bay under @emmand of Capt. 8. A. R. Doyle, Uv. 8. N. THE HOME FOR FLYING SEA- MEN. The Langiey, named after the scl- entist who was’ the first practical Student of aeronautics and mechanica Bight, is a veritable floating landing field and mother ship for alr and sea planes, but at the same time she is a sea-coing radio laboratory for the @tudy and development of radio com Munication between aircraft anu hips Her great flying deck, which stretches for 520 feet from stem vw atern and is 65 feet wide, prevents the erection of permanent masts for radio @r other purpose must | her “top sides” nching and landing of her aircraft ‘al tele scopic masts have been installed amid- ships, approximately 250 feet apart, fore and aft, which can be elevated when desired, and housed below @ecks when planes are being projected SS CAREFUL SELECTIONS URNITURE in mahogany and walnut for the living room in design and wor! hibition in our galleri PHOLSTERED PIECES of McGibbon Quality, offering rich simplicity in de- sign and affording real comfort, are among this season's offerings. RAPERY FABRICS, sunfast materials, cotton and wool tapestries and a full line of block prints in new weaves and color, are being displayed by the Depart- ment of Interior Decoration. NDERCURTAINS launder _ perfectly. muslin, dotted Swis and fancy filet nets. hold the sunshine in—all can be had by the yard or in pairs, LINENS FURNITURE CURTAINS Department of Int lana 3 West 37th Street NewYork AT FIFTH Established HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS, BROADWAY, 47 Never Be‘ore Equalled DINNER SUP SERVED 5 TO 9. At Dinner and Being mastless, one wonders about her aerials, but there are She is also equipped with much new and nove! radio iss, figured grenadine STRAR EES OPENS TO-HIGHT Transformed Into a Palace of MAGNIFICENT BEAUTY AND SCENIC SPLENDOR NO COVER CHARG A la carte at all hours and after theatre specia'ties A BRILLIANT NEW MUSICAL REVUE | A Marvellous Dance Orchestra @ Unexcelled Melody & Syncopation and radio masts which can be raised mitter, consisting of six 60 K. W.| sons ler = tutes, This set is ater for use either as a radio telephone ras all rated into the af a ale : A neorporated in th e air by the catapults or alight-| telegraph apparatus with ICW (in-| rere which the ing from the air on the spacious upper] terrupted continuous wave), or CW deck. The masts, fifty feet in he ght] (continuous wave). F commnica- and used primarily for the radio aerials, are controlled by hand-c ated gears which raise and r them somewhat as periscopes are op erated. When lowered, the aerials are unhooked and stored below or laid alongside the palisades which gu the edges of the flying deck. masts are ated simultaneously after the antenna wires are hooked on, This aerial is the principal one used for long distance communica tion Auxiliary antennae are carried eft along both port and starboard sides. These antenn re hung outboard on davits whi be swung in like or- dinary boat davits and housed close to the vessel's side when not In use Primarily these antennae are used 10 work nearby land stations and air- craft when , a8 they do not in- terfere with the operation of the land ng deck. At sea, with no aircraft aloft, the vessel uses its mast an- tennae, but when planes are taking off and landing the auxiliary side an- tennae are used, although the masts could be raised for transmitting a message and then lowered AS A RADIO ROOM TOR.” ,Located below decks is the usual] radio room found on all men-of-wur, with its pment for transmitting generators, batteries, of a radio house on of military ships has y the operator on watch ad of “on top of the “ELEVA- &e, The 4 the “top sid passed, To-d sits below ins a or library, exquisite kmanship, is on ex- ies. that wear well and in lace, imported The materials tt erior Decoration. AVENUE since 1866 th to 48th ST. Anywhere in America REME, $2.00 ¥OR DINNER, After Theatre | compass on the Langley, however, the radio man comes up on the top deck and brings his house with him. In this very important work, an original idea has been carried out by the naval constructors; for ascertaining the po sition of aircraft, ships or shore sta- tions, the radio compass house, bullt on the lines of an elevator, is run up to the top side, above deck like a pilot house. erator, the radio man, can raise and lower it wt will, and from Its location aft on the starboard side he can take bearings without interrupting the op- peration of planes as they land or de- part. he is “‘up,"’ forms part of the deck of the flying platform “down.” THE LANGLEY’S RADIO EQuiPp- Below in the radio room the ship has a regulation naval 2 K. W, spark] the set for ordinary there is also a 300-watt tube trans- world," as on merchantmen and ners, When operating with the radiofor in tho air, the 800 used. when they a house roof, F where it projects Its op- The roof of his house, when when he is MENT. Langley, Navy, periments in with aircraft traMe work, but only. Raalte chiffon nets—all perfect. 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