Marine Navigation: Piloting and Celestial and Electronic Navigation (Fundamentals of Naval Science Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (898 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 087021294X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 703 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Pass this one by As a former instructor of Navigation at the U.S. Naval Academy, I am intimately familiar with this work. It was (and is, presumably) the official text for piloting and celestial navigation at USNA. That said, my fellow lieutenants and I roundly despised this book. The author, Captain Hobbs, fails . "For all maritime students" according to A Customer. The standard navigation textbook at the U.S. Naval Academy and NROTC college programs for twenty-five years, this highly regarded reference has trained more than two generations of students on the practice of marine navigation in the U.S. Navy. All aspects of the duties, practices, and responsibil. Joe Morrison said good value and I'm pleased with the purchase. Exactly as advertised, good value and I'm pleased with the purchase.
Originally published in two volumes, this new edition effectively combines and updates all the information previously found in "Marine Navigation 1 and 2" and adds significant new material as well. The author provides new chapters on calculator navigation and radar and new information on instruments and buoyage systems and presents and explains the new calculator-based set of sight reduction tables and the new edition of Chart No 1. Part of the "Fundamentals of Naval Science" series, this book offers the reader a grasp of fundamental concepts by explaining acceptable navigating methods, departmental organization, and the duties of the navigator on board typical naval and merchant