Navigation Compendium, A

This Compendium has been prepared for use in Navigation study at the Officer Candidate School, the various Naval ROTC Units, and within the fleet. The material presented is intended to provide the essentials to the practice of navigation, accordingly, the Compendium covers a wide and expanding subject area with brevity. Originally prepared and used by Capt. H. R. Moore, USN (ret.) when an instructor in the grade of Lt at the Officer Candidate School.

Contents:

Introduction to Navigation
The Compass
Navigational Instruments
Charts and Publications
Tides and Currents
Dead Reckoning
Piloting
Basic Electronic Navigation Systems
Advanced Electronic Navigation Systems
Nautical Astronomy
Time
Sight Reduction
Other Celestial Computations
Duties of the Navigator
Appendices
Index

Product details

• Authors: Naval Training Command
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.08.2006
• EAN: 9781410225733
• ISBN: 978-1-4102-2573-3
• No. of pages: 212
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 280 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 532 g
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Ships; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous