Marine Navigation: Piloting and Celestial and Electronic Navigation (Fundamentals of Naval Science Series)

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. Students will welcome its hands-on instruction describing the latest techniques of navigation as practised in the US Navy at sea and in the air. 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 marine vessels.