Dark Blue Cloth, Gold lettering, Spine Gold lettering

    Navy seal, THE BLUEJACKET’S MANUAL

    THE BLUEJACKET’S MANUAL, FOURTEENTH EDITION, U. S. NAVALL INSTUTITE

none listed

1938 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1950 by U.S. Naval Institute

Known printings for this edition;
1^st,3^rd=1950;  7^th=1951;  11^th,12^th,13^th,15^th,16^th=1952;  18^th,19^th,20^th=1954;  26^th=1956;  27^th=1957

{it appears there is a least 27 printings between 1950 and 1957, this edition was not updated until 1957}

date code listed reverse side of the title page;

{the following 3 codes have the title page & preceding picture on standard rag paper}
B-7-50-51=7^th, 1941;  B-11-50-52=11^th, 1952;  B-12-50-52=12^th,1952;  

{the following 5 codes have the title page & preceding picture on gloss paper}
B-15-50-52=15^th, 1952;  B-16-50-52=16^th, 1952;  B-19-50-54=12^th,1954;  B-20-50-54=20^th, 1954;  B-27-30-57=27^th,1957;  

U.S. Naval Institute

U.S. Naval Institute

7¾” x 5″ x 1¼”

none listed, tag inside front cover for $1.60, $3.00 for the “Text Book” edition.

828 pages {includes index, table of contents, map plates, rate/rank devices}

43 chapters in 7 parts and a 6 section appendix

This edition was also useds the “Text Book” for ‘Navy Training Course NAVPERS 91205-C’ and had a buff colored dust cover.