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ONI 223-M MERCHANT SHIP SHAPES

NAVY DEPARTMENT 'Vl


Office of the Chief of Naval Operations^
Washington^ D, C.

1 ONI 223-M, Merchant Ship Shapes, is one of a series of handbooks on survive from World War I, considerable stress has been laid on the appear-
anee of sueh vessels. In many circumstances identification of nonstandard
ships and their identification and reporting prepared by the Division of ships may prove too diflicult, and the appearance of functional types—
Naval Intelliirence for the use of the fighting forces and naval personnel in passenger ships, tenders, cargo carriers, etc.—has been discussed in some
training Th^e first of this series, ONI 223, Ship Shapes, deals with warship detail so that reporting and identification by type may at least be effected.
types and nomenclature. A similar treatment of merchantmen is presented
herewith. 3. ONI 223-M is issued with the hope that it may prove of service to the
fighting forces in the development of accurate methods of identification of
2 Since a lanm proportion of cargo ships now in operation belong to one of merchant vessels.
the several standard types which have been developed in the present war or
R. E. SCIIUIRMANN,
Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy,
Director of Naval Intelligence.

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