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From torpedoes to aviation : Washington Irving Chambers and technological innovation in the new Navy, 1876-1913 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stein, Stephen K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Chambers, Washington Irving, > 1856-1934.
United States. > Navy > Officers > Biography.
Naval art and science > Technological innovations > United States > History > 20th century.
Naval art and science > Technological innovations > United States > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The Naval Academy
  • Early cruises
  • The Greely relief expedition
  • The Nicaraguan survey
  • The Office of Naval Intelligence
  • The New York Navy Yard
  • The Petrel and the Atlanta
  • The Naval War College
  • The Minneapolis and the Bureau of Ordnance
  • Policing an empire
  • Torpedoes, dreadnoughts, and the General Board
  • The Caribbean and the Bureau of Ordnance
  • The beginnings of naval aviation
  • Building naval aviation
  • Retired.