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Home Squadron : the U.S. Navy on the North Atlantic Station /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rentfrow, James C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2014]
Series:New perspectives on maritime history and nautical archaeology.
Subjects:
United States. > Navy. > North Atlantic Squadron > History.
United States. > Navy > Maneuvers > History > 19th century.
United States. > Navy > Reorganization > History > 19th century.
Naval tactics > History > 19th century.
Operational art (Military science) > History > 19th century.
Warships > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History, Naval > To 1900.
Table of Contents:
  • The North Atlantic Squadron, the Virginius Affair, and the birth of Squadron exercises, 1874-1881
  • Toward a new identity, 1882-1888
  • The North Atlantic Squadron and the squadron of evolution, 1889-1891
  • The limits of ad hoc crisis response, 1892-1894
  • Luce's vision realized: the North Atlantic Squadron solidifies a new identity, 1895-1897
  • Epilogue.