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From Torpedoes to Aviation: Washington Irving Chambers & Technological Innovation in the New Navy 1876 to 1913

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Author(s): Stephen K Stein
Edition: 1
Year: 2007

Language: English
Pages: 288

Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
1. The Naval Academy......Page 20
2. Early Cruises......Page 33
3. The Greely Relief Expedition......Page 48
4. The Nicaraguan Survey......Page 61
5. The Office of Naval Intelligence......Page 71
6. The New York Navy Yard......Page 85
7. The Petrel and the Atlanta......Page 99
8. The Naval War College......Page 106
9. The Minneapolis and the Bureau of Ordnance......Page 126
10. Policing an Empire......Page 141
11. Torpedoes, Dreadnoughts, and the General Board......Page 149
12. The Caribbean and the Bureau of Ordnance......Page 161
13. The Beginnings of Naval Aviation......Page 171
14. Building Naval Aviation......Page 186
15. Retired......Page 204
Conclusion......Page 216
Notes......Page 224
Bibliography......Page 250
Index......Page 264
Photographs follow page 104......Page 120