Annual Reports of the Navy Department for the Fiscal Year ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1915 1897/98, [v.2], "Appendix to the Report of the chief of the Bureau of navigation" contains correspondence and documents relating to the conduct of the war with Spain, collected, arranged and edited by Ensign H. H. Ward, under the direction of the bureau. |
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... tion is due largely to reenlistments and large savings by wise action in transportation expenses , in the face of an increase of 4,600 men . Cognizance was also taken of the authority in the naval appropria- tion act for 1915 allowing ...
... tion is due largely to reenlistments and large savings by wise action in transportation expenses , in the face of an increase of 4,600 men . Cognizance was also taken of the authority in the naval appropria- tion act for 1915 allowing ...
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... tion with the occupation of Vera Cruz , two aeroplane sections of two aeroplanes each , completely manned and with full outfits , were sent on board the Mississippi and Birmingham to Vera Cruz and Tam- pico , respectively . There was no ...
... tion with the occupation of Vera Cruz , two aeroplane sections of two aeroplanes each , completely manned and with full outfits , were sent on board the Mississippi and Birmingham to Vera Cruz and Tam- pico , respectively . There was no ...
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United States. Navy Department. tion to larger orders for aeroplanes made in this country . The pur- pose of ordering abroad was to enable the aeronautic school to test out the best foreign designs in construction and equipment , to the ...
United States. Navy Department. tion to larger orders for aeroplanes made in this country . The pur- pose of ordering abroad was to enable the aeronautic school to test out the best foreign designs in construction and equipment , to the ...
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... tion of the department , for the enlargement of the powder factory . Before the Government began to manufacture smokeless powder it paid 80 cents a pound for it . Government competition , coupled with better methods ( but chiefly the ...
... tion of the department , for the enlargement of the powder factory . Before the Government began to manufacture smokeless powder it paid 80 cents a pound for it . Government competition , coupled with better methods ( but chiefly the ...
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... tion of three dreadnaughts , calling for 24,384 tons of armor plate , the department confidently expected to secure bids at least based on a wholesale purchase . But , when the bids were opened , " what a dainty dish " was served up in ...
... tion of three dreadnaughts , calling for 24,384 tons of armor plate , the department confidently expected to secure bids at least based on a wholesale purchase . But , when the bids were opened , " what a dainty dish " was served up in ...
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appropriation armor authorized balance battleships Boston building Bureau of Navigation Bureau of Ordnance cent charts Class III Class VII Class XX coal Commander commission completed Congress construction contract cost Cruz D.
C. Dsd destroyers detentioners discharge disease and injury duty efficiency ending June 30 Engineering enlisted equipment estimated expenditures fleet Fore River Shipbuilding Fracture guns hospital increase Inter July June 30 Labor Lieut machinery manufacture Mare Island Marine Corps material ment Naval Academy Naval magazine Naval Militia naval prison Naval station Navy Department Navy yard Newport Norfolk Olongapo personnel Philadelphia Portsmouth Public vouchers Puget Sound purchase radio stations Received recommended repairs seaman Sent Sept Shipbuilding statement of disease steel submarine supply TABLE 1.-Detailed statement tion torpedo boats Total number trial Unaudited United States Navy unqualified Vera Cruz vessels Washington Wound yards and stations York
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Página 249 - Provided, That no part of this sum shall be applied to the repair of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material...
Página 252 - ... class, to have the highest practicable speed and greatest desirable radius of action, and to cost, exclusive of armor ana armament, not to exceed seven million four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
Página 252 - That no part of any sum herein appropriated shall be expended for the purchase of structural steel, ship plates, armor, armament, or machinery...
Página 71 - The Government has recognized heroism upon the water, and bestows medals of honor upon those persons who by extreme and heroic daring have endangered their lives in saving, or endeavoring to save, lives from the perils of the sea in the waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, or upon an American vessel.
Página 14 - Senate and chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives shall be ex officio members of said Board.
Página 249 - REPAIR. CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF VESSELS: For preservation and completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary...
Página 42 - I have been in almost daily communication with Admiral Fletcher, and I have tested his temper. I have tested his discretion. I know that he is a man with a touch of statesmanship about him, and he has grown bigger in my eye each day as I have read his dispatches, for he has sought always to serve the thing he was trying to do in the temper that we all recognize and love to believe is typically American.
Página 249 - ... wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat ; general care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and repair ; incidental expenses for vessels and navy yards, inspectors...
Página 249 - ... and naval stations; and for the purchase of all other articles of equipage at home and abroad ; and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels therewith and manufacture of such articles in the several navy yards; naval signals and apparatus, other than electric, namely, signals, lights, lanterns, rockets, running lights, lanterns, and lamps and their appendages for general use on board ship for illuminating purposes, and oil and candles used in connection therewith ; bunting and other materials...