Author: United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
Publisher:
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Category : Air bases
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Building the Navy's Bases in World War II
Author: United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
Publisher:
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Category : Air bases
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Air bases
Languages : en
Pages : 482
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Administration
Author: United States. Department of the Army
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Category : Military bases
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Category : Military bases
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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The Brooklyn Navy Yard
Author: Thomas F. Berner
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738556956
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Not much larger than a few city blocks (219 acres, plus 72 acres of water), the Brooklyn Navy Yard is one of the most historically significant sites in America. It was one of the U.S. Navy's major shipbuilding and repair yards from 1801 to 1966. It produced more than 80 warships and hundreds of smaller vessels. At its height during World War II, it worked around the clock, employing some 70,000 people. The yard built the Monitor, the world's first modern warship; the Maine, whose destruction set off the Spanish-American War; the Arizona, whose sinking launched America into World War II; and the Missouri, on whose deck World War II ended. On June 25, 1966, the flag at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was lowered for the last time and the 165-year-old institution ceased to exist. Sold to the City of New York for $22.4 million, the yard became a site for storage of vehicles, some light industry, and a modest amount of civilian ship repair.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738556956
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Not much larger than a few city blocks (219 acres, plus 72 acres of water), the Brooklyn Navy Yard is one of the most historically significant sites in America. It was one of the U.S. Navy's major shipbuilding and repair yards from 1801 to 1966. It produced more than 80 warships and hundreds of smaller vessels. At its height during World War II, it worked around the clock, employing some 70,000 people. The yard built the Monitor, the world's first modern warship; the Maine, whose destruction set off the Spanish-American War; the Arizona, whose sinking launched America into World War II; and the Missouri, on whose deck World War II ended. On June 25, 1966, the flag at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was lowered for the last time and the 165-year-old institution ceased to exist. Sold to the City of New York for $22.4 million, the yard became a site for storage of vehicles, some light industry, and a modest amount of civilian ship repair.
Charlestown Navy Yard, Historic Resource Study, Volume 3 of 3, 2010
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Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Navy-yard, Washington
Author: United States. Navy Department
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Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Submarine Torpedo Boats
Author: Lake Torpedo Boat Company
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The Philadelphia Navy Yard
Author: Jeffery M. Dorwart
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9780812235753
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Begun in 1762 as a collection of skilled shipwrights, the Philadelphia Navy Yard witnessed the birth of the US Navy and the Marine Corps, and played a leading role in technical innovation. This work on the contributions of America's first government-operated naval shipyard provides a complete history of the relationship of this important facility to local and national politics and social and economic change. Includes bandw historical photos and illustrations. Dorwart teaches history at Rutgers University-Camden. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9780812235753
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Begun in 1762 as a collection of skilled shipwrights, the Philadelphia Navy Yard witnessed the birth of the US Navy and the Marine Corps, and played a leading role in technical innovation. This work on the contributions of America's first government-operated naval shipyard provides a complete history of the relationship of this important facility to local and national politics and social and economic change. Includes bandw historical photos and illustrations. Dorwart teaches history at Rutgers University-Camden. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Squantum and South Weymouth Naval Air Stations
Author: Donald Cann
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738536248
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The eyes of the United States Navy first focused on Quincy's Squantum peninsula in 1909, when daring young pilots from around the world gathered for the Harvard Air Meet. By the 1930s, the Victory Plant--a destroyer plant that set production records--had come and gone and the navy had set up the nation's first naval reserve aviation training center on the site. When air traffic over Boston Harbor thickened in the 1930s, the navy moved its aerial operations inland to the South Weymouth Naval Air Station. That base and its ubiquitous hangar became South Shore landmarks for more than a half-century. Squantum and South Weymouth Naval Air Stations brings back to life the early age of naval aviation on the South Shore, from biplanes to blimps to bombers and beyond.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738536248
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The eyes of the United States Navy first focused on Quincy's Squantum peninsula in 1909, when daring young pilots from around the world gathered for the Harvard Air Meet. By the 1930s, the Victory Plant--a destroyer plant that set production records--had come and gone and the navy had set up the nation's first naval reserve aviation training center on the site. When air traffic over Boston Harbor thickened in the 1930s, the navy moved its aerial operations inland to the South Weymouth Naval Air Station. That base and its ubiquitous hangar became South Shore landmarks for more than a half-century. Squantum and South Weymouth Naval Air Stations brings back to life the early age of naval aviation on the South Shore, from biplanes to blimps to bombers and beyond.
A Long Line of Ships
Author: Arnold S. Lott
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
U.S. Navy Shipyards
Author: Jessie Riposo
Publisher: RAND Corporation
ISBN: 9780833045690
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
"RAND therefore investigated cost-effective workforce-management strategies, alternative workload allocations, and the relevant best practices of comparable organizations. The authors concluded that the Navy uses practices common in other organizations to manage workload variability and uncertainty. However, the Navy's workload forecasts have consistently underestimated the eventual demand on the shipyards. To accomplish the additional, unplanned work, the Navy has used overtime levels that significantly exceed cost-effective levels."-- P. [4] of cover.
Publisher: RAND Corporation
ISBN: 9780833045690
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
"RAND therefore investigated cost-effective workforce-management strategies, alternative workload allocations, and the relevant best practices of comparable organizations. The authors concluded that the Navy uses practices common in other organizations to manage workload variability and uncertainty. However, the Navy's workload forecasts have consistently underestimated the eventual demand on the shipyards. To accomplish the additional, unplanned work, the Navy has used overtime levels that significantly exceed cost-effective levels."-- P. [4] of cover.