From torpedoes to aviation [electronic resource] : Washington Irving Chambers and technological innovation in the new Navy, 1876-1913 / Stephen K. Stein.
Imprint
Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p [235]-255) and index.
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.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
