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Author Wolters, Timothy S.

Title Information at sea : shipboard command and control in the U.S. Navy, from Mobile Bay to Okinawa / Timothy S. Wolters.

Publication Info. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013]
2013

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Description 1 online resource (332 pages) : illustrations.
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Series Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Flags, flares, and lights: a world before wireless -- Sparks and arcs: the Navy adopts radio -- War and peace: coordinating naval forces -- A most complex problem: demanding information -- Creating the brain of a warship: radar and the CIC -- Conclusion.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject United States. Navy -- Communication systems -- History.
Command and control systems -- United States -- History.
Warships -- United States -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Wolters, Timothy S. Information at sea : shipboard command and control in the U.S. Navy, from Mobile Bay to Okinawa. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013] xii, 317 pages Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology 9781421410265 (DLC) 2012048479
ISBN 9781421410265 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1421410265 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781421410845 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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