From torpedoes to aviation
Subtitle: Washington Irving Chambers and technological innovation in the new Navy, 1876-1913
By: Stephen K. Stein
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780817315641
Subjects: Chambers, Washington Irving, -- 1856-1934; United States. -- Navy -- Officers -- Biography; Naval art and science -- Technological innovations -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Naval art and science -- Technological innovations -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-247) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The Naval Academy; title: Early cruises; title: The Greely relief expedition; title: The Nicaraguan survey; title: The Office of Naval Intelligence; title: The New York Navy Yard; title: The Petrel and Atlanta; title: The Naval War College; title: The Minneapolis and the Bureau of Ordnance; title: Policing an empire; title: Torpedoes, dreadnoughts, and the General Board; title: The Caribbean and the Bureau of Ordnance; title: The beginnings of naval aviation; title: Building naval aviation; title: Retired; title: Conclusion