| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 255 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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. |
| Summary |
The career of Washington Irving Chambers spans a formative period in the development of the United States Navy. This work covers Chambers' early naval career, his work at the new Office of Naval Intelligence, his participation in the Greeley Relief Expedition, and a survey for the projected isthmian canal through Nicaragua. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Chambers, Washington Irving, 1856-1934.
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Chambers, Washington Irving, 1856-1934. |
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United States. Navy -- Officers -- Biography.
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United States. Navy. |
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Biographies.
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Naval art and science -- Technological innovations -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Naval art and science -- Technological innovations. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Naval art and science. |
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Naval art and science -- Technological innovations -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1800-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stein, Stephen K. From torpedoes to aviation. Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©2007 9780817315641 0817315640 (DLC) 2006033985 (OCoLC)73502510 |
| ISBN |
9780817381059 (electronic book) |
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0817381058 (electronic book) |
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9780817315641 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0817315640 |
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