From torpedoes to aviation [[electronic resource] ] : Washington Irving Chambers and technological innovation in the new Navy, 1876-1913 / / Stephen K. Stein

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451681703321
• Autore: Stein Stephen K
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, c2007
• ISBN: 0-8173-8105-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 359.0092; B
• Soggetti: Naval art and science - Technological innovations - United States - History - 19th century; Naval art and science - Technological innovations - United States - History - 20th century; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p [235]-255) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: The central figure in the modernization of the U.S. Navy. The career of Washington Irving Chambers spans a formative period in the development of the United States Navy: He entered the Naval Academy in the doldrum years of obsolete, often rotting ships, and left after he had helped like-minded officers convince Congress and the public of the need to adopt a new naval strategy built around a fleet of technologically advanced battleships. He also laid the groundwork for naval aviation and the important role it would play in the modern navy. This work covers Chambers's e