02948nam 2200565 a 450 991045168170332120200520144314.00-8173-8105-8(CKB)1000000000479934(EBL)438225(OCoLC)183297609(SSID)ssj0000159131(PQKBManifestationID)11176972(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000159131(PQKBWorkID)10151682(PQKB)11124275(MiAaPQ)EBC438225(MdBmJHUP)muse8643(Au-PeEL)EBL438225(CaPaEBR)ebr10387707(EXLCZ)99100000000047993420061013d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom torpedoes to aviation[electronic resource] Washington Irving Chambers and technological innovation in the new Navy, 1876-1913 /Stephen K. SteinTuscaloosa, Ala. University of Alabama Pressc20071 online resource (270 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1564-0 Includes bibliographical references (p [235]-255) and index.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. 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 eNaval art and scienceTechnological innovationsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryNaval art and scienceTechnological innovationsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElectronic books.Naval art and scienceTechnological innovationsHistoryNaval art and scienceTechnological innovationsHistory359.0092BStein Stephen K1050948MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451681703321From torpedoes to aviation2481120UNINA