Annual Reports of the Navy Department for the Fiscal Year ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1912 - Naval art and science 1897/98, [v.2], "Appendix to the Report of the chief of the Bureau of navigation" contains correspondence and documents relating to the conduct of the war with Spain, collected, arranged and edited by Ensign H. H. Ward, under the direction of the bureau. |
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... equipment of the fleet is excellent , except as to the number of de ... vessels to their home yards for all necessary navy - yard repairs ; for the ... vessels on short notice . It is not expected that all the benefits , military and ...
... equipment of the fleet is excellent , except as to the number of de ... vessels to their home yards for all necessary navy - yard repairs ; for the ... vessels on short notice . It is not expected that all the benefits , military and ...
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... machinery designs for battleships 36 and 37 , authorized by the last Congress , are believed to mark a distinct advance in battle- ship machinery . This is due principally to the use of oil as a fuel in these vessels , which resulted in ...
... machinery designs for battleships 36 and 37 , authorized by the last Congress , are believed to mark a distinct advance in battle- ship machinery . This is due principally to the use of oil as a fuel in these vessels , which resulted in ...
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... vessels specially equipped for the purpose , efforts have been made to de- velop hydro - aeroplanes , by which it is ... equipment , just as boats , which cost much more than aeroplanes , are now provided . When the department is satisfied ...
... vessels specially equipped for the purpose , efforts have been made to de- velop hydro - aeroplanes , by which it is ... equipment , just as boats , which cost much more than aeroplanes , are now provided . When the department is satisfied ...
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... ship ; held preliminary small- arm target practice . Protecting American interests . To receive representatives of con- tractors who installed electric steer- ing equipment . Protecting American interests . Small - arm target practice ...
... ship ; held preliminary small- arm target practice . Protecting American interests . To receive representatives of con- tractors who installed electric steer- ing equipment . Protecting American interests . Small - arm target practice ...
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United States. Navy Department. Movements of vessels - Continued . Movements of vessels - Continued . Movements of vessels -. Name of vessel ... equipment repairs . Coal test with Maryland . Rear Ad- miral Southerland hoisted his fag as ...
United States. Navy Department. Movements of vessels - Continued . Movements of vessels - Continued . Movements of vessels -. Name of vessel ... equipment repairs . Coal test with Maryland . Rear Ad- miral Southerland hoisted his fag as ...
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armored cruiser Atlantic Fleet battle practice battleships Boston Bureau Cavite Charleston China Coaled ship colliers commanding construction and machinery Construction and repair cost Cuba current and prior Date of arrival Date of depar destroyer diseases Distance steamed duty engines enlisted Equipment of vessels expenditures Guantanamo Bay Hampton Roads Hydrographic Office Increase Navy indirect and material July July 23 June 24 June 30 Labor Mare Island Marine Corps Mass Miscellaneous Movements of vessels-Continued Name of vessel naval hospital Naval Militia naval station naval supply account Navy Department Navy yard Newport Nicaragua Norfolk Olongapo Ordnance and ordnance ordnance stores Philadelphia port visited Portsmouth Provincetown Public bills Puget Sound San Francisco Sept sick days Southern drill grounds STATEMENT B-Continued Steam machinery submarine Tangier Sound target practice Tompkinsville torpedo boat Total number vessel and port vessels Nav vessels S. E. Washington York
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Page 227 - That no part of this sum shall be applied to the repairs of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall exceed twenty per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material...
Page 130 - Government property," and shall not be withdrawn or applied, except in consequence of a subsequent appropriation made by law.
Page 229 - That no part of any sum herein appropriated shall be expended for the purchase of structural steel, ship plates, armor, armament, or machinery...
Page 226 - ... designing naval vessels; construction and repair of yard craft, lighters, and barges; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat ; general care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and repair ; incidental expenses for vessels and navy yards, inspectors...
Page 229 - The limit of cost, exclusive of armor and armament, of the battleship Florida, authorized by the naval appropriation act approved May thirteenth, nineteen hundred and eight, to be built in a Government navy yard, is hereby increased from six million dollars to six million four hundred thousand dollars; and the limit of cost, exclusive of armor and armament, of the battleship authorized and directed by the naval appropriation act approved June twenty-fourth, nineteen...
Page 230 - ... by any person, firm, or corporation which has not at the time of the commencement and during the construction of said vessels established an eight-hour workday for all employees, laborers, and mechanics engaged, or to be engaged, in the construction of the vessels named herein.
Page 226 - For preservation and completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary ; purchase of materials and stores of all kinds...
Page 226 - ... lanterns, and lamps and their appendages for general use on board ship for illuminating purposes, and oil and candles used in connection therewith ; bunting and other materials for making and repairing flags of all kinds; for all permanent galley fittings and equipage ; rugs, carpets, curtains, and hangings on board naval vessels...
Page 230 - An act relating to the limitation of the hours of dally service of laborers and mechanics employed upon the public works of the United States and of the District of Columbia...
Page 265 - That such material as provisions, clothing and small stores, medical stores, and such other materials as the Secretary of the Navy may designate, may be purchased by specific appropriations or transferred to specific appropriations before such materials are issued for use or consumption. The said charge, however, to any particular apprppriation shall be limited to the amount appropriated therefor.