Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1914 - Naval art and science

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Page 67 - States may be a party shall not be so established as to insure a constant service day and night without interruption, and in all localities wherever or whenever such service shall not be maintained by a commercial shore station within...
Page 119 - Provided, That no part of this sum shall be applied to the repair of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material...
Page 119 - ... 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 123 - That no part of any sum herein appropriated shall be expended for the purchase of structural steel, ship plates, armor, armament, or machinery...
Page 13 - ... it is a condition and not a theory that confronts us.
Page 120 - ... 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...
Page 120 - ... for the purchase of all other articles of equipage at home and abroad ; and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels therewith and manufacture of such articles in the several navy yards...
Page 125 - That for the purpose of further increasing the naval establishment of the United States, the President is hereby authorized to have constructed by contract...
Page 119 - The services of draftsmen and such other technical services as the Secretary of the Navy may deem necessary may be employed only in the Bureau of...
Page 119 - ... of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner of a new ship of the same size and like material: Provided further.

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