Papers regarding construction of ships for the United States Navy 1885-1898

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Papers regarding construction of ships for the United States Navy 1885-1898

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/356

These papers of Francis Tiffany Bowles, Assistant Naval Constructor in the United States Navy, relate to the construction of the U.S.S. Texas and the U.S.S. Raleigh, as well as gun boats, auxiliary boats, and other vessels. They include specifications, costs, reports on progress of construction, photographs of progress, information about machines needed at the Norfolk Navy Yard, and data on British war ships and about the speed trial of the Japanese cruiser Naniwa-Kan. The papers also contain data about the U.S.S. Concord and the U.S.S. Detroit

1.01 linear feet (5 volumes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6313365

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Concord (Gunboat)

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United States. Navy

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Raleigh (Armored cruiser).

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Texas (Second class battleship)

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Detroit (Cruiser)

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Norfolk Navy Yard (U.S.)

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Bowles, Francis Tiffany, 1858-1927.

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