Washington Irving Chambers Papers 1871-1943 (bulk 1911-1919)

United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Ordnance.

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Baldwin, Thomas S.

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Thomas Baldwin was born ca. 1800. He appears in the Pa. Septennial Census for 1828 and 1835 in West Bradford Township, Chester Co. as a storekeeper. From the description of Ledgers and daybooks, 1824-1854. (Chester County Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 20476647 ...

Ely, Eugene

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United States. Navy Dept. Bureau of Navigation.

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United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Navigation

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New York Naval Shipyard

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The origins of the Brooklyn Navy Yard (officially known as the New York Naval Shipyard) date to 1801, when the United States Navy acquired what had previously been a small, privately owned shipyard in order to construct naval vessels. By the time the Department of Defense ceased shipbuilding activities at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1966, 88 vessels had been manufactured at the facility. In 1967, the Brooklyn Navy Yard was acquired by the City of New York and was converted for private commercial u...

Naval War College (U.S.)

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Greely, Adolphus Washington, 1844-1935

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Adolphus Washington Greely (b. March 27, 1844, Newburyport, Massachusetts-d. October 20, 1935, Washington, D.C.) served throughout the American Civil War and remained in the army at the war's close. In 1881 he was appointed to lead the United States International Polar Year Expedition, 1881-1884 to Ellesmere Island. He retired from the Army in 1908 and died in Washington in 1935. ...

Baldwin, Thomas S.

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Towers, John H. (John Henry), 1885-1955

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Naval officer and pioneer aviator. From the description of John H. Towers papers, 1830-1989 (bulk 1906-1955). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983461 Biographical Note 1885, Jan. 30 Born, Rome, Ga. 1906 Graduated United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. ...

Greely Relief Expedition (1884)

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Portsmouth (Sloop of war)

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The Portsmouth was under Commander John B. Montgomery and sailed chiefly on the coasts of Mexico and California. From the description of Logbooks of the Portsmouth, 1844-1847. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 214990328 U.S. naval vessel launched at the Portsmouth, N.H., navy yard in 1843 and commissioned in 1844; wooden sloop of war; 1,022 tons; struck from the navy list in 1915 and subsequently sold. From the description of Logbook, 1850...

Loening, Grover, 1888-1976

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Aviation consultant, engineer, author, and aircraft manufacturer. Died 1976. From the description of Grover Cleveland Loening papers, 1900-1975 (bulk 1913-1962). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981173 Aircraft engineer; interviewee d.1976. From the description of Reminiscences of Grover Cleveland Loening : lecture, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122597772 From the description of Reminiscences of Grover Cleveland...

Godard, Louis, 1847-1928

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Ellyson, Theodore Gordon, 1885-1928

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Theodore Gordon Ellyson (1885-1928) was the first Navy officer to qualify as an airplane pilot. Born on February 27, 1885 in Richmond, Virginia, Ellyson entered the United States Naval Academy in 1901 and graduated with the class of 1905. In December 1910, Ellyson was ordered to Los Angeles, California to take flight lessons offered to the Navy by Glenn Curtiss, a pioneering aviator who had offered to train a pilot for the Navy free of charge. From the time Ellyson began instruction in avia...

United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Ordnance

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Ely, Eugene

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United States. Navy Department

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Smith was a private citizen and donor to the "Eyes for the Navy" program. From the description of Memorandum, no date. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 708036591 From the description of Memorandum, September 30, 1918. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 708034981 From the description of Certificate, no date. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 708036793 The United States Navy operated a radio station with call sign NUG in Calumet, Michigan...

Pensacola (Screw steamer)

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Launched by Pensacola Navy Yard 1859; commissioned in full 1861; decommissioned 1911; burned and sunk by U.S. Navy in San Francisco Bay May 1912. From the description of Ledgers, 1905-1905. (University of West Florida). WorldCat record id: 70961228 ...

Burgess, W. Starling (William Starling), 1878-1947

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Burgess was an Aeronautical and Naval Architect and Engineer. From the description of Papers, 1938-1948. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 17836746 William Starling Burgess (1878-1947), known as W. Starling or Starling Burgess, was a naval architect, airplane and automobile designer, and published poet and author. He was the son of Edward Burgess (1848-1891), the naval architect and designer of three America's Cup defenders, and brother of Charles Paine Burgess, also ...

Means, James, 1853-1920

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Shoe manufacturer and aviation pioneer. Born in Dorchester, Mass. Entered into shoe manufacturing in Brockton, Mass. in 1878. Formed partnership with his younger brother Charles in 1883 as James Means and Company, Boston. Popularizer of the $3 shoe. Retired from manufacturing in 1893 but retained ownership of James Means trademark. Formed the James Means Company (Kittery, Me.) to sell trademarks, 1900-1904. Wrote on problems of man flying. Edited Aeronautical Annual. From the descrip...

Richardson, Holden Chester, 1878-

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Naval officer. From the description of Holden Chester Richardson papers, 1844-1946 (bulk 1897-1944). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71060500 Biographical Note 1878, Dec.7 Born, Shamokin, Pa. 1901 Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. ...

Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930

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Glenn Hammond Curtiss (1878-1930) was an aviator and businessman. He developed the first practical amphibious airplane, as well as testing ship-based take-offs and landings. From the description of Glenn Hammond Curtiss photographs of early aviation, circa 1900s-1930s. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 231717817 Glenn Curtiss (1878-1930), a successful motorcycle manufacturer in Hammondsport, New York, became legendary in the aviation world. Curtiss...

Knabenshue, Roy, -1960

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United States Naval Torpedo Station (Newport, R.I.)

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The U.S. Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI, was established in 1869 on Goat Island and remained there until 1951. It was the site where torpedoes were manufactured and tested. From the description of Papers, 1905-1953. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 756836678 The Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, RI was established in 1869, and was the first naval command in Narragansett Bay. From the description of Photograph album, 1905. (Naval War College). WorldCat...

Rodgers, John, 1881-1926

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Chambers, Washington Irving, 1856-1934

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Naval officer. From the description of Washington Irving Chambers papers, 1871-1943 (bulk 1911-1919). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979797 Biographical Note 1856, Apr. 4 Born, Kingston, N.Y. 1876 Graduated, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. D...

Martin, Glenn L. (Glenn Luther), 1886-1955

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Pioneer aviator, airplane manufacturer, and businessman. From the description of Papers of Glenn L. Martin, 1910-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455656 ...