Letterbooks, 1894-1902.

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Letterbooks, 1894-1902.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33203478

Two typewritten letterbooks containing official correspondence of Rear Admiral William Swift before he was selected for flag rank. Topics concern the ships under his command, the U.S.S. New York, Prairie, and Yorktown; naval drills; personnel shortages and other personnel issues; management of equipment; expense and procurement of ship's supplies; the Naval War College and its purpose; Swift's duties as Inspector of Ordnance at the New York Navy Yard; a fire in Port of Spain; the Spanish-American War; reduction in the naval fleet; relations with important Japanese political and military leaders; establishment of a naval base in Olongapo, the Philippines, rather than Cavite; and cholera in the Philippines.

2 v.

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7348753

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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New York (Ship)

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Prairie (Ship)

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Swift, William H. (William Herbert)

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Rear admiral in the U.S. Navy. From the description of Letterbooks, 1894-1902. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 33203478 ...

Yorktown (Ship : 1859-1861)

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Naval War College (U.S.)

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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...