Papers, 1916-1961.

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Papers, 1916-1961.

This collection contains papers from the Navy career of Vice Admiral Charles Momsen. It is organized in three series. The first series contains Momsen's orders and correspondence from 1916-1961. It is arranged in topical files. The second series contains speeches made by Momsen from 1929-1958. This series is arranged chronologically. The final consists of subject files and is arranged alphabetically by topic.

2 cubic ft.

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Momsen, Charles Bowers

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Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy. Charles Momsen began duty in the submarine service as Executive Officer of USS O-13 in 1922 and ended duty in 1953 as Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Fleet. While on duty with the Submarine Safety Test Unit aboard USS S-4 (1929-1932), he developed a submarine escape device and later, while Officer in Charge of Experimental Diving at the Washington Navy Yard, he accomplished work from which a new set of decompression tables were evolved and the us...

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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...