TY - BOOK AU - Stein,Stephen K. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - From torpedoes to aviation: Washington Irving Chambers and technological innovation in the new Navy, 1876-1913 AV - V63.C39 .S74 2007eb U1 - 359.0092B 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Tuscaloosa, Ala. PB - University of Alabama Press KW - Chambers, Washington Irving, KW - United States KW - Navy KW - Officers KW - Biography KW - Naval art and science KW - Technological innovations KW - History KW - 19th century KW - 20th century KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p [235]-255) and index; Introduction -- The Naval Academy -- Early cruises -- The Greely relief expedition -- The Nicaraguan survey -- The Office of Naval Intelligence -- The New York Navy Yard -- The Petrel and the Atlanta -- The Naval War College -- The Minneapolis and the Bureau of Ordnance -- Policing an empire -- Torpedoes, dreadnoughts, and the General Board -- The Caribbean and the Bureau of Ordnance -- The beginnings of naval aviation -- Building naval aviation -- Retired; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10387707 ER -