Estimates Submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, 1916: Hearings Before, Committee on Naval Affairs, House of Representatives, Sixty-fourth Congress, First Session, on Estimates Submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, 1916, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 |
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additional Admiral BLUE Admiral BRAISTED Admiral GRIFFIN Admiral McGOWAN Admiral STANFORD Admiral TAYLOR amount appropriation authorized basin battle cruisers battleships berthing bill BRITTEN BROWNING BUCHANAN building built Bureau of Yards BUTLER CALLAWAY cent CHAIRMAN channel Charleston Chief coal coast commander committee Congress CONNELLY construction contract Corps cost depth destroyers dreadnaughts dredging dry dock engine enlisted equipment estimate expenditures expense feet fiscal fleet give Government grade HENSLEY hospital increase KELLEY lieutenant machinery Mare Island Marine ment months motors Naval Academy Navy Department navy yard Norfolk officers OLIVER Orleans Pearl Harbor Philadelphia Navy Yard pier plant present question rear admiral reference repairs ROBERTS Secretary DANIELS ships statement station STEPHENS submarine supply tion tons torpedo boats Total TRIBBLE turbines vessels wharf Yards and Docks York yard
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