Building the Navy's Bases in World War II
Author : United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
Publisher :
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 32,33 MB
Release : 1947
Category : Air bases
ISBN :
Author : United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
Publisher :
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 32,33 MB
Release : 1947
Category : Air bases
ISBN :
Author : Hampton Roads Naval Historical Foundation
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 19,34 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 1467120278
Naval Station Norfolk is the world s largest naval station, supporting the Navy ships, submarines, and aircraft of the US Fleet Forces Command with a multitude of facilities and services. This shore establishment, located on the historic harbor of Hampton Roads, has remained vital to the Navy since its foundation in 1917. Once established, the naval station focused on serving the fleet in four areas: aviation, recruit training, a submarine base, and a supply base. Men and women of the station continued to work on these and other activities through the pressures of World War I, the Depression, World War II, and wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. They made sure that ships and aircraft were successfully deployed to the far reaches of the globe the nation s indispensable response to international conflicts. Nowadays, the station is the hub for Navy logistics supporting the defense of the entire Atlantic area, from the North Pole to the South Pole."
Author : Hampton Roads Naval Historical Foundatio
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 46,50 MB
Release : 2014-02-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781531672126
Naval Station Norfolk is the world's largest naval station, supporting the Navy ships, submarines, and aircraft of the US Fleet Forces Command with a multitude of facilities and services. This shore establishment, located on the historic harbor of Hampton Roads, has remained vital to the Navy since its foundation in 1917. Once established, the naval station focused on serving the fleet in four areas: aviation, recruit training, a submarine base, and a supply base. Men and women of the station continued to work on these and other activities through the pressures of World War I, the Depression, World War II, and wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. They made sure that ships and aircraft were successfully deployed to the far reaches of the globe--the nation's indispensable response to international conflicts. Nowadays, the station is the hub for Navy logistics supporting the defense of the entire Atlantic area, from the North Pole to the South Pole.
Author : United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
Publisher :
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 32,75 MB
Release : 1947
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : United States. Bureau of Yards and Docks
Publisher :
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 34,51 MB
Release : 1947
Category : Air bases
ISBN :
Author : United States. Department of the Army
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 18,57 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Military bases
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher : U.S. Navy Seabee Museum
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 39,1 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Walter Burt
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,20 MB
Release : 2016-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1445648970
The history of Rosyth Dockyard and Naval Base, showing how it has changed and developed over the last hundred years.
Author : Wallace T. Martin
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 11,73 MB
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0160921600
Arming The Fleet (ATF) Highlights includes very current and basic information on the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) and is 159 pages in ePub file format (76 pages in print) versus the larger comprehensive book which contains 402 pages in ePub file format (208 pages in print) and covers historical accomplishments from 1943 to today. All data contained in the smaller Highlights is included in the larger book.
Author : Mark A. Chambers
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 21,55 MB
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1439671591
Throughout the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, has played a significant role in the development of American naval aviation. The roles of fleet operational feasibility flight testing, flight testing of prototype aircraft, and tactical combat flight training at this naval air station have been crucial to this development. Technological advancements in naval airpower have significantly altered military doctrine and tactics, enabling the United States to gain strategic advantages over opposing forces in wars and military conflicts. Moreover, courage, innovative spirit, and ingenuity in conducting naval flight testing at Naval Air Station Norfolk have made and continue to make the advancement of American naval aviation possible. This remarkable military facility serves as a vital component of the world's largest naval base, Naval Station Norfolk.