Montery, California, as a Naval Base Site, Statement Submitted to 66:3, .....[1920].1920 - 15 pages |
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... CALIF . , AS A POSSIBLE SITE FOR A NAVAL BASE 25637 Printed for use of the Special Joint Committee WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE STATEMENT SUBMITTED TO THE SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS ON. Y4 . P114 : M76.
... CALIF . , AS A POSSIBLE SITE FOR A NAVAL BASE 25637 Printed for use of the Special Joint Committee WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE STATEMENT SUBMITTED TO THE SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE OF CONGRESS ON. Y4 . P114 : M76.
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... POSSIBLE SITE FOR A NAVAL BASE 25637 Printed for use of the Special Joint Committee WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE . [ Appointed pursuant to a provision MONTEREY , CALIF . , AS A NAVAL BASE SITE.
... POSSIBLE SITE FOR A NAVAL BASE 25637 Printed for use of the Special Joint Committee WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE . [ Appointed pursuant to a provision MONTEREY , CALIF . , AS A NAVAL BASE SITE.
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... possible usefulness as a naval base site , pursuant to the suggestion of the Secretary of the Navy contained in the following letter addressed by him to the chairman of the Committees on Naval Affairs of both the Senate and the House of ...
... possible usefulness as a naval base site , pursuant to the suggestion of the Secretary of the Navy contained in the following letter addressed by him to the chairman of the Committees on Naval Affairs of both the Senate and the House of ...
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... possible foe meeting with any opposition or resistance whatever . The Secretary of the Navy , in his speech made at the Presidio of Monterey on the 31st day of August , 1919 , stated that " Monterey Bay is to - day , as it was in the ...
... possible foe meeting with any opposition or resistance whatever . The Secretary of the Navy , in his speech made at the Presidio of Monterey on the 31st day of August , 1919 , stated that " Monterey Bay is to - day , as it was in the ...
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... possible location would have to be made available . for the accommodation of such a fleet , and the Navy engineers at the direction of the department , having made exhaustive surveys and estimates of the proposed Navy base to be ...
... possible location would have to be made available . for the accommodation of such a fleet , and the Navy engineers at the direction of the department , having made exhaustive surveys and estimates of the proposed Navy base to be ...
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Page 34 - Said commission shall also investigate and report upon the necessity, desirability, and advisability of improving existing or establishing an additional navy yard or naval station on the Atlantic coast south of Cape Hatteras or on or near the United States coast of the Gulf of Mexico or in the Caribbean Sea of a character adequate for the proper naval defense of that portion of the country. Said report shall contain all the information of like character as directed in the preceding paragraph relating...
Page 68 - Bethlehem yard, one of the largest buildings of its kind in the United States, stands upon filled ground very similar in character to that found on the Alameda site.
Page 34 - Navy, not below the rank of commander, to investigate and report at the beginning of the next regular session of Congress, if practicable, and if not, as soon thereafter as practicable, as to the necessity, desirability, and advisability of establishing an additional navy yard or naval station on the Pacific Coast of the United States. And if such a navy yard or naval station be recommended as necessary and advisable, said report shall designate the most suitable site and the estimated cost thereof,...
Page 34 - ... as to labor and material. Said report shall also contain an estimated cost of the necessary buildings, shops, piers, sea walls, and equipment of said yard or station, together with the estimated annual cost of maintenance thereof. " Said commission shall also investigate and report upon the necessity, desirability, and advisability of improving existing or establishing an additional navy yard or naval station on the Atlantic...
Page 34 - The President is hereby authorized to appoint a commission of five officers of the Navy not below the rank of commander to investigate and report at the beginning of the next regular session of Congress if practicable, and if not, as soon thereafter as practicable, as to the necessity, desirability, and advisability of establishing an additional navy yard or naval station on the Pacific coast of the United States. And if such a navy yard or naval station be recommended as necessary and advisable,...
Page 34 - ... or near the United States coast of the Gulf of Mexico or in the Caribbean Sea of a character adequate for the proper naval defense of that portion of the country. Said report shall contain all the information of like character as directed in the preceding paragraph relating to the investigation and report as to the Pacific coast. Said commission shall also investigate^ and report as to the necessity, desirability, and advisability of establishing submarine and aviation bases on the Atlantic,...
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