Estimates Submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, 1914: Hearings Before Committee on Naval Affairs, House of Representatives, on Estimates Submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, 1914U.S. Government Printing Office, 1914 - 1303 pages |
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additional Admiral BLUE Admiral CowIE Admiral GRIFFIN Admiral STANFORD Admiral STRAUSS Admiral VREELAND Admiral WATT amount appropriation armored cruisers barracks BATHRICK battleships Bering River bill boats BRITTEN BROWNING BUCHANAN building Bureau Canal Capt cent CHAIRMAN chaplains coal coast commander committee construction contract cost crane dreadnaughts dredging dry dock dry docks duty engine enlisted equipment estimate expenditures expenses factory feet fiscal fleet floating fuel oil Germany Government grade guns HENSLEY included increase labor Lake Torpedo Boat lieutenant machinery manufacture Mare Island Marine Corps ment nations naval Navy Department Navy Yard Norfolk officers Philadelphia plant potatoes pounds powder present purchase question rank recommended repair ROBERTS Secretary DANIELS ships statement station submarines tion tonnage tons torpedo Total transportation United United States Navy vessels WINTERHALTER WITHERSPOON York Navy Yard
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