Download or read book Charlestown Navy Yard 1800 1842 written by Edwin C. Bearss and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Charlestown Navy Yard 1800 1842 written by Edwin C. Bearss and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Boston Marine Barracks written by Lt. Col. John R. Yates, Jr., USMC (Ret.) and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-04-02 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Boston Marine Barracks is one of the oldest in the United States: it stands within eyeshot of the USS Constitution. Lt. Col. John R. Yates, Jr., the last commanding officer of the Barracks when it closed in 1974, researched the hundreds of letters left behind by previous Barracks commanders, their superiors and many others. They reveal the life and times of the Marines billeted at the Barracks from the early 19th century until World War II. Often, of course, the Marines were deployed to far-off events and places. This book also tells the story of the Barracks Marines' participation in the Seminole Wars, the action in Samoa, the Boer Wars, the Philippine Insurrection, Panama, the Boxer Rebellion, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish American War and World War I. This book reveals a naval prison's existence on the shipyard for which the Marines were responsible for many years.
Download or read book Charlestown Navy Yard written by and published by National Park Service Division of Publications. This book was released on 1995 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the story of evolving technology and naval policy and how they affected the fortunes of the Charlestown Navy Yard and its workers. The yard was in operation from 1800 to 1974.
Download or read book Gaining Ground written by Nancy S. Seasholes and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why and how Boston was transformed by landmaking. Fully one-sixth of Boston is built on made land. Although other waterfront cities also have substantial areas that are built on fill, Boston probably has more than any city in North America. In Gaining Ground historian Nancy Seasholes has given us the first complete account of when, why, and how this land was created.The story of landmaking in Boston is presented geographically; each chapter traces landmaking in a different part of the city from its first permanent settlement to the present. Seasholes introduces findings from recent archaeological investigations in Boston, and relates landmaking to the major historical developments that shaped it. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, landmaking in Boston was spurred by the rapid growth that resulted from the burgeoning China trade. The influx of Irish immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century prompted several large projects to create residential land—not for the Irish, but to keep the taxpaying Yankees from fleeing to the suburbs. Many landmaking projects were undertaken to cover tidal flats that had been polluted by raw sewage discharged directly onto them, removing the "pestilential exhalations" thought to cause illness. Land was also added for port developments, public parks, and transportation facilities, including the largest landmaking project of all, the airport. A separate chapter discusses the technology of landmaking in Boston, explaining the basic method used to make land and the changes in its various components over time. The book is copiously illustrated with maps that show the original shoreline in relation to today's streets, details from historical maps that trace the progress of landmaking, and historical drawings and photographs.
Download or read book Charlestown Navy Yard written by Stephen P. Carlson and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Charlestown Navy Yard Historic Resource Study Volume 3 of 3 2010 written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the United States Navy written by James M. Morris and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of Historical Dictionary of the United States Navy covers U.S. Naval developments, personnel, and engagements from the colonial times to the present day. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and over 600 cross-referenced dictionary entries on people, places, events and other terminology of the Navy. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the United States Navy.
Download or read book Charlestown Navy Yard 1890 1973 written by Frederick R. Black and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Military Leaders written by John C. Fredriksen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1999-06-18 with total page 943 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive collection of biographies of the most prominent military leaders in American history. American Military Leaders contains over 400 A–Z biographies of individuals such as Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, who ended hundreds of years of tradition by allowing women to serve on Navy ships; and, Francis Marion, the Swamp Fox, whose rules of clandestine warfare are still followed by the U.S. Special Forces. Coverage centers on the outstanding generals, sergeants, fighter aces, militiamen, theorists, doctors, and nurses who make up America's military history. This volume presents their backgrounds, contributions, and significance to America's fortunes in war. This title also cites works for further research, includes a list of leaders organized by their military titles, and a comprehensive index.
Download or read book Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cultural Landscape Report for the Boston Harbor Islands Boston Harbor Islands National State Park Boston Massachusetts written by Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Books written by National Defense University. Library and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Constitution All Sails Up and Flying written by Olof A. Eriksen and published by Olof Eriksen. This book was released on 2009 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was 1989 when I started building a large 1/4"= 1 foot scale model of Constitution and today, 16 years and 18,000 hours later, I honestly believe this is how she was rigged during her last chase, exactly one hour prior to her last battle against the British HMS Levant and HMS Cyane. I had already invested more than four thousand hours in the construction of this model, and had intended, upon completion of the hull, to proceed with the stepping of masts and rigging her just as I had done previously on other models. However, In February 1992, when Commander Martin presented me with an original typescript of Midshipman Edward Clifford Anderson's notes on the rigging of the ship in 1834-35 at Boston, the earliest such specific information known, I decided I would follow Midshipman Anderson's directions and record the progress, step by step, discovering for myself what was done and how. This meant creating additional scaled parts relating to sheer poles, etc. to simulate exactly how the masts and the bowsprit, etc. were stepped in this era, and for this reason. Due to the equipment available today, and rightfully so, I do not believe that Constitution, or any ship's from this era, will ever again be rigged, including the stepping of the masts, using sheer poles and tackle only, and so I chose, while this one and only opportunity lent itself, to show this pictorially.
Download or read book Naval Pensioners of the United States 1800 1851 written by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck and published by Genealogical Publishing Com. This book was released on 2002 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource text contains some 3,000 entries of individuals receiving pensions from the U.S. Navy between 1800 and 1851. The text is organized alphabetically by the name of the veteran and/or the pensioner followed by the state of residence and rank. Each entry includes the amount of pension, either per month or per annum, and a list of years in which there are entries for the pensioner in the reports to Congress. Additional data listed includes the nature of the individual's disability, date of death, name of the vessel on which the veteran served, variations in the spellings of both forenames and surnames, and aliases. The author's credentials are not stated. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Download or read book Naval History written by and published by . This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Naval History Sources in the United States written by Martha L. Crawley and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
