Naval History and Heritage Command

Operational records are official records of the U. S. Navy, created by offices within the Department of the Navy in the course of business.  Typically, these records are transferred directly by the office to the Navy Archives. 

Please note: The collections described here are only a small portion of the operational records we maintain at the Navy Archives.  

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Operational Records: A

ALNAVs Collection, 1918-1997
Naval Facility Argentia Newfoundland, 1941-1984
Assistant SECNAV Installations and Environment, 1961-2003
Atlantic Fleet Video Collection, 1984-1995

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Operational Records: B

Bainbridge Recruit Training Center Scrapbooks, 1957-1972
Bethesda National Naval Medical Center Rapid Implementation Team, 1988-1989
Bureau of Medicine Desert Shield Desert Storm, 1990-1991
Bureau of Medicine Nurse Corps, 1881-1978
Bureau of Personnel Casualty Branch Records, 1921-1959
Bureau of Personnel Uniform Board, 1939-1983
Bureau of Personnel USS Pueblo Incident, 1968-1969
Bureau of Personnel Women's Policy, 1947-1991

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Operational Records: C

Chief of Information Biography Collection, 1939-2010
Chief of Information Subject Files, 1958-1990
Chief of Information USS Scorpion and Thresher, 1960s-1993
Chief of Naval Operations and Bureau of Personnel: POW/MIA Records, 1964-1981
Chief of Naval Operations and Deputy Chief of Naval Operations: Reserve Fleet, 1947-1960
Chief of Naval Operations: Immediate Office Files, 1946-1975 (to present)
Chief of Naval Operations: Oceanographer of the Navy: Operation Deep Freeze, 1954-1998
Chief of Naval Operations: Organization of Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1946-2000
Chief of Naval Operations: Organizational Research and Policy Division, 1932-1949
Chief of Naval Operations: Shore and Fleet Organization (SNDL) Records, 1942-2014
Chief of Naval Operations: Speeches of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1973-1997
Chief of Naval Operations: Strategic Plans Division, 1940s-1970s
Chief of Naval Operations: Study Group on Women in the Navy, 1942-1987
Chief of Naval Operations: Undersea & Submarine Warfare Division, 1912-1954
Commander in Chief Atlantic Fleet (CINCLANTFLT): International Naval Review, 1976
Commander In Chief Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC), 1941-1975
Communications Publications Collection, 1929-1989

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Operational Records: D

Davisville Naval Construction Battalion Center, 1945-1991
Director of Naval History Office Files, 1942-2007

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Operational Records: H

Historical Documentation Team - Operations Desert Shield Desert Storm, 1990-1991
Hospital Ships and USNS Comfort, 1906-1991

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Operational Records: K

Naval Base Kenitra, Morocco, 1943-1980

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Operational Records: M

Military Sealift Command, 1975-1985
Military Sealift Command in Operations Desert Shield Desert Storm, 1990-1991
Military Sealift Command Transportation Directorate, 1950-1983

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Operational Records: P

Pentagon Attack Narrative Accounts
Post-1946 Action and Operational Reports, 1946-1973
Post-1946 Command File, 1946-1973
Post-1946 Plans, Orders, and Related Documents, 1946-1973
Post-1974 Command File, 1974-1989
Post-1990 Command File, 1990-2006

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Operational Records: S

Second Fleet Public Affairs, 1980-1990
Seventh Fleet Public Affairs, 1985-1991
Subic Bay Naval Station, 1921-1992
Sugar Grove Naval Radio Station, 1965-1992
Supervisor of Shipbuilding San Francisco, 1937-1997

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Operational Records: U

USS Constitution and OPSAIL 200, 1997-1998

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Operational Records: V

Vietnam: Chief of Naval Operations Flag Plot Office Vietnam, 1959-1973
Vietnam: Coastal Division 12 Records, 1967-1970
Vietnam Command File, 1959-1973
Vietnam: Commander Naval Forces Vietnam (COMNAVFORV)
Vietnam: Naval Advisory Group Vietnam, 1954-1974
Vietnam: Naval Forces Vietnam (NAVFORV) Lessons Learned and End of Tour Reports, 1968-1970
Vietnam: Navy Research and Development Unit Vietnam (NRDUV), 1967-1972
Vietnam Operational History Section Subject Files, 1965-1973
Vietnam: Tonkin Gulf Collection, 1962-1984

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Operational Records: W

World War II Command File, 1939-1945

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Operational Records: Y

Year 2000 Program Office, 1997-2000
Yorktown Mine Warfare Engineering Activity, 1918-1971

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