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1800-1824

Battle of Derna, 27 April 1805: Selected Naval Documents
Battle of Lake Erie: Building the Fleet in the Wilderness by RADM Denys W. Knoll, USN (Ret.)
Battle of Tripoli Harbor, 3 August 1804: Selected Naval Documents
Capture of the Frigate Philadelphia, 31 October 1803: Selected Naval Documents
Condition of the Navy and Its Expenses Communicated to the House of Representatives, January 25, 1821
The Constitution Fighting Top
The Constitution Gun Deck
Constitution Sailors in the Battle of Lake Erie
The Decatur House and Its Distinguished Occupants
The Defense and Burning of Washington in 1814: Naval Documents of the War of 1812
Documents, Official and Unofficial, Relating to the Case of the Capture and Destruction of the Frigate Philadelphia at Tripoli on the 16th February, 1804 [1850]
General Orders USS Independence 1815 Naval Historical Foundation publication [1969]
History of Paul Jones, the Pirate
Hurricanes and the War of 1812: Documents on Selected Storms Affecting Naval Operations
Information in Relation to the Naval Protection Afforded to The Commerce of the United States in the West India Islands, &c. &c. [1821]
Narrative of the Capture, Sufferings and Escape of Capt. Barnabas Lincoln and His Crew, Who Were Taken By a Piratical Schooner...
Naval Anecdotes Relating to HMS Leopard Versus USS Chesapeake, 24 June 1807
Navy Regulations, 1814
"Precisely Appropriate for the Purpose" [essay on James Lawrence]
Registers of the Navy
Register of Officer Personnel: United States Navy and Marine Corps and Ships' Data, 1801-1807
Register of Patients Naval Hospital, Washington DC 1814 (With the Names of American Wounded From the Battle of Bladensburg.)
Some Memorandums, By Which It Is Attempted To Be Shewn That an Improved Model May Be Adopted in the Construction of Ships, By a New Application of Well-known Principles [1812]
Torpedo War Commodore John Rodgers, Robert Fulton, and the United States Navy’s Test of the First Torpedoes 24 September to 1 November 1810 by John G. M. Sharp [2017]
Uniform Regulations, 1802
Uniform Regulations, 1814
U.S.-Greek Naval Relations Begin: Antipiracy Operations in the Aegean Sea by Peter M. Swartz
Washington Navy Yard Pay Roll of Mechanics and Laborers 1819-1820
Washington Navy Yard Station Log Extracts, November 1822 - March 1830

1825-1849

Abolishing the Spirit Rations in the Navy by John Rockwell [1847]
The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 by Archibald Forbes
Case of the Somer's Mutiny: Defence of Alexander Slidell MacKenzie, Commander of the U.S. Brig Somers... [1843]
Colored Persons in the Navy [1842] Letter from the Secretary of the Navy
Exploring the Antarctic 1840: The Wilkes Expedition All Hands 1954
General Order [1834] [Presents From Any King, Prince or Foreign State, Not to be Accepted, Unless by Consent of Congress Previously Obtained]
General Order [1838] [Animals Not to Be Brought Home in Public Vessels]
Circular [1839] [Blacks, Proportion Allowed - Slaves Not to Be Entered]
General Order [1846] [Use of the Words Larboard and Starboard]
General Orders for the Regulation of the Navy Yard Washington, D.C. - 1833-1850
A Journal of the Disasters in Afghanistan, 1841-2 

Letter to Mr. Ride [1957]
Narrative of the March and Operations of the Army of the Indus, in the Expedition to Afghanistan (1841) by Major W. Hough
Narrative of the United States' Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea by Capt. Wm. Lynch
Plea in Favor of Maintaining Flogging in the Navy, Anonymous, 1840's
Potato Famine of 1847: The US Navy's Role in Humanitarian Assistance to the Irish and Scots
The Recruitment of African Americans in the U.S. Navy 1839

Registers of the Navy
Regulation [1841] [Officers Prohibited From Publishing Offensive Matter Between Themselves or Between Officers and Citizens] Uniform Regulations, 1833
Uniform Regulations, 1833
Uniform Regulations, 1841
The Voyage of the Jamestown On Her Errand of Mercy [1847]

1850-1874

African Squadron: Ashburton Treaty: Consular Sea Letters... by Commander A. H. Foote, USN
Are the Southern Privateersmen Pirates? by Charles P. Daly
The Battle of Mobile Bay (5 August 1864): Selected Documents
Battle of Mobile Bay Official Reports of Rear Admiral David G. Farragut
The Bone and Sinue of the Population: Western Soldiers, Masculinity, and the Fight Against Slavery During the American Civil War by Peter C. Luebke
Brief Summary of the Perry Expedition to Japan, 1853
Captain Raphael Semmes and the C.S.S. Alabama
Capture of CSS Florida by USS Wachusett, 7 October 1864 Report of Commander Napoleon Collins, U.S. Navy
Circular 17 July 1869 [Organization of Torpedo Corps]
Destruction of CSS Albemarle, 27 October 1864 Report of A. F. Warley
Diary of Michael Shiner Relating to the History of the Washington Navy Yard 1813-1869
Emancipation Proclamation, US Navy General Order No. 4 of 14 January 1863
General Order [1850] [Regulations for Furnishing Boat Guns and Field Pieces to Vessels of the Navy]
General Order [1851] [Contracts of Enlistment Ending]
General Order [1858] [Naval Academy Graduates Denied Final Examination Letter If Addicted to the Habit of Intoxication]
General Order [1862] [Officers of the Navy Forbidden to Give Publicly Any Hydrographical Knowledge Obtained During Service]
General Order [1862] [Rules for Naval Communication]
General Order [1862] [Rules for Correspondence with the Secretary of the Navy and Bureaus of the Department]
General Order No. 1 [1863] [Rules to Disseminate General Orders to the Officers and Crew of Naval Vessels]
General Order No. 4 [1863] [Emancipation Proclamation]
General Order No. 9 [1863] [To Be Observed in the Navy of the United States in Relation to Paroles]
General Order No. 51 [1865] [Announcing the Death of President Abraham Lincoln]
General Order No. 73 [1866] [Resolution Tendering the Thanks of Congress to Vice-Admiral David G. Farragut in Action in Mobile Bay on 8 August 1864]
General Order No. 81 [1866] [Requirements of Fathers, Mothers or Guardians to Present a Boy for Enlistment In the Naval Service]
General Order No. 83 [1867] [Proclamation Issued by President Jackson Warning Against Obstructing or Hindering the Execution of the Constitution and Laws of the United States]
General Order No. 90 [1869] [Uniform Changes]
General Order No. 99 [1869] [Authority Given to Fleet Officers]
General Order No. 105 [1869] [North & South Pacific Squadrons Combined into Pacific Station]
General Order No. 110 [1869] [Forbidding Applications for Duty Through Persons of Influence]
General Order No. 112 [1869] [Sea Service of Officers to be Three Years]
General Order No. 123 [1869] [Uniform Change for Masters, Ensigns & Midshipmen Upon Graduation]
General Order No. 127 [1869] [List of Types of Officers to Mess in Second Ward Room]
General Order No. 128 [1869] [Exercises for Ships with Sails]
General Order No. 131 [1869] [Economizing the Use of Coal]
General Order No. 175 [1872] [Division of the Pacific Station into Two Stations]
Going South: U.S. Navy Officer Resignations & Dismissals On the Eve of the Civil War
Marine Amphibious Landing in Korea, 1871
Officers of Navy Yards, Shore Stations, and Vessels 1 January 1865
Regulations for Powder Magazines and Shell Houses [1874]
Reminiscences of Seattle Washington Territory and the U. S. Sloop-of-War Decatur During the Indian War of 1855-56 by Rear Admiral T. Phelps
Reports of USS Powhatan and USS Wateree Concerning the Earthquake and Tidal Wave of 13 August 1868 at Arica, Peru
The Russian Navy Visits the United States

Signals for the use of the Navy of the Confederate States, 1861
Sinking of CSS Alabama by USS Kearsarge 19 June 1864
The Sinking of the USS Housatonic by the Submarine CSS H.L. Hunley, off Charleston, South Carolina, 17 February 1864 Original U.S. Navy Documents

Rear Admiral Melancton Smith, U.S.N., A Memoir by Reuben Gold Thwaites
Special Order 17 April 1865 [Navy Department Closure for Funeral of President Lincoln]
Special Order 17 April 1865 [Officers to Attend the Funeral of President Lincoln]
Special Order 17 April 1865 [Assemblage of Officers to Attend the Funeral of President Lincoln]
Special Order 20 April 1865 [List of Officers to Accompany Remains of President Lincoln]
Uniform Regulations, 1852
Uniform Regulations, 1864
Uniform Regulations, 1866
Uniform Regulations, 1869
USS Monitor Versus CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) and the Battle for Hampton Roads 8-9 March 1862

 

1875-1899

The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 by Archibald Forbes
Afghanistan: A Short Account of Afghanistan, Its History, and Our Dealings With It
Attack on Halifax and Adjacent Territory Lt. J. J. Hunker, USN - 1894
Cruising in the Old Navy
Enlistment, Training, and Organization of Crews for Our New Ships [1891]

Extracts from the Diary of Rear Admiral Gibson [1883]

General Description of the Whitehead Torpedo [1898]

General Order No. 226 [1877] [Importance of Complete Reports and Logs]
General Order No. 230 [1877] [Special Shore Service/On Shore Duty, On Sea Service/On Sea Duty]
General Order No. 232 [1877] [Working Hours at Navy Yards and Stations]
General Order No. 248 [1880] [Correct and General Understanding of Signals Struck Upon the Engine-room Gong]
General Order No. 250 [1880] [Establishment of the Office of Judge Advocate General of the Navy]
General Order No. 252 [1880] [Painting Schematic for Boats]

Greely Relief Expedition [1884]

History and Descriptive Guide of the US Navy Yard, Washington, DC by Farnham and Mundell
Incredible Alaska Overland Rescue
Lengthy Deployment: The Jeannette Expedition in Arctic Waters as Described in Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Navy, 1880-1884
Naval Yarns by Captain Frank W. Bartlett
Navy-Yard Washington: History From Organization, 1799 to Present Date [1890] by Henry B. Hibben
Regulations Governing the Uniform of Commissioned Officers, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men of the Navy of the United States With Plates 1897
Samoan Hurricane by Admiral L.A. Kimberly, USN
Selected Documents of the Spanish American War
Shelling of the Alaskan Native American Village of Angoon, October 1882
Story of the Confederate States' Ship Virginia (Once Merrimac) [1879]
Survey of the Amazon Report by Commander Thomas O. Selfridge, 1879
Training Ships by Captain Stephen B. Luce - 1879
US Navy Congo River Expedition of 1885
U.S. Naval Plans for War with the United Kingdom in the 1890s: A Compromise between Pragmatism and Theory by Michael J. Crawford

1900-1909

Boxer Rebellion (China Relief Expedition) and the US Navy, 1900-1901
Cruise of the Great White Fleet by JO2 [Journalist Second Class] Mike McKinley
General Order No. 55 [1901] Decorations for Philippine Islands and Boxer Rebellion
General Order No. 128 [1903][Establishment of Naval Districts]
General Order No. 129 [1903] [Surplus Provisions]
General Order No. 544 [1900] Establishment of General Board
General Mess Manual and Cookbook, US Navy [1902]
Small Wars Their Principles and Practice by Colonel C. [Charles] E. [Edward] Callwell

1910-1919

“The Ablest Men” American Naval Planning Section London and the Adriatic, 1917-1918 by Frank A. Blazich, Jr.
Account of the Operations of the American Navy in France During the War With Germany Vice Admiral Henry B. Wilson, United States Navy Commander, United States Naval Forces In France
American Naval Mission in the Adriatic, 1918-1921 Prepared by Dr. A. C. Davidonis [1943]
American Naval Participation in the Great War (With Special Reference to the European Theater of Operations) by Dudley W. Knox
Analysis of the Advantage of Speed and Changes of Course in Avoiding Attack by Submarine [ONI Pub. No. 30]
Antisubmarine Information [ONI Publication No. 14]
Antisubmarine Tactics [ONI Publication No. 42]
Antisubmarine Warfare [ONI Publication No. 9]
Bayly's Navy by Vice Admiral Walter S. Delany, USN
General Instructions for Sloops and Torpedo Craft Employed on Antisubmarine Duties [ONI Publication No. 33]
General Orders, No. 30 and No. 98, Orders to the Helm/Rudder [1913, 1914]
General Order No. 99 Prohibition in the Navy [1914]
General Order No. 135 Definitions of Well-Known Naval Terms [1911]
General Order No. 456 Observance of the Sabbath Day [1919]
German Submarine Attacks [ONI Pub. No. 44]
German Submarines in Question and Answer [ONI Publication No. 32]

The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 at the Norflok Naval Shipyard, Naval Training Station Hampton Roads and the Norfolk Naval Hospital by John G.M. Sharp

Haiti: US Navy Medal of Honor
I Was a Yeoman (F) by Mrs. Henry F. Butler [Estelle Kemper]
Influenza of 1918 (Spanish Flu) and the US Navy
Instructions on Reception, Care and Training of Homing Pigeons in Newly Installed Lofts at U.S Navy Air Bases
Kite Balloons in Escorts [ONI Pub. No. 46]
Library Regulations - U.S.S. Pittsburgh
Menu Thanksgiving Day November 27, 1913

Mine Sweeping Manual, USN [1917]
Negro in the Navy by Kelly Miller
Notes on Anti-submarine Defenses [ONI Publication No. 8]
Recollections of Capture By the Germans, Imprisonment, and Escape of Lieutenant Edouard Victor Isaacs, U.S.N. [1918]
Regulations for the Information of Officers On Neutrality Duty in Connection With the Visits of Belligerent Vessels of War [1916]
Remarks on Protection of a Convoy by Extended Patrols [ONI Publication No. 29]
Remarks on Submarine Tactics Against Convoys [ONI Publication No. 23]
Submarine Silhouette Book No. 1

SMOKER, Sat., July 27, 1918, U.S.S. Arizona

The U.S. Navy Enlistment, Instruction, Pay, and Advancement [1917]

United States Naval Railway Batteries in France Published under the direction of the Hon. Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy
United States Navy and World War I: 1914–1922 by Frank A. Blazich Jr. [2016]
US Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters, 1919-1924 by Dr. Henry P. Beers
US Naval Forces in Northern Russia (Archangel and Murmansk), 1918-1919 Prepared by Dr. Henry P. Beers
U. S. Naval Port Officers in the Bordeaux Region, 1917-1919 Prepared by Dr. Henry P. Beers
US Navy Nurse Corps General Uniform Instructions, 1917
Women's Uniform Regulations, Yeomen (F), US Naval Reserve Force, 1918
Women's Winter Uniform Regulations, Yeomen (F), US Naval Reserve Force, 1919
World War I British and German Naval Messages [1918]
World War I Victory Medal [From Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual, Department of the Navy, NAVPERS 15,790 (Rev. 1953)

1920-1929

American Naval Planning Section London Published under the direction of The Hon. Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy [1923]
American Ship Casualties of the World War Including Naval Vessels, Merchant Ships Sailing Vessels, and Fishing Craft [1923]
Battle of Jutland War Game at the US Naval War College, Class of 1922
Battlecruisers in the United States and the United Kingdom 1902-1922 by Ryan Peeks
Digest Catalogue of Laws and Joint Resolutions: The Navy and the World War [1920]
General Order No. 541 [1920] Standard Nomenclature for Naval Vessels
General Orders 1921-1935 - Series of General Orders, 1935, and Disposition of Series of 1921, Reprinted February 1944, incorporating all changes effected by General Orders up to and including No. 207
German Submarine Activities on the Atlantic Coast of the United States and Canada Published under the direction of The Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy [1920]


History and Aims of the Office of Naval Intelligence GPO [1920]

History of the Bureau of Engineering Navy Department During the World War Published under the direction of The Hon. Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy [1922]
Honda (Pedernales) Point, California, Disaster, 8 September 1923
Inquiry into Occupation and Administration of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Senate Report, 1922
Manual of Information Concerning Employments for the Panama Canal Service: Rev. 1 December 1920
Naval Bombing Experiments Off the Virginia Capes by Vice Admiral Alfred W. Johnson, Ret.
Naval District Manual, 1927
Northern Barrage and Other Mining Activities Published under the direction of The Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy [1920]
Northern Barrage: Taking Up the Mines Published under the direction of The Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy [1920]
Our Vanishing History and Traditions by Captain Dudley W. Knox
Study of the General Board of the US Navy, 1929-1933 by Scott T. Price
Yangtze River Patrol and Other US Navy Asiatic Fleet Activities in China, 1920-1942, as described in the Annual Reports of the Navy Department

1930-1939

Articles for the Government of the United States Navy, 1930

Battle Instructions for the Navy. [May 1939]

Christmas 1932, U.S. Naval Air Station, San Diego, California

General Orders 1921-1935 - Series of General Orders, 1935, and Disposition of Series of 1921, Reprinted February 1944, incorporating all changes effected by General Orders up to and including No. 207
Landing Operations Doctrine (US Navy 1938 FTP-167

Nomenclature of Decks - Numbering Watertight Compartments, Labeling for Vessels of the United States Navy, [1936]
General Order No. 47 [1935] Precedence of Forces in Parades
The Royal Works: USS Lexington [Crossing the Line Ceremony - 1936]

1940-1949

Account of the Battle of Iwo Jima

Action Report  USS LCS(L) (3) 57, Battle of Okinawa at RP Station #1, April 12, 1945

 ♦Action Report, Battle of Okinawa at RP Station #1, 12 April 1945

Advanced Intelligence Centers in the US Navy - [SRH-268]
The Aleutians Campaign June 1942 - August 1943 Combat Narrative - Office of Naval Intelligence [1945]
Amphibious Landings in Lingayen Gulf Aerology and Amphibious Warfare [NAVAER 50-30T-9]
Amphibious Operations - Capture of Iwo Jima 16 February to 16 March 1945 [COMINCH P-0012]
Amphibious Operations: The Planning Phase [NAVMC 3985 1945]
Antiaircraft Action Summary [COMINCH P-009]
Antiaircraft Action Summary WWII
Anti-Suicide Action Summary [COMINCH P-0011]
Army-Navy E Award: Miscellaneous Documents and Images
Assault Landings on Leyte Island Aerology and Amphibious Warfare [NAVAER 50-30T-6 1944]
The Assault on Kwajalein and Majuro (Part One) Combat Narravices - Office of Naval Intelligence, U.S. Navy [1945]

Aviation Personnel Fatalities in World War II
Battle of Guadalcanal 11-15 November 1942 Combat Narrative - Office of Naval Intelligence [1943]
Battle of Midway Aerology and Naval Warfare [NAVAER 50-40T-1 1944]
Battle of Midway: 3-6 June 1942 Combat Narrative - Office of Naval Intelligence [1943]
Battle of Midway: 4-7 June 1942: The Role of COMINT in the Battle of Midway [SRH-230] by Henry F. Schorreck
Battle of Midway: Interrogation of Japanese Officials Selections from US Strategic Bombing Survey [Pacific] volume 1
Battle of Midway: Japanese Plans Chapter 5 of The Campaigns of the Pacific War, US Strategic Bombing Survey (Pacific)
The Battle of Savo Island August 9th, 1942 Strategical and Tactical Analysis US Naval War College, 1950, NAVPERS 91187
Battle of Tassafaronga Combat Narratives Office of Naval Intelligence [1944]
Battle of the Atlantic Volume 3 German Naval Communications Intelligence [SRH-024]
Battle of the Atlantic Volume 4 Technical Intelligence From Allied Communications Intelligence [SRH-025]
Battle of the Coral Sea Combat Narrative - Office of Naval Intelligence [1943]

The Battles of Cape Esperance, 11 October 1942 and Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942
The Battles of Savo Island, 9 August 1942, and the Eastern Solomons, 23-25 August 1942 [1994]
Beans, Bullets and Black Oil: The Story of Fleet Logistics Afloat in the Pacific During World War II by RADM Worrall R. Carter
"Bismarck: The Cruise of the Bismarck"
Blockade-running Between Europe and the Far East by Submarines 1942-44 [SRH-019]

Boat Pool 15-1 Manila, P.I. Thanksgiving "22 Nov.45" Menu

A Brief History of Naval Cryptanalysis by Jeffrey Greenhut, PH. D.
Building the Navy's Bases in World War II
Carrier Strikes on the China Coast - January 1945 Aerology and Naval Warfare [NAVAER 50-40T-3]

Chart Your Future As A Woman Officer


CIC [Combat Information Center] Operation in an AGC [Amphibious Force Flagship equipped with special communications facilities]
CIC [Combat Information Center] Operations on a Night Carrier
CIC [Combat Information Center] Yesterday and Today
Combat Information Center Manual - Radar Bulletin No. 6

Combined Operation Crafts. Small Scale Drawings [1942]

COMINT [Communications Intelligence] Contributions [to] Submarine Warfare in WW II [SRH-235] by Charles A. Lockwood
Commander Task Force Seventeen Operation Plan No. 1-45 [Operation Plan for Submarine Operations in the Pacific Ocean Areas, 1945]
Conduct of the War At Sea [1946] by Admiral Karl Doenitz

Copy of talk given by Captain B.E. Maneau , USN, before, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 27 October 1943.

Current Doctrine Submarines (USF-25(A))

Cursor Scales for the VG [Plan Position Indicator (radar)]

De Klerk Diary [1941]
Destroyers at Normandy: Naval Gunfire Support at Omaha Beach by William B. Kirkland, Jr.
The Development of Japanese Sea Power "Know Your Enemy"! [CinCPOA Bulletin 93-45], 1945
Disaster at Savo Island, 1942 by Lieutenant Colonel David E. Quantock United States Army [2002]
Disaster in the Pacific December 1941 [Chapter 26 of The War At Sea 1939-1945, by Captain S.W. Roskill, Royal Navy]

The DRVN Strategic Intelligence Service
Early Raids in the Pacific Ocean, February 1 to March 10, 1942 Combat Narrative - Office of Naval Intelligence [1943]
Elementary Map and Aerial Photograph Reading
Employment of Naval Forces by Chester W. Nimitz

Evolution of Naval Weapons Bureau of Naval Personnel [March 1949]

"Exorcizing the Devil's Triangle" by Howard L. Rosenberg
Far Eastern Sighting Guide ONI-F-31 FE
The First Raid on Japan NAVAER 50-40T-4
Fixing Wages and Salaries of Navy Civilian Employees in Shore Establishments 1862 - 1945 Administrative Reference Service Report Number 9
Fleet Air Wing Four Strikes Aerology and Naval Warfare [NAVAER 50-40T-2]
Fleet Post Office, New York, New York
Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California
Fourth of July Dinner, The Spirit of '45

French Indo-China PSIS 400-35 [SRH-094]
G.A.F. [German Air Force, Luftaffe] and the Invasion of Normandy 1944 by Oberst Walter Gaul
Gearing Up for Victory American Military and Industrial Mobilization in World War II Colloquium on Contemporary History June 25, 1991 No. 5
General Instructions for Commanding Officers of Naval Armed Guards on Merchant Ships 1944
General Information for Employees US Navy Yard, Washington, DC [1941]
German Commanders Wilhelm Keitel and Alfred Jodl on the Invasion of Normandy in 1944
German Defense of Berlin
German Espionage and Sabotage Against the United States in World War II
Going back to Civilian Life [1945]

The Guadalcanal Campaign by Major John L. Zimmerman, USMCR [1949]
Guide To Command of Negro Naval Personnel
Handbook of First Aid Treatment for Survivors of Disasters at Sea [1943]
History of Convoy and Routing United States Naval Administrative History 0f World War II #11
History of the Armed Guard Afloat, World War II United States Naval Administrative History of World War II #173
How the Navy Talks [1942]

How to serve your country in the WAVES [1943]

♦Instructions for Painting and Cementing Vessels of the United States Navy [1943]

 
 

Indians in the War 1945
Instructional Material for the Fight Against Enemy Propaganda

Instructions for the Examination and Entry into United States Ports in Time of War [NDP 1] December, 1941
Interrogation of General Alfred Jodl Concerning the Invasion of Normandy in 1944
Interrogations of Japanese Officials - United States Strategic Bombing Survey [Pacific] 1946, 2 vols.
Invasion of Sicily Aerology and Amphibious Warfare [NAVAER 50-30T-1 1944]
Invasion of Southern France Aerology and Amphibious Warfare [NAVAER 50-30T-8 1945]
Iwo Jima, Battle of
Japan's Struggle to End the War US Strategic Bombing Survey 1946
The Japanese by John F. Embree
Japanese Interrogation of Prisoners of War
Japanese Naval and Merchant Shipping Losses During World War II by All Causes
Japanese Naval Ground Forces "Know Your Enemy!" [CinCPac-CinCPOA Bulletin 11-45, 1945]
Japanese Naval Shipbuilding "Know Your Enemy!" [CinCPac-CinCPOA Bulletin 142-45, 1945]
Japanese Operational Aircraft "know Your Enemy!" [CinCPac-CinCPOA Bulletin 105-45, April 1945]
Japanese Operational Aircraft "know Your Enemy!" [CinCPac-CinCPOA Bulletin 105-45, Revised July 1945]
Japanese Radio Communications and Radio Intelligence "Know Your Enemy!" [CinCPac-CinCPOA Bulletin 5-45, 1945]
The Japanese Story of the Battle of Midway
The Java Sea Campaign Combat Narrative - Office of Naval Intelligence [1943]

The Landings in North Africa Combat Narrative - Office of Naval Intelligence [1942]

Log of the the Trip of the President to the Casablanca Conference, 9-31 January 1943
Logistics of Advance Bases United States Naval Administrative History of World War II #21

Look at YOU in the United States NAVY
Lookout Manual NavPers 170069 - 1943
"Lost Patrol" by Michael McDonell
Magic Background of Pearl Harbor Volume I (February 14, 1941-May 12, 1941)
Magic Background of Pearl Harbor Volume II (May 12, 1941 - August 6, 1941)
Magic Background of Pearl Harbor Volume II Appendix
Magic Background of Pearl Harbor Volume IV (October 17, 1941 - December 7, 1941)
Manual of Commands and Orders, 1945
Master File Drawings of German Naval Vessels [1942]

Merchant Ship Shapes
Mers-el-Kebir Port Instructions for Merchant Vessels
Midway: Sheer Luck or Better Doctrine? by Thomas Wildenberg
Miracle Harbor

Miscellaneous Actions in the South Pacific 8 August 1942 - 22 January 1943 Combat Narratives 

My Days Aboard USS Santa Fe [F.H. Gadbois January 9, 1943 - April 1, 1945, Aboard U.S.S. Santa Fe]

Narrative of Captain W.S. Cunningham, U.S. Navy relative to events on Wake Island in December, 1941 and subsequent related events
Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary
Naval Districts
Naval Gun Factory (Washington Navy Yard) Facilities Data: World War II [1945-47]

The Navy Department A Brief History Until 1945
Navy Department Communiques 1-300 and Pertinent Press Releases December 10, 1941 to March 5, 1943
Navy Department Communiques 301-600 and Pacific Fleet Communiques March 6, 1943 to May 24, 1945
Navy Filing Manual [1941]
Navy Records and [Navy Department] Library (E Branch)
The Negro in the Navy United States Naval Administrative History of World War II #84
Neutrality Instructions U.S. Navy 1940
Nomenclature of Naval Vessels [1942]
Northern Formosa, Pescadores: Air Target Maps and Photos, Selected Targets CINCPAC-CINCPOA A.T.F. No. 146A-44 1 October 1944
Occupation of Kiska Aerology and Amphibious Warfare [NAVAER 50-30T-2 1944]
Occupation of the Gilbert Islands Aerology and Amphibious Warfare [NAVAER 50-30T-4 1944]
Operation NEPTUNE (Naval Aspects of Operation OVERLORD) Administrative History United States Naval Administrative History of World War II #147E [1948]
Operations of the Seventh Amphibious Force Aerology and Amphibious Warfare [NAVAER 50-30T-3 1944]
Organization of the Atlantic Fleet: 1942 [Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet]
Organization of the Pacific Fleet: 1 May 1945 [Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet]

Our Navy at War Official Report by Admiral Ernest J. King

Pearl Harbor Revisited: United States Navy Communications Intelligence 1924-1941 by Frederick D. Parker
Pearl Harbor Salvage Report 1944 - Ship Salvage Branch
Pearl Harbor: Why, How, Fleet Salvage and Final Appraisal by Vice Admiral Homer N. Wallin [1968]

The Pioneers - A Monograph on the First Two Black Chaplains in the Chaplain Corps of the United States by H. L. Bergsma, Commander, Chaplain Corps, United States Navy [NavPers 125503 S/N 0500-LP-8140]
Personal Identification Tags or "Dog Tags"
Pocket Guide to Japan [1945]
Pocket Guide to Netherlands East Indies [1943]
Pocket Guide to New Guinea and the Solomons [1944]
Port Chicago, California, Naval Magazine Explosion [1944]
Post Mortem CIC [Combat Information Center] Notes

Post Mortems on Enemy Ships [1942]
Public Law 333, 79th Congress [To authorize the permanent appointment- 1946]
Radar Pickets [Battle Experience]
Radio Intelligence Appreciations Concerning German U-Boat Activity in the Far East [SRH-232]
Recollections of Ensign Leonard W. Tate Recounting His Service in the US Navy Including the Invasion of Southern France and with SACO [Sino-American Cooperative Association] in China During World War II
Recollections of Lieutenant Commander William Leide Concerning the Crossing of the Rhine River in 1945
Recollections of Lieutenant Wilton Wenker and Lieutenant Elby Concerning the Crossing of the Rhine River in 1945
Recollections of USS Pampanito's Rescue of Prison Ship Survivors by Lieutenant Commander Landon Davis [1944]
Recollections of Vice Admiral Alan G. Kirk Concerning the Crossing of the Rhine River in 1945
Ringle Report on Japanese Internment [December 1941]
Rommel and the Atlantic Wall Invasion of Normandy (1944)
♦Scope, Facilities and Size of the Library of the U.S. Navy Department, in the Office of Naval Records and Library United States Naval Administrative History of World War II #26D
Seventh Amphibious Force Command History 10 January 1943 - 23 December 1945
Ship Shapes, 1943

Ship To Shore Movement FTP 211 [January 1943]
Shipboard Etiquette Naval R. O. T. C. Pamphlet No. 16 [1941]
Shiploading: A Picture-Dictionary of Shiploading Terms
Short Guide to Iraq
Sicilian Campaign: Operation 'Husky' July-August 1943 United States Naval Administrative History of World War II #148c
Sinking of the German Battleship Bismarck as described in the B.d.U. [Commander U-boats] War Log, 24-31 May 1941
Skill in the Surf: A Landing Boat Manual [February 1945]
"Slapton Sands: The Cover-up That Never Was" by Charles B. Mac Donald
So You Are Going to the South Pacific? [Commander Air Force Pacific Fleet, 1943]
Solomon Islands Campaign: I - The Landing in the Solomons Combat Narrative - Office of Naval Intelligence [1943]
Solomon Islands Campaign: II - Battle of Savo Island & III - The Battle of the Eastern Solomons Combat Narrative - Office of Naval Intelligence [1943]
Solomon Islands Campaign: IV - Battle of Cape Esperance & V - Battle of Santa Cruz Islands Combat Narrative - Office of Naval Intelligence [1943]

Solomon Islands Campaign:  VII - Battle of Tassafaronga, 30 November 1942 - VIII - Japanese Evacuation of Guadalcanal, 29-January - 8 February 1943 - Office of Naval Intelligence[1942-43] ♦Solomon Islands Campaign:IX Bombardments of Munsa and Vila-Stanmore - Combat Narratives- Office of Naval Intelligence [1944]

Solomon Islands Campaign: X - Operations in the New Georgia Area - Combat Narratives - Office of Naval Intelligence [1943]

Solomon Islands Campaign:  XI - Kolombangara and Vella Lavella, 6 August - 7 October 1943 - Combat Narratives - Office of Naval Intelligence [1943]

Solomon Islands Campaign: XII - The Bougainville Landing and the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, 27 October - 2 November 1943 - Office of Naval Intelligence, U.S. Navy
Statement Regarding Winds Message [SRH-210] by Captain L.F. Safford, US Navy
Submarine Activities Connected with Guerrilla Organizations
Target Information From CIC [Combat Information Center]
Terminology and Nomenclature [World War II]
This Is Ann: She's Dying to Meet You
A Time of Change: National Strategy in the Early Postwar Era Colloquium on Contemporary History June 7, 1989 No.1
Tokyo - A Study in Jap Flak Defense

The Trial of Admiral Doenitz
U-94 Sunk by USN PBY Plane and HMCS Oakville 8-27-42 Post Mortems on Enemy Submarines Serial No. 5
U-162 Sunk By HM Ships Pathfinder, Vimy, and Quentin 9-3-42 Post Mortems on Enemy Submarines - Serial No. 6
U-210 Sunk by HMCS Assiniboine 7-6-42 Post Mortems on Enemy Submarines Serial No. 4
U-352 Sunk By U.S.C.G. Icarus 5-9-42 Post Mortems on Enemy Submarines Serial No. 2
U-505, Documents Captured on German Submarine
U-595 Scuttled and Sunk Off Cape Khamis, Algeria 11-14-42 Post Mortems On Enemy Submarines - Serial No. 7
U-701 Sunk By US Army Attack Bomber No. 9-29-322, Unit 296 BS 7-7-42 Post Mortems On Enemy Submarines Serial No. 3
The U-Boat War in the Caribbean: Opportunities Lost
ULTRA and the Campaign Against the U-boats in World War II [SRH-142] by Commander Jerry C. Russell
Uniform Regulations, Women's Reserve, United States Naval Reserve, 1943
United States Submarine Losses, World War II
US Navy Abbreviations of World War II
US Navy Code Words of World War II
US Navy Libraries, World War II
US Navy Personnel in World War II: Service and Casualty Statistics
US Radar: Operational Characteristics of Radar Classified by Tactical Application FTP-217 [August 1943]

U.S. Navy at War. Second Official Report by Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. 1945

U.S. Navy at War Final Official Report by Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King 1945

U.S.S. Colorado BB-45 Diary [By Julius Bodnar]

U.S.S. Searaven S.S. 196, 4 July 1945

WAVE QUARTERS D Station Rules for Life at "D"

WAVE QTRS. "D"

 

War Damage Reports

Destroyer Report - War Damage report No. 50 [1945]
Destroyer Report - War Damage Report No. 51 [1941-45]
Structural Repairs in Forward Areas During World War II [1949]
Submarine Report - War Damage Report No. 58 [1949]
Summary Of War Damage To U. S. Battleships, Carriers, Cruisers And Destroyers [17 October, 1941 - 7 December, 1942]
USS Birmingham CL-62 - War Damage Report No. 48 [1944]
USS Boise CL-47 - War Damage Report No. 24 [1941-45]
USS Canberra CA70 War Damage Report No. 54 [1946]
USS Capella AK13 & USS Alhena AKA9 War Damage Report No. 27 [1943]
USS Chincoteague AVP-24 War Damage Report No. 47 [1943]
USS Enterprise CV6 War Damage Report No. 59 [1947]
USS Franklin CV-13 War Damage Report No. 56 [1944-45]
USS Helena CL-50 War Damage Report No. 43 [1944]
USS Honolulu CL-48 War Damage Report No. 1 [1942]
USS Houston CL-81 - War Damage Report No. 53 [1947]
USS Independence CVL-22 and USS Denver CL-58 - War Damage Report No. 52 [1945]
USS Joseph Hewes APA-22, USS Edward Rutledge APA-24, USS Hugh L. Scott AP-43, USS Tasker H. Bliss AP-42 and USS Electra AKA-4 - War Damage Report No. 32 [1943]
USS Lexington CV-2 War Damage Report No. 16 [1942]
USS Liscome Bay CVE-56 - War Damage Report No. 45 [1944]
USS New Orleans CA-32 War Damage Report No. 38 [1943]
USS North Carolina BB-55 War Damage Report No. 61 [1949]
USS Northampton CA-26 War Damage Report No. 41 [1942]
USS O'Brien DD-415 War Damage Report No. 28 [1942]
USS Princeton CL-23 War Damage Report No. 62 [1947]
USS Quincy CA39, USS Astoria CA34 & USS Vincennes CA44 War Damage Report No. 29 [1943]
USS San Francisco CA38 War Damage Report No. 26 [1943]
USS Saratoga CV-3 War Damage Report No. 19 [1942]
USS South Dakota BB-57 War Damage Report No. 57 [1947]

War Instructions United States Navy 1944
Wartime Instructions for United States Merchant Vessels [1942]
World War II Invasion of Normandy (1944) - Lieutenant General Rudolf Schmetzer - Report Regarding the Construction of the Atlantic Wall

1960-1969

"Answering a Call in a Crisis." [Dominican Republic Intervention, 1965]
By Sea, Air, and Land by Edward J. Marolda
Caribbean Tempest: The Dominican Republic Intervention of 1965 Colloquium on Contemporary History January 9, 1990 No. 2
CINCPAC Glossary of Commonly Used Abbreviations and Short Titles [1968]
Command and Control of Air Operations in the Vietnam War Colloquium on Contemporary History January 23, 1991 No. 4
Cordon of Steel: The US Navy and the Cuban Missile Crisis by Curtis Utz
How to Mark Your Navy Uniform All Hands 543 (April 1962): 32-33.
Inter-Allied Naval Relations and the Birth of NATO Colloquium on Contemporary History June 14, 1993 No. 8
"More Bang for the Buck:" U.S. Nuclear Strategy and Missile Development 1945-1965 Colloquium on Contemporary History January 12, 1994 No. 9
A New Look at the Cuban Missile Crisis Colloquium on Contemporary History June 18, 1992 No. 7
Nixon's Trident: Naval Power in Southeast Asia, 1968-1972 by John Sherwood [pdf]
Religions of Vietnam [MACV Office of Information]
Report on the Naval Quarantine of Cuba [1962]
Selected Groups in the Republic of Vietnam: The Binh Xuyen
Selected Groups in the Republic of Vietnam: The Cao Dai
Selected Groups in the Republic of Vietnam: The Cham
Selected Groups in the Republic of Vietnam: The Chinese
Selected Groups in the Republic of Vietnam: The Khmer
Sinking of USS Guitarro (SSN-665)
Skunks, Bogies, Silent Hounds, and the Flying Fish: The Gulf of Tonkin Mystery, 2-4 August 1964 by Robert J. Hanyok
Some Experiences Reported by the Crew of the USS Pueblo and American Prisoners of War from Vietnam by Raymond C. Spaulding
Sports in the Navy: 1775 to 1963 by JO2 Jim Lewis, USN
Surprised at Tet: US Naval Forces in Vietnam, 1968 by Glenn E. Helm
Viet-Nam: Free World Challenge in Southeast Asia by George W. Ball, 1962
Vietnam: The Struggle for Freedom, Questions and Answers [1964]
Viet-Nam: The Third Face of the War
Wardroom [1968]
We Will Stand in Viet-Nam

What is CORDS? by Carl R. Fritz [October 1969]

 

2000-2010

Active Military Sonar and Marine Mammals: Events and References by Eugene H. Buck
Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians by Susan G. Chesser
Africa Command: U.S. Strategic Interests and the Role of the U.S. Military in Africa by Lauren Ploch
Al Qaeda: Statements and Evolving Ideology by Christopher M. Blanchard
American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics
"Bunker Busters": Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator Issues, FY2005 and FY2006 by Jonathan Medalia
Computer Attack and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress by Clay Wilson
Declarations of War and Authorizations for the Use of Military Force: Historical Background and Legal Implications by David M. Ackerman and Richard F. Grimmett
The Department of Defense Rules for Military Commissions: Analysis of Procedural Rules and Comparison with Proposed Legislation and the Uniform Code of Military Justice By Jennifer K. Elsea
"Forward ... From the Start": The U.S. Navy & Homeland Defense: 1775-2003
From the Sea to the Stars: A History of US Navy Space and Space-Related Activities, 1944-2009 by Gary Federici [pdf]
High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) and High Power Microwave (HPM) Devices: Threat Assessments by Clay Wilson
Homeland Security: Navy Operations-Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Iraq: Effects and Countermeasures by Clay Wilson
Information Operations, Electronic Warfare, and Cyberwar: Capabilities and Related Policy Issues by Clay Wilson
Iran's Nuclear Program: Recent Developments by Sharon Squassoni
Irregular Enemies and the Essence of Strategy: Can the American Way of War Adapt?
Irregular Warfare Special Study
Islamic Terrorism and the Balkans by Steven Woehrel
Military Base Closures: Role and Costs of Environmental Cleanup by David M. Bearden
Missile Defense: The Current Debate by Steven A. Hildreth
Naming of Streets, Facilities and Areas On Naval Installations
Naval Transformation: Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke
Navy Aegis Cruiser and Destroyer Modernization: Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke

Peacekeeping and Related Stability Operations: Issues of U.S. Military Involvement by Nina M. Serafino
Pentagon 9/11 by Alfred Goldberg, Sarandis Papadopoulos, Diane Putney, Nancy Berlage, and Rebecca Welch
Piracy Off the Horn of Africa Congressional Research Service Report
The Posse Comitatus Act and Related Matters: A Sketch by Jennifer Elsea
Terrorism in Southeast Asia by Mark Manyin [2003]
Terrorism: Some Legal Restrictions on Military Assistance to Domestic Authorities Following a Terrorist Attack by Charles Doyle and Jennifer Elsea [2005]
Unmanned Vehicles for US Naval Forces: Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke
U.S. Democracy Promotion Policy in the Middle East: the Islamist Dilemma by Jeremy M. Sharp
U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts (1974-2005) by Peter Swartz with Karin Duggan
U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts (2001-2010) by Peter Swartz with Karin Duggan
U.S. Navy Capstone Strategy, Policy, Vision and Concept Documents: What to Consider Before You Write One by Peter Swartz
U.S. Navy Forward Deployment 1801-2001 by Peter Swartz and E.D. McGrady
U.S. Navy in Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001-2002
U.S. Navy in the World (2001-2010): Context for U.S. Navy Capstone Strategies and Concepts by Peter M. Swartz and Karin Duggan
US Occupation Assistance: Iraq, Germany and Japan Compared by Nina Serafino, Curt Tarnoff, and Dick K. Nanto
U.S. Prisoners of War and Civilian American Citizens Captured and Interned by Japan in World War II: The Issue of Compensation by Japan by Gary K. Reynolds
Vieques, Puerto Rico Naval Training Range: Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke
V-22 Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft by Christopher Bolkcom

 

2011-Present

Afghanistan - Silver Star presented to Lt.(jg) Francis L. Toner IV [brochure - 2011]
Armed Conflict in Syria Overview and US Response [2016]
Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and US Response by Carla E. Humud, Christopher M. Blanchard, and Mary Beth D. Nikitin [2017]
Dental Corps Birthday Ball (105th) Commemorative Program [2017]
Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity in the Armed Services:Background and Issues for Congress by Kristy N. Kamarck [2016]
Grand Strategy Contending Contemporary Analyst Views and Implications for the US Navy by Elbridge Colby [2011]
A Guide to U. S. Military Casualty Statistics: Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation New Dawn, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom by Hannah Fischer [2014
Forward Presence in the Modern Navy: From the Cold War to a Future Tailored Force by Thomas G. Mahnken [2017] 

♦In Memory of CTIC (IW/EXW) Shannon M. Kent [2019]

Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2016 by Barbara Salazar Torreon [2016]
Iran, Gulf Security, and U.S. Policy by Kenneth Katzman [2016]
Iran's Foreign and Defense Policies by Kenneth Katzman [2017]
Islamic State and US Policy by Christopher M. Blanchard and Carla E. Humud [2015]
Military Service Records and Unit Histories: A Guide to Locating Sources by Nese F. DeBruyne [2015]
Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke [2016]
Navy and Defense Reform: A Short History and Reference Chronology by Justin L. C. Eldridge, Dr. Ryan Peeks, and Dr. Greg Bereiter [2016]
Navy Columbia Class (Ohio Replacement) Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke [2016]
Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke [2016]
Navy Force Structure: A Bigger Fleet? Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke [2016]
Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke [2011]
Navy Irregular Warfare and Counterterrorism Operations: Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke [2015]
Navy John Lewis (TAO-205) Class Oiler Shipbuilding Program: Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke [2106]
Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Hypervelocity Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke [2016]
Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)/Frigate Program: Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke [2016]
Navy LX(R) Amphibious Ship Program: Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke [2016]
Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress Ronald O'Rourke, Specialist in Naval Affairs [September 14, 2016]
Navy Shipboard Lasers for Surface, Air, and Missile Defense: Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke [2015]
Navy Virginia (SSN-774) Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress by Ronald O'Rourke [2016]
Perspectives on Enhanced Interrogation Techniques by Anne Daugherty Miles [2016]
The Purple Heart: Background and Issues for Congress by Barbara Salazar Torreon [2016]
Ready Seapower: A History of the US Seventh Fleet Edward J. Marolda [pdf] [2012]
The Social History of the U.S. Navy, 1945–Present: A Historiographical Essay by Edward J. Marolda [2016]
A Strait Comparison: Lessons Learned from the 1915 Dardanelles Campaign in the Context of a Strait of Hormuz Closure Event [2011]
Syria's Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress CRS Report for Congress [2013]
U.S. Periods of War and Dates of Recent Conflicts by Barbara Salazar Torreon, Senior Research Librarian September 29, 2016
US Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress by Andrew Feickert and Thomas K. Livingston [2011]

USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) Memorial Ceremony, Honoring the Sailors who gave their lives in Defense of our Country
Yemen: Civil War and Regional Intervention by Jeremy M. Sharp [2017]

 

 

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Published: Fri Aug 13 11:39:11 EDT 2021