May 4, 2017

Building the Naval Shore Establishment during WWI

How did a small Bureau of less than 100 people support the burgeoning fleet during WWI?In 1916, prior to joining World War I, the United States began a gigantic six-year program of naval expansion. In that year, Congress allowed the Navy to contract for 813,000 tons of new vessels, the biggest step toward naval power the U.S. had taken thus far in