This collection of annual reports from the United States Navy Department offers a comprehensive overview of the organization's activities and achievements during the fiscal year. Covering a wide range of topics, from naval architecture to personnel management, these reports provide an invaluable snapshot of the state of the US Navy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Annual Reports of the Navy Department for the Fiscal Year 1912 Secretary's report, 5 - 65. Appendix, 67 - 90. Report of the Solicitor, 91-96. Report of the Jud e Advocate General, 97-110. Report of Board 0 Visitors to the United States Naval Academy, 111 - 117. Bureau of Yards and Docks, re rt of chief, 119-123. Bureau of Navigation, re rt 0 chief, 125 - 153. Report on aviation; 55 - 170. Report of Superintendent, United States Naval Observatory, 171 191. Report of Hydrographer, 193 - 208. Bureau of Ordnance, report of chief, 209 - 221. Bureau of Construction and Repair, report of chief, 223-251. Bureau of Steam Engineering, report of chief, 253-257. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, report of chief, 259 - 272. Appendixes, 273-438. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, report of chief, 439 - 573. Marine Corps, report of major general commandant, 576 - 591. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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