Civil War Ironclads: The U.S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization

Civil War Ironclads: The U.S. Navy and Industrial Mobilization
ISBN-10
0801868300
ISBN-13
9780801868306
Category
History
Pages
285
Language
English
Published
2002-04
Publisher
JHU Press
Author
William H. Roberts

Description

To meet these challenges, the navy established a "project office" that was virtually independent of the existing administrative system. The office spearheaded efforts to broaden the naval industrial base and develop a marine fleet of ironclads by granting shipbuilding contracts to inland firms. Under the intense pressure of a wartime economy, it learned to support its high-technology vessels while incorporating the lessons of combat.".

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