The Naval Act of 1916 was also called the "Big Navy Act" was United States federal legislation that called for vastly enlarging the US Navy. President... 7 KB (698 words) - 13:50, 17 June 2022 |
Washington Naval Treaty while still keeping to the shipbuilding plan authorized by the Naval Act of 1916. and implementing the concept of naval aviation... 70 KB (4,238 words) - 07:27, 28 April 2024 |
United States Navy (redirect from U.S. Naval) associated with the Naval Act of 1916. Naval construction, especially of battleships, was limited by the Washington Naval Conference of 1921–22, the first... 127 KB (12,365 words) - 15:27, 22 April 2024 |
Lexington-class battlecruiser (category Abandoned military projects of the United States) time of their initial request was due to political, not military considerations. The Lexingtons were included as part of the Naval Act of 1916. Like... 58 KB (7,600 words) - 16:33, 2 February 2024 |
The National Defense Act of 1916, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 64–85, 39 Stat. 166, enacted June 3, 1916, was a United States federal law... 15 KB (1,710 words) - 01:15, 25 August 2023 |
the specified provision of the appropriations. Naval Act of 1916 Naval Act of 1938 Two-Ocean Navy Act "Naval Appropriation Act of 1921 Amendment ~ P.L.... 5 KB (291 words) - 17:55, 10 December 2020 |
Colorado-class battleship (category World War II battleships of the United States) class with a maximum amount of standardization and rationalization. Since the Naval Act of 1916 meant the imminent construction of 16 battleships and six battlecruisers... 48 KB (6,315 words) - 15:19, 2 February 2024 |
Woodrow Wilson (redirect from 28th President of the United States of America) in the year, Congress passed the Naval Act of 1916, which provided for a major expansion of the navy. The health of Ellen Wilson declined after her husband... 155 KB (17,923 words) - 06:13, 28 April 2024 |
The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) is the office of the professional head of the Indian Navy (IN), the naval branch of the Indian Armed Forces. Customarily... 28 KB (792 words) - 05:28, 21 April 2024 |
Preparedness Movement (category Military history of the United States during World War I) passed the National Defense Act of 1916 in June 1916 to authorize an increase in the size of the U.S. Army from 100,000 men in 1916 to 200,000 on active duty... 24 KB (3,189 words) - 14:46, 18 February 2024 |
Treaty battleship (category Naval history of Germany) passage of the Naval Act of 1916 allowing for the construction of ten battleships. The Naval Appropriations Act of 1917 authorized the construction of a further... 32 KB (2,673 words) - 10:54, 11 April 2024 |
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (category National Defense Act of 1916) of the National Defense Act of 1916. The first ROTC unit was at Harvard in 1916. Over 5,000 men arrived at Plattsburgh in May 1917 for the first of the... 33 KB (3,527 words) - 02:34, 24 April 2024 |
Easter Rising (redirect from Easter Rising of 1916) during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the aim of establishing an independent... 143 KB (16,164 words) - 18:51, 28 April 2024 |
The Merchant Marine Act of 1916 (also known as the Alexander Act) was passed by the US Congress in 1916 to create the US Shipping Board. The bill was... 3 KB (414 words) - 04:46, 27 September 2023 |
SM U-55 (redirect from Unterseeboot 55 (1916)) launched on 18 March 1916. She was commissioned under her first commander Wilhelm Werner on 8 June 1916. Werner commanded her for most of her wartime career... 26 KB (1,326 words) - 11:52, 24 August 2023 |
Philippines Philippine Organic Act (1902) Jones Law (Philippines) or the Philippines Autonomy Act (1916) "Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act: United States history". Britannica... 3 KB (292 words) - 06:57, 4 January 2024 |
The Naval Defence Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 8) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It received royal assent on 31 May 1889 and formally... 9 KB (922 words) - 16:29, 16 April 2024 |
UK, France, Russia and the United States. The Flag Act of BE 2522 (1979) stipulates the design of the national flag as "rectangular in shape with 6 part... 15 KB (1,099 words) - 03:06, 15 April 2024 |
of World War I: naval and overseas war, 1916–1918 (1967) Friedman, Norman. Naval Weapons of World War One: Guns, Torpedoes, Mines, and ASW Weapons of... 39 KB (4,888 words) - 16:07, 25 April 2024 |
The Washington Naval Treaty, also known as the Five-Power Treaty, was a treaty signed during 1922 among the major Allies of World War I, which agreed to... 31 KB (3,601 words) - 01:06, 9 January 2024 |
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo), officially known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB, (also called GTMO... 70 KB (6,473 words) - 13:05, 31 March 2024 |
October 1845 during the tenure of George Bancroft as Secretary of the Navy. The Naval Academy is the second oldest of the five U.S. service academies... 142 KB (15,223 words) - 13:34, 25 April 2024 |
the British Naval Defence Act 1889, fuelled the Anglo-German naval arms race. Tirpitz had urged for the dissolution of the Imperial Naval High Command... 5 KB (567 words) - 17:25, 24 January 2023 |
William Banks Caperton (redirect from William Caperton (naval officer)) commanded the Naval Forces that intervened at Haiti in 1915–1916; was Commander Naval Forces, Vera Cruz, in 1915; and commanded Naval Forces intervening... 13 KB (1,596 words) - 09:27, 22 April 2024 |
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (category National Defense Act of 1916) as part of the National Defense Act of 1916 and later expanded under the 1964 ROTC Vitalization Act. According to Title 10, Section 2031 of the United... 75 KB (6,425 words) - 10:42, 22 April 2024 |