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    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...
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    Washington Naval Treaty while still keeping to the shipbuilding plan authorized by the Naval Act of 1916. and implementing the concept of naval aviation...
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    associated with the Naval Act of 1916. Naval construction, especially of battleships, was limited by the Washington Naval Conference of 1921–22, the first...
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    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...
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    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...
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    led to the Naval Act of 1794, which created a permanent standing U.S. Navy. The original six frigates were authorized as part of the Act. Over the next...
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    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....
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    idea of enlisting women with the necessary skills is uncertain. Daniels consulted his legal staff as to whether the language of The Naval Act of 1916 prohibited...
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    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...
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    Appropriations Act of 1916 August 29, 1916: Naval Act of 1916 August 29, 1916: Naval Reserve Force Act August 31, 1916: Federal Standard Container Act August...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • Philippines Philippine Organic Act (1902) Jones Law (Philippines) or the Philippines Autonomy Act (1916) "Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act: United States history". Britannica...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo), officially known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB, (also called GTMO...
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    possession of, and use for the purpose of, His Majesty's naval or military service any such factory or workshop or any plant thereof; Munitions of War Act 1915...
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    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...
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    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...
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    commanded the Naval Forces that intervened at Haiti in 1915–1916; was Commander Naval Forces, Vera Cruz, in 1915; and commanded Naval Forces intervening...
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    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...
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    Naval Station Newport (NAVSTA Newport) is a United States Navy base located in the city of Newport and the town of Middletown, Rhode Island. Naval Station...
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