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Episode 12: The China Challenge
No full textJon O’Gorman hosts David Stone, Timothy Hoyt, and James Holmes to discuss contemporary challenges in the strategic environment. They discuss the challenges of China as a proper pacing threat, what challenges both China and the U.S. have over Taiwan and what our naval theorists, Mahan and Corbett might say about them. The discussion then shifts to Ukraine and Russia as a compare and contrast of strategic problem sets. They also look at Clausewitz’s concept of Value of the Object for both Taiwan and Ukraine for the American People.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/profiles-in-strategy/1011/thumbnail.jp
Revised Service Torpedo Instructions, 1915 Sep 8 (1 of 25)
No full textInstructions for naval torpedo service with notes by Harold “Betty” Stark.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1075/thumbnail.jp
Revised Service Torpedo Instructions, 1915 Sep 8 (11 of 25)
No full textInstructions for naval torpedo service with notes by Harold “Betty” Stark.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1085/thumbnail.jp
Memo regarding secret investigations at Newport, R.I., 1918 Feb 7 (2 of 3)
No full textSecret Service investigations at the Torpedo Station bring unwelcomed publicity.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1111/thumbnail.jp
Memo regarding secret investigations at Newport, R.I., 1918 Feb 7 (1 of 3)
No full textSecret Service investigations at the Torpedo Station bring unwelcomed publicity.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1110/thumbnail.jp
Leon Torpedo, 1914 Jul 15 (1 of 2)
No full textMemorandum from the E. W. Bliss Company in N.Y. on the Leon Torpedo. After completing tests with the Leon Torpedo they determined that the Torpedo Station’s design of a floating mine is superior and more cost effective. Also included is a mechanical drawing of a Leon Torpedo.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1117/thumbnail.jp
Newport Carnival 1906 Jul 27
No full textLetter from B. G. Oman to Albert Gleaves, Inspector of Ordnance at NTS, with his request that Gleaves decorate and illuminate the torpedo station for the “Newport Carnival.”https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1064/thumbnail.jp
Luce Lighthouse Letter (2 of 2)
No full text...which I would be glad to have your opinion.
First, can an incandescent light be made of sufficient candle – power to equal, say, the harbor light on the North End of Goat Island?
2ndly, would there be any practical difficulty in transmitting the electric current to the radii of the revolving wheel as in Fig 1.?
3rdly, what do you think of the practicability of the plan.
I would like to see some experiments with the system tried on a small and inexpensive scale, but do not want to ask the Dept to sanction such a trial unless in the opinion of Experts, it offers a reasonable hope of success.
Hoping all goes well with you, I am very truly yours
S.B. Luce
Com J.A. Converse U.S.N.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1004/thumbnail.jp
Montauk Point Telegraph Strip
No full textA collection of telegraph strips from the first telegraph message the Torpedo Station received from the new telegraphic office on Montauk Point, 1903 August 14.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1023/thumbnail.jp
Naval Torpedo Station Course Schedule 1903
No full textSchedule for the six weeks course given to officers at the U.S. Naval Torpedo Station in 1903.https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/torpedo/1031/thumbnail.jp