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Officers of peculiar skill : petty and forward officers of the U.S. Navy, 1797-1860 / Michael J. Crawford.
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Crawford, Michael J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Navy--Officers--History.
- United States.
- United States. Navy.
- Armed Forces--Officers.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (99 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Other Title:
- Petty and forward officers of the U.S. Navy, 1797-1860
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Naval History and Heritage Command, Department of the Navy, 2017.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Prologue. The Navies of the American Revolution
- Chapter one. Creating a Navy 1797-1801
- Chapter two. Building tradition 1801-1815
- Chapter three. A career service
- Appendix A. Rates of pay of laborers in the principal U.S. Atlantic Ports in the 1820's
- Appendix B. Analysis of length of service of long-serving warrant officers in the Navy register of January 1836
- Bibliography of cited works.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-99).
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (NHHC, viewed Dec. 9, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 9781943604234
- 1943604231
- OCLC:
- 1288020757
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