United States Naval Torpedo Station (Newport, R.I.)
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Machinist's Shop Practice handbook, 1942
The handbook describes safety precautions and how to manage machinery used to make weapons during World War II. On the first page is the name "Charles Salts," signed in pen and it is assumed that this book belonged to him.
Thomas C. McLean correspondence
Papers: Correspondence, letters sent and received regarding Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI, 1882-1898, including a letter to William McCarty Little; Draft of letter, n.d; Trial sheet, Whitehead Torpedo, No. 71. n.d; Three diagrams of scale of yards, n.d. 1882-1898.
Naval Torpedo Station booklet, 1942 Apr
Booklet entitled "Instructions for Emergency Fire Crew," Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R.I., Personnel Division, Training Section. The booklet was geared to industrial workers, not the fire fighting units.
Naval Torpedo Station records
Central Files Records, including correspondence and subject collections on types of torpedoes, 1869-1885; Central Files Records, including correspondence, contracts, reprints, 1886-1925, 1942-1959; Miscellaneous material such as blueprints, material stock cards, torpedo data books and various test data. Newport, RI. Photographs, ca. 1915; Training manuals, 1937–1939, Newport, RI.
Photo of Officers Row on Goat Island, circa 1911
3.5x5 postcard showing Officers row on Naval Torpedo station, Goat Island, Newport, RI
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Photo of Officers Row on Goat Island
Photo showing a lesson on valves at Torpedo School on Naval Torpedo Station, circa 1910
8x10 black and white photo of the torpedo school at Naval torpedo station. There is a diagram of a valve on the chalkboard and it appears one student is taking notes.
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Photo showing a lesson on valves at Torpedo School on Naval Torpedo Station
William H. Sellers papers
Books and manuals on naval topics, 1837-1918; correspondence, including letterbook, 1904-1915 and letters sent and received, 1902-1906, 1922-1925, 1930-1931, and 1936; Pamphlets and newspapers on naval topics, 1908-1945; photographs of ships and crew 1893-1918; Miscellany, including certificates, postcards, maps and scrapbook, 1895-1920, documenting Seller's career in the Navy as Chief Yeoman, 1887-1922.Two scrapbooks of personal and official papers; pamphlets and printed ephemera.
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