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United States Naval Torpedo Station (Newport, R.I.)

 Organization

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Machinist's Shop Practice handbook, 1942

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSC-392
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1942

Thomas C. McLean correspondence

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSC-280
Content Description

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.

Dates: 1882 - 1898

Naval Torpedo Station booklet, 1942 Apr

 File — Box 18, Folder: 22
Identifier: MSC-364- File MSI 351
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1942 Apr

Naval Torpedo Station records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-031
Content Description

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.

Dates: 1869 - 1985

Photo of Officers Row on Goat Island, circa 1911

 Item — Box 26: Series I; Series II, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series C- Item 100.5185
Scope and Contents

3.5x5 postcard showing Officers row on Naval Torpedo station, Goat Island, Newport, RI

Dates: circa 1911

Photo of Officers Row on Goat Island

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSC385_26_04_5185
Dates: circa 1911

Photo showing a lesson on valves at Torpedo School on Naval Torpedo Station, circa 1910

 Item — Box 26: Series I; Series II, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSC-385- Series I- Sub-Series C- Item 100.5178
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: circa 1910

Photo showing a lesson on valves at Torpedo School on Naval Torpedo Station

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSC385_26_04_5178
Dates: circa 1910

William H. Sellers papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-230
Content Description

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.

Dates: 1837 - 1931

Thomas Edison letter to Joseph B. Murdock

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSC31_Edison_1887
Dates: 1887 Aug 23