Confidential Correspondence of the Navy, 1919-1927
Records: 156,278
Complete: 100%NARA M1140. This series of secret and confidential correspondence reflects the many facets of U.S. naval activity during World War I, the immediate postwar years, and the first years of the era of the Treaty Navy (post-Washington Naval Conference). The records document U.S. naval involvement with foreign countries, application of technology to naval matters, establishment of overseas bases, appropriations, tactical doctrine, naval strategy, peacetime naval maneuvers, and wartime naval operations.
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- Publication Title
- Confidential Correspondence of the Navy, 1919-1927
- Total Records
- 156,278 Complete: 100%
- Content Source
The National Archives
- Publication Number
- M1140
- Record Group
- 80
- Published on Fold3
- 30 Jul 2012
- Last Updated
- 21 Aug 2014
- Description
- NARA M1140. Post-WWI communications between OPNAV and the bureaus, fleet units, and shore commands of the Navy Department.