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The Bureau of Ordnance (BuOrd) was a United States Navy organization, which was responsible for the procurement, storage, and deployment of all naval weapons, between the years 1862 and 1959.

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Bureau of Ordnance

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The Bureau of Ordnance (BuOrd) was a United States Navy organization, which was responsible for the procurement, storage, and deployment of all naval...

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Lewis Strauss

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rose to the rank of rear admiral due to his work in the Bureau of Ordnance in managing and rewarding plants engaged in production of munitions. As a founding...

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Mark 14 torpedo

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the war, the Bureau of Ordnance (BuOrd) stopped producing Mark 10s for the S-boats and provided a shortened Mark 14. Torpedoes consist of several subsystems...

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Proximity fuze

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Bureau of Ordnance (15 May 1946). VT Fuzes For Projectiles and Spin-Stabilized Rockets. Ordnance Pamphlet. Vol. 1480. U. S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance....

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Bureau of Aeronautics

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and support of naval aircraft and related systems. Aerial weapons, however, were under the cognizance of the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance (BuOrd). The USN's...

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William Sterling Parsons

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liaison officer between the Bureau of Ordnance and the Naval Research Laboratory. He became interested in radar and was one of the first to recognize its...

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RDX

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January 19, 2012 US Explosive Ordnance; Ordnance Pamphlet OP 1664. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C.: Navy Department, Bureau of Ordnance. May 28, 1947. pp. 3–4. OP...

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Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

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States and their Allies, of Full Automatic Machine Gun Systems and High Rate of Fire Power Driven Cannon, vol. III, Bureau of Ordnance Chinn, George M. (1987)...

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IBM Naval Ordnance Research Calculator

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Ordnance Research Calculator (NORC) was a one-of-a-kind first-generation (vacuum tube) computer built by IBM for the United States Navy's Bureau of Ordnance...

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Degaussing

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Boyd, Wiliam B. (1953). U. S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance in World War II. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Ordnance, Dept. of the Navy. p. 84. OCLC 7833847. PBS...

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BOAR

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The Bombardment Aircraft Rocket, also known as BOAR, the Bureau of Ordnance Aircraft Rocket, and officially as the 30.5-Inch Rocket, Mark 1, Mod 0, was...

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Smoke grenade

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Department, Bureau of Ordnance (1970). NAVORD OP 1665 British Explosive Ordnance 1946 (Changed 1 June 1970). p. 387. Navy Department, Bureau of Ordnance (1970)...

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United States Navy bureau system

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included the: Bureau of Yards and Docks; Bureau of Provisions and Clothing; Bureau of Ordnance (BuOrd); Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting; Bureau of Construction...

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Mark 13 torpedo

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complications that were attending the other phases of torpedo development, the Bureau of Ordnance considered the aircraft torpedo problem so important...

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Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division

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established in 1941 under the Bureau of Ordnance as the Naval Ammunition Depot for the production, testing, and storage of ordnance under the first supplemental...

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Confederate States Department of the Navy

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determination of promotions. Captain William F. Lynch was Chief of the Bureau in 1862 and Captain French Forrest in 1862 to 1863. The Bureau was led by Commander...

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Revolver cannon

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and Development of Manual, Automatic and Airborne Repeating Weapons. Vol. 1. Washington, D.C., US: Bureau of Ordnance, Department of the United States...

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Torpedo Data Computer

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automate the process of computing the required torpedo course. In 1932, the Bureau of Ordnance (BuOrd) initiated development of the TDC with Arma Corporation...

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Bureau of Naval Weapons

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Act merged the Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAer), which had responsibility for naval aircraft and related systems, and the Bureau of Ordnance (BuOrd), which...

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Dahlgren gun

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: Gibson Brothers, retrieved 2007-10-26 Department of the Navy, Bureau of Ordnance (1866), Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy (Fourth ed...

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