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• Hewitt, H. Kent (Henry Kent), 1887-1972
• Laning, Harris, 1873-1941
• Wilkes, Charles, 1798-1877

• The Writings of Stephen B. Luce (Newport, RI: Naval War College Press, 1975), by Stephen Bleecker Luce, ed. by John D. Hayes and John B. Hattendorf (PDF at ibiblio.org)
• Globalization and Maritime Power, ed. by Sam J. Tangredi (HTML at fdlp.gov)
• The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future (London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company, 1897), by A. T. Mahan (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Navy of the United States: An Exposure of its Condition, and the Causes of its Failure, Contained in a Speech Delivered to a Jury in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Before Chief-Justice Carter (New York: J. A. Gray and Green, 1864), by E. N. Dickerson, contrib. by James O. Clephane (page images at HathiTrust)
• Papers of John Davis Long, 1897-1904 (Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society v78; 1939), by John Davis Long, ed. by Gardner Weld Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• U. S. Naval Logistics in the Second World War (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1947), by Duncan S. Ballantine (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Star of the West, or, National Men and National Measures (second edition; Boston: J. French and Co.; New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1857), by Anna Ella Carroll (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Naval Retiring Board: Speech of Hon. Sam Houston, of Texas, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 18, 1856 (Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1856), by Sam Houston (page images at HathiTrust)

• Naval Aviation in World War I, by Adrian O. Van Wyen (PDF files at navy.mil)
• Flying Officers of the U.S.N. (Washington: Naval Aviation War Book Committee, c1919)
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Slipstream: The Autobiography of an Air Craftsman (New York et al.: Whittlesey House, McGraw-Hill Book Co., c1950), by Eugene E. Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)

• On Board the USS Mason: The World War II Diary of James A. Dunn (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1996), by James A. Dunn, ed. by Mansel G. Blackford, contrib. by John S. Butler (PDF at Ohio State)
• The Queenstown Patrol, 1917: The Diary of Commander Joseph Knefler Taussig, U.S. Navy (Newport, RI: Naval War College Press, 1996), by Joseph K. Taussig, ed. by William N. Still (PDF at ibiblio.org)
• On His Majesty's Service: Observations of the British Home Fleet From the Diary, Reports, and Letters of Joseph H. Wellings, Assistant U.S. Naval Attaché, London, 1940-41 (Newport, RI: Naval War College Press, 1983), by Joseph H. Wellings, ed. by John B. Hattendorf
  • PDF at ibiblio.org
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• Autobiography of Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S. Navy, 1798-1877 (Washington: Naval History Division, Dept. of the Navy, 1978), by Charles Wilkes, ed. by William James Morgan, David Budlong Tyler, Joye L. Leonhart, and Mary F. Loughlin, contrib. by John D. H. Kane (page images at HathiTrust)
• American Military and Naval Biography: Containing the Lives and Characters of the Officers of the Revolution; Together With Some of the Most Eminent Statesmen of That Interesting Period; To Which are Added the Life and Character of Benedict Arnold, and the Circumstances of the Capture, Trial and Execution of Major Andre (Cincinnati: A. Salisbury, 1832), ed. by Amos Blanchard (page images at HathiTrust)

• Code of Flotilla and Boat Squadron Signals for the United States Navy (second edition, revised and corrected; Washington: GPO, 1869), by United States Navy Department Bureau of Navigation and Thornton A. Jenkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Code of Flotilla and Boat Squadron Signals for the United States Navy (Washington: GPO, 1861), by United States Navy Department Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography and Thornton A. Jenkins (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Workmanship and Design Practices for Electronic Equipment (second revision, 1962), by United States Bureau of Naval Weapons (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Great Pacific War: A History of the American-Japanese Campaign of 1931-1933 (originally published 1925; reprinted Bedford, MA: Applewood Books, ca. 2001), by Hector C. Bywater (multiple formats at Google)
• The Apocalypse Troll, by David Weber (HTML at Baen Free Library)
• Masters of Men (illustrated with scenes from the Vitagraph photoplay adaptation; New York, Grosset and Dunlap, ca. 1923), by Morgan Robertson
  • multiple formats at archive.org
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• Machinery Repairman (US Navy training manual NAVEDTRA 12204-A; 1993), by Wayne T. Drew (multiple formats at archive.org)

• On the Treadmill to Pearl Harbor: The Memoirs of Admiral James O. Richardson, USN (Retired), As Told to Vice Admiral George C. Dyer, USN (Retired) (Washington: Naval History Division, Dept. of the Navy, 1973), by James O. Richardson and George C. Dyer, contrib. by Edwin Bickford Hooper (page images at HathiTrust)
• From Sail to Steam: Recollections of Naval Life (New York and London: Harper and Bros., 1907), by A. T. Mahan (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• Dewey and Other Naval Commanders (New York: Hurst and Co., c1899), by Edward Sylvester Ellis (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (electronic edition; with additional reports and updates), by United States Navy (illustrated HTML at navy.mil)
• Naval Documents Related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France (7 volumes, originally published 1935-1938), ed. by United States Office of Naval Records and Library (PDF files at ibiblio.org)
• The Reestablishment of the Navy, 1787-1801: Historical Overview and Select Bibliography (Naval History Bibliographies #4;), by Michael J. Crawford and Christine F. Hughes
  • HTML at navy.mil
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• Indians in the War (1945), by United States Office of Indian Affairs
  • illustrated HTML at navy.mil
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• The Battleship Boys at Sea: or, Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy (Philadelphia: H. Altemus Co., n.d.), by Frank Gee Patchin (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward: or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers (Akron, OH and New York: Saalfield Pub. Co., c1911), by Frank Gee Patchin (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service: or, Earning New Ratings in European Seas (Akron, OH and New York: Saalfield Pub. Co., c1911), by Frank Gee Patchin (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Dave Darrin After the Mine Layers: or, Hitting the Enemy a Hard Naval Blow (Philadelphia: H. Altemus Co., c1919), by H. Irving Hancock (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Dave Darrin and the German Submarines: or, Making a Clean-up of the Hun Sea Monsters (Akron and New York: Saalfield Pub. Co., c1919), by H. Irving Hancock (Gutenberg text)
• Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz: Fighting With the U.S. Navy in Mexico, by H. Irving Hancock (Gutenberg text)
• Dave Darrin on Mediterranean Service: or, With Dan Dalzell on European Duty (Philadelphia: H. Altemus Co., c1919), by H. Irving Hancock (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• Dave Darrin on the Asiatic Station: or, Winning Lieutenants' Commissions on the Admiral's Flagship (Akron and New York: Saalfield Pub. Co., c1919), by H. Irving Hancock (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Dave Darrin's South American Cruise: or, Two Innocent Young Naval Tools of an Infamous Conspiracy (Akron and New York: Saalfield Pub. Co., c1919), by H. Irving Hancock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dave Dawson With the Pacific Fleet (New York: Crown Publishers, c1942), by Robert Sidney Bowen
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (electronic edition; with additional reports and updates), by United States Navy (illustrated HTML at navy.mil)

• Record of Medals of Honor Issued to the Bluejackets and Marines of the United States Navy, 1862-1910 (Washington: GPO, 1910), by United States Navy Department Bureau of Navigation
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• The Navy as a Special Field for Medical Work (Washington: GPO, 1916), by United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Watch Officer's Manual, United States Navy, 1917 (Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1917), by Charles Emerson Hovey and Solomon Endel (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Family Allowance, Indemnity, and Insurance for Officers and Enlisted Men of The Army and Navy: Correspondence Between President Wilson And Hon. W. G. Mcadoo, Secretary of The Treasury, Relating To The Bill Providing For Family Allowances, Indemnification, Reeducation, and Insurance In Behalf of Officers and Enlisted Men of The Army and Navy of the United States (Washington: GPo, 1917), by W. G. McAdoo and Woodrow Wilson (page images here at Penn)

• All Hands (partial serial archives)
• Army and Navy Journal (full serial archives)

• Posters Issued by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation: Reproduced in Miniature and Printed in One Impression Only ("book no. 1" apparently only one issued; 1918), by United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation (page images here at Penn)
• Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1947: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, Eightieth Congress, First Session (Washington: GPO, 1947), by United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Register of Retired Commissioned and Warrant Officers, Regular and Reserve, of the United States Navy and Marine Corps (full serial archives)
• Register of Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps (multiple formats at archive.org)

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