Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: History of the Bureau of Yards and Docks and the Civil Engineer Corps, 1940-1946, Volume 1

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947 - Air bases

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Page 29 - Hepburn board was submitted to the first session of the Seventy-sixth Congress in December of 1938. Herewith I quote a portion of the report: There are certain projects, however, which the board has no hesitation in selecting because of their immediate strategic importance as being necessary of accomplishment at the earliest practicable date and without regard to the expansion contemplated by the act of May 17, 1938. These items are: Kaneohe Bay, Midway Island, Wake Island, Guam, Johnston Island,...
Page 109 - There shall be constituted a board consisting of a representative of the Government agencies, a representative of the building and construction trades department of the AF of L., and a representative of the OPM.
Page 18 - That the proposed construction is of the cheapest, temporary character, with structural stability sufficient only to meet the needs of the service which the structure is intended to fulfill during the period of its contemplated war usr.
Page 29 - ... war, and for the service of the fleet should war come, cannot be overemphasized. Developments ashore have not kept pace with the increases in the forces afloat and in the air, and as a consequence we have now reached a point where the efficiency of the striking forces afloat and in the air will soon be seriously impaired by the absence of shore facilities needed for the servicing of these forces.
Page 6 - Section 10 of that act is as follows : SEC. 10. (a) The Secretary of the Navy is hereby authorized and directed to appoint a board consisting of not less than five officers to investigate and report upon the need, for purposes of national defense, for the establishment of additional submarine, destroyer, mine, and naval air bases on the coasts of the United States, its territories, and possessions.
Page 18 - No facilities project may be initiated until the cognizant bureau has made affirmative findings that the project meets the following criteria : (a) It has a direct and important effect on the conduct of the war. (6) Construction or manufacture must be undertaken immediately to meet the time-requirement schedule of the project concerned. (c) There are no existing facilities which can be condemned, purchased, leased, rented, converted, or otherwise utilized, which will serve the desired purpose even...
Page 386 - In connection with the prosecution of war he is hereby authorized to provide, out of appropriations available to the Navy Department for such purposes, the necessary buildings, facilities, utilities, and appurtenances thereto on Government-owned land or elsewhere, and to...
Page 32 - No individual, no group, can clearly foretell the future. As long, however, as a possibility exists that not one continent or two continents but all continents may become involved in a world-wide war, reasonable precaution demands that American defense be made more certain.
Page 112 - I strongly support the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations in their efforts to attain increased and balanced Naval force levels sufficient to ensure continuing freedom in our use of the seas.
Page 321 - The increases are to provide the analysis needed by the Chief of Naval Operations and the Secretary of the Navy for...

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