Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1842-1966
History
The bureau system within the Navy Department of the United States of America was formed in 1842 with five departments charged with procurement and material support for the Navy: Bureau of Naval Yards and Cocks; Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repairs; Bureau of Provisions and Clothing; Bureau of Ordinance and Hydrography; and Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
procurement, material support, and repair
Mandates/sources of authority
"An Act to Reorganize the Navy Department of the United States.", Chapter CCLXXXVI, Twenty-Seventh Congress Sees. II