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  2. United States Hydrographic Office - Wikipedia

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    The United States Hydrographic Office (USHO) prepared and published maps, charts, and nautical books required in navigation. The office was established by an act of 21 June 1866 as part of the Bureau of Navigation, Department of the Navy. It was transferred to the Department of Defense on 10 August 1949.

  3. United States naval districts - Wikipedia

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    Map of 17 Naval Districts 1944. United States Naval Districts is a system created by the United States Navy to organize military facilities, numbered sequentially by geographic region, for the operational and administrative control of naval bases and shore commands in the United States and around the world. Established in 1903, naval districts ...

  4. Structure of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, per sections 8001(a)(1), 5061(4), and 5062(a) of title 10, U.S. Code, (1) the United States Navy does not include the United States Marine Corps (2); the U.S. Marine Corps is a separate component service, from either the U.S. Navy or the U.S. Coast Guard within the Department of the Navy; and (3) the U.S. Marine Corps is not a ...

  5. United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch uniformed services of the United States, part of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest displacement , at 4.5 million tons in 2021. [ 9 ]

  6. Category:United States Navy installations - Wikipedia

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    Military installations of the United States Navy. Including: current/former United States Navy bases and stations, and the buildings/structures used at their military installations ; and USN related civilian research/support and defense contractor installations.

  7. Naval Support Activity Naples - Wikipedia

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    On October 3, 1951, the naval ashore unit Headquarters, Support Activities was created to support Allied Forces Southern Europe, and later the Sixth Fleet.In August, 1953, the support unit became Commander, Subordinate command, U.S. Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic / Commander, Headquarters Support Activities, and re-designated U.S. Naval Activities, Italy / U.S. Naval Support Activity, Naples in ...

  8. Combat information center - Wikipedia

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    On US aircraft carriers this area is called the combat direction center (CDC). The United States developed their Command Information Center concept circa the winter of 1942–1943 and implemented it in a surge of refitting and retraining during 1943 after post-battle action analyses of battles in 1942 from the battle of the Coral Sea through ...

  9. Movement Report System - Wikipedia

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    The Movement Report System (MOVREP) is a system established to collect and make available to certain commands vital information on the status, location, and movement of flag commands, commissioned fleet units, and ships under the operational control of the United States Navy and U.S. Coast Guard. Such reports help in identifying ships that are ...