Information at sea :

Wolters, Timothy S.

Information at sea : shipboard command and control in the U.S. Navy, from Mobile Bay to Okinawa / Timothy S. Wolters. - 1 online resource (332 pages) : illustrations. - Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology . - Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Flags, flares, and lights: a world before wireless -- Sparks and arcs: the Navy adopts radio -- War and peace: coordinating naval forces -- A most complex problem: demanding information -- Creating the brain of a warship: radar and the CIC -- Conclusion.

9781421410845 (e-book)


United States. Navy --Communication systems--History.


Command and control systems--History.--United States
Warships--History.--United States


Electronic books.

V283 / .W55 2013

359.3/3041097309041
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