Index

Numbers in italics refer to photographs, illustrations, or maps.

A “ABCD ships” [50], [54] Aircraft carrier [51], [60], [66], [72]

B Bainbridge, William [11], [12], [13], [15], [17] Barbary States [9], [14], [15-16] Battleship [11], [47], [49], [51], [57] Brig-of-war [14] British Navy [11], [13], [15], [16] Burroughs, George W. [46]

C Chain [50], [60-61], [70], [83] Charlestown Navy Yard: annexes [64]; and Boston Harbor [4-5], [13], [15], [16], [64]; and NPS [78-79], [80-86]; Civil War [28-29], [29-31], [34], [36-37]; founding [16]; improvements [17], [34], [46-47]; map [64], [81]; mission [16], [45], [47], [50], [63]; post-Civil War [37], [39]; post-WW I [57]; post-WW II [71-72], [76-77]; Spanish-American War [46], [49], [51]; South Boston Annex [57], [65], [70]; view [back cover]; War of 1812 [11-15], [16]; WW I 46-49, [57]; WW II 62, [63-71], [73], [74-75] Coaling plant [47] C.S.S. (Confederate States Ship): Virginia [28], [29-31], [34], [36], [43], [73] Conversion, ship [72], [76-77] Cruiser [47], [50], [51], [66]

D Dahlgren, John [36] Daniels, Josephus [49] Decatur, Stephen [15] Destroyer escort [70], [72], [75] Destroyer [47], [51], [57], [63], [65], [67], [72], [73], [74-75] Dry dock: #1 [4], [17], [23], [34], [39], [40-41], [45], [50], [56], [63], [64]; #2 [47], [51], [57], [63], [64], [65], [67]

E Ericsson, John [36]

F Farragut, David G. [34] Five-Power Treaty [57] FRAM (Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization) [72] Frigate [14], [16], [17], [26-27]. See also U.S.S. ship names Fuel [31], [37], [47], [51], [54], [57], [64]

H Hartt, Edmund [13] Hartt, Edward [13] H.M.S. (His Majesty’s Ship): Dreadnought [51], [54]; Java [11] Hull, Isaac [15], [18] Hull: iron [37], [39]; steel [37], [49-54], [58-59]; wooden [24-25], [34], [37], [39], [49]

I Ironclad [28-29], [30-31], [34], [36], [42-43]

L Launching [13], [15], [18], [32-33], [63], [67], [73] LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) [70] LST (Landing Ship Tank) [64], [70], [71], [72], [75]; Suffolk County [72]

M Machinery [34], [52-53], [54] Machine shop [30], [34], [52-53] Mahan, Alfred Thayer [50] Manufacturing [39], [45], [50], [51], [60-61] Marine railway [57], [64-65], [72] Monitor [36], [42-43], [46] “Mosquito fleet” [51]

O “ordinary [in ...]” [2], [4], [17-18]

P Propeller [31], [34], [35], [37]

R Radar [72], [77] Railway, yard [47] Receiving ship [2], [4], [14], [37] Repair, ship [16], [23], [39], [50], [51], [57], [63], [66], [70] Roosevelt, Franklin D. [55], [57], [64], [67] Roosevelt, Theodore [46], [50] Ropewalk [17], [20-21], [45], [49], [50], [67], [69], [72], [83]

S Sail power [17], [18], [19], [26-27], [31], [34], [37], [50], [54] Shipbuilding [24-25], [36], [54], [58-59], [63] Shipbuilding ways [24-25], [39], [46], [56], [57], [58-59], [64], [67] Shiphouse [13], [18], [32-33], [39], [45], [46], [back cover] Ship-of-the-line [11], [14], [16-17], [18], [34]. See also U.S.S. ship names Shipyards, naval [8-9] Sidewheeler [17], [31], [34], [35] Sloop-of-war [14], [16], [23], [28], [29], [34]. See also U.S.S. ship names Sonar [71-72], [76-77] Steam propulsion [17], [31], [34], [35], [37] Stoddert, Benjamin [16] Submarine [47], [51], [70], [71], [74]

T Tar house [17], [20] Taylor, Frederick W. [55] Taylorism [55], [57] Technology, naval [31], [34], [37], [51], [54], [63], [72], [76-77] Torpedo [51] Trade shops [17], [30], [34], [47], [49], [50]

U U.S. Marines [13], [38] U.S. Navy [15-16], [18], [22], [31], [34], [36], [37], [39], [55]; policy [16], [37], [49-50], [65], [72] U.S.S. (United States Ship): Adams [39]; Atlanta [50]; Boston [50]; Brazos [47], [57]; Bridge [57]; Cassin Young [66], [85]; Chesapeake [12], [13]; Chicago [50]; Congress [30-31], [34]; Constellation [16]; Constitution [6-7], [11], [12], [13], [15], [16], [17], [26-27], [72], [84]; Cumberland [16], [18], [28], [29-31], [34], [73]; Dolphin [50]; Forrest [73]; Fulton II [17]; Guest [73]; Gyatt [72], [77]; Hartford [31], [34], [39]; Independence [10], [12], [13], [14], [15], [17], [18], [37]; Intrepid [39]; MacDonough [63], [64]; Macon [66]; Maine [44], [46]; Merrimack [29-31], [32-33], [35], [59], [73] (See also C.S.S. Virginia); Monadnock [36], [42-43]; Monaghan [63]; Monitor [36], [42], [43]; New Hampshire [18]; New Ironsides [36]; Pentucket [54]; Princeton [31], [34], [35]; Talapoosa [45]; United States [16]; Vandalia [39], [63]; Vermont [17], [18]; Virginia [17], [18], [45], [46]; Wasp [66]; Whitney [54], [56], [57]

V Von Meyer, George [65]

W Workforce: African Americans [67]; management [55], [57]; size [18], [25], [46], [51], [57], [64], [65], [67]; skills [18], [34], [36], [39], [47], [58]; women [47], [48], [67], [68-69]; work conditions [18], [22], [37], [65], [67], [71]; workers [19-21], [23], [38], [46], [48], [52-53], [54], [56], [60-61], [62-63], [77]