Historical Dictionary of the United States Navy by Morris James M.;Kearns Patricia M.;

Author:Morris, James M.;Kearns, Patricia M.; [Morris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scarecrow Press, Incorporated
Published: 2011-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

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N-1. Naval manpower or personnel staff officer.

N-2. Naval intelligence staff officer.

N-3. Naval operations staff officer.

N3N. See NAVAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY.

N-4. Naval logistics staff officer.

N-5. Naval plans staff officer.

N-6. Naval communications officer.

NARWHAL, USS (SSN671), submarine. See STURGEON/NARWHAL-CLASS SUBMARINES.

NASHVILLE, BATTLE OF (15–16 December 1864). In this Civil War battle, the seven gunboats of the Mississippi River Squadron provided fire support for the troops of Major General George H. Thomas against the Confederate forces of General John B. Hood. This battle, part of the Franklin and Nashville campaign, marked the virtual end of the Army of Tennessee.

“NASTY.” A name given to a group of high-speed patrol boats produced in Norway and used during the Vietnam War. The appellation was derived from the name of the company that produced the boats: Naste.

NATIONAL DEFENSE RESERVE FLEET (NDRF). A fleet composed of ships (dry cargo, tanker, transport) acquired and “mothballed” by the Maritime Administration for use within 20 to 120 days during a mobilization or an emergency. At its peak in 1950, the NDRF had custody of 2,277 ships at eight different locations. In 2009, there were l80 vessels anchored at three

locations: Fort Eustis, Virginia, Beaumont, Texas, and Suisan Bay, California. The component Ready Reserve Force of 50 vessels are available only during mobilization or in the event of a congressional declaration of an emergency.

NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947. According to the provisions of this act, effective 18 September 1947, the departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force were unified under the National Military Establishment (later renamed the Department of Defense). On 23 September 1947, Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal was named the first secretary of defense.

NATIONAL STEEL AND SHIPBUILDING COMPANY. This San Diego, California, company was established in 1905 as the California Iron Works. In 1944, it was renamed National Iron Works, and in 1959 it was expanded and renamed National Steel and Shipbuilding Company. Since then, it has built 37 ships for the Navy (combat stores ships; landing ships, tank [LSTs]; an oiler; destroyer tenders; a cable repair ship; fast deployment ships; and the two T-AH hospital ships Comfort and Mercy), plus converting cargo ships to roll-on/roll-off vessels.

NAUGATUCK, USS, armored steamer. See STEVENS’ BATTERY.

NAUTICAL MILE. See MEASUREMENTS, NAUTICAL.

NAUTILUS (1800). See also FULTON, ROBERT.

NAUTILUS, USS, schooner, brig. The first of five Navy vessels to bear the name, the schooner Nautilus (dpl. 185, l. 87’6”, b. 23’8”, a. 12 6-pdr. carronades, cpl. 103) was commissioned on 24 June 1803 and joined the Mediterranean Squadron later that year. As part of this naval unit, the vessel assisted in the siege of Tripoli, and with the end of the first phase of the Barbary Wars, was placed in ordinary at the Washington Navy Yard. Recommissioned as a brig in 1811, during the War of 1812, it was the first American vessel lost when it was captured on 17 July 1812 off the New Jersey coast and taken into the Royal Navy.

NAUTILUS, USS (SSN571), submarine. This nuclear-powered submarine, the world’s first, was built by Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut, and commissioned on 30 September 1954.

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