Board of Navy Commissioners

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The Board of Navy Commissioners was a 19th-century administrative body of the United States Navy responsible for overseeing naval logistics, shipbuilding, and materiel.

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Board of Navy Commissioners canonical 3

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instanceOf United States Navy administrative body
government commission
appliesToJurisdiction United States Department of the Navy
United States Navy
United States naval shipyards
archivesAt U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
category Defunct agencies of the United States government
Military logistics organizations
United States Navy history
composition senior naval officers
country United States of America
dissolved 1842
fieldOfWork maritime engineering
military logistics
naval administration
hasDuty advise Secretary of the Navy on materiel matters
inspection of naval stores
maintain and repair ships
manage naval yards and stations
oversee procurement of naval supplies
preparation of plans and estimates for naval construction
supervise construction of naval vessels
supervision of contracts for naval materiel
hasHistoricalPeriod Antebellum United States
linked to: Antebellum period
hasPart Navy Commissioner
President of the Board of Navy Commissioners
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
inception 1815
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalBasis Act of Congress of 7 February 1815
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia
mainSubject naval logistics
naval materiel
shipbuilding
numberOfMembers 3
partOf United States Department of the Navy
reasonForAbolition reorganization of Navy Department into specialized bureaus
replacedBy Bureau system of the United States Navy Department
replaces single-officer system under the Secretary of the Navy for materiel administration
significantEvent creation following the War of 1812
significantRole professionalization of U.S. naval logistics
standardization of U.S. Navy ship construction practices
subordinateTo Secretary of the Navy
temporalCoverage 19th century

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Navy Commissioner of the United States Navy partOf Board of Navy Commissioners
Bureau of Navigation precededBy Board of Navy Commissioners
Bureau system of the United States Navy replaced Board of Navy Commissioners