General Board of the United States Navy

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The General Board of the United States Navy was an advisory body established in the early 20th century to guide U.S. naval policy, strategy, and ship design before and between the World Wars.

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General Board of the United States Navy canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy organization ⓘ
advisory body ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States Navy ⓘ
archivesAt Naval History and Heritage Command ⓘ
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
authority recommendatory only ⓘ
chairperson Admiral of the Navy George Dewey ⓘ
linked to: George Dewey
composition senior flag officers of the United States Navy ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolved 1951 ⓘ
establishedBy United States Secretary of the Navy ⓘ
fieldOfWork military planning ⓘ
naval policy ⓘ
naval shipbuilding ⓘ
naval strategy ⓘ
hasRole coordination of naval policy among bureaus ⓘ
evaluation of new warship designs ⓘ
formulation of building programs for the fleet ⓘ
long‑range planning for the U.S. fleet ⓘ
headquartersLocation Navy Department, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1900 ⓘ
influenced U.S. aircraft carrier development in the interwar period ⓘ
U.S. battleship design in the early 20th century ⓘ
U.S. naval arms limitation policy ⓘ
influencedBy lessons of the Spanish–American War ⓘ
legalStatus advisory, not executive ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableMember Ernest J. King ⓘ
linked to: Ernest King

George Dewey ⓘ
Harold R. Stark ⓘ
William S. Sims ⓘ
William V. Pratt ⓘ
operatedBy United States Navy ⓘ
participatedIn formulation of U.S. positions for naval arms limitation conferences ⓘ
partOf United States Department of the Navy ⓘ
purpose advise on U.S. naval policy ⓘ
advise on naval ship design ⓘ
advise on naval strategy ⓘ
advise on war planning ⓘ
reasonForAbolition post–World War II reorganization of the U.S. defense establishment ⓘ
replacedBy modern joint and Navy staff planning organizations ⓘ
significantEvent World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ

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President of the General Board of the United States Navy → partOf → General Board of the United States Navy ⓘ
President of the General Board of the United States Navy → memberOf → General Board of the United States Navy ⓘ