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150 years of service on the seas : a pictorial history of the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office from 1830 to 1980 / by Marc I. Pinsel.

Author/creator Pinsel, Marc I.
Other author/creatorUnited States. Naval Oceanographic Office.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info [Bay St. Louis, Miss.] : Dept. of the Navy, Oceanographic Office ; Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1982.
Description1 volume (x, 233 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 x 29 cm
Subject(s)
Variant title Pictorial history of the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office from 1830-1980
Variant title One hundred fifty years of service on the seas
Contents Administrative history (1830-1946) -- Deep-sea soundings -- Exploration -- Gravity at sea -- Appendixes.
Abstract "This history chronicles the course that led to the creation of the present Naval Oceanographic Office."--Preface (p. vii).
General noteIntended as a multi-volume set but only the first volume (covering 1930-1946) was published.
General noteGPO Historic Shelflist Project- publication not in hand.
General noteGPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Pinsel, Marc I. 150 years of service on the seas. [Bay St. Louis, Miss.] : Dept. of the Navy, Oceanographic Office ; Washington, D.C. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O., 1982-]
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN2009366059
GPO item number0377
Govt. docs number D 218.2:SE 1/
Stock number008-042-00073-0 (vol. 1) GPO

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