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Information at sea

Wolters, Timothy S.

Information at sea shipboard command and control in the U.S. Navy, from Mobile Bay to Okinawa / [electronic resource] : Timothy S. Wolters. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Flags, flares, and lights: a world before wireless -- Sparks and arcs: the Navy adopts radio -- War and peace: coordinating naval forces -- A most complex problem: demanding information -- Creating the brain of a warship: radar and the CIC -- Conclusion.

9781421410845 1421410842


United States. Navy --Communication systems--History.


Warships--History.--United States
Command and control systems--History.--United States


Electronic books.

V283 / .W55 2013

359.3/3041097309041