United States Ordnance Department

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branch of the United States Army military organization

The United States Ordnance Department was a branch of the U.S. Army responsible for the procurement, supply, and maintenance of weapons, ammunition, and military equipment.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
U.S. Army Ordnance Department 4
U.S. Ordnance Department 2
United States Army Ordnance Department 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of the United States Army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs United States Ordnance Department ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Ordnance Department
conflictInvolved American Civil War ⓘ
United States–Native American wars ⓘ
surface form: Indian Wars

Korean War ⓘ
Mexican–American War ⓘ
Spanish–American War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateDissolved 1962 ⓘ
employerOf civilian technicians ⓘ
military engineers ⓘ
ordnance officers ⓘ
field military logistics ⓘ
military technology ⓘ
ordnance ⓘ
hasSuccessor United States Ordnance Department self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Ordnance Corps
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
jurisdiction U.S. Army Ground Forces ⓘ
surface form: United States Army ground forces
language English ⓘ
motto Armament for Peace ⓘ
notableActivity development of artillery systems ⓘ
development of small arms ⓘ
industrial mobilization during World War II ⓘ
standardization of U.S. Army weapons ⓘ
oversaw ammunition depots ⓘ
arsenals ⓘ
ordnance plants ⓘ
partOf United States Army ⓘ
reorganizedAs U.S. Army Materiel Command ⓘ
surface form: United States Army Materiel Command
responsibleFor maintenance of ammunition ⓘ
maintenance of military equipment ⓘ
maintenance of weapons ⓘ
procurement of ammunition ⓘ
procurement of military equipment ⓘ
procurement of weapons ⓘ
supply of ammunition ⓘ
supply of military equipment ⓘ
supply of weapons ⓘ
subordinateTo United States Department of War ⓘ
task design of military weapons ⓘ
distribution of ammunition ⓘ
maintenance of artillery ⓘ
maintenance of military vehicles ⓘ
maintenance of small arms ⓘ
storage of ammunition ⓘ
testing of military weapons ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Ordnance Department → alsoKnownAs → United States Ordnance Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Ordnance Department
EDVAC → commissionedBy → United States Ordnance Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Army Ordnance Department
First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC → commissionedBy → United States Ordnance Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Army Ordnance Department
M4 Sherman tank → designedBy → United States Ordnance Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Ordnance Department
M26 Pershing tank → designer → United States Ordnance Department ⓘ
subject surface form: M26 Pershing
this entity surface form: United States Army Ordnance Department
ENIAC project → fundedBy → United States Ordnance Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Army Ordnance Department
IAS machine → fundedBy → United States Ordnance Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Army Ordnance Department
United States Ordnance Department → hasSuccessor → United States Ordnance Department self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Army Ordnance Corps
United States Department of War → oversaw → United States Ordnance Department ⓘ
United States Department of War → oversaw → United States Ordnance Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Quartermaster Corps
Watertown Arsenal → partOf → United States Ordnance Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Army Ordnance Department