Bureau of Navigation

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The Bureau of Navigation was a former United States Navy administrative office responsible for personnel management and related naval affairs before being succeeded by the Bureau of Naval Personnel.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bureau of Navigation canonical 3
Bureau of Navigation (U.S. Navy) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy bureau
military administrative organization
alsoKnownAs BuNav NERFINISHED
archivalRecordsHeldBy U.S. National Archives NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateDissolved 1942
dateFormed 1862
dissolvedInto Bureau of Naval Personnel NERFINISHED
formedAs Bureau of Navigation NERFINISHED
functionChangedTo personnel bureau
governedBy U.S. Navy regulations
governmentBranch executive branch of the United States government
hadHeadTitle Chief of Bureau of Navigation NERFINISHED
hadJurisdictionOver United States Navy personnel
historicalPeriod American Civil War era NERFINISHED
World War I era NERFINISHED
early World War II era
interwar period
languageOfWork English
laterFunction exclusive focus on personnel matters
locatedIn Navy Department Building, Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C.
operatedUnderLegalAuthority United States Congress NERFINISHED
originalFunction oversight of naval navigation and hydrography
supervision of charts and publications
supervision of nautical instruments
supervision of the Naval Observatory
partOf United States Department of the Navy NERFINISHED
United States Navy NERFINISHED
precededBy Board of Navy Commissioners NERFINISHED
replacedBy Bureau of Naval Personnel NERFINISHED
responsibleFor enlisted assignments
naval discipline administration
naval education
naval personnel administration
naval records
officer assignments
personnel management
training of naval personnel
scopeOfActivity administration of naval affairs related to personnel
sector military
subordinateTo Secretary of the Navy NERFINISHED
United States Navy Department NERFINISHED
successor Bureau of Naval Personnel NERFINISHED
transferredFunctionsTo Bureau of Equipment NERFINISHED
Hydrographic Office NERFINISHED
typeOfOrganization bureau-level staff agency

Referenced by (4)

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

Bureau of Naval Personnel hasPredecessor Bureau of Navigation
Chief of the Bureau of Navigation parentOrganization Bureau of Navigation
this entity surface form: Bureau of Navigation (U.S. Navy)
Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation (in part, later transferred) predecessor Bureau of Navigation
subject surface form: Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation (in part, later transferred) formedByMergerOf Bureau of Navigation
subject surface form: Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation