Bureau system of the United States Navy

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naval administrative system organizational structure

The Bureau system of the United States Navy was an organizational structure, established in the 19th century, that divided naval administration into specialized bureaus responsible for areas such as ships, ordnance, and personnel.

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Bureau system of the United States Navy canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf naval administrative system ⓘ
organizational structure ⓘ
appliesTo United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
naval infrastructure ⓘ
ordnance ⓘ
personnel ⓘ
ships ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedTo divide naval administration into specialized bureaus ⓘ
improve efficiency of naval logistics and procurement ⓘ
fieldOfWork logistics ⓘ
naval administration ⓘ
naval ordnance ⓘ
personnel management ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
governingBody United States Department of the Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOrganizationalPrinciple bureaucratic hierarchy ⓘ
functional specialization ⓘ
hasPart Bureau of Aeronautics NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bureau of Construction, Equipment, and Repair NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bureau of Naval Personnel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bureau of Naval Weapons NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bureau of Navigation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bureau of Ordnance NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bureau of Ships NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bureau of Steam Engineering NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bureau of Yards and Docks NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
location Washington, D.C. ⓘ
partOf Department of the Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced Board of Navy Commissioners NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy Office of the Chief of Naval Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ
systems commands of the United States Navy ⓘ
startTime 1842 ⓘ
usedUntil mid-20th century ⓘ

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Navy Commissioner of the United States Navy → replacedBy → Bureau system of the United States Navy ⓘ