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Definition of Navy department
1. Noun. A former executive department of the United States government; created in 1798 and combined with the War Department in 1947.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Navy Department
Literary usage of Navy department
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"This morning the President called at the navy department and made further inquiry.
Said that Halleck and Sherman had some movements on hand, ..."
2. Bulletin by Illinois Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women (1905)
"Phelps, Joseph Royal, MD 1903, navy department. Ryder, Charles Edward, MD 1898,
navy department. Shaw, Henry Alden, MD 1890, care Surgeon-General USA SMITH, ..."
3. Guide to the Archives of the Government of the United States in Washington by Claude Halstead Van Tyne (1904)
"navy department. Naval affairs were administered by the War Department from 1789
until 1798, in which latter year the navy department was established (1 ..."
4. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1881)
"Secretary's Office (navy department) : Navy Register: Gives a complete roster
... Report of the Chief of Engineers, navy department : Annual Report of the ..."
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