The Bureau of Navigation was an agency established in 1884 to enforce US laws laws relating to the construction, equipment, operation, inspection, safety, and documentation of merchant vessels. The Bureau of Navigation also investigated marine accidents and casualties; collected tonnage taxes and other navigation fees; and examined, certified and licensed merchant vessel sailors. 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ...
From 1884 to 1903, it was a part of the Department of the Treasury. From 1903 to 1913, it was a part of the Department of Labor. From 1913 to 1932, it was a part of the Department of Commerce, and in 1932 it was combined with the Steamboat Inspection Bureau as the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection. In 1942, Executive Order 9038 transferred it's functions of merchant vessel documentation were transferred to Bureau of Customs and it's functions relating to merchant vessel inspection, safety of life at sea, and merchant vessel personnel were transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard. It was abolished as unnecessary and redundant by Reorganization Plan No. III of 1946, with all it's functions being absorbed by the Bureau of Customs and the U.S. Coast Guard. 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... The United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department, a treasury, of the United States government established by an Act of U.S. Congress in 1789 to manage the revenue of the United States government. ... 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The United States Department of Labor is a Cabinet department of the United States government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, re-employment services, and some economic statistics. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... The United States Department of Commerce is a Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with promoting economic growth. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... This article is about the year. ... An executive order is an edict issued by a member of the executive branch of a government, usually the head of that branch. ... Coast Guard shield The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the coast guard of the United States. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...
The Submarine Warfare insignia is considered one of the Navy's three major warfare pins (and is the oldest) along with the Surface Warfare Badge and the Naval Aviator Badge.
A Philadelphia firm, which had done work for the Navy in the field of United States Naval Academy class rings, was approached by the Bureau of Navigation with the request that it design a suitable badge.
On 20 March 1924, the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation recommended to the Secretary of the Navy that the design be adopted.
The chief of the bureau of equipment and recruiting has charge of the equipment of all vessels of war, and the supply to their sails, rigging, anchors and fuel; also of the recruiting of sailors of the various grades.
The chief of the bureau of navigation supplies vessels of war with maps, charts, chronometers, barometers, flags, signal lights, glasses and stationery; he has charge of the publication of charts, the Nautical Almanac, and surveys; and the naval observatory and hydrographic office are under the direction of this bureau.
Besides the eight bureaus before named, the act of July 5, 1862, created a hydrographic office, attached to the bureau of navigation, with the function of providing nautical charts, sailing directions, etc., for the use of all vessels of the United States and of navigators generally.
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