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Records of the U.S Navy (RG 181) at NARA Northeast Region- Boston

Contents:

1st Naval District Boston Naval Shipyard Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Records of Other Naval Stations and Units:

Navy Shore Patrol Headquarters at Boston Brunswick Naval Air Station Supervisor of Shipbuilding at Groton, Conversion & Repair Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Training Center at Melville Naval Underwater Sound Laboratory at New London New London Naval Base, Fitting-Out Section New London Naval Submarine Base Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island Naval Underwater Ordnance Station Navy Shore Patrol Headquarters

Service Squadron 2 - Commander Newport Naval Station Newport Naval Training Station Air Anti Submarine Squadron 34 at Quonset Point NARF South Weymouth Naval Air Station, Public Affairs Office Squantum Naval Reserve Aviation Base Loop Receiving Stations: Naval Unit 1-B at South Portland Naval Unit 1-F at Fort Williams Naval Unit 1-A at Bailey Isle Naval Unit 1-I at Westport Point (Squantum Naval Reserve Aviation Base)

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Records of the 1st Naval District

Asst. Chief of Staff for Administration

General Correspondence, 1946-1949, 1959-1961

Aviation Officer

General Correspondence, 1944-1945

Carrier Division 14

General Correspondence, 1962

Chief Clerk

Central Files, 1956

Commandant

Court-Martial Orders, n.d.? Miscellaneous Records pertaining to the Salvaging of the USS S-4, 1927-1929 Commandant' s Daily Log, 1923-1935 Confidential War Diaries, 1917-1918 Correspondence: Circular Letters, 1918-1919 General Correspondence (central administrative files known as the "District Files"), 1925-1958 Letters Sent (letterpress copy book.), 1903-1904 General Correspondence [Formerly Security-Classified], 1940-1947 Correspondence Concerning Ships (known as the "Ship Files"), 1939-1940

Deputy or Assistant Commandant

General Correspondence [Formerly Security-Classified], 1942-1945 General Correspondence, 1944-1945, 1947-1953, 1955

Director of Naval Officer Procurement

Director of Naval Officer Procurement - Investigative Files of Candidates, 1941-1943

Director of Training

General Correspondence, 1942-1949

District Director of Naval Reserve

General Correspondence, 1944-1946, 1948, 1950

District Personnel Officer

District Personnel Officer - General Correspondence, 1927-1929

Historical Officer

Administrative History of the First Naval District in WW II (includes photographic prints), 1946 Administrative Correspondence, 1941-1957 Historical Data, 1939-1946. Consists of a variety of documents pertaining to the First Naval District

overall, but relating mostly to the Boston Naval Shipyard. Includes plans for the shipyard, 1939-1945; maps of Chelsea Annex (1942-1945); brief histories; and information pertaining to the USS Constitution, 1939-1946 Daily Historical Log ("Significant Headlines"), 1941-1945

Industrial Manager

Correspondence (formerly security-classified, 1951-1965 General Correspondence [asbestos], 1951-1965

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Office of Naval Research

Technical Reports, 1946-1974

Operations Officer

Section or Base ("Geographic") Files, 1940-1945 Logs:

Ship Controller Logs (Rough), 1944-1945 Ship Controller Logs (Smooth), 1942-1946 Air Combat Intelligence Logs (Smooth), 1943 Northern Air Patrol Logs (Smooth), 1942-1943 Air Controller Logs (Smooth), 1944-1945 Headquarters Watch Office Logs (Smooth), 1946-1948 Operations Office Logs (Rough), 1943-1945 Monthly War Diaries, 1942-1945

Port Director

Vessel Acquisition, Inspection & Disposition Files, (includes photographs), 1940-1947 Routing Instructions [see box list in job folder], 1944-1946 Convoy Sailing Orders & Related Records (box list available), 1944-1945 Pier Office Station Logs, 1943-1945 Correspondence, 1942-1946

Public Information Officer

General Correspondence, 1950 Publicity & Press Files, 1944-1948

Public Works

Real Estate Property Disposal Files (Index available by location), 1941-1965 Correspondence:

Registers of Security-Classified Correspondence Received, 1940-1948 Formerly Security-Classified General Correspondence, 1941-1946 Photographic prints & negatives depicting Naval Shore Establishments, 1939-1947

Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion & Repair (Boston) Program Correspondence (formerly classified)1966-1969 Program Correspondence, 1967-1969 Correspondence (classified & unclassified), 1964-1965

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Records of the Boston Naval Shipyard

Orders Issued by the Commandant, 1872-1913 General Orders, 1848-1904 Name & Subject Index to Navy Dept Orders & Circulars Issued Since 1/10/1863, 1881-1885 General Court Martial Orders, 1879-1889 Circulars of the Bureau of Construction & Repair, 1843-1892 Circulars of the Bureau of Ordnance, 1847-1867 Schedules of Materials Required for Fiscal Years 1869-1879, 1869-1879 [1868-1878] Press Clippings File, 1882-1922 Fair Copies of Deeds & Laws Relating to Acquisition of Lands (1800-1868) by the US Government,

1871 Ledgers of Job Order Accounts, 1889-1913 Register of Surveys & Appraisals Ordered or Requested by Navy Dept Bureaus, 1899-1900 Navy Dept Circulars, 1836-1895 Daily Register of Visitors to the Naval Lyceum, 1860-1881 Lists of Complements of Crews ("Complement Book"), 1857-1897 Contracts & Related Materials, 1863-1887 Fair Copies of Construction Contracts, 1823-1837

Correspondence Relating to Restoration of the US Frigate Constitution, 1926-1930 Correspondence Concerning Ships, 1940-1946

Inventories Property & Plant Inventory, 1887 Inventories ("Quarterly Reports") of Tools & Equipment Used in the Dept, 1874-1885

Reports Reports of Surveys & Boards ("Board Books"), 1835-1909 Annual Reports (of Expenditures & Operations) & Estimates, 1856-1911 Daily & Weekly Reports of Recruits for the US Receiving Ship Wabash, 1892 Press Copies of Semi-Annual Efficiency Reports for Dept Employees, 1896-1907

Group Photograph of the Planning and Material Section (in frame), 1919

Bureau of Ordnance

Letters Received from the Bureau of Ordnance, 1879-1891

Bureau of Provisions & Clothing

Circulars of the Bureau of Provisions & Clothing, 1848-1866

Bureau of Yards & Docks

Circulars of the Bureau of Yards & Docks, 1848-1902

Civil Engineer

Letters Received, 1853-1900 Unofficial Letters Received, 1889-1900 Letters Sent (Also includes memorandums and Endorsements. Letterpress copies), 1861-1911 Subject Index to Letters Received, 1853-1883, 1897-1900 Registers of Correspondence, 1868-1871

Commandant

Commandant's Personal File, 1857-1908 Correspondence

Letters Sent to the Secretary of the Navy, 1823-1842

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Letters, Telegrams & Circulars Received from the Navy Dept (Secretary & Bureau Chiefs, 1864-

1901

Letters & Circulars Received from the Board of Navy Commissioners, 1825-1842

Letters Sent to the Board of Navy Commissioners, 1823-1842

Letters & Endorsements Sent to the Bureau of Construction & Repair, 1846-1908

Letters Received from the Bureau of Construction & Repair, 1842-1908

Letters & Endorsements Sent to the Bureau of Equipment, 1863-1908

Letters & Telegrams Received from the Bureau of Equipment, 1862-1908

Letters & Endorsements Sent to the Bureau of Navigation, 1863-1907

Letters & Telegrams Received from the Bureau of Navigation, 1863-1908

Letters Received from Inspectors, 1858-1867

Letters Received from Naval Storekeepers, 1845-1855

Letters Received from Naval Storekeepers & Naval Constructors, 1855-1867

Letters, Telegrams, & Circulars Received from the Bureau of Ordnance & Hydrography, 1842-1863

Letters & Telegrams Received from Commanders, 1855-1908

Letters Received from Yard Officials & Heads of Depts, 1855-1908

Letters & Telegrams Received from the Bureau of Yards & Docks, 1842-1908

Letters, Telegrams, & Endorsements Sent to the Bureau of Yards & Docks, 1846-1907

Letters & Telegrams Received from the Bureau of Supplies & Accounts, 1842-1908

Letters, Endorsements & Telegrams Sent to the Bureau of Supplies & Accounts, 1846-1870

Letters, Endorsements, & Telegrams Sent to the Secretary of the Navy, 1846-1908

Letters & Telegrams Received from the Secretary of the Navy, 1827-1908

Letters, Telegrams, & Endorsements Sent to the Bureau of Steam Engineering, 1863-1908

Letters, Telegrams, & Endorsements Sent to the Bureau of Ordnance, 1846-1908

Letters & Telegrams Received from the Bureau of Ordnance & the Bureau of Steam Engineering,

1863-1870

Letters & Telegrams Received from the Bureau of Steam Engineering, 1870-1908

Letters & Telegrams Received from the Bureau of Ordnance, 1870-1908

Correspondence Concerning Ships (formerly classified and known as the "Ship Files"), 1938-1941

General Correspondence

Letters Sent, 1825-1829, 1834-1908

Letters Sent ("Semi-Official"), 1888-1905

General Correspondence (Known as the "Central Files"), 1909-1965

General Correspondence- formerly security-classified, 1937-1945, 1948-1958,

1960-1967

Miscellaneous Letters Received, 1823-1908

Correspondence (unclassified) 1964-1965, 1968-1969

General Correspondence, 1951-1954, 1956

Confidential Correspondence, 1968-1969

Correspondence Indexes

Subject Index to Letters & Circulars Received from the Board of Navy Commissioners, 1816-1842

Miscellaneous Subject Index, 1862-1888

Name & Subject Index to Correspondence ("General Index # 1"), 1906-1907

Correspondence Registers

Registers of Letters Received from the Secretary of the Navy & Chiefs of Navy Dept Bureaus

("Key Books"), 1873-1907

Registers of Letters Sent to the Secretary of the Navy & Chiefs of Navy Dept Bureaus, 1863-1907

Register of Reports & Other Documents Sent to the Navy Dept, 1876-1887

Dept of Construction & Repair

Press Copies of Letters, Telegrams & Endorsements, Sent to the Bureau of Construction & Repair, 1908

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Dept of Steam Engineering, Chief Engineer

Reports of Equipment Survey Boards, 1891-1896 Correspondence

Unofficial Correspondence, 1898-1912 Letters & Orders Received from the Commandant, 1866-1899 Correspondence Concerning Ships ("Ship Files"), 1897-1912 Letters from Yard Officials & Heads of Depts, 1866-1904 Letterpress Copybooks of Miscellaneous Letters Sent, 1889-1909 Miscellaneous Letters Received, 1889-1909 General Correspondence, 1898-1912 Letters Received from the Navy Dept, 1901-1904 Letterpress Copybooks Sent to the Bureau of Steam Engineering, 1865-1910 Letterpress Copybooks of Letters & Endorsements Sent to the Commandant, 1866-1910 Letters Received from the Bureau of Steam Engineering, 1867-1906 Letterpress Copybooks of Letters, Memorandums & Endorsements Sent to Yard Officials & Heads of Depts, 1867-1910 Correspondence Registers Registers of Letters & Endorsements Sent, 1906-1910 Registers of Letters Received, 1906-1907 Reports Monthly Reports, 1869-1909 Miscellaneous Board Reports, 1874-1888 Monthly Reports on the Condition of Machinery of Vessels (Form 48), 1877-1888

Dept of Yards & Docks, Captain of the Yard

Letters Sent (letterpress copybooks), 1888-1892 Letters & Orders Received, 1852-1863 Police Logs, 1917-1922 Morning Reports of the Watch, 1846-1914

Dept. of Steam Engineering

Engineering Plans, 1856-1892. Consists of drawings of engines and other components built and installed by the Steam Engineering Dept. Also includes some plans of the facility. Finding aid: list of drawings by name of vessel.

Industrial Manager

Correspondence, 1951-1956

Inspector of Machinery Afloat

Letters Received, 1869-1874 Letters Sent to the Commandant's Office (letterpress copybooks)1871-1874

Master Machinist

Letters Received, 1861-1864

Office of the Naval Storekeeper

Letters Received from the Bureau of Ordnance & Hydrography, 1852-1858 Letters Received from the Bureau of Equipment & Recruiting, 1862-1867 Letters Sent, 1864 Letters Received from the Commandant, 1858-1864 Letters Received from the Bureau of Provisions & Clothing, 1842-1855 Miscellaneous Letters Received, 1848-1865

Ordnance Office

Letterpress Copybooks of Letters Sent, 1880-1889

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Letterpress Copies of Invoices Sent, 1871-1887

Personnel

Monthly Payroll Summaries, 1901-1908 Semi-Monthly Payrolls, 1869-1909 Reports of Master Mechanics on Discharged Workmen, 1899-1901 Record of Employees, 1869-1872 Personnel & Pay Records (Time Books), 1864-1866 Travel Tickets (certificates) of Enlistees, 1862-1864 Daily Sick Reports for the Marine Barracks, 1892-1899 Weekly Sick Reports & Enlistment Returns ("Surgeons & Rendezvous"), 1855-1908 Semi-Annual Record of Apprentices, 1855-1883 Daily Morning Reports & Prisoner Reports for the Marine Barracks, 1892-1900 Reports of Officers & Civilian Employees, 1883-1899 Monthly Reports of Officers & Civilian Employees, 1875-1894 Personnel & Pay Records - Muster Books, 1866-1883 List of Workmen Hired ("Record of Workmen"), 1895-1904 Employee Lists (includes correspondence), 1882-1892 Returns of Officers & Civilian Employees, 1872-1899 Registers of Officers Reporting & Detached, 1846-1905 Indentures of Apprentices, 1855-1867 Officers' Address Book, 1864-1871 General Personnel Records (various types), 1858-1911

Property & Accounting Foundry Casting Record Books, 1864-1879 Registers of Work Orders for Materials & Services, 1866-1888 Press Copies of Bills (Fund Transfer Reports) Sent to Other Depts, 1866-1873 Record Book for Steam Generators (Boilers), 1879-1882 Record Books of Job Orders in the Machinists' Dept, 1863-1865 Payment Ledger, 1864-1866 Record of Labor & Materials Expended on the Repair of Vessels, Machinists' (Smiths') Stock Book, 1865-1866 Ledger of Job Order Accounts, 1899-1900 Cost of Labor Books, 1890-1900 Material Expenditure Books, 1866-1883 Schedules of Materials Required for Fiscal years 1865-1867, 1865-1867 [1864-1866] Stock & Labor Reports, 1864-1889

Public Relations Office Ships' Historical Files, 1940-1973

Yard Activity Docking Record (vessel repair / repair in drydock), 1867-1929 Registers of Arrivals & Departures of Vessels, 1905-1915 Daily Journal ("Diary") of Transactions, 1815-1846 Shipyard (Station) Logs, 1888-1958 Shipyard (Station) Logs of the South Boston Naval Annex, 1944-1946

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Records of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

Master Copies of Portsmouth Naval Base Instructions & Notices, 1951-1961 Issuances - Abstracts of Directives Received from the Navy Dept

("Authority & Policy Book"), 1875 Correspondence

General Correspondence, 1958 Formerly Classified General Correspondence, 1947-1952 General Correspondence ("Base Files"), 1925-1958 Issuances - Press Copies of Orders, Memorandums & Circulars Issued by the Commandant, 1884-1911 General & Submarine Correspondence, 1955 Correspondence Concerning Ships [and Submarines] ("Ship Files"), 1937-1954 Film Aperture Cards of Ship Plans, ca. 1940-1923

Bureau of Ships Vessel Design Records (microfilm), 1944-1957

Bureau of Yards and Docks - Captain of the Yard Letters, Circulars & Orders Received, 1860-1891 Press Copies of Letters Sent, 1870-1884

Civil Engineer Monthly Reports on Improvements & Repairs, 1856-1859

Commandant General Files, 1949-1952

Correspondence Miscellaneous Letters & Telegrams Received, 1818-1902 Miscellaneous Letters Sent, 1823-1911 General Correspondence General Correspondence ("Central Files"), 1900-1952, 1961-1963, 1965-1966 General Correspondence (formerly classified), 1951-1952, 1955, 1965-1966 Correspondence, unclassified & classified, 1960-1966 Correspondence, 1962 Correspondence Concerning Ships (formerly classified), 1955 Letters, Telegrams, Circulars & Orders Received from the Secretary of the Navy, 1815-1902 Letters & Endorsements Sent to the Secretary of the Navy, 1823-1911 Letters & Telegrams Received from Admiral of the Navy David D. Porter, 1870-1889 Letters Sent to Admiral of the Navy David D. Porter, 1871-1891 Letters & Circulars Received from the Board of Navy Commissioners, 1815-1840 Letters & Telegrams Received from the Judge Advocate General of the Navy Dept, 1881-1899 Letters, Circulars & Telegrams Received from the Bureau of Navigation, 1862-1902 Letters, Telegrams, Circulars & Orders Received from the Bureau of Construction & Repair, 18421902 Letters & Endorsements Sent to the Bureau of Construction & Repair, 1842-1911 Sent to the Bureau of Equipment, 1862-1910 Received from the Bureau of Equipment, 1862-1902 Sent to the Bureau of Medicine & Surgery, 1842-1911 Received from the Bureau of Medicine & Surgery, 1842-1902

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