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U.S. Navy Recruiting BureauAmerican, founded 1862

War Department, established by act of August 7, 1789 (1 Stat. 49), handled personnel functions for the U.S. Navy until a separate Department of the Navy was established by act of April 30, 1798 (1 Stat. 553). Personnel duties centralized in the immediate office of the Secretary of the Navy, 1798-1862, assisted by the Board of Navy Commissioners, established by act of February 7, 1815 (3 Stat. 202), and abolished by act of August 31, 1842 (5 Stat. 579). Responsibility for detailing (assigning) officers delegated to Office of Detail, 1861 (SEE 24.4). Responsibility for enlisting and recruiting navy personnel assigned to Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, 1862 (SEE 24.5). Personnel functions of Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting transferred to Bureau of Navigation, 1889. Bureau of Navigation redesignated Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1942. SEE 24.1.

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Aids to Navigation
MO 2005.13.25.10
John D. Wisinsky (Wisinski)
1941
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A Call to a Breed That Never Dies
MO 2005.13.24.29.1
U.S. Navy Recruiting Bureau
1941
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Construction Workers!
MO 2005.13.27.3
Daniel V. Smith
1943
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Dish It Out With the U.S. Navy
MO 2005.13.24.19
McClelland Barclay
1942
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Fighting Fish and Fighting Men
MO 2005.13.24.33
U.S. Navy Recruiting Bureau
1941
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Fly With the United States Navy
MO 2005.13.24.6
Matthew Murphey
1940
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Fly With the U.S. Navy
MO 2005.13.24.31
U.S. Navy Recruiting Bureau
1941
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A Hornet's Nest
MO 2005.13.24.21
U.S. Navy Recruiting Bureau
1938
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Join the Waves
MO 2005.13.17.29
John Philip Falter
1943
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Join Us in Observing
MO 2005.13.24.34
U.S. Navy Recruiting Bureau
1938
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Mosquitoes
MO 2005.13.24.32
U.S. Navy Recruiting Bureau
1941
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Naval Aviation Has a Place for You
MO 2005.13.24.23
U.S. Navy Recruiting Bureau
1941
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