Excerpt from Activities of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department: World War 1917-1918 MY dear admiral: It was through the efforts of the Bureau of Yards and Docks that the facilities of the Navy ashore were extended so successfully to meet the increased demands brought upon them during the World War.. It appears desirable, therefore, that the work of the bureau, in providing the necessary training camps, air stations, storage facili ties, hospitals, radio towers, ship-repair facilities and dry docks, etc., in this country and abroad, should be made a matter of record. Kindly prepare such a description, which will, I am sure, be of value to the Navy and to others interested in the Navy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.