Summary Technical Report of Division 6, NDRC. Volume 1. A Survey of Subsurface Warfare in World War II
Abstract
This first volume of the Summary Technical Report of Division 6, NDRC is an overall account of the Division's activities. It is written for those whose chief interest lies not so much in the technical details of the program as in the general philosophy which determined the form of organization, the nature of the services undertaken, and how these were integrated with the bureaus and operating forces of the Navy. The unique feature of Division 6 was that its responsibility was not to develop a particular instrumentality of war or to exploit a particular field of science for military purposes, but was to assist the Navy in all ways in which men of scientific and engineering experience and skill could significantly contribute to the prosecution of subsurface warfare. In the restricted fields of submarine and antisubmarine warfare, therefore, the problem facing the Navy and Division 6 was the general one: through what plan of organization might the scientific and technological resources of the country be made available to the military services for the prosecution of the war and for the maintenance of national security through continued technological preparedness?
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 1946
- Accession Number
- AD0221607
Entities
People
- John S. Coleman