Bureau of Ordnance
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The Bureau of Ordnance (BuOrd) was the U.S. Navy's organization responsible for the procurement, storage, and deployment of all naval ordnance, between the years 1862 and 1959.
History
Congress established the Bureau in the Department of the Navy by an act of July 5, 1862 (12 Stat. 510), which transferred the hydrographic functions of the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography (1842-1862) to the newly-established Bureau of Navigation.During the early 20th century, BuOrd became involved in the development of aerial weapons. This often led to friction with the Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAer), which had responsibility for the development of Naval aircraft. BuAer's work on "pilotless aircraft," or drones, conflicted with BuOrd's development of guided missiles. After World War II, the Navy examined ways to improve coordination between the two bureaus; ultimately, the decision was made to merge the two organizations into a new bureau, to be known as the Bureau of Naval Weapons (BuWeps).
BuOrd was disestablished by Congress by an act of August 18, 1959 (73 Stat. 395), and its functions were transferred to the newly-established Bureau of Naval Weapons. BuWeps, in turn, was disestablished in 1966 when the Navy overhauled its material organization, and was replaced with the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).
Chiefs of the Bureau of Ordnance
The following is an incomplete list of the officers who served as Chief of the Bureau:- Augustus Case, 1869–1873
- William Nicholson Jeffers, 1873–1881
- Montgomery Sicard, 1881–1890
- William T. Sampson, 1893–1897
- George A. Converse, circa 1905
- Harold Rainsford Stark, 1934-1937
- William H. P. Blandy, 1941–1943
See also
- Bureau of Aeronautics
- Bureau of Naval Weapons
- British Board of Ordnance covers both Naval and Land
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