Naval Consulting Board

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The Naval Consulting Board was a US Navy organization established in 1915 by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. During World War One, Daniels created the Board to provide "machinery and facilities for utilizing the natural inventive genius of Americans to meet the new conditions of warfare".[1] Daniels asked Thomas Edison to chair the Board. Daniels was worried that the US was unprepared for the new conditions of warfare and needed new technology[2] Other members included Elmer Sperry and Peter Hewitt.

During World War I, the board was responsible for approving camoflage schemes for civilian ships, including one invented by William MacKay.

The Board was subdivided into a number committees, including the Committee on Aeronautics and Aeronautical Motors.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Pearson, Lee, Developing the Flying Bomb, Naval Air Systems Command
  2. ^ L. N. Scott, Naval Consulting Board of the United States (Washington, 1920), 286
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